HAMMERS FANS STOCK UP WITH PLENTY OF BOOS

Wait for Christmas will be a worrying one for under-pressure boss Moyes

- TOM HOPKINSON

BY TOM HOPKINSON FOR those football folk not involved in the World Cup, the next couple of weeks are supposed to offer a chance to reflect and recharge.

A chance to take stock of a crazy period and reset before domestic business picks up again on Boxing Day.

David Moyes will get all that but it will no doubt be underpinned by a nagging concern that his West Ham paymasters could decide that the poor start to the season means it is time for a change.

Moyes, you would think, has enough credit in the bank for that not to be the case and the club’s owners have proven over the years that they are willing to give managers plenty of time to turn things round.

But there is no disguising the fact that a team which finished seventh in May to qualify for Europe should not be hovering one point above the relegation zone after 15 matches.