Hammers embrace the Moyes philosophy
But as he faces up to his 500th game as a League manager he is pleased with the response he has received from the Irons players he has been able to work with during the international break.
He has taken training, watched videos and been attempting to correct some pretty horrifying running stats for a squad that has looked under-trained all season.
And he said: “For me the biggest thing is I want to get the best out of all of the players and how can I get the best out of them?
“To try to get the players in what they see as their best positions.
“Andy Carroll — who wouldn’t want to give Andy Carroll the ball in the right area?
“We have to use the ball right but we’ve got other strikers who can use it in different ways.
“The players have grasped it and got on with their jobs, everything we’ve done.
“They have embraced it as well. They’ve shown such a level of commitment in training in their work that I’m not frightened to give them more — or keep feeding them information.
“We’ve tried to put in an awful lot of work to them in the last five or six days.
“On the other hand, we also have to save a lot of energy for the game as well.”
He concedes he will feel first-day nerves when he takes his seat in the Vicarage Road away dugout.
He said: “I was really nervous on my first day at Everton and I’ll be nervous here now.
“It’s different from where it was when I first started 15, 20 years ago.
“You got given some time then. I’m not so sure you do now in football.”