Moysie: It was down to losing Declan
The manager – whilst not exactly smarting from missing out on the Champions League – knows exactly why we are not part of what would have been a financial jackpot from being part of it.
And unsurprisingly he put it down to the absence of Declan for vital matches towards the end of the season via injury.
Sadly that in itself is a concern although with a player such as our crown jewel it’s an understandable reaction despite it showing the extent we rely on the guy and of course Tomas.
The Euro League is good but the Champions league would have been amazing and writing in his Times column per Hammers News, the manager gives his reasons as to why it didn’t happen.
He explained in pretty straightforward terms: “We won two and drew one and I have no doubt that losing him for six matches during the Premier League run-in is what stopped us getting in the Champions League,
“We finished two points behind Chelsea, who took the final qualifying place and things could have been very different if Declan had played in two huge games, versus Chelsea and Everton, which ended in narrow defeats.”