Redknapp rubbishes Irons fitness claims under Moyes
Fans and pundits have been pouring praise onto the new boss and his backroom team but it has drawn fierce anger from the former Hammers boss.
The former Hammers boss claims that it would be almost impossible for the Scot to have got them any fitter than they were but that it is disrespectful to the Croat for such suggestions to be made.
He told BT Sport: “How can you get them fitter than what they were? They play Saturday, midweek, Saturday so you’re not doing a pre-season, you’re not running them and you’re not working them.
“Fitness now is dictated to by fitness coaches and sports scientists more than managers, how has he (Moyes) suddenly in four weeks got them fitter?
“If he took over at the end of the season and you had a different regime and you work them differently (then yes) but you can’t work them (like that mid-season).
“They played on Tuesday this week, now they’re playing today (Saturday), what has he done? They’ve come in and had a warm down on Thursday, he’s done a couple of set pieces on Friday, he’s not getting them fitter, how can he get them fitter?!”