Report claims West Ham should not hesitate | “Nuno is the superior coach”

The rumour mill confirms that high on West Ham’s list of Graham Potter replacements is the Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo: The former Wolves and Nottingham Forest man offers a level of reassuring competency if not the most expansive brand of football.

When considering how this whole crisis came about at West Ham it is plain that the decision to part ways with David Moyes and the two disastrous appointments that followed originated from a desire to see a better brand of football at West Ham.

Nuno would offer a return to the low block and football on the break which was the style unleashed by David Moyes during lockdown to such great success. Hammers fans would feel a lot more tolerant of this style providing the new manager succeeded where Potter failed – with all of his possession-based football, in actually getting points on the board.

An article this afternoon provided some surprising insight into ‘Nuno’s’ managerial career. Footballfancast.coms article, ostensibly comparing the Portuguese manager with Tottenham’s newly installed Thomas Frank- and decreeing that Espirito Santo is the better coach.  Which surprised me.

Looking at the Portuguese coach’s 184 Premier League Games, his record is 72 have been wins, 45 have been draws and 67 have been losses, which gives him an average of 1.42 points per game. ( Frank’s record is 57 wins in 157 games at 1.34 points per game).

And Graham Potter? 47 wins in 164 matches at 1.2 points per match overall: At West Ham the stats are a dismal 6 wins in 23 at 1.0 point per game.

So the stats have it – Espírito Santo offers the best record – and most recently at Nottingham Forest 30 wins in 71 games says it all: From Relegation bound to European qualification. Something tells me West Ham should be snapping his arm off in their haste to tie him down.

As footballfancast.com sum up:”Ultimately, Frank is a great coach, but from their raw numbers to what we have seen them do with Premier League teams, it looks like Nuno is simply better.”