Robert Snodgrass has seen enough managerial change in his career to take everything in his stride.
And the arrival of David Moyes means that, with his loan to Villa included, he has now served under four since he arrived at the Hammers following the departure of Dimitri Payet.
He is still around following the departure of Slaven Bilic before serving under Steve Bruce, Manuel Pellegrini and now David Moyes.
And he is not surprised by the ‘bounce’ experienced from the Irons since the Scotsman’s arrival because – as explained by other players – he has seen the new boss operate simply by giving very straightforward instructions to the players.
Now comes the biggest test, maybe, so far as the Irons head for Yorkshire and a clash against Premier League surprise packets Sheffield United at Brammal Lane on Friday evening.
It will be a big test but with a couple of top results – with no goals conceded behind them – the Hammers travel with confidence.
Snoddy told https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/january/08-january/robert-snodgrass-we-must-match-sheffield-uniteds-work-rate: “The manager touched on certain things where we probably let ourselves down.
That’s the beauty of football. Where managers come and go and he has come in and told everyone exactly as it is and what he wants and we’ve got off to a great start,”
We don’t need to focus on any negatives. Those are behind us now and it’s 2020 and we have two wins so, listen, we’ll keep looking forward.
You have seen it on Sunday night and in many stages. First and foremost, the given is that fans want to see blood, sweat and tears for the badge and that’s what every manager wants everywhere, then the little bits of quality come into it like they did against Bournemouth when we scored four goals and could have scored five or six.
Like the manager says, there is a basic level and application to do that side, then go and do your bits higher up the park.
That’s just a normal, basic information that the lads know themselves they had to be better in, and there’s no better way to do that than a four-nil win.”
Of tomorrow night’s game he added: “They’re a great team, they’re a very good side, a very good bunch of lads with a top manager and it’s another test where we must match them for work-rate, desire and application because, listen, they don’t leave anything out there, they give everything.
“They have a top manager who, for me, has set the Premier League alight this year. It’ll be no different on Friday. I’ve played there before with Aston Villa and it’s a very tough place to go, so it’s a different test.”