David Moyes has urged relegation-threatened West Ham to “stand up and be counted” as he battles to save his job following a 5-1 mauling at home against Newcastle.
The Scottish manager admitted his job was on the line after the midweek capitulation, which left the Hammers outside the drop zone on goal difference alone, but he retains support of the club’s hierarchy for now.
“I was just trying to make a point,” Moyes said Friday, on the eve of his team’s match at Fulham. “We’re in an industry where we can quite easily lose our jobs.
“That’s the way it happens and, if you’re not winning, it’s always possible.
“I’m no different from anybody else. We’ve just got to try and get on with the job and win the next game.”
He added: “People said Everton was ‘must not lose’ and we won that one. They said Nottingham Forest was ‘must not lose’ and we won that one. Then it was Southampton,…
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