Moyes' Marauders 'Cross-Well'!

The West Ham way reared it's ugly and beautiful head this lunchtime as David Moyes' Marauders 'out Leicestered' Leicester City by comprehensively beating the joint league leaders 3-0 at the King power Stadium. At the begining of the season fans were fearing the worst given the run of fixtures the club had to face up to. Few thought that the Irons would have more then three points on board by the 5th match yet alonem 6 points after the first four games!

This result was no flash in the pan, a description given by some disengenuous observers of Hammers' mighty 4-0 victory over Wolves last weekend, this was a cool and calculated display of a well drilled and well coached team that came to do a job and performed it magnificently.

Picking out a top performer for the Irons is for once a difficult task, as there are so many in the Claret and Blue who deserve mention, the entire team to a man gave their all, as it was plain to see, however it gives us great pleasure to eat a large portion of 'umble pie' with regards to Aaron Cresswell, we have relentlessly criticised the left back for 'forgetting' how to go forward, so how enjoyable it was to see him freed of the sole defensive/offensive left back position because of the presence of 'King Authur' Masuaku, between them they free each over to go on 'luxurious' marauding runs down the flank.

Aaron Cresswell finally looked like the player who once dinged in devastating and concise passes for fun during 'Slav's' Payet era, he never lost the skill, only the belief! It is quite astonishing to see the transmogrification of the team under David Moyes' first full season in charge. Make no mistake, to many neutral observers Moyes' appointment was his 'last chance saloon' opportunity, one that he seems to have grabbed with both hands.

There has been plenty of jocular references regarding David Moyes managing the team from home, however on a more serious note, using Stuart Pearce & Love in the lofty vulture/eagle location high up in the stands appears to be paying dividends, Brian Clough often used to get Peter Taylor to oversee things from the rafters, which were none too safe at the time!

The International break may have come just a little bit too early for 'Moyes' Marauders', but what a wonderful performance it was, we would go as far to say it was one of the best performances in the last decade, so complete was the execution of the managers' instructions.

Finally, what a debut it was for 'Vlad the Impaler' Coufal, he slotted in to the team as if he had always been there, small shoots of growth for the future maybe, but the grass is definitely getting greener . - Ed