Watford’s win shows David Moyes scale of task he faces at West Ham

If David Moyes still had any illusions that keeping West Ham in the Premier League will be among the biggest challenges of his career then the manner of this defeat will surely act as a major wake-up call. Aside from a 10-minute spell either side of half-time in his 500th Premier League match as a manager, Moyes saw his new side totally outplayed by a Watford team brimming with confidence and instilled with a clear game plan by their manager, Marco Silva.

With his former club Everton keen on luring the man who has taken just three months to transform the fortunes of a side that lacked identity last season under Walter Mazzarri, the Scot will know he needs to turn things around just as quickly to ensure his latest assignment does not go the way of his last three posts since leaving Goodison Park to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013.

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