Trap Jnr's to be sacked thread

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 Denis Irwin wrote:

Wonder would West Ham go for him 

Moyes has 12 months left on an 18 month deal, and fulfilled his brief, after Pelligrini was let go in December. He'll still be there in July.

I think people forget that Howe's achievements over a 10 year period are fantastic. Bournemouth were a League 2 side, and he gradually brought them through the leagues, sustaining them in the PL for half a decade. He also had a good bedrock of players like Simon Francis, Dan Gosling, Simon Francis, and Junior Stanislas who were with him for a long time, and had players like Lewis Cook and Callum Wilson become England internationals under his watch.

Probably where is difficulties lay were many of his big ticket transfers were underwhelming. Huge money was spent on Liverpool prospects Ibe and Solanke, who scored six league goals between them, Asmir Begovic was replaced by Ramsdale quickly enough, Danjuma was a £13 Million signing who featured intermittently since joining, and even players like Jermain Defoe and Glenn Murray, who had more to give, never settled at Bournmouth, Gradel's injury didn't help, Lloyd Kelly was an expensive acquisition, that hasn't had the impact needed. In truth, Howe was still very reliant on a lot of the "old guard", and the "new guard" never fit.

I'm not sure though I'd have parted ways unless Howe was the one who was interested in moving on. 