West Ham have finished in the top 6 three times in the last 50 years, they'd love that to be their ambition every season.
Rightly or wrongly WHU supporters have a strong view on how their team should play "we're West Am we play on the floor". Moyes team banking into a 451 at home would be painful for most supporters. By his last season there, cup victory aside they had really regressed. Seemed to sign some really poor forwards too, Ings obviously, that Italian dude, still reliant on Antonio running his legs into stumps by the end. Rice was moving on then too.
It's the classic case of why a strong sporting director is crucial in a club. Moyes<Lopetegui<Potter<Nuno , they have gone full circle it seems. But no longer have the players to play that low block stuff that both Moyes and Nuno prefer and no budget to change things in Jan.