Football pundit Richard Keys has blasted what he describes as ‘madness’ at West Ham and offers David Moyes his sympathy.
West Ham boss David Moyes has had to be rather restrained of late.
And not in the style of play some West Ham fans accuse the Scot of implementing too often.
But with his post-match comments after a string of referee and VAR interventions against West Ham.
The Hammers saw not one, not two but THREE goals ruled out by VAR interventions in the 1-1 Premier League draw with Aston Villa.
More history was made at the London Stadium. Because the longest VAR check since its introduction in the Premier League – clocked at a staggering five mins and 37 secs – saw West Ham denied a late winner. Again.
Yet more VAR-cical scenes for West Ham
Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen bundled over the line to score what appeared to be the winner at the death.
But the lengthiest VAR review yet ruled it out for handball.
The incident came after West Ham saw clear penalty appeals turned down in the 2-2 draw against Burnley and 1-0 loss to Freiburg in the Europa League over the past couple of weeks.
Moyes has also seen goals ruled out in both of West Ham’s last two Prem games which may have cost the team four points.
Hammers denied by video intervention again
That could be the difference between qualifying for Europe or not come what May.
And that’s without even mentioning baffling decisions throughout this season against the likes of Sheffield United earlier this year.
Well now one high profile football pundit has spoken out about the calls against the Hammers.
Richard Keys has blasted the West Ham ‘madness’ and says he feels for Moyes.
Speaking on his own personal website, Keys lambasted what has been unfolding.
‘This can’t go on’ says Keys
“I can’t imagine how David Moyes is feeling this morning,” Keys said.
“One big handball decision after another has gone against his team in their last few games.
“The last of them took a record 5 minutes 37 seconds to sort out. What sort of madness is this?
“It took over 4 mins to allow Coventry’s first at Wolves. This can’t go on. If it takes more than 30 seconds to make a VAR decision – forget it. Go with the onfield decision. It’s ridiculous to make us all wait any longer. It’s discourteous and arrogant in equal measure by VAR operators.”
Hear, hear. We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.