'It disrupts the rhythm' - Pundit identifies Moyes error that contributed to Everton loss
Former Premier League striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink thinks West Ham manager David Moyes has made too many changes for Sunday's game at Everton.
The Toffees won their first league game of the new campaign thanks to a second-half Neal Maupay goal at Goodison Park.
Everton at least look like they have direction while West Ham just look stagnant
West Ham fell short, especially in the first 45 minutes, and went down 1-0.
They came into the game on Sunday afternoon after Thursday's 3-2 away win over Denmark's Silkeborg in the Europa Conference League.
Summer signings Maxwel Cornet, Lucas Paqueta, Emerson Palmieri, Thilo Kehrer, Gianluca Scamacca and Alphonse Areola all started the win in Denmark.
The only players to retain their place in the starting XI against Everton were Paqueta, Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell, Declan Rice and Vladimir Coufal.
Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Soucek has returned to the squad despite his poor form this year.
Moyes stuck with Soucek and opted to start him ahead of Manuel Lanzini, who scored and starred in the Irons' win over Silkeborg.
Lanzini was more of an unused substitute at Goodison Park.
And Hasselbaink thinks Moyes could have done away with the Argentine's creative spark in midfield next to Rice.
"The European game, [Manuel] Lanzini played with Declan Rice and they looked a lot more comfortable with the ball," he told Sky Sports .
"They looked a lot more creative. We didn't see that today. I know it's hard to play three games a week but sometimes you don't have to change six players.
"Sometimes it disrupts the rhythm and I think today that's what happened.
"He [Moyes] is going to lose some of his players because they're going international and he won't have much time to work with them when they come back."
The first international break of the season is now upon us, meaning the Hammers won't have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone until October.
After the loss to Frank Lampard's men, Rice said he knew it was a "big game" despite it being only his team's seventh league game of the campaign.
"When you look at the table before the game, with two teams on the same points, you know it's a big game even if it's the start of the season," he told Sky Sports.
"We had our chances but we couldn't capitalize and so far in the Premier League it has been a problem for us.
"In the first half we turned the ball over so many times, and at this level you can't do that. It doesn't matter if you lose the ball, but it's the same mistakes.
"We've had a lot of those moments in the Premier League and it will soon start to go down but we have to keep going. We just have to keep playing and keep believing and the results will come our way.
"We as players, myself included, know we can't be where we are in the Premier League. When you look at the table, it's horrible to watch. We don't want to be there. there, the last two seasons have been positive for the club but it is up to us as players to obtain the results with the squad we have."
Former Premier League striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink thinks West Ham manager David Moyes has made too many changes for Sunday's game at Everton.
The Toffees won their first league game of the new campaign thanks to a second-half Neal Maupay goal at Goodison Park.
Everton at least look like they have direction while West Ham just look stagnant
West Ham fell short, especially in the first 45 minutes, and went down 1-0.
They came into the game on Sunday afternoon after Thursday's 3-2 away win over Denmark's Silkeborg in the Europa Conference League.
Summer signings Maxwel Cornet, Lucas Paqueta, Emerson Palmieri, Thilo Kehrer, Gianluca Scamacca and Alphonse Areola all started the win in Denmark.
The only players to retain their place in the starting XI against Everton were Paqueta, Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell, Declan Rice and Vladimir Coufal.
Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Soucek has returned to the squad despite his poor form this year.
Moyes stuck with Soucek and opted to start him ahead of Manuel Lanzini, who scored and starred in the Irons' win over Silkeborg.
Lanzini was more of an unused substitute at Goodison Park.
And Hasselbaink thinks Moyes could have done away with the Argentine's creative spark in midfield next to Rice.
"The European game, [Manuel] Lanzini played with Declan Rice and they looked a lot more comfortable with the ball," he told Sky Sports .
"They looked a lot more creative. We didn't see that today. I know it's hard to play three games a week but sometimes you don't have to change six players.
"Sometimes it disrupts the rhythm and I think today that's what happened.
"He [Moyes] is going to lose some of his players because they're going international and he won't have much time to work with them when they come back."
The first international break of the season is now upon us, meaning the Hammers won't have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone until October.
After the loss to Frank Lampard's men, Rice said he knew it was a "big game" despite it being only his team's seventh league game of the campaign.
"When you look at the table before the game, with two teams on the same points, you know it's a big game even if it's the start of the season," he told Sky Sports.
"We had our chances but we couldn't capitalize and so far in the Premier League it has been a problem for us.
"In the first half we turned the ball over so many times, and at this level you can't do that. It doesn't matter if you lose the ball, but it's the same mistakes.
"We've had a lot of those moments in the Premier League and it will soon start to go down but we have to keep going. We just have to keep playing and keep believing and the results will come our way.
"We as players, myself included, know we can't be where we are in the Premier League. When you look at the table, it's horrible to watch. We don't want to be there. there, the last two seasons have been positive for the club but it is up to us as players to obtain the results with the squad we have."
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