Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson is full of praise for his West Ham United counterpart David Moyes.
The two veteran coaches will go head to head in the Premier League at the weekend.
With both teams clear of the relegation zone at present, the game may not be as frenetic as fans would have expected a few weeks ago.
On his opposite number Moyes, Hodgson noted: "I know David well. We've been friends for many, many years, even since the time I was at Udinese in the late 1990s.
"I expect David Moyes' teams to be the sort of teams that have seen him win the award of [LMA] Manager of the Year on three occasions. He wins that award because he manages to get his teams playing in a very organised way, but in a way also that enables them to exert maximum pressure on the opponents and get good results from the work that he does.
"We're talking about a guy who's a very good manager, a very good coach. He has an eye for a player and brings good players to his club - first Everton and now West Ham - and as a result, you know nothing's going to be given to us for free. We'll have to work very hard for everything we're going to achieve in the game, and we must be very careful because he'll have organised and prepared his team to play against us and counter any threats we might have."
