Newcastle 3 West Ham 0
This is getting worrying. Three away games to start was always going to be difficult, but we really should have got something from a match at struggling Newcastle. Bilic seems to have lost the art of selecting the right side. Declan Rice has done really well, but playing four games in a row is a big ask for a kid and surely a game this important called for the experience of Obiang or Kouyate in midfield? It was young Rice's mistake which led to Toon's opener and he was taken off at half-time. While Fernandes was a strange selection with Obiang, Kouyate and Sakho on the bench.
At least Lanzini came on for the second half and Cresswell and Hernandez did produce a great double save from Elliot in a decent ten-minute spell after the break. But as Bilic said, for 80 minutes of the match West Ham were not good enough. It was terrible marking for Clark's goal and the offside rap failed for the third. The side just couldn't cope with Newcastle's closing down.
The Irons have two weeks to regroup and need to get some points from Huddersfield at home and the match at West Brom and then the two home games against Spurs and Swansea. If not we'll be in a relegation struggle and the board may press the panic button and dispense with Slaven.
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Hi Pete, The game was very hard to watch, almost a relaxed training game feel, there's no threat or urgency, Newcastle were playing out of their skins, we had nothing to offer, completely toothless. Bilic is really under the magnifying glass, you would have to ask have some of the players stopped believing in him and his coaching staff? It is difficult for Slav but he should know at the very least the fans want 110% effort when selected. Maybe the guys coming back from injury need a bit more time to adjust but you@d have to ask what can be done to change it.
Agreed Rob, Newcastle looked really up for it and we didn't. Kouyate, Antonio and Lanzini need time to bed in again, but it does look like something's seriously wrong…
When they first purchased Joe Hart, my first thought was what position will Billic play him in...... as regards home or away games, we play away every week.... how much are those flats at Upton Gardens? #shambles same old West Ham
Hope Slaven doesn't convert Joe Hart into a right back like he did with Antonio!
Ha ha! Let's wait and see.... talksport has been mugging us of most of the day... soon be over 🤓
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