We’re in a bit of a mess right now, aren’t we?
A disappointing (and that's being kind) defeat on Saturday to a very good Arsenal side leaves us looking over our shoulder with Sunderland winning again. More than the result, the most frustrating thing for me was the players attitude.Where was the fight? I looked round the team when we conceded and it was just hands on hips, not a care in the world. We have no leaders. I love Mark Noble but where is his passion?
In recent seasons if we were struggling in the game he would run round the pitch and make a big challenge to get the crowd going. None of that now. Meanwhile Dimitri Payet doesn’t look like he wants to be here, he should be nowhere near the pitch with the attitude he has shown in recent games.
You want a move? Play for one! I think he’ll be off in January. And the way things are going will he even be missed? The only positive I can really think of is Ashley Fletcher, who I thought played really well and didn’t stop running all game.
We need fighters, players who want to play for the shirt. We’re in a relegation fight. The only one who showed emotion and that the defeat hurt, was Bilic. It was hard to see him look so defeated. The players have let him down massively.
The Arsenal fans were singing ‘You’re not West Ham anymore’ – and it is hard to disagree. Last season we were 2-0 down at home to Arsenal but you could almost feel that we could get back into it. This year we go a goal down - and heads drop.
It doesn’t get any easier with Liverpool away next, but we have nothing to lose really, no-one expects anything so let's change things about. Give some youngsters a chance, at least they know what playing for West Ham means.
Recall Reece Burke from Wigan. Give Reece Oxford a go. Marcus Browne consistently plays well for the Development Squad, whilst Toni Martinez scores nearly every game. Josh Cullen was our best player vs Juventus (one game, I know..) but he’s playing every week for Bradford; bring him back for the fight?
They couldn’t do any worse than the current ‘first team’. Following the trip to Anfield we face Burnley and Hull in the space of three days at ‘home’ (sigh). Two massive games.
The club is a mess at the moment, let's be honest. It started in the summer when our transfer business was awful. The board completely let Bilic down, trying to get deals on the cheap and hoping someone comes good. Zaza, Calleri, Nordveit, Tore, Arbeloa… the list goes on.
We’ve just moved into a new 60,000 seater stadium, with 52,000 season tickets sold – yet we’re still scrapping around looking for loan deals and free transfers. Promised a 20-goal-a-season a striker, surprise surprise we are still relying on Andy Carroll being fit.
The stadium move has been a disaster, fans are now being filmed by ‘security teams’ (ie treated like criminals), otherss getting thrown out for standing up trying to create an atmosphere etc.
Bilic is so far away from the pitch it takes him an age to give out his instructions. The problem is there is no going back and we have to try and make it work. Although it seems an impossible task right now…
We have to get behind Bilic, in my opinion. I feel so sorry for him. He clearly cares about the club. Don’t get me wrong, he has made some bad decisions as well, but after last season he deserves a chance to turn it around.
The Burnley and Hull games are huge and we have to win them both. In January we need to invest in the team, improve the first XI and not bring in squad players who are not good enough for the league.
We need fighters and players who are prepared for a battle, we are just so easy to play against at the moment. Do we trust the board to spend some money and get the right players in? I'm not convinced!
The board should come out and back Bilic rather than hiding away in their mansions. They are quick to talk to when we are doing well. How about positively backing the manager?
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