Former Hammers boss hits out at poor form

Former Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola has claimed the team needs to be performing far better under Slaven Bilic.

Zola – who managed the club between 2008-2010 said: “I think it’s a club that deserves to always be in the top half of the table, in my opinion.

“They have great supporters and a very good philosophy of play, but they haven’t been playing well this year, to be honest. I don’t know why, they have good players, but they haven’t been playing well.”

He  sympathises with the plight of current boss Bilic, who has spoken of the pressure he is starting to feel at the club.

He said: “Whether it’s down to confidence or the fact that they were missing some players, I don’t know, but I think they have to do better than this. It’s a club that deserve more than this,” he added.