Hammer horror on night of shame!

By Hugh Southon

AFC Wimbledon 4 West Ham 2

Surely this has to be the end of the line for Carroll

Pick your own word – shame, embarrassment, disgust, horror – none of them are strong enough – together they may come close!

This was the night that will be remembered when the younger West Ham generation  relate their worst ever experiences to the next one.

For in the first half Manuel Pellegrini’s starting X1 were utterly appalling and for that the manager has to take much responsibility through his team selection.

It came as no surprise when Diangana, Obiang and Carroll disappeared, to be replaced by Anderson, Fredericks and Lucas. We improved dramatically and got back to 3-2 before Sibbick sealed the League One team’s win.

The upside ( ok that’s the wrong word) it is that Pellegrini has surely learned a very late lesson – Andy Carroll is out of the question as a front man – we can only thank the stars that Arnautovic will be here until the end of the season.

Quite simply Carroll was the pits – awful – but it seems unfair to pick him out as in the first half we were a disgrace everywhere.

That we got it back to 3-2 in the second only demonstrated who should not have been out there in the first place. Yes it really was that dreadful!

Felipe Anderson scored a special free kick, Antonio was energetic throughout but missed chances, Fredericks looked adventurous and Perez is better than his reputation at times.

If you are a drinker there’s only one thing to do now – ‘get Brahms’ – the rest of us will suffer a seriously sleepless dreams or nightmares.

Awful just awful.

Wimbledon scorers:

• Appiah (34′minutes), 
• Wagstaff (41′minutes, 46′minutes), 
• Sibbick (88′minutes)

Hammers:

• Pérez (57′minutes), 
• Felipe Anderson (71′minutes)