Hammers lose again and look a lost cause

By Hughie Southon

Beaten again for the 13th time this season – the Hammers remain in the bottom three and looking a totally lost cause

We loooked to have learned lessons from slow starts and were quickly away when almost scoring  as early as the first minute after Bowen squandered a chance in space when firing wide from a Coufal throw in and knock on from Soucek.

With Downes alongside Rice at the back, Soucek was pressing forward and looking much happier in the free midfield role we looked ok for a bit.

The Irons continued to press for the first quarter of an hour but failed to create big chances although  maintained some control before the rot set in.

Spurs were  a totally different proposition at the start of the second half but Kane  – free in the eight yard box – fired well wide the home side netted to give the Spurs a lead.

The Hammers flew to the other end and a fierce Bowen shot was brilliantly saved by the keeper Forster.

But after that the Hammers became second best and worse as the home side piled on the pressure and there was no punch at all to us as we were looking impervious to the fact that we would finish the weekend in the bottom three.

Spurs brought on Son who immediately scored from a Kane assist — Moyes as – ever waited until beyond the 70th to bring on Ings and Benrahma who produced nothing.

The No 22 fired a free kick over the bar from the edge of the penalty are before firing wide after a brilliant Bowen run down the dead ball line and cutting the ball back.

Still Spurs piled forward with the Hammers showing they had absolutely no answers and it means that at the end of a weekend when all the teams around us were winning we suffered our 13th defeat of the season.

Moyes has to go – we are a lost cause under this geezer.