Hammers slip to another horrible defeat

Wolves 3 Irons 0

by Hugh Southon

Fabianski was heroic

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong on another night of despair from a Hammers team which has taken four points from a possible 15 in the League!

This was a horrible defeat  on a night when the team completely failed  to wipe away memories of the AFC Wimbledon horror show.

Quite simply the return of our big players made not a scrap of difference and all the words spoken of Marko Arnautovic’s return to action ended with him hobbling heavily from the pitch seemingly unable to put any weight bearing on his right leg.

How long he will be out for is anyone’s guess and the arrival of Carroll and Hernandez made not the slightest difference.

Wolves bossed the game and in the second half we were forced to suffer the ‘Olays’ of the crowd as the newly promoted outfit strung pass after pass together.

It could have been five of six without Fabianski who made three world class saves but had no chance with any of those from Saiss (66) or Jiminez 80 and 86.

He even continued after a lengthy spell on the ground when being concussed in a horrible looking collision.

We were never ever at the races and barely threatened. It  would be easy to make the excuse that we have put to much pressure on 15 or so players for too long.

But Pellegrini refuses to do so because in reality there’s no point. We are now in 11th spot with Bournemouth a point behind us with a game in hand and Liverpool up next.

We need players back but are not gonna get them and somehow a miracle needs to occur if we are to climb out of this awful run of form.

This was the second ‘double’ scored over us this season and but for the heroics of the brilliant Fabianski it could have been so much worse.

Manuel Pellegrini  looks like a man under pressure again and on his reported £10 million a year will need to find some answers very quickly.

The reality is that to be the big club he wants us to be we need big players and I’m afraid their aren’t enough of those in this West Ham team right now!