It will take more than a miracle to sort this out

That’s four defeats on the trot and 14 goals conceded and however much we love the manager as a bloke it has to be said: “How long can he survive?”

A personal assessment would tell me that were he to lose the next  that would have to be the end regardless of the loyalty the Davids tend to show their managers.

There has to be a cut off point regardless of how enjoyable the first season was for us all. The option MUST tonight be very firmly on their minds.

Out of Europe to a team that should have been seen off with little bother and a Premier League campaign whichis nothing less than horrific.

Today against Southampton we saw a team a West Ham team as nervous as I’ve ever seen and the second goal demonstrated it.

The fannying around we saw and the piece of nonsense from Cheik Kouyate which created the opportunity was the sort of stuff you assoicate with a team scared silly.

Like every sport, football is played between the ears and frankly there was nothing between most ofthose players who was out there today!

There wasn’t a player out there who didn’t make an error – or several – and you now wonder where on earth this club  is going

I want to hear no more of the ‘new stadium factor’ because every team that’s been here seems to think it’s mighty fine thank you very much.

There simply is no excuse for what went on out there today. It was horrible and Slave now has the toughest test of his career in the game.

Can he turn it round? I sincerely hope so but on what we’ve seen so far this season it will take something more even than a miracle.

COYI