Julen Lopetegui was a sad looking figure on the touchline last night, twitching forlornly like a run-over rabbit in need of a merciful coup-de-grace. Hopefully sometime this morning we will receive the news that David Sullivan has administered the fatal phone call and done the decent thing for all Hammers fans and for the players.
There is no coherent plan, no strategy, no improvement and continual tinkering with the starting eleven and reports of dressing room bust ups – all of which have beset Lopetegui’s five months of chaos.
The players didn’t seem to be committed to him – yes they were going through the motions last night but there was no urgency, just a gradual resignation. The frantic substitutions meaning at one time we had three strikers- three- but no coherent plan spoke volumes.
I’m sure Julen is a nice man, he seems well meaning. But he is out of his depth here and needs to be consigned to Hammers history without further ado. Why the Chairman didn’t do the decent thing during the international break is I’m sure down to saving face. No football club chairman wants to admit publicly that he got it wrong.
Lets hope that he does the decent thing then steps back and lets Tim Steidten get on and appoint Lopetegui’s successor.
COYI
I said months ago consider a TANDEM of STEIDTEN and CARRICK . if that doesn’t appease the fans nothing will .
After the current debacle there is NO RISK involved. Why doesn’t C.H. ask STEIDTEN for his opinion?
When Wolves trusted Jorge Mendes they got JLo and a whole load of players that were overpriced and under performed.
Sullivan used Jorge Mendes to hire Julien and will more than likely use him again when he hopefully ends this pathetic fraud of a coach.
Doing the same thing doesn’t sound like a good plan to me!
Steidten recommended Alonso for Leverkusen and they won the Bundesliga title 🏆
If Tim thinks Hoeness is the coach to transform us then I’d happily trust him over Sullivan 100%
I’m with John and Matt.
Sullivans record with managers / coaches is appalling.
In comparison to who?
Sullivan (+Gold & Brady) haven’t made loads of managerial mistakes.
For every disaster (Avram Grant) there’s been successes.
JLo looks to have been a mistake at this point, but his CV is top level management/coaching.
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well said indeed.
Have to agree that Tim seems the only one at our club capable of salvaging this season by getting a new coach that can work with him on player recruitment.
Sullivan will do nothing yet. He always prolongs the agony. Pride( men of small stature in history tend to have an overabundance of it ) will not allow him to admit he got it spectacularly wrong ( yet again ).
Then it is up to the fans to turn up the heat and voice discontent until he listens to the crowd calling for him to see the error of his ways!
Protests are inevitable!
“allow him to admit he got it spectacularly wrong ( yet again ).”
SirAlf, what other spectacularly wrong’s are you referring to?
Appointing Avram Grant, sure I agree, but that was 14 years ago, move on
You heard anything from.your sources at the club.?????..like you say enough is enough..but i got a horrible feeling..sullivan won’t do fk all…maybe another 2 game extension where we are bound to win one game ..and the saga drags on …surely they can see NOW he’s lost out there..if not we are fking doomed
Don’t think our sources feel like answering any e mail just now, frankly! Suspect they are all hunkered down in siege mode
Is Füllkrug happier now tho 🤣🤣🤣
J-Lo, get him out of our club now , Leicester are an awful team , our defence is shocking . Not good enough another capitulation against a poor team . Sullivan needs to sack him now . Our club ate a joke and the players also need to step up . Not good enough another, going into Christmas in a relegation fight . Hey him out !
Totally agree Mark 👏
Time to bullet this 🤡
You have more faith in Tim than I do Martin. I feel he may be part of the problem.
We can’t trust Sullivan!
Any of the coaches on Tim’s shortlist would’ve been better than Sullivan’s choice after Moyes.
Hurzeler / Amorin and Hoeness were Tim’s choices to replace Moyes and you think he is a problem?
I’d say he is the only chance and person at the club qualified to find a solution to Sullivan’s epic failure!
If Moyes was vetoing Tim and caused us to have such an ageing and small squad.
Surely Tim having a handpicked coach that he interviews and is on the same wavelength is more preferable to Sullivan picking someone that could not be on the same page like Moyes was?
Can we crowd fund a Tifo for both ends of the stadium to end this disastrous coach from taking us down? 🤔
It’s time for the home fans to take note and ramp up the feeling shown by the away fans last night!
No other Premiership club would want Sullivan, Brady and JLo – Facts!
All out of their depth, all disconnected from our fan base 😡😡😡
Things come in 3’s
1) Sullivan 2) Lop for the chop 3) Relegation
Starting Ings up front highlights the manager doesn’t know what he is doing. I’m afraid enough is enough.
This 🤡 is getting paid to constantly make us look an absolute joke on the pitch.
We only pay his weekly wage until some other desperate La Liga team end us giving this idiot more money!
Get rid now! Noble can be caretaker against Wolves. The Wolves fans will be delighted if he is still in charge for that game!
Dropping Summerville and bringing Alvarez straight back in the team again showed he doesn’t know what he is doing!!
Sullivan giving job to Julien shows he didn’t know what we was doing either!
Get Hoeness now and step away from using your dodgy agents like Salthouse and Jorge Mendes for coaches and recruitment.
We’ve had enough of you ruining our club! The only chairman / coach combination that is worse in the Premiership is Sullivan and Avram Grant!
Avram Grant didn’t have the calibre of players that JLo currently has – that makes JLo equally as bad if not worse than Avram.
Silly appointed both so worst of all 3!
How does JLo still have his job?
How did JLo get the job in the first place?
Sullivan is a disgrace for ignoring Tim’s choices and appointing this clueless clown. They are as bad as each other. No idea, no vision and no strategy!
West Ham fans chanting said it all last night….
“How sh*t must you be – it’s only 2-0” @ the Foxes
“Sacked in the morning” at JLo
Any other club would’ve sacked him last night! Sick of 2 more games and give him time to turn things around!
Disgraceful appointment and disgraceful again by Sullivan that he hasn’t sacked him already! 😡😡
Wolves fans were happy to get rid of Loppy and will be over the moon if he remains our coach when we play them next!
There are not 3 clubs worse than us and there is not 1 coach worse than Loppy!
There are only 3 things certain in life
1) Death
2) Taxes
3) Sullivan appointing lacklustre coaches