Over 64% of Claret and Hugh readers blame Manuel Pellegrini for West Ham’s defeat against Everton last Saturday.
Most supporters point to his tactics of starting Lucas Perez and Pedro Obiang in a starting lineup that lacked any desire or passion.
Nearly 36% of the 1,156 who voted say Pellegrini was not to blame and argue that it was the players who need to step up, some point to the fact that Felipe Anderson and Samir Nasri were injured, Mark Noble had personal family issues and Javier Hernandez was suffering from fatigue from his international duties for Mexico. They say Pellegrini selection choices were limited in the circumstances so it was up to players drafted in as replacements to step up and perform.
West Ham had an option to go seventh in the Premier League at the weekend after Wolves and Watford both lost their games but the costly defeat to Everton at the London Stadium has dropped the Hammers down to Eleventh place in the Premier League table. West Ham had just one shot on target against Everton on Saturday Everton and have managed a combined total of just three shots on target in games against Cardiff Away, Bournemouth Away and Wolves Away.
Full Poll Results: Was Pellegrini to blame for Everton loss? 1,156 Votes: 743 (64.27%) Yes 413 (35.735) No
Pell is a manager who doesn’t do tactics he tells the team the way he wants them to play and expects results, well when the team is the mish mash of talent and dregs like we have its not good enough. we need to ship out Noble/Perez/Creswell/Masuaku/Hernandez/Obiang/Snodgrass. watching this rubbish every week is like having teeth pulled. i would get rid of Manuel Pellegrini and try to get someone who can motivate a team, someone like Chris Hughton. the Everton game was the worst i have seen in many years and watching this lot i’ve seen some dog awful performances.