There’s a certain perspective on this weekend’s defeat now, the dust having settled on the Ewood Park 2-1 loss and the furious away fans now returned back to their day jobs. In the cold light of day this would seem to be a drama, not a crisis – West Ham are ninth in the division, sure, but still just six points off second spot.
Defeats have been bad, but it is not yet disaster time, according to talkSPORT’s Jason Cundy
It shows the hugely competitive nature of this league, true, but suggests that with Kretinsky’s swift action to replace Nuno with former Hammer Scott Parker, West Ham have acted in time to save themselves.
That is certainly the view of Jason Cundy, talk SPORT pundit and former Chelsea and Tottenham regular who is quite happy to stick the boot in to the Hammers. Unnervingly, in this instance he’s helped bring a dash of stability to Hammers’ fans’ woes. Yahoo Sport’s article confirms – Cundy is still a believer:
“Maybe it’s just me being deluded but I still think West Ham will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season. It’s a bad result (against Blackburn Rovers), you cannot deny that and Scotty Parker has come in, he’s got a bit of work to do. West Ham are now 9th. They’re only six points off 2nd place. It’s not a disaster this.”
Something to cling onto this week.
Yes there’s a drama at east London, as most neutral’s favourites for automatic promotion continue to stumble. But six points can easily be recovered over the hectic schedule in the run up to Christmas. Maybe a reminder to us all to take a breath, check the table again at the end of the year – and let Scott Parker do his thing in the meantime.
Cundy is a spurs secret agent. Ignore everything he says about us