Shocking! Moyes and Hammers looking grim

Match verdict by Hughie Southon

It’s just as well David Moyes explained a week ago that relegation is a thing of the past at West Ham otherwise, I may have been worried.

Even though we were as bad I can remember today according to the man at the top everything is cool, and we are gonna be in the mix for Europe at the end of the season.

May I remind Mr Moyes of another R word called reality. Despite recent results we have been entirely unconvincing and today two of the new signing Kehrer and Scamacca were among those who impressed the least.

Soucek was subbed, Benny scored a great goal and then went absent, Bowen certainly wasn’t at his best and Mikey looked lost for 45 minutes.

The Hammers were sloppy and slovenly and even unable to give us the usual second 45 minute we have become uscd to.

We were poor throughout and unless we manage to beat Leicester City in our next game we will have a World Cup period when our worries will be as familiar as they have been for years past.

Why we are so slow out of the blocks is becoming a seriously worrying problem and out ability today to build on a great goal made things even worse.

Kehrer’s mistake for one of the Palace goals was a shocker and for much of the time he looked what he is – a £1o million footballer.

Scamacca was never at the races and looked like a player worth a lot less whilst Moyes himself, unless someone corrects me, has played the same one up ultra-defensive system all season.

Teams now know exactly how to play against us and the manager needs to look at himself and his style. If things don’t improve and fast – as he continually claims will be the case – he could easily be facing the exit door.

Three defeats from the last four Premier League games just won’t do following the three from our four opening PL matches.

It’s the stuff to have him looking over his shoulder and so he should.

And whatever the board may or may not say they are surely thinking the same.