West Ham have a challenging time ahead with three fixtures which could potentially see them slip further down the table in the relegation zone. The Hammers sit in 17th place one point above Hull City and three points above Sunderland with Swansea routed to the bottom of the table on six points.
West Ham face three top four sides in their next three league fixtures with Manchester United away, Arsenal at home followed by Liverpool away.
Sunderland face Liverpool Away, Leicester at Home followed by Swansea away.
Swansea face Palace at home, Spurs away and Sunderland at home.
Hull City face West Bromwich Albion home, Boro away and Palace at home.
Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace are also 11 points but have a superior goal difference.
While no-one is panicking just yet that the Hammers are relegation contenders this season, if we drop and remain in the relegation zone at Christmas it can be a tough and long season to get out and stay out.
West Ham have a tradition of raising their game against the big teams under Slav so let’s hope we can pick up some points very soon. Another way to look at it is we are only 8 points away from sixth place which puts things in perspective.
Yeah, I think we should put a second string team out against Utd in the league game and go all in for the cup. If the second string team do well all good if not we can put things right in the cup game, main thing is to get to the semi’s and try and win the cup, best we are likely to finish in the league is 8th which is out of the European slots anyway.
What are the chances of West Ham picking up zero point in the next three games? Pretty good if one is being honest.
All this talk about raising our game against big teams and cup glory (oh, and league survival will somehow take care of itself) sounds like bloody wishful thinking.
Not looking good no matter how you cut it . We are in trouble and need points now .
But , judging by that Spurs game I think we can beat Man Utd both in the League and in the League Cup .
All we want is a worry free Christmas ; is that too much to ask for ? , maybe .
What will be will be,we all know to expect the unexpected with our boys.The majority of us have seen it all before so no need to get in a flap over it.We will be just fine in my opinion.