“West Ham will not be a membership that panics about its managers. We have a tendency to stay with them, are likely to help folks, and see it by.”
These have been the phrases of Hammers vice-chair Karren Brady following the 3-0 loss to newly promoted Sunderland of their Premier League opener.
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The membership’s hierarchy and followers wished a response towards Chelsea on Friday. What they received as a substitute
That was from a few of these nonetheless contained in the London Stadium, with many supporters opting as a substitute to go away lengthy earlier than the sport was over.
No supervisor ought to actually be underneath strain after simply two video games, however it’s laborious to excuse his aspect’s disappointing performances – and defend Potter’s report in cost since he changed Julen Lopetegui in January.
He has received simply 5 of his 21 video games up to now and, having conceded three towards Sunderland, West Ham have shipped eight targets throughout their first two video games of a top-flight marketing campaign for the primary time ever.
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Potter can be the primary Hammers supervisor in Premier League historical past to fail to get into double figures for factors in his first 10 dwelling video games, taking simply 9 courtesy of two wins, three attracts and 5 defeats.
The previous Brighton and Chelsea boss is aware of he and the gamers need to do higher, saying afterwards: “It is the truth, however we have had a tricky week.
“We have performed two matches and we have conceded eight targets, there isn’t any getting away from that, in order that has to drastically enhance.”
‘Brutal expertise’ – what’s incorrect with West Ham?
West Ham made 5 signings in the summertime, with extremely rated full-back El Hadji Malick Diouf, goalkeeper Mads Hermansen and former Newcastle striker Callum Wilson amongst these to reach.
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Regardless of that, there’s been little signal of enchancment on the pitch.
Defensively they’re proving extraordinarily susceptible from set-pieces, with three of the 5 targets they conceded towards Chelsea coming from them – and Hermansen at fault for 2 as he struggled to cope with corners.
Captain Jarrod Bowen summed up the damage contained in the West Ham dressing room as he informed Sky Sports activities: “Fuming. Disappointing. All of the feelings that include being on the again of conceding eight targets in two video games and never selecting up some extent but.
“I assumed the targets have been actually low cost on our behalf. We did not actually make them work for these three from set-pieces, which we have all the time prided ourselves on over time and a pair extra finishes contained in the six-yard field.
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“We gifted the targets away.”
Former West Ham and Chelsea goalkeeper Rob Inexperienced stated on Sky Sports activities: “It was simply so removed from ok.
“The targets they concede, how they’ve gone about it, the vitality that is not there within the aspect, and already you are going to be nervous.
“It is such a very long time to attend till the following sport. You have to sit and reside by this and it’s a brutal expertise.”
Are Hammers in a relegation battle?
It’s after all very early to counsel {that a} relegation battle beckons for West Ham this season, however there isn’t any doubt it’s a vital concern for a lot of of their supporters proper now.
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With one aim scored and eight conceded, they’re presently exhibiting that worrying mixture of struggling to attain and letting in lots, which doesn’t bode effectively for aspirations of avoiding a season of battle.
Up subsequent is a visit to Nottingham Forest, earlier than successive London derbies towards Tottenham and Crystal Palace – all three tough video games during which West Ham might want to present appreciable enchancment from what they’ve up to now.
Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp stated on Sky Sports activities: “If I am Sunderland, Burnley, Leeds, I am taking a look at West Ham and pondering, ‘they’re those, they’re the weakest crew within the Premier League we’ll catch’.
“That squad is not ok. They have not received sufficient good gamers. That midfield simply could not get close to, they did not have the legs to get round. They should get somebody with actual legs.”
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New faces can revitalise a squad low on confidence, however Potter didn’t counsel there will likely be many incomings earlier than the switch window closes on 1 September.
“I believe it will be a bit obtuse of me to discuss signings when clearly we have now to enhance and do higher with what we have now,” he admitted.
“We have to do greater than we’re as a gaggle and as all the time we are going to look to strengthen whereas the window is open.”
Potter is aware of he’s underneath strain, and the way these subsequent few weeks pan out – each when it comes to outcomes on the pitch and enterprise within the switch market – can have an enormous say on his future.
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“You are underneath strain on a regular basis in these jobs, on this scenario, that is how it’s,” he added.
“I do know the territory, I do know what comes with poor outcomes and I settle for my duty.”