‘We are relegation candidates’ – West Ham’s big month

West Ham are still waiting for Nuno Espirito Santo to replace them as manager.

Since taking over, the Portuguese coach has lost three Premier League games. Manuel Pellegrini was the Hammers’ manager in September 2018 who was the last to lose any of his first four games.

West Ham are now just two points clear of bottom side Wolves, who have won just five games since their defeat at Brentford on Monday, ending their run-into the Premier League.

The only other top-flight team to have won once this season was Nottingham Forest, who they only managed to win once in August.

“We’re relegation candidates,” we say. Andy Payne, a West Ham fan and co-chair of the club’s fan advisory board, said on BBC Radio 5 Live, “I hate saying that, but it’s true.”

West Ham is having trouble with these off-field circumstances.

On Monday, there were many empty seats at London Stadium as some fans staged a boycott and stayed away to protest the club’s operations.

Although this was the first boycott, West Ham’s supporters have previously called for vice-chair Karren Brady and chairman David Sullivan to step down.

Before Crystal Palace’s defeat last month, thousands of fans showed up, and the club responded with a lengthy statement informing them that they were still listening to fan feedback, had made “significant investments into the football operation” and “continued to do everything we can” to improve the matchday experience.

Payne was one of the fans who, according to him, would not play the game for what he claimed would be his final and final time.

Fans are not the cause of the boycott, he said, and “we are the solution waiting to be heard.”

“It was a deliberate boycott to show the owners that something needs to change,” the owner claimed.

Payne claimed that fan protests are aimed at the club’s owners rather than the manager or the players.

However, Nuno’s choice to start against Brentford with inverted full-backs did raise some questions.

Payne continued, “It’s unfair on Nuno and it’s unfair on the players as well.”

Nuno, who has vowed to try and get fans back on their side, has not been the only one who has slammed the situation.

After the defeat on Monday, he said, “I think we are all concerned.” You can tell how concerned our own fans are. Fear turns into anxiety and silence. There is a problem here.

The fans must see something that appeals to them so they can support us and give us energy.

“I fully comprehend and respect it,” she said. We must make changes to it.

Nuno and his coaches have promised to work hard to keep West Ham away from the bottom three after winning three of their previous five Premier League games against Leeds.

“We need a significant improvement in four days [away at Leeds],” he said, “recognising that every day is crucial to improving the situation.”

West Ham lost their first four league home games following a defeat by Brentford.

The Hammers have lost five top-flight games at home on just the second occasion, the last of which was in 1930-31, when they played in February and April.

They finished 18th in the same year and snagged relegation, but they finished the following year at the bottom of the league.

West Ham’s joint-worst season in the top flight, along with the campaigns of 1973-74 and 1988-89, is four points after eight games.

However, both the good and the bad news await Hammers fans. Although they had a young Paul Ince and a number of club legends like Alan Devonshire, Tony Gale, and Alvin Martin, they were eventually relegated in 1973-74 and eventually came out on top 18th. However, in 1988-89, they were relegated.