There does seem no hiding place today. The point gained from a lacklustre performance is little comfort to West Ham United fans: Many were thankfully spared the ordeal of watching the whole game in real time and would have had to endure just a few minutes of highlights. Surely the board and Chairman cannot be blind to what is clear: The team is going backwards under Lopetegui.
Former players are of course usually invested in the club’s success having worn the shirt and performed in front of the claret and blue supporters. So when an outspoken critic sums it up so brutally with so few words, that comment deserves to go viral. Former Hammer Don Hutchison played for both sides, Everton from 98-2000 and The Hammers from 1994-’96, so I’d respect his opinion.
He didn’t hold back on his Twitter X account:
“West Ham play pensioner / walking football and Everton players are better than where they are in the Lge table….”
A pretty damning indictment of Lopetegui’s style. As if we couldn’t see it with our own eyes. The only person who seems to have his head buried in the sand is Chairman David Sullivan who will find his denial comes back to haunt the club when a relegation battle ensues after Christmas. “Pensioner Football“: Suddenly my witty ‘Dad’s Army’ tongue in cheek comments in ‘that’ August article don’t look so funny now.
