'stick Together' - But Will Potter Get More Time At West Ham?

For nan 2nd successive location crippled astatine London Stadium, West Ham person vanished pinch galore of their fans having near agelong earlier nan last whistle.

A 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Tottenham connected Saturday was greeted by boos from those still wrong nan crushed astatine full-time.

Two defeats, 8 goals conceded and conscionable nan solitary extremity scored connected location ungraded makes for miserable reference for head Graham Potter that is only going to summation nan unit he is under.

But afterwards, nan erstwhile Chelsea leader remained defiant.

"I understand because nan scoreline is nan scoreline and I understand why group are upset," he told Sky Sports.

"We are a caller squad and we person to instrumentality together and attraction connected nan things we've done good and spot wherever we tin improve."

West Ham fans will person their ain thoughts connected this question, but nan statistic do not make for pleasant reading:

West Ham made 5 signings successful nan summer, pinch highly rated full-back El Hadji Malick Diouf, goalkeeper Mads Hermansen and erstwhile Newcastle striker Callum Wilson among those to arrive.

Despite bolstering his protect options that has been nan main interest for West Ham this season.

Aside from nan alarming number of goals they person conceded, it is besides nan type they are letting in.

No squad has conceded much headed goals (five) than West Ham this season, while they person besides fto successful six goals from corners - only 2 less than they conceded from corners successful nan full of past play (eight).

"We conceded 9 aliases 10 set-pieces earlier nan extremity [against Tottenham] and defended them well," said Potter.

"We made a correction astatine nan acold station and sewage punished."

But for ex-Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given, it is not conscionable astir nan mediocre commencement to nan play but much nan mediocre shape that has been going connected longer.

"Everyone said judge Graham Potter erstwhile he's had a afloat pre-season and a chance to get his ain players in, but there's been nary improvement," he told BBC Sport.

Seeing nan stadium half quiet successful nan 2nd half, conscionable for illustration it was against Chelsea, will interest nan West Ham hierarchy.

"Tomas Soucek's reddish paper didn't thief but that is six wins and 11 defeats successful 22 convention matches for Potter. They've started truthful poorly. Will he beryllium fixed much time? I'm not sure."

BBC Sport's main shot news newsman Simon Stone:

Even erstwhile they are being subjected to nan benignant of disapproval they are getting astatine nan moment, West Ham's ownership thin not to spell successful for knee-jerk reactions erstwhile it comes to dealing pinch managers.

Chairman David Sullivan is much apt to springiness personification a crippled aliases 2 other alternatively than enactment erstwhile location is still a anticipation nan business mightiness beryllium pulled round.

Clearly though, dense location defeats by 2 of nan club's fiercest rivals and slipping into nan bottommost 3 is not a bully look, particularly erstwhile Potter's assignment past play grounded to trigger nan betterment hoped for.

If location is simply a flimsy affirmative arsenic acold arsenic Potter is concerned, it comes from knowing we are still incredibly early into nan caller season.

Julen Lopetegui collected only 5 points from his first six Premier League games successful complaint past play and it was January earlier he was sacked. In 2022-23, West Ham collected 5 points from 7 games pinch David Moyes successful charge.

The secondary constituent is that West Ham made 4 signings betwixt 29 August and nan transportation deadline closing 2 days later. Given location was an world break successful between, really overmuch clip has Potter had to activity pinch his new-look squad?

Next week, unbeaten Crystal Palace sojourn London Stadium for a crippled wherever immense demonstrations against nan ownership are planned. If that crippled doesn't spell well, a tense ambiance could move toxic.

After that it's a travel to Merseyside and a gathering pinch Moyes' improving Everton earlier a travel to Arsenal, wherever West Ham person won connected their past 2 visits, including nether Potter successful February.

That feels a much evident clip to reassess, moreover if galore West Ham fans consciousness getting free of nan head is only nan commencement of nan alteration they really want.

Bonny: Graham Potter? At this rate, moreover Harry Potter would struggle to activity his magic. This has relegation written each complete it.

Matt: 11 goals (and counting) conceded successful 4 games is relegation waiting to happen. For each nan owners request to time off for West Ham to beryllium a success, nan inability to take sides truthful acold this play has to beryllium pinch Graham Potter.

Andy: West Ham were mediocre nether Moyes, mediocre nether Lopetegui and mediocre nether Potter. The head isn't nan issue. Moyes is doing good astatine Everton because they springiness him a costs fund and backmost him pinch transfers. West Ham do neither, for immoderate manager.

Martin: As a lifelong Hammer and a multi-decade season-ticket holder this nine is losing its soul. I fearfulness nan head will salary nan value but nan truth is nan blasted for a full deficiency of strategy and nan demolition of that psyche lies pinch nan owners. No-one else.