Gold and Sullivan urged the fans to “remain positive”.
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It rounded off another bad day at the office for West Ham, who have now lost five of their opening six Premier League games for the first time in their history.
“It’s my team, my responsibility and I’m taking it”. But we also need the geezer sitting in front of them who wants to stand up and sing. It is never one player. “Mistakes in the defence gave us defeats against Watford and West Brom and that means low confidence”.
Bilic’s side were lauded after finishing seventh last season but just months later they are languishing in the relegation zone following a miserable 3-0 home defeat on Sunday. Everything that was good last season is way below par this season. It is not working. “But now that credit is gone”.
The 27-year-old then set up Tadic to slot home the second in the 62nd.
The Saints had a big void to fill over the summer with Mane departing for Liverpool and manager Ronald Koeman leaving for Everton but new boss Claude Puel is showing he can continue the success of recent years and Austin is helping him do that. “We could have kept playing until tonight and we wouldn’t have scored”. If I’m honest it could have been six.
“Looking on the bright side, it can’t get any worse”, he said.
In the EFL Cup against Crystal Palace midweek, Austin netted again from the spot, bringing his tally to four goals in his last three games in all competitions.
Bilic will be pulling his hair out trying to find a solution for Cheikhou Kouyate’s painfully inconsistent performances. “Are they together?” he said. I’m very happy for them. They are maybe too good with each other.
“It was very interesting to see the correction from my players”. They are the same players who did it past year. In England, it will be shown online on Sky Go, and for listings in other countries you can check out LiveSoccerTV. “But have I noticed any problems in training? No”.
Bilic insisted after Sunday’s capitulation against Southampton that there was no dressing room split but insisted any credit the players had in the bank from last season has long since evaporated.
Manager Bilic said: “That’s not a good sign”.
Zaza’s frustration continued when, having been denied what he felt was a penalty in the first half, was booked for a dive after tumbling under Oriol Romeu’s challenge in the area. “We need to make the London Stadium a fortress”.
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“Against a team without confidence it was important to press”.
