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After one of the most woeful performances that most have ever seen, Nuno Espirito Santo wasn't afraid to criticise the performance and understands why the fans are ‘concerned’.

His opening comments said: “difficult evening, and it’s going to be much harder. Nobody’s going to sleep today. And rightly so. It was not good enough… Was not good enough.”

Upon being asked about the substitutions he made, “Some of them not so good today, but it’s part of the challenge ahead.”

defeat. Was the closing caption West Ham used to describe the 2-0 loss to Brentford.

A fixture in which felt like a ‘six-pointer’ already and one in which the lineup summarised the entirety of the match, clueless, toothless and subsequently leading to the opposition being ruthless.

West Ham: Areola, Walker Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Irving, Fernandes, Paqueta, Soucek, Summerville, Bowen
Subs: Hermansen, Wilson, Diouf, Mavropanos, Rodriguez, Magassa, Wan Bissaka, Potts, Marshall

Brentford: Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Ajer; Henderson, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard; Ouattara, Thiago, Schade.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Nelson, Carvalho, Onyeka, Lewis-Potter, Janelt.