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As the stormy clouds closed in and the protests begun, the London derby against Crystal Palace kicked off which would ultimately see Hammers fans having to endure 90 minutes of an unenthusiastic, lethargic performance with the players coasting around the pitch.

Crystal Palace would take the lead through Mateta from a corner despite Areola taking the starting spot, and Mavros defensive efforts of an acrobatic clearance weren’t able to keep the scoreline level.

All wouldn’t be bad as Jarrod Bowen would convert a header from the corner of Malick Diouf, in which the Hammers saw a surge of attacks but all would amount to nothing. The expected flurry of attacks each game lasted for about 10 minutes, but the lack of urgency to have shots were Potters’ Achilles heel.

Crystal Palace swiftly resumed as always and turned the scoreline around to resume their winning stance. For the remaining 22 minutes, the tactics had no urgency to see us back in the game and considering the style of football West Ham were playing, you’d have thought they were winning 2-1!

In order to bolster the hopes of scoring, Graham Potter made the decision to substitute Summerville for Guilherme as well as Fernandes for Magassa, whom many believe had been our best player on the pitch, instead of Ward-Prowse who had received a negative reception once again.

The weather progressively got worse as the fixture went on, and once making your way out the stadium, the shower of rain became heavier which completed a rather fitting comparison to how Graham Potter’s time at West Ham has gone.

The numb atmosphere before taking a seat to the boos ringing around the stadium at the final whistle, the Matchday environment is becoming more and more against Potter.

This is further shown through the Hammers fans joining in with Crystal Palace signing “sacked in the morning” and “you don’t know what you’re doing”, which proved to be the most unity we’ve had in an atmosphere within the last year.

Time is running around and combining the meetings that took place with Nuno and a defeat today, it feels difficult to imagine a world where there isn’t a change soon.

Manager conversations have been looming around with Graham Potter potentially departing in the near future.

A couple of days ago, the first mention of Kieran McKenna had been brought up after he had been spotted at the Tottenham match. As well as this, the other two names that had been considered were Nuno Espírito Santo and Sean Dyche.

The Portuguese manager has been searching for another job and is ready to challenge in the Premier League again, despite being sacked just over a week ago, with him seen as the frontrunner and most popular contender for the job in the event of Graham Potter being sacked.

However, it has been revealed today that Slaven Bilic is being considered for the job if the Englishman were to be sacked, the Croatian could potentially take over as he's seen as one of the three 'serious' candidates that would be considered.

Many haven't been afraid to make their comments known about the Bilic link, with some suggesting that he would be the right man to help secure this fan base come back together, and could potentially use this squad better than Potter is currently using it, whilst others suggest that it would be ludicrous to go for him when Nuno is available on the market and could potentially be open to joining the Hammers.

The manager situation keeps developing by the day, but it seems that Graham Potter will eventually be replaced; it's just a question of who will be the one to take the hot seat...?

West Ham suffered a brutal defeat against Tottenham a few days ago, and since the 3-0 result, many have taken to social media to discuss once again the same looming question about Graham Potter that seems to be coming up more frequently than ever at the moment.

Should Graham Potter be sacked?

The Hammers have now suffered yet another home loss, meaning that the club still only have two home victories since the beginning of 2025, those two being against Fulham and Leicester City.

If the board were to decide to sack Graham Potter, there are numerous names on the market. The Portuguese duo of Nuno Espírito Santo and Jose Mourinho are the two most popular names to be brought up; however, it's been revealed that Kieran McKenna paid a visit to the West Ham boardroom after the Spurs game.

The current Ipswich boss was invited to the London Stadium and has been a name that's been placed on the everlasting, dreaded shortlist.

Kieran McKenna is known to have Tottenham links, being an ex-player and coach for the North London side, but it has been confirmed that he was there because of West Ham and not to watch his old club.

Whilst his name might be placed on the shortlist, Hammers fans will know very well that Sully doesn't pay for managers, and the appeal for a free manager would always take priority, especially seeing as he'd already have to take another pay-out to sack a manager and the backroom staff if he were to get rid of Potter, who's contract currently runs out in 2027.

It appears more and more that the club are starting to eye up options elsewhere, and targets are being looked at. If Graham Potter hadn't managed a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, we could've been in a very different scenario and one that most likely could've seen him on the chopping block, as in that instance, we would've been bottom of the Premier League.

The big question the club faces now is 'how much longer do you give Graham Potter before you make the finalised decision?' Is it a simple decision? Or will the Hammers once again find themselves in a similar scenario as with Lopetegui, who managed to do the bare minimum to keep his job as long as possible, but at the end of the day... the storm will always follow the clouds

All smoke and mirrors as Hammers suffer brutal defeat after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0.

Once again, it seems that no momentum can be dragged forward nor built upon as after a relatively successful first half, the Hammers nearly took the lead after a near miss from Lucas Paqueta but the dismal organisation off set pieces would prove to cost.

The first set piece of pain would be disallowed but in hindsight, it was rather light considering Fernandes also pushed Van de Ven but at the end of the game, that would mean nothing.

Going into half-time felt that Potter could get something, but a corner saw Sarr convert, leaving us down one just as the half kicked off, the goal would also exclaim the issues West Ham have marking off corners, the clubs abysmal ability to defend has proven costly.

From bad to worse as Tomas Soucek would receive a straight red, a poorly timed tackle from the Czech saw him receive a straight red and rightly so. This ultimately killed West Ham’s, not so high, confidence and a looping header over Hermansen saw us 2-0 down.

No threat, no fire, no answer after conceding two, all that could be done was attempt to soak up the pressure and focus on damage limitation… which wouldn’t go well as we conceded a third.

Many suggested that a back four could be the answer to Potter’s everlasting problems, especially after the result against Nottingham Forest, but the back four formation today showed otherwise and yet again, Potter’s side seems clueless once momentum is lost.

There’s an overwhelming feeling within the players and fans that once we’re a goal down, it’s virtually impossible to fight or comeback stronger.

That’s now 11 goals conceded in 4 games in the Premier League or 14 goals conceded in 5, pick your poison.

After the game it was announced that a fire had broken out at Westfield in the car park and it wouldn’t come as a shock to many if that’s Potter’s or Sully vehicle.

Either way, the predominant blame will go on to Soucek, who essentially costing Potter any chance of getting back in the game, or, is the Czech a scapegoat to a disaster that was already pending?