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The Hammers were forced to endure a relegation-level result courtesy of crucial chances missed, lousy passes and an overall lack of clinical ability.

Fulham, who looked nothing but appalling for 90 minutes, nicked a goal through Ollie Scarles’ dire mistake, where he sliced the ball, and the subsequent failed clearance gave Fulham a clean cut cross to match Jimenez’s head and the game was sealed.

Despite Fulham being the side to nick the winner, West Ham had their chances to do so too and burry the game, Callum Wilson had TWO one-on-one opportunities in which they both should’ve gone in yet failed to make the target, but it begs the question as despite him not finishing the dinner on a golden plate, how many more could he have had if started?

The first half was full of lacklustre crosses which failed to meet a claret shirt, along with comical falls from the bowling pins which ruined any aspect of momentum Nuno’s side attempted to muster, but Fulham’s gritty tactics and dark arts is something the Hammers should learn from, too much honesty and it’s one of the many reasons Fulham have dragged themselves out the relegation fight and why the Hammers are still 5 points adrift.

Crying out for Cry! Summerville’s consistently struggled out wide and whilst he’s provided Nuno’s side with blistering pace, what he does with the runs is nothing but poor and the finishing service he offers isn’t tip worthy, which can be said about Paqueta too, given his underwhelming performance this evening as he struggled to get on to the end of anything, and his final third actions weren’t good enough for anything, meaning two thirds of the attack weren’t clinical! Not what you aspire to have in a relegation fight.

Tiresome, uneasy and a relegation esc result for the Hammers, many were quick to suggest that we needed 12 points from the next four, and that’s now swiftly been denied. Though, for the lucky few, you’ll only have to wait three more days until the Brighton fixtures comes along!

Perhaps a New Year’s gift of a less trembling performance might see some faith reignited heading into January, but the fire that we keep aspiring to light is dwindling away week after week. - LN

David Sullivan’s Merry-Go-Round strategy is already being implemented as he has found a handful of striker targets from the Czech League and will attempt to convince one to come over to replace the departed Fulkrug.

It’ll be all aboard the plane to the Czech Republic, but that’s only lucky if you’re not sent on coach! The names of interest from said region are Viktoria Plzen’s forward Rafiu Durosinmi, who’s a Nigerian Forward that ultimately embodies the like-for-like definition of a target man.

Secondly is Sparta Praha’s Albion Rrahmani, who’s a 25 year old forward, currently managing 14 G/A this season. He has been regarded as a clinical finisher who is also both footed, which is handy considering the Hammers are used to forwards with two left feet!

Last but not least is our favourite club in Slavia Prague, who have Mojmír Chytil. The forward offers a different type of role in comparison to others, a striker but someone who can also drop deeper to hold up the ball and look for a passing opportunity into the final third or the box.

All candidates offer a variation of different skill sets as a striker and all would cost less than £10,000,000 to secure a deal, no surprises there… but at least it’s not a client of he who shall not be named

Seeing as David Sullivan has total control of transfers, he personally believes that there’s not ‘great value’ in England and it’s better to be searching abroad for targets, therefore not only going against Nuno’s wishes, but also opting for said type of players meaning the club will be relying on its luck stars to hope whichever striker is signed can hit the ground running.

A wise moment to move for unknown cheap talent? Or is it pure panic to attempt something different and hope it works because many fans have been asking to jump on the Merry-go-round of unknown talent, but to do so at such a pivotal point of the season could see Hammers’ twisted fate take a turn for the worse.

In the meantime, it’s a visit to FlixBus and on the way to scout the next outlandish target who might be flattered on being proposed a move to a World Class Stadium.

Going to Manchester City is never easy and securing a win there is even harder, so difficult that we haven’t done it since 2014!

Manchester City’s moveable training manikins were announced at 13:45, and the sight of Max Kilman starting saw dim worries darken. The fate up in the clouds had ultimately been decided, and from minute one, it felt like damage limitation rather than competition and come the end of the match, those initial thought would prove to be true as in the 79th minute Nuno decided to bring on two defensive players and accept the fact we weren’t going to comeback from three... not a surprise really?

Collasal defending, dismal clearances and a weak mindset saw us concede three, with the first coming through Haaland just 5 minutes in. A quicker reaction time compared to all of our defenders and Ollie Scarles being brutally overwhelmed on his Premier League return ended as a horror show given the players he had to mark. No help, no action and with Max doing the Min, Scarles was left to mark Foden and Haaland alone, which quite possibly would be a difficult task for any defender in the Premier League to take on, but his horror would only last till the 64th minute as he was dragged off due to another injury.

It’s an alarming performance by all means. There were a handful of moments where West Ham had a chance or two, but even if they ended up in the back of the net it wouldn’t have been enough. The alarming factor is that there’s no hope of an attack being formed and that’s exactly what fans are worried about, it’s the looking at other relegation candidates and seeing how Leeds came to the Etihad and gave them a run for their money, Nuno’s side weren’t able to do that in the slightest.

Comical defending for the third as defenders tackled like they were a Pizza cuter! Though not the correct piece of equipment, it would’ve been fitting to be in the Butchers, as that’s how it feels going into games as such, a brutal blow against Villa and a dismissive defeat against City leaves us 18th in the League along with a burnt chicken.

Results from the next four games have to be achieved for West Ham otherwise it’ll be the second tier for next season. Missery served for Sullivan come Christmas and a costly January is needed because if Nuno isn’t given any late presents that he wants, the Hammers will be in for a tough ride for the remaining 21 fixtures.