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Worry, fear, disappointment, and dread are all non-existent amongst the West Ham fans; the heart of this club has passed that. This season has been an impending nightmare that was tipped over the edge for numerous reasons and has contained far too many if’s, buts and maybes. It’s a miracle that West Ham even has a chance of staying up going into the final day.

The heart of the club has been stripped, and bar the two purple patches the Hammers had, the season has been nothing short of miserable, an impending doom since October, which says a lot!

A tactical disasterclass is partly to blame for this evening’s mishaps, but the players’ performances on the pitch were simply dire.

This evening ultimately summarised the state of West Ham United at the moment. Nuno set out his trembled Hammers in the same tactics as he did against Arsenal, which didn’t work - hindsight is a wonderful thing - but ultimately he let himself down, as did the players.

Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Hall, Botman, Tonali, Barnes, Thiaw, Osula, Woltemade, Bruno G (C), Ramsey
Subs: Ramsdale, Wissa, Gordon, Elanga, J. Murphy, Willock, Burn, A. Murphy, Neave

West Ham: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Mavropanos, Disasi, Todibo, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen (C), Summerville, Wilson
Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Scarles, Kilman, Magassa, Kante, Potts, Taty, Pablo