West Ham United as soon as once more slipped to a lacklustre defeat within the Premier League this afternoon, with the Hammers second-best in a massively disappointing 1-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.
Regardless of the Irons having secured a powerful 1-0 away win over Brentford within the FA Cup final weekend, it was sadly regular service resumed within the league, with Daniel Podence’s strike early within the second half being sufficient to seal all three factors for the house aspect.
The consequence now means David Moyes finds his crew down in 18th place within the Premier League standings, with West Ham having recorded simply 4 wins all season, the newest of those having come all the best way again in October.
Whereas all however Declan Rice had been under par on Saturday – with Michail Antonio significantly poor up high – it was as soon as once more Tomas Soucek who was the worst of a foul bunch, with the 27-year-old trying a shadow of his former self at Molineux.
Certainly, over his 60 minutes on the pitch, the £40m-rated midfielder supplied his crew subsequent to nothing going forwards, having fun with simply 22 touches of the ball – two fewer than Lukasz Fabianski in purpose – finishing simply eight of his 12 tried passes – at successful charge of a mere 67% – and dropping possession eight instances – that means he gave the ball away with each 2.75 touches he had.
The £65k-per-week passenger additionally failed along with his one tried dribble, made no key passes, didn’t make a single deal with and couldn’t discover his man with both of his two tried crosses – with these metrics seeing the Czech Republic worldwide earn a bitterly disappointing Sofascore match ranking of simply 6.7 for his efforts on the day.
Moreover, the Night Commonplace’s Malik Ouzia additionally awarded Soucek a 4 in his personal participant rankings, in addition to stating of the 27-year-old’s efficiency: “Flick led to Coufal likelihood however in any other case this was one other ineffective show. Hooked on the hour.”
Certainly, it’s painfully apparent that Soucek’s coronary heart is simply not in it for West Ham any longer, with Moyes needing to noticeably ask the query as as to if he ought to transfer the midfielder on this winter, as Soucek was as soon as once more “woeful” – within the phrases of talkSPORT’s Tom Rennie – on Saturday afternoon.
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