Alan Shearer simply could not get his head around West Ham United's drubbing at home to Arsenal, especially after they had easily disposed of Newcastle United just five days earlier - with the Irons 'not convincing' the Premier League legend with their perfomances of late.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka's strike followed Tomas Soucek's header on Tyneside to give the Irons a scalp of a victory, with Newcastle having only lost seven of their previous 44 home games in the top-flight - but with the wind behind their sales, Mikel Arteta's side downed Julen Lopetegui's men with five first-half goals to knock the stuffing out of them.
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And, speaking on the Rest Is Football podcast, Shearer laid bare his doubts over West Ham's season - stating that he 'isn't convinced' by them after their 5-2 drubbing at home to the Gunners. The Newcastle legend said:
"I mean, I don't know. I didn't expect them to win against Arsenal, but I expected a bit better - particularly after the result against Newcastle last Monday evening where they really deserved that result against Newcastle - so I was thinking 'here we go'.
"We might see a little bit better from them, but I don't think they're great at the back and they give too many chances away.
"I'm not convinced that all is well at West Ham."
It's a fair statement from the Premier League's all-time top scorer. Lopetegui's side only won one of their first six games in the top-flight to begin the season with a 2-0 win away at struggling Crystal Palace, and although they followed that up with consecutive home wins, they've since recorded just one win from four games - including three-goal losses against Nottingham Forest and Arsenal, alongside being held to a tepid home draw by Everton earlier in November.
Results have not been good enough, with the Hammers looking to secure at least a top-half finish after their heavy spending in the summer transfer window; and Lopetegui's men have now conceded the fourth-most goals in the entire league - which is nowhere near good enough considering the near-£100million outlay they spent on their backline.
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Statistics courtesy of WhoScored. Correct as of 02-12-24.