[West Ham United](https://www.claretandhugh.info/west-ham-united-v-wolves-claret-and-hugh-predicts/) stay in fourteenth place after that victory last night and Lopetegui surely does enough – just – to keep his job for the time being. The’must-win’ game is won, the stay away boycott didn’t seem to materialise so talk of Graham Potter arriving any day is surely silenced for the time being,
However, another performance that flatters to deceive. I lost count of the goal attempts – I’ll have to check the stats later – but nine corners in a first half shows plenty of commitment, if little reward. Good displays from Summerville. To my mind he is now cemented in that left wing role, Wolves defenders kicked lumps out of him all night because they couldn’t catch him.
Kudus was quiet, bursting into life in the second half with two goals both disallowed – correctly – for offside. But Lopetegui may have unearthed his best forward trio for the second half of the season, and they deserve more opportunities to play together and grow.
Having been a big Mavropanos critic, I have to praise the Greek’s performance although on another night he could have had a penalty awarded against him for treading on an opponent during a challenge in the ‘box.
Was this west Ham display an improvement? Or just a reflection of poor quality opposition.
We’ll find out in the weeks running upto Christmas when the fixtures are tougher: I suspect the cracks will reappear again, I hope I’m wrong!