West Ham United's hierarchy have admitted "nobody is satisfied" with the club's current trajectory in an extraordinary statement released to their official website. It comes as the pressure continues to mount on Graham Potter, with calls for the Hammers boss to be axed just four games into the new season.
The 2023 Conference League winners find themselves in the bottom half of the Premier League table, having lost three matches so far this term. It's led to heavy criticism from the West Ham faithful, with the bigwigs at the London Stadium commenting at length about the club's current plight.
Addressing the concerns of fans, the east London outfit said: "West Ham United recognises the views expressed in recent correspondence from supporter representatives on the Fan Advisory Board and wishes to reassure all supporters that we continue to listen to fan feedback and advise them on the steps we are taking for the future well-being of the football club.
"It is just two years since we lifted the club’s first major trophy in 43 years. The UEFA Europa Conference League triumph came in the middle of three successive campaigns in European competition – the first time we had ever achieved that feat. Following that period, significant investment was made into the football operation, both on signing new first-team players and the club’s overall scouting network and player recruitment department.
"First, we accept that results and performances on the pitch over the past two seasons have not met the standards we set for ourselves. Nobody at the club is satisfied with that and the Board of Directors have spent a great deal of time looking at the decisions that have been made across the football operation, in order to inform an improved strategy going forward."
Saturday's loss against Spurs was the fourth time West Ham have shipped three goals or more across all comeptitions, having done so on three occasions in the Premier League, as well as their defeat against Wolves in the League Cup.
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