Awful news for West Ham officially confirmed ahead of Premier League clash with Fulham

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West Ham United take on Fulham in the Premier League at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.

Graham Potter will make his bow as the new West Ham manager when he takes over at the London Stadium for the first time tonight, when we play host to Fulham in the Premier League.

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Potter has a lot of work on his hands now, after Lopetegui oversaw a real mess at the London Stadium for six months.

We will all have to be really patient with Potter. He’s not a magician, and positive change rarely happens overnight, if ever.

I truly believe that the 49-year-old has absolutely everything we need to take us to another level entirely.

However, he’s been dealt a really tough run of fixtures to begin his Hammers tenure.

We faced Aston Villa away on Friday night in the FA Cup, and now we are all set to play host to a very strong Fulham side.

We’ve also been dealt some bad news ahead of the clash with the Cottagers.

Awful news for West Ham ahead of Premier League Fulham clash

Tonight will be a very hard game already.

Fulham are incredibly well-drilled under Marco Silva, and they’ve been brilliant on the whole this season.

However, our task of beating the Cottagers has just got a little bit harder as far as I’m concerned.

That’s because the Premier League have officially confirmed that Craig Pawson will referee the contest at the London Stadium.

The 45-year-old refereed our home game against Arsenal back in February 2024.

West Ham lost that game 6-0, but many Hammers fans believed Pawson was partially at fault.

The one-sided performance from Pawson enabled Arsenal to gain a foothold in the game, before they eventually ran riot to beat us 6-0 at the London Stadium.

He continually allowed the Arsenal players to get away with questionable challenges, whilst blowing up when any West Ham player committed the slightest offence.

It was such a poor display from Pawson that it genuinely seemed like he had a very real agenda against us.

If West Ham are to beat Fulham in the Premier League tonight, we will need to see a consistent and fair performance from the 45-year-old referee.