Mathematically West Ham could still be relegated but the reality is the club could and should be perilously close to the drop.
West Ham’s current malaise started on January 1st 2024 and shows no signs of abating.
It all started under former Hammers boss David Moyes.
Things worsened under Julen Lopetegui despite the club spending £155m on nine new signings.
And it has continued under West Ham’s third manager in nine months, Graham Potter.
Things have been so unbelievably bad for so long now that many Hammers fans may have lost track.
West Ham United won just five of their 25 games under Moyes in the first half of 2024.
There have been only eight wins from 28 games since under Lopetegui and Potter.
That means West Ham have won just 13 of their last 53 games since January 1st 2024. Let that sink in.
Premier League table without VAR errors published
The dismal record is less than one win per month since the Hammers ended 2023 with three straight Premier League wins over Wolves, Man United and Arsenal.
West Ham’s record of 13 wins from 53 games is nailed on relegation form.
The Hammers have been fortunate the abysmal statistic is split over two seasons.
But in actual fact this season could and should have been much worse than it already is.
Because the Premier League table without VAR errors will leave West Ham’s owners terrified.
West Ham are currently 16th in the Premier League table with 13 games to go.
Basement side Saints are already effectively down and have been for some time.
But with a 10-point cushion on 18th and 19th placed Ipswich and Leicester, the Hammers are under no real threat of relegation.
That could well change in the coming weeks if Potter doesn’t start to put some results on the board.
Hammers should be on brink of relegation
If West Ham do stay up, as most expect they will, it will be with a huge slice of fotune.
Because the Hammers should be perilously close to the brink of being relegated to the Championship right now.
During the 2024-25 Premier League season, Squawka has been recording the most controversial video assistant referee (VAR) calls from each game week.
The results are being compiled to form an alternative table to show which teams have benefitted and been hindered most as a result of VAR interventions.
When Lopetegui was sacked with a woeful record of just seven wins from 22 matches, it was pointed out that several of those were extremely fortunate.
Crystal Palace away, Man United and Wolves at home and Southampton away are four that instantly spring to mind.
Now Squawka has published how the Premier League table should look ‘without VAR errors’.
West Ham’s owners will be terrified by true table
The results as far as West Ham are concerned are absolutely horrendous.
Because without incorrect VAR interventions, West Ham would be a full six points and further three goals worse off.
That would leave West Ham in 17th on 21 points and the precipice of the bottom three, just two points above 18th placed Ipswich.
With the Tractor Boys still to play away from home, the Hammers should be fighting for their Premier League status right now.
The table is actually more consistent with how this season has felt for West Ham.
The fact the club is in limbo, essentially playing for pride and a league position prize money says more about the standard of officiating and the sides below West Ham than anything else.
This should be ringing alarm bells in the Hammers boardroom.
The club must understand just how ridiculously close to a complete disaster they have come.
By rights West Ham should be one of the clubs desperately fighting to stay in the top flight.
David Sullivan, fellow Hammers money man Daniel Kretinsky and co have dodged a major bullet.
Without proper investment who is to say West Ham will be so lucky next season.
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