West Ham United suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.
To most West Ham fans, the loss to Forest at the London Stadium was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
It’s fair to say that West Ham were unlucky to lose to Forest due to a questionable VAR decision, but that’s football, right?
You make your own luck and Nuno Espirito Santo and his players haven’t been anywhere near good enough this season, it really is as simple as that.
Imagine you are Nuno – What is the FIRST thing you are doing to save your job?
There is a real feeling of apathy around the club right now.
As anyone who knows their football will be well aware of, apathy is the worst thing for fans of a club to have.
It means they’ve simply lost interest, and now that has been proven after a claim made by someone with very close links to the Hammers hierarchy.
Top West Ham journalist’s claim after Nottingham Forest debacle
The Hammers now sit seven points adrift of Forest with relegation back down to England’s second tier beckoning.
After Crysencio Summerville‘s goal was ruled out, there was an ominous feel inside the London Stadium.
The fans became nervous quickly and Forest took full advantage.
Is it any wonder West Ham lost the game in the end, given the atmosphere inside the stadium?
The Guardian journalist Jacob Steinberg has now lifted the lid on something hugely worrying about the Forest defeat.
The London Stadium was actually half empty, with just 34,000 fans inside the arena.
The official attendance was listed as 62,249. However, it was clear to see for anyone who was either there in person or watching on their televisions that that figure was grossly over-inflated.
West Ham fans voted with their feet at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.
No way back from here for West Ham
If West Ham are to have any chance of avoiding relegation down to the Championship, they will need their fans right behind them at the London Stadium.
However, it seems like the Hammers fans have finally checked out.
Years of poor running of the club from the board have finally caught up with West Ham, and now relegation from the Premier League seems like almost a dead-cert.
Without strong support from the home fans, West Ham may as well throw the towel in now.
David Sullivan would have been hugely concerned by the sheer volume of empty seats on display at the London Stadium during West Ham’s defeat to Forest.
How would that have looked to potential new buyers or investors? Not good is the answer, and Sullivan’s past decisions are seemingly now coming home to roost.
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