West Ham United as soon as once more slipped to a lacklustre defeat within the Premier League this afternoon, with the Hammers second-best in a massively disappointing 1-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.
Despite the Irons having secured a formidable 1-0 away win over Brentford within the FA Cup final weekend, it was sadly regular service resumed within the league, with Daniel Podence’s strike early within the second half being sufficient to seal all three factors for the house aspect.
The end result now means David Moyes finds his group down in 18th place within the Premier League standings, with West Ham having recorded simply 4 wins all season, the most recent of those having come all the best way again in October.
While all however Declan Rice had been beneath par on Saturday – with Michail Antonio particularly poor up high – it was as soon as once more Tomas Soucek who was the worst of a nasty bunch, with the 27-year-old wanting a shadow of his former self at Molineux.
Indeed, over his 60 minutes on the pitch, the £40m-rated midfielder provided his group subsequent to nothing going forwards, having fun with simply 22 touches of the ball – two fewer than Lukasz Fabianski in purpose – finishing simply eight of his 12 tried passes – at a hit fee of a mere 67% – and dropping possession eight instances – that means he gave the ball away with each 2.75 touches he had.
The £65k-per-week passenger additionally failed together with his one tried dribble, made no key passes, didn’t make a single sort out and couldn’t discover his man with both of his two tried crosses – with these metrics seeing the Czech Republic worldwide earn a bitterly disappointing Sofascore match ranking of simply 6.7 for his efforts on the day.
Furthermore, the Evening Standard’s Malik Ouzia additionally awarded Soucek a four in his personal participant rankings, in addition to stating of the 27-year-old’s efficiency: “Flick led to Coufal chance but otherwise this was another ineffective display. Hooked on the hour.”
Indeed, it’s painfully apparent that Soucek’s coronary heart is simply not in it for West Ham any longer, with Moyes needing to noticeably ask the query as as to if he ought to transfer the midfielder on this winter, as Soucek was as soon as once more “woeful” – within the phrases of talkSPORT’s Tom Rennie – on Saturday afternoon.