‘Sh*t’ West Ham get worse. Potter has made them Tottenham bad…
If Niclas Fullkrug wasn’t impressed by West Ham’s embarrassing 1-1 draw with Southampton, he can’t have enjoyed the 3-2 capitulation at Brighton.
The Hammers looked set to pick up a much-needed win when they led 2-1 as the clocked ticked over to the 89th minute.
Then they caved. Kaoru Mitoma levelled before Carlos Baleba netted a 92nd-minute for Graham Potter’s former side.
The silver-lining, if West Ham fans really want to see it: at least it was interesting.
Because there hasn’t been much of that since the appointment of Potter as manager. He had stemmed the tide of goals conceded but also stemmed the tide of entertainment, attacking football and the will to live among Hammers fans.
After their previous game, a 1-1 draw with perhaps the equal-worst Premier League team ever, Fullkrug blasted his teammates for not pushing up and pushing on after Jarrod Bowen’s opened in the 47th minute.
They invited pressure from the relegated Saints and there was no surprise when they equalised in the 93rd minute.
“Sorry we were s*** and I’m very angry,” he said. “It is not the first time where we score a goal and then the next goal kick we just shoot the ball long. We don’t try to play football anymore.”
Enjoy the rant from the German striker in full:
To try and put into context just how shit West Ham have been all season, this 2’12 outburst from Fullkrug is, by quite some distance, the highlight of our entire season. pic.twitter.com/vJ2czMZebq
— Dan Storey (@DapperDan) April 19, 2025
West Ham have picked up just 13 points from 14 games under Potter, whose team lie in 17th place in a Premier League table since he was appointed.
They have scored just 15 goals in those games, fewer than any side not already relegated.
Making West Ham under Potter look even worse are Everton under the Hammers’ former manager David Moyes, who was appointed by the Toffees in the same week.
Under Moyes, Everton have showed top-half form. At West Ham, they’re just grateful that there are three teams worse than them, and not long left in the season for them to fall further.
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