Two games for Bilic to save his job?

It seems Slaven Bilic is to be given more time by the board and will be in place for the Spurs and Palace games. David Sullivan has rightly said that he won't sack a manager unless things "become desperate", though after Friday night West Ham must be pretty close to desperation. 

One of the most worrying statistics was Match of the Day 2's revelation that West Ham are bottom of the Premier League in sprints made and distance covered. Ian Wright highlighted a couple of examples of the lack of energy. The newly-promoted teams will run forever, yet West Ham now look a lethargic side where the players, apart from Zabaleta and Reid, aren't putting in enough of a shift.

The team also lack guile. All they did against Brighton was send in endless crosses for Andy Carroll, who wasn't playing. There didn't seem to be any attempt to change tactics by getting Lanzini on the ball, making more dribbles into the box or cutting inside and trying to beat the keeper at the near post. The hugely disappointing Arnautovic looked to have a great shot on him at Stoke, but we've not seen him try any long-range efforts. Good players such as Obiang and Kouyate were really poor against Brighton, while Hart continues to combine great saves with errors.

Any new manager coming in would consider he's got a good squad that's underachieving. It can't be Bilic's fault alone, though he's made plenty of mistakes. The players have to up their work-rate and it might be time to recall Mark Noble, a player who genuinely cares about the club and according to the Daily Mail laid into the side in the dressing room after the Brighton debacle.