Oxford United 4 (four) West Ham 0 (Carabao Cup)
Well that was very West Ham to beat Man United and then get humiliated at League 1 side Oxford. As sadly predicted on this blog. Clearly Pellegrini is adhering to the West Ham Way a little too closely. Just when it all seemed to be going so well. This ranks right up there with Newport, Wrexham, Wimbledon, Aldershot, Stockport, Hereford, Grimsby, Torquay and every other catastrophic cup defeat.
Pellegrini made too many changes but the team should have been strong enough to get something. Zabaleta, Diop, Balbuena and Masuaku could well have been a first choice back four. While Snodgrass, Wilshere, Sanchez are all internationals and Fornals a £23m big money signing.
Looking at the lowlights it was terrible defending for the first two goals and an unfortunate slip from Masuaku for the third. The fourth was more standing off while we created nothing up front.
So a pretty shameful performance. Or are we just concentrating on getting in the Champions League? If this is our squad depth on display then it's not good enough. The players owe the fans a win at Bournemouth now.
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