Turned over at Turf Moor

Burnley 3 West Ham 0

Rather appropriately we're walking down The Shambles in York while the news if another dire defeat comes through. Sadly it's all entirely predictable. The Hammers proved unable to defend a simple corner for Barnes' early opener. Roberto's poor throw put Balbuena under pressure and resulted in the second, which also went through the hapless keeper. 

The third goal brought back memories of Allen McKnightmare as Burnley's corner was punched into his own net by Roberto. The goalkeeper produced a few great saves when the game was lost but you can't afford a goalkeeper who is a mix of terrible blunders and good saves in the Premier League. David Martin can't be any worse and as he is Alvin's son he would get the support of the fans. Or perhaps we could recall Ludek Miklosko, who comes from near Moscow?

But it's not just Roberto's fault, the form of Fabianski masked the fact that West Ham under Pellegrini have always looked suspect defensively. It worked when we were out-scoring teams, but now Anderson has lost all confidence, Lanzini is out for two months, Fornals hasn't produced and Haller looks completely frustrated. For difficult away games there is no midfielder to counter determined teams. An honest Declan Rice said the Irons were "bullied" and Sean Dyche was right when he said that, "You have to be mentally right for every minute of Premier League football. If you're not you get hurt. Our body language, intent and belief were there." In short, everything West Ham lacked.

This is a big fortnight for the increasingly under pressure Pellegrini during the international break. He deserves time, but if he can't turn this around by Christmas then he might be gone.