CHAOS AT WEST HAM: Vicious Blame Game ERUPTS as Nuno’s Job Hangs by a Thread – Sacking IMMINENT?! You Won’t Believe Who’s Getting Thrown Under the Bus!

This is all starting to feel uncomfortably familiar at West Ham, isn’t it?

The pattern rarely changes. A manager begins to falter, questionable decisions on the pitch follow, and before long there are quiet briefings suggesting the club’s hierarchy are losing confidence.

We have seen this movie many times before.

The latest example is the revelation from a senior source that the West Ham board are as perplexed as anyone by Nuno Espírito Santo’s refusal to deploy a recognised striker.

On that specific point, it is hard to disagree. Trying to execute counter-attacking football without a natural forward is baffling, and it has predictably left the team blunt and ineffective in the final third.

What is far more concerning, however, is the sense that the board are already beginning to put distance between themselves and a manager who is visibly under pressure.

Questions have also been raised over Nuno’s reluctance to utilise Callum Wilson, further fuelling the perception that his tactical approach and team selection are working against him rather than in his favour.

A well-worn cycle of blame

It is worth stressing that these same owners hired Espírito Santo and built the squad he inherited.

While Nuno must take responsibility for the last dozen or so matches, it is unfair to load all of the club’s wider issues onto his shoulders alone.

Even so, the warning signs are clear. Unless results improve quickly, particularly over the next two fixtures, his position looks increasingly precarious.

That may not be confirmed publicly, but anyone who has followed West Ham closely will recognise the familiar sequence of events.

There is a genuine possibility the club could soon be searching for its third manager within a single campaign.

At present, Nuno is the main target, criticised for poor tactics and questionable selections.

Before him, the focus fell on Potter, Macaulay, Steidten, Lopetegui, Newman, Moyes and Henry.

Yet one element has remained constant throughout. David Sullivan and Karren Brady sanctioned every appointment.

Ultimately, responsibility rests with them for repeatedly installing managers to oversee a squad they assembled themselves — one that still lacks sufficient attacking quality to succeed consistently.