West Ham star impressing Nuno in coaching with first begin certainly a matter of time

West Ham boss Nuno Espírito Santo is already feeling the warmth, and his first dwelling recreation as supervisor was fairly merely the stuff of nightmares.

West Ham break membership file after dismal loss at dwelling to Brentford

Throughout a match boycotted by giant parts of the Hammers faifthful, amid ongoing protests in opposition to David Sullivan, Karren Brady and the board, Brentford took West Ham to the cleaners.

Keith Andrews’ aspect, bar an effort from Jarrod Bowen which almost crept in on the far put up, had been by no means troubled by a lacklustre, uninspired dwelling aspect who seemed devoid of confidence, rhythm and a transparent id.

In fact, the 2-0 loss flattered West Ham, as Brentford additionally struck the crossbar twice, compelled nice saves from Alphonse Areola and had one other purpose chalked off by VAR simply earlier than half-time.

Nuno’s line-up was, at greatest, fairly questionable too.

The Portuguese, in Niclas Fullkrug’s absence on account of a thigh damage, experimented with Lucas Paqueta because the centre-forward — however he did not persuade, was largely remoted and gave the ball away carelessly.

Olly Scarles and Kyle Walker-Peters took up uncommon full-back roles on their reverse sides, with Freddie Potts and summer season signing Soungountou Magassa sacrificed for a leggy midfield partnership of Tomas Soucek and Andy Irving.

Brentford uncovered West Ham’s fragility time and time once more, with the centre-back partnership of Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo – who was given his first begin underneath Nuno – having an evening to neglect in opposition to a rampant Bees aspect who had 17 photographs in whole.

The end result signifies that West Ham have now misplaced all 4 of their first dwelling league video games for the primary time within the membership’s lengthy historical past, and if issues do not change quickly, it’s clear that Nuno has a relegation dogfight on his arms.

Final time period, the Irons escaped a drop to the Championship owing to how poor all three promoted sides had been, as was the case in 2023/2024 as nicely, however West Ham might not have that luxurious this time round.

The 51-year-old wants inspiration from someplace, and one West Ham participant is alleged to be working arduous in an try to show his price to Nuno at Rush Inexperienced.

Igor Julio impressing Nuno in West Ham coaching

That man is summer season signing Igor Julio, who joined the east Londoners on a season-long mortgage from Brighton.

The Brazilian, who’s made 37 Premier League appearances for Brighton since becoming a member of them from Fiorentina in 2023, was restricted to only a single Carabao Cup look this time period and signed for West Ham in pursuit of extra recreation time.

Nuno is but to start out Julio in any of his first three matches as West Ham boss, having performed only one minute off the bench in opposition to Everton, and he did not even characteristic of their matchday squad for Brentford.

Contemplating simply how leaky West Ham’s defence seems proper now, with Kilman and Todibo actually struggling on Monday night time, the 27-year-old may sense a chance to play his approach into competition.

As relayed by The West Ham Method, Julio is believed to be impressing in West Ham coaching, and as Nuno experiments to try to discover out his definitive greatest aspect, the door could possibly be open for him to usurp the likes of Todibo, Kilman and Konstantinos Mavropanos.

Let’s face it, issues may hardly be any worse on the again proper now, with West Ham conceding essentially the most objectives of any aspect within the Premier League thus far.

Julio seems to be arduous at work to earn a spot within the beginning eleven, and a tough take a look at away to Leeds on Friday would act as a baptism of fireplace for the brand new arrival who’s seeking to get his Premier League profession again on observe.

Former Seagulls coach Inigo Calderón is on file calling Julio an “animal” of a defender, which is precisely what Nuno is crying out for.