If this is how West Ham intend to go on then their game against Freiburg on Thursday might be their last taste of European football for a while.
Even the sight of Danny Ings rolling back the years and coming on to salvage a point from a messy display was not enough to banish the misgivings that flare whenever this side’s counterpunching approach under David Moyes drifts into the tactical confusion witnessed during this careless 2-2 draw with Burnley.