West Ham sit just one point above the relegation zone ahead of Bournemouth’s visit
(Picture: Getty Images)The Premier League table this morning made ominous reading for West Ham. Good results yesterday for strugglers Southampton, Leicester and Aston Villa suddenly sees the Hammers hovering just a place above the relegation zone ahead of tonight’s meeting with Bournemouth.
But more troubling, in the long-term at least, is what is going on at the top end. Following West Ham’s defeat to Liverpool last midweek, the League’s top seven comprised, for the first time this season, of the traditional ‘big six’ and, one year on from their Saudi takeover, Newcastle. Liverpool’s shock defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday means the order did not last long, but Newcastle’s statement win at Tottenham now has the inevitable gatecrashers into fourth.
