West Ham fans turn on Nuno Espirito Santo amid more Championship misery

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West Ham fans were heard chanting ‘Sacked in the morning’ to boss Nuno Espirito Santo during their 3-1 defeat to West Brom.The Hammers have dropped to eighth in the Championship following a second consecutive defeat in England’s second-tier.West Ham fans turned on boss Espirito Santo as they fell to defeat at home against West BromGettyWest Brom went ahead via Felix Horn Myhre with 20 minutes played, before Jarrod Bowen equalised with his seventh goal of the season.But Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Callum Styles wrapped up the points for the visitors at the London Stadium to go fourth in the table.Towards the end of the match, West Brom fans sang ‘Sacked in the morning’ to Espirito Santo, who used to manage their rivals Wolves.They were joined by the home faithful, with West Ham supporters turning on their head coach for a second time this season.Espirito Santo faced the same chant during a 1-1 draw with Watford in their third match of the season.West Ham have now lost three of their seven home matches in the Championship this term.What has been said about West Ham?Speaking on talkSPORT commentary, Perry Groves stressed he doesn’t believe the Hammers will achieve automatic promotion back to the top-flight.He said: “This West Ham, I wouldn’t say team now, a bunch of players.“At the beginning of the season, you’d have said that they should be nailed on to being in the top two.“You’re looking at this, and yet the evidence we’ve seen in front of our eyes, is you would say that they have got no chance of being in the top two if they carry on like this, because it’s just too disjointed.”West Brom leapfrogged West Ham into fourth with their away victoryGettyGroves later added: “The only reason I say that he’s not under pressure is maybe the West Ham hierarchy and how much it will cost to get rid of him, obviously, with the compensation payment.“So maybe because of his record in the Championship with Wolverhampton Wanderers, it might give him a bit of a say.“But if they don’t turn this around before the international break, that’s when decisions could be made.“And West Ham are just a team of individuals, you know you have the problem at Manchester United where the Manchester United players… the culture stinks.“This is going towards that end because there was no urgency at all.”West Ham are now four points outside the top two in their bid to win instant promotion back to the Premier League.Espirito Santo has called upon the West Ham fans to stick together amid their poor run of formGettyThey have two wins from their last six in the league and, speaking to talkSPORT after, Espirito Santo sent a message to the fans as he said: “We need to stick together. “That’s the only solution to go back to results, sticking together, helping each other, improving our game. If we do this, the fans are going to be with us.”