West Ham suffer heavy, depressing defeat at home to Chelsea.

After going 1-0 up early on against Chelsea through a stunning Lucas Paqueta goal, West Ham fans were foolish enough to feel a little bit of optimism. This, however, was short lived.

The following 28 minutes saw Chelsea equalise, West Ham having a goal disallowed through VAR, followed by the Blues scoring two more.

In the second-half, things only got worse as Chelsea scored two more in the 54th and 58th minute to give them their 5-1 lead.

Three of the goals came from corners, the other two came from poor defending. The whole match was shambolic, and the whole team should be disappointed in themselves.

The attackers were the best of a bad bunch, they did create some chances, but nowhere near as many as you’d hope. Bowen in particular came alive when he was finally moved out to the right wing in the second-half.

The midfield was, as we all know, awful. Misplaced passes, poor attempts at tackles, no real presence – apart from Paqueta’s goal there was no redeeming quality. Until two quality, pacey midfielders are signed nothing will change.

For me, it’s the defence that is really frustrating. None of the central defenders are good enough, not in the slightest. It absolutely baffles me that the club is not trying to sign a centre-back when the last two seasons have been some of the worst for the Hammers in terms of goals conceded. None of them looked like they knew what they was doing, and you’ll struggle to find any back line that seems as scared of heading a ball. Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s performance was also painful to watch, which isn’t something that can often be said about him.

Where do we go from here? Who knows, but it’s going to be a tough season with the club conceding a record amount of goals in the opening two games. Everything about the club screams relegation right now, I don’t know what we can do to fix it in all honesty.