West Ham’s defeat to Crystal Palace makes it four losses in five matches.

Football is loved for its unpredictability. However, when it comes to West Ham, it’s almost like we can read the script ahead of time.

Crystal Palace may not have completely outclassed the Hammers in the first 45, but it’s fair to say they had the better of the chances.

The visitors took the lead in the 37th minute by, shock, a converted corner via the head of Mateta. Despite having some rather tall players in the squad, defending corners continue to be a huge problem for the Hammers.

Ironically, West Ham equalised shortly after half-time via the head of Jarrod Bowen who got on the end of a perfect Diouf corner.

Our Irons did begin to take control of the game a bit, with some good passing and a large proportion of possession.

Unfortunately, Palace took the lead in the 68th minute. Mitchell capitalised on a poor headed clearance to score a stunning volley. This turned out to be the winner and it caused West Ham heads to drop, creating a relatively easy win for Glasner’s side to see out.

While there was a bit more fight after going a goal down than usual, it was ultimately the same West Ham we’ve been seeing for months. Two home games have been won in 2025, that’s not just bad, that’s relegation form.

Potter simply has to go, but if it’s to appoint a manager that nearly got them relegated and hasn’t done anything of note since he left the club not far off a decade ago, what’s the point? Nostalgia aside, if Bilic is seriously going to be our next manager we need to majorly kick off against the board, it would be horrific.