The owners of West Ham have responded to growing fan -rust by acknowledging in a statement that the club has fallen under the expected standards.
The official fan consultancy council of West Ham, which represents more than 25,000 supporters, published a voice of no confidence in the club’s board fourteen days ago and further protests against the club hierarchy are planned in the London Stadium before the Premier League match this weekend against Crystal Palace.
Now that the club is wasting in the relegation zone after three defeats in four league outings, the pressure is not only on club chairman David Sullivan and Executive Vice chairman Baroness Brady.
‘Results and performance on the field have not met the standards we have set’
Graham Potter’s position as a manager is examined, while fans are also planning to boycotting the home meeting with Brentford in the midst of accusations that the club was put to his knees through an overwhelming approach.
“We accept that results and performance on the field in the past two seasons have not met the standards that we have set for ourselves,” said West Ham’s owners in a statement.
“Nobody at the club is satisfied with that and the board of directors spent a lot of time looking at the decisions made during football operation, to inform an improved strategy.
‘The club is stable and sustainable’
“We have also listened to the individual and collective view of supporters around their perception of our London Stadium Home and the facilities and infrastructure of the club.
“We continue to do everything we can, work with supporters, to improve the MatchDay experience on behalf of the 62,500 supporters that we welcome at every house.
“In terms of our current financial prospects, the club is stable and sustainable. Like all Premier League clubs, we must balance the desire to compete at the highest level with the responsibility to run the club wisely and carefully.
“That means that you are sometimes careful, but it does not point to a lack of ambition. More than £ 450 million has been spent in the last three years on new players’ institutions, including an average net expenditure of £ 100 million per season in that period, and we have always succeeded in staying within the PSR rules.”
It is still to be seen how far that goes to a fan base that has become more and more disappointed since the triumph from two years ago.
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