Not one but two Premier League Sunday sackings have shaken the Sack Race up in grand style. As Gary O’Neil and Russell Martin London bused their way to the exits at Wolves and Southampton respectively, the Sack Race spotlight falls squarely on Julen Lopetegui ahead of West Ham’s Monday Night Football trip to Bournemouth, but just look at that second favourite..
. Here’s the latest order of things according to Oddschecker. 1) Julen Lopetegui Stormed out of Wolves days before the season began a year ago and West Ham is a club that could test the patience of a saint.
Really does have some of the very best attacking players outside the Big Six to work with, which hopefully reduces the potential for huffing off at the first sign of trouble. Which is just as well, because the first sign of trouble duly arrived. It’s all a bit feast-or-famine for the Hammers at the moment, with their last five Premier League results including a 4-1 thrashing of Ipswich and a very, very funny Ten Hag-dooming win over Manchester United but also absolute paddlings from Tottenham and Surprise Package Nottingham Forest , as well as a soulless goalless draw with Everton.
It’s the sort of maddening run that could easily fray a character like Lopetegui. The fact a sacking or huffing are equally acceptable in this market does make this feel like it could be a goer, given Lopetegui’s reputation. However, when apparently handed (ludicrously) two games to save himself he promptly won the first of the.