{"id":256736,"date":"2025-11-02T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256736\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:11:08","slug":"big-ward-prowse-claim-made-in-guardian-report-west-ham-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256736\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ward-Prowse claim made in Guardian report | West Ham News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guardian journalist Jacob Steinberg<\/a> certainly hasn\u2019t sat on the fence today, with his eviscerating report tearing into West Ham and Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s four games at the helm. Claiming the side are a \u2018shambles\u2019 \u2013 and nobody\u2019s disagreeing with him there \u2013 the West Ham \u2013 centric journalist provides a point by point forensic deconstruction of the Portuguese head coaches\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n

Claiming that is Esp\u00edrito Santo is:<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready in danger of losing mutinous supporters after naming ludicrous starting XIs during his shambolic defeats\u201d \u2013 again, no arguments with that:<\/p>\n

Most Read on West Ham News<\/p>\n

Steinberg, writing in the guardian.com<\/a> then makes the slightly more contentious case for an immediate reversing of James Ward -Prowse\u2019s dropping from the team. Really.<\/p>\n

Steinberg called for James Ward Prowse return \u2013 really?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is surely a better path than the one taken by Nuno. He has banished James Ward-Prowse even though the midfielder offers more than Irving. It is counterproductive. Ward-Prowse was not playing well under Potter and quickly fell out of favour while on loan at Nuno\u2019s Nottingham Forest last season but he is experienced and his deliveries could come in handy in a league dominated by set pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019d struggle to agree, for what my own opinion is worth. Ward-Prowse has been disappointing and offered nothing \u2013 since Moyes left he\u2019s been a pedestrian and dispatching him on loan was about the only decision Julen Lopetegui got right in his nine month of chaos. Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo recognised it by sending him back from Nottingham Forest half way thorough the season!<\/p>\n

\"Julen<\/p>\n

Julen Lopetegui\u2019s one correct decision \u2013 with the benefit of hindsight \u2013 was to send James Ward Prowse out on loan<\/p>\n

West Ham have spent big money on both Magassa and Fernandes, who, along with Freddie Potts, have all shown an ability to pick up the slack where Ward-Prowse vacated his position and function a whole lot better: Suggesting it is \u2018either Irving or Ward Prowse\u2018 might ignore the trio who are better than either JWP or the Scot.<\/p>\n

However, few will disagree with his conclusion:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf West Ham go down it will be because of David Sullivan. The club\u2019s largest shareholder and most influential figure calls the shots. West Ham are paying the price for years of botched recruitment. Sullivan allowed Tim Steidten to waste vast sums as technical director. He then put Kyle Macaulay, who was close to Potter, in charge of recruitment. Macaulay had never been in such a high-profile position. He struggled to identify sensible signings last summer and departed after Potter\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n

And, somewhat depressingly \u2013 Steinberg ends on a note that every West Ham fan of a few years\u2019 standing will recognise only too well:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt speaks volumes that West Ham had a better record at this stage when they went down under Avram Grant in 2010-11. Who knew it was possible to be worse than that team?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guardian journalist Jacob Steinberg certainly hasn\u2019t sat on the fence today, with his eviscerating report tearing into West…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-256736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}