The former West Ham winger feels the current boss might be getting off lightly…
Ex-West Ham United winger Matthew Etherington believes Sam Allardyce would have been heavily criticised for fielding the team Slaven Bilic did in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Indeed, Bilic made it clear he was picking a weakened side against Astra Giurgiu in Europe and the Hammers were subsequently knocked out of the tournament, losing 2-1 on the night.
Many feel the loss will help West Ham concentrate on their forthcoming Premier League campaign, however.
And yet Etherington believes Allardyce would have been hammered (pardon the pun) for similar tactics.
Meanwhile, former West Ham midfielder Trevor Sinclair, now a pundit with the BBC, also took to Twitter to air his opinion and his response to the club’s Europa League exit was a calm one.
Indeed, Sinclair feels the east London side’s squad isn’t yet big enough to compete both in Europe and the Premier League.
As such, he delivered the following response to a fan who asked the question of what exactly the point of achieving a high finish is if elimination is the subsequent result.
West Ham will now travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.
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