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Guardian: West Ham United decides to fire Porter and has begun looking for a new coach

8:00am, 22 September 2025Football

In this round of Premier League, West Ham United lost 1-2 to Crystal Palace at home, continuing their poor form since the beginning of the season. And this game once again exposed the weaknesses of West Ham United's corner defense, who have conceded seven times this season in corner defense. After the first five rounds of the league, West Ham United ranked 18th with 1 win, 4 losses and 3 points. What's even more miserable is that they have not won 8 consecutive home games.

Since taking over Lopetegui in January this year, Porter has led the team to play 25 games and won only 6 games. Lopetegui was fired for winning only six Premier League games during his six months of coaching, but Porter has only won six games in his eight months of coaching. In addition, Baud led the team to score only 0.92 points per game, making it the coach with the lowest average score per game in West Ham.

Before this game, thousands of West Ham United fans shouted the slogan "Potter was dismissed". In addition, a large number of fans protested the club's management method and asked Chairman Sullivan and Vice Chairman Brady to step down immediately.

According to the Guardian, in order to reverse the team's downturn and ease the emotions of fans, West Ham United's management has decided to fire Porter and start looking for a new coach. After Porter becomes Nuno, he will be the second Premier League coach to be dismissed this season!

Xiao Ou feels that the West Ham United team is obviously lacking in confidence now. When you lack confidence, you will feel that the whole world is targeting you, and that is exactly what they are in now.

West Ham fans are looking forward to more, they have also spent money in the transfer market, but the players are not very creative on the court. You can still understand at the end of last season because Porter just took over the team and is familiar with the players. But now as the game progresses, everyone's confidence is exhausted.

However, it is not easy to find a suitable coach. It is understood that West Ham United has had contact with former Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Santo, and has also considered to invite Bilic to coach the team again, and former Wolves coach O'Neal is also under consideration. Among these candidates, Bilic has the highest call. He had a great success when coaching West Ham for the first time in the 15/16 season, leading the team to score 62 points, setting a record for the highest points in the Premier League era in team history. The number of goals scored in a single season reached 65, which is also the highest in team history.

Finally, how do you evaluate Porter's coaching level?

source:7m livescore

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