West Ham are relegation candidates
Sam Allardyce may have avoided relegation more times than Wigan Athletic, but there is always an ending to the story, as the Latics have shown last season. Mediocrity can only get you so far, and West Ham are severely lacking any real talent, as ‘big Sam’ has built his side to play ‘route 1’ football, with his centre-backs acting more as sweepers than anything, and his strikers big and strong, but lack any real footballing ability.
There is also the matter of the large amount of English players at West Ham, sure it’s the English Premier League, but lets be honest here, other than Frank Lampard, Daniel Sturridge, Jordan Henderson and on occasion Wayne Rooney, no other English players are terribly good and would fail to stand out in any other league. Teams that last in the Premier League rely on foreign talent, while West Ham have very little, and their negative style will see them take the plunge in May.