West Ham’s slide down the Premier League has been pinned on Sam Allardyce’s head for the last two months.
After a terrific start to the campaign where the Hammers momentarily occupied fourth in the table by Christmas, 2015 has seen the East Londoners recklessly throw away games.
If the E13 side had picked up crucial points in these games, then talk of playing European football next season could have been more realistic.
So, here are five matches (mainly from 2015), that has seen the us drop valuable points that could have seen us in the remarkable heights of the top six…