West Ham "are completely devoid of identity", said The Observer's Rory Smith on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club. "They strike me as the club who are struggling with their identity the most in the Premier League."
West Ham "are completely devoid of identity", said The Observer's Rory Smith on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.
"They look like they have thrown a bit of money around and there is no common sense thread to it.
"But also, all the stuff that made them West Ham has gone. They have a soulless stadium that the fans hate and it doesn't have the same hostility feel as Upton Park.
"There are no real local players in the team any more, so it doesn't have that representative feeling of east London and there is no style of play.
"There is nothing to hang on to if you are a West Ham fan, or make you think there can be long-term success.
"They strike me as the club who are struggling with their identity the most in the Premier League."
Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton added: "They have brought Nuno Espirito Santo in to stop them getting relegated, but there are still 33 games left and they are in that mindset.
"At the moment, the club is a real mess."
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