What’s Hot and What’s Not from West Ham’s season so far

NOT – Payet saga

Although the club, especially manager Bilic, handled the Dimitri Payet saga very well indeed, you wonder whether his unhappiness and lack of commitment had been rumbling on for some time.

Bilic confirmed in a press conference back on January 12 that the French international wanted to leave the club, just 18 months after moving from Marseille, in which time he had signed a new deal at the London club, and also received a loyalty bonus back in September.

And, although it was the right move to get rid of him before the end of the window, you sense whether his frustration at the club, many people even commented on his lack of trying and commitment on the field, had affected the rest of the team.

That’s because since he was isolated from the first team and subsequently left, West Ham have played much better and look like a team fighting for each other, and trying to win games for each other.

Clearly, West Ham got it right by getting rid of him, but it still got a bit ugly and arguably affected their form in the first half of the campaign.