EVERY MAN and his dog has an opinion on West Ham’s plight just now. None of it makes comfortable reading for Hammers fans but at least the dispute between supporters and board is getting the oxygen of publicity. Most seem to be coming round to the idea that, having blamed successive managers and player shortcomings the only common denominators are David Sullivan and Karren Brady’s hands on the helm during a torrid few seasons.

Few report on the current dreadful state of affairs better than the dailymail.co.uk who write a painful litany of mistakes, poor decisions and incompetence.

“Coming away from the game on Monday night, it was impossible not to feel the similarities with Leicester’s demise, a side that went from FA Cup winners to the Championship in just a few years, and from title holders to relegation in seven.

That was another club whose fans could smell something was wrong. They could feel its soul being ripped out as bad decision after bad decision left a toxic divide from the grass, to the stands and to the boardroom.”

The very real fear that West Ham could go from European Champions to Championship football in three seasons is...