Mark Noble admits ‘laughable’ West Ham have hit rock bottom after Southampton loss – but reckons it cannot get any worse for sorry Hammers
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MARK NOBLE admitted West Ham have hit rock bottom after suffering a heavy 3-0 defeat at home to Southampton.
It has been an unhappy start to life at the London Stadium for the Hammers, who suffered a 4-2 loss to West Brom last time out, and they remain stuck in the bottom three of the Premier League after a tough start.
Charlie Austin opened the scoring, before Dusan Tadic and James Ward-Prowse rounded off an emphatic win for Southampton.
It means Slaven Bilic is now odds on for the sack at West Ham, with the numbers tumbling from 33/1 at the start of the campaign to 5/1.
With the Saints' attackers also missing a host of chances, Noble admitted it could have been worse.
He told Sky Sports: "If I'm honest, it could have been six in the end had Adrian not pulled off some good saves.
"On the bright side I don't think it can get any worse."
He went on to suggest the players were lacking confidence after a poor start to the season.
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Noble, 29, added: "The European games we weren't great in. We got a good win against Bournemouth and it's been downhill from there.
"We've conceded 11 in three games and it's laughable and not good enough. We know that.
"To be honest I think we could have kept playing until tonight and I don't think we would have scored.
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"It doesn't seem to be going in for us at the minute."
He added: "You've got to work hard for each other. You can't start talking in your little circles and blaming each other because we've got to look at ourselves.
"Luckily enough it's early in the season and we've got a chance to turn it around."