'Lopetegui needs to improve and fast'

BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions.

Joe asked: West Ham were woeful again this weekend. Despite spending over £100m in the summer, they are worse than they were last season (which wasn’t great!). Do you think Julen Lopetegui will be sacked this week?

Phil answered: No, I don't think Lopetegui will be sacked this week. West Ham’s owners are not known for being trigger happy when it comes to managers - and you suspect he might also need a hefty pay-off having only been there a matter of months.

There is no doubt, though, that there has not been any sort of improvement on David Moyes despite that big summer outlay and the West Ham natives are already restless. He needs to improve and fast.

What I never got was the notion that Lopetegui would be producing his own version of 'heavy metal football' after the perceived pragmatism of Moyes. He never has and he never will.

It was almost a case of anyone but Moyes by the end. I agree Moyes' time at West Ham had run its natural course - never forget he won a European trophy in that time - but I was never convinced Lopetegui would be a serious upgrade.

So far, those suspicions have been confirmed.

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