EPL 2016/17: 5 managers who have ruined their reputation this season

#5 Slaven Bilic

West Ham’s season has been a disaster

The writing was on the wall for West Ham ever since they lost their Europa League qualifier to Astra for the second season running, this time at the London Stadium, which many who have visited have called ‘the worst football ground in the world.’

Bilic had only enhanced his reputation in the final season at Upton Park, winning away at Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City in the first few weeks of the season. An affable nature allied to a steely will to win was a heady mix and he remained popular both inside the dressing room and with the supporters. Not now.

Until recently, the Hammers were candidates to go down. The scenario that has played out over the course of the campaign can hardly have been more different that the one imagined – with European football at the stadium in its inaugural season.

Instead, crowd trouble, poor team selection and an inability to galvanise his troops have all seen to it that Bilic’s stock has fallen well below what it was 12 months previously.

It’ll be interesting to see if he’s still in the job come August.