A tactical disasterclass is partly to blame for this evening’s mishaps, but the players’ performances on the pitch were simply dire.

This evening ultimately summarised the state of West Ham United at the moment. Nuno set out his trembled Hammers in the same tactics as he did against Arsenal, which didn’t work - hindsight is a wonderful thing - but ultimately he let himself down, as did the players.

Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Hall, Botman, Tonali, Barnes, Thiaw, Osula, Woltemade, Bruno G (C), Ramsey
Subs: Ramsdale, Wissa, Gordon, Elanga, J. Murphy, Willock, Burn, A. Murphy, Neave

West Ham: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Mavropanos, Disasi, Todibo, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen (C), Summerville, Wilson
Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Scarles, Kilman, Magassa, Kante, Potts, Taty, Pablo

After gameweek 36’s antics, the penultimate matchweek has arrived upon us, where Nuno’s side will travel up to St. James’ Park to take on Newcastle United, whose season has been topsy-turvy and certainly a disappointment in comparison to last season.

Eddie Howe is currently fighting to keep his job at Newcastle United, which has become a topic of discussion in recent weeks, with the season coming to a close, but the same could also be said about Nuno Espirito Santo, albeit his circumstances are very different.

The incident between Arsenal and West Ham is being classed as one of the biggest VAR calls in Premier League football since its introduction. The decision ultimately has launched Arsenal into a title-winning position, whilst also being a blunder to West Ham, who are fighting for survival, and despite their best efforts, it was ruled out in the cruelst way possible.

West Ham, the day after the misery, immediately requested the audio files to be released from VAR that day, where the revelation of an unfathomable amount of incompetence was revealed.

West Ham’s mountain to climb has grown, but is still within reaching distance… just about.

The weekend’s difficulties were met with Tottenham securing a point against Leeds, extending their gap from one point to two, placing them on 38, whilst we remain on 36 with just two Premier League fixtures to go.

A grandad with his walking stick, struggling with each step he takes whilst his granddaughter smacks her Hammers scarf on the poorly positioned metallic railing upon VAR denying the equaliser, summarises West Ham’s time in the Premier League this season.

West Ham: Hermansen, Diouf, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Disasi, Fernandes, Soucek, Bowen (C), Summerville, Taty
Subs: Areola, Wilson, Potts, Kante, Magassa, Walker-Peters, Pablo, Scarles, Kilman

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice (C), Lewis-Skelly, Eze, Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Hincapie, Odegaard, Martinelli, Madueke, Havertz, Zubimendi, Dowman

West Ham fans have been rather vocal about their dismissal of all members from the initial GSB Out campaign, and as time passes, now only one remains. David Sullivan. The phrase ‘fish rots from the head’ ultimately summarises the situation at West Ham United, but recent speculation has seen that David Sullivan has actually INCREASED his stake in the club, which would heavily criticise what Hammers fans have gunned for, but ultimately, it could symbolise the beginning of the end.

West Ham host Arsenal on Sunday afternoon in a game where Arsenal are trying to get one step closer to the title, whilst were attempting to scramble out of the last escapeable relegation spot.

It is the be all or end all once again? It certainly seems to be. Should the worst-case scenario happen and a defeat occurs on Sunday, the Spuds will have a huge opportunity to increase their gap - a possible gap of four points - which means they’d have to be recouped by ourselves in two games; otherwise it’s kiss goodbye.

As the season begins to come to an end, the Hammers are set to go through a mountain of changes, whether they remain in the Premier League or not.

One decision that’ll be one of many significant ones will be whether West Ham United’s manager next season will be Nuno Espírito Santo.

West Ham have made it known that they would want to keep Nuno should the Hammers suffer relegation, viewing him as one of the perfect candidates for the task that would be at hand.