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West Ham face worrying times, says Alan Pardew

Aaron Cresswell and Mark Noble look on as West Ham go 2-0 down at Watford
Image: Aaron Cresswell and Mark Noble look on as West Ham go 2-0 down at Watford

Alan Pardew says these are worrying times for West Ham after the David Moyes era began in defeat.

The Hammers were beaten 2-0 at Watford on Super Sunday, and sit 18th in the Premier League table having not won in five games.

Former West Ham manager Pardew says their attacking talent did not have enough of an influence on the game, and feels confidence is low in the camp.

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"Looking at them today, if they'd have got a goal it would have given them confidence, and confidence is a strange thing. It makes you run faster and further, and lifts you as a player. They didn't get that today, a lift of a goal.

"It was a performance similar to what we've seen from West Ham before, and it's worrying times for them, because they look short at the moment, particularly offensively.

"I don't think they created great chances today, not enough for a West Ham team. Lanzini, Arnautovic, Carroll were quiet today, and these are the type of players who should give the team a lift on match day by getting goals and creating goals."

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Watford 2 -0 West Ham

West Ham now host Leicester on Friday Night Football, live on Sky Sports Premier League, before a tough run of fixtures leading up to mid-December.

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They then go to Everton (November 29) and Man City (December 3), before hosting Chelsea (December 9) and Arsenal (December 13) in the Premier League, and Pardew fears it could be a decisive run of games.

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Pardew added: "What's difficult about this sequence of games is his home games (Leicester, Chelsea, Arsenal) because Leicester looks really important. His next two will be difficult. It's a tricky run."

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