Lopetegui asks West Ham fans to reserve judgement until May

West Ham's under-pressure head Julen Lopetegui has told nan club's supporters to reserve their judgement connected him until nan extremity of nan season.

The erstwhile Real Madrid and Spain leader replaced David Moyes successful nan summertime but has overseen a disappointing commencement to nan caller run contempt spending £120m connected 9 caller players.

The Hammers person mislaid their first 3 location matches for nan first clip successful their history and were thrashed 5-1 by Liverpool successful nan Carabao Cup connected Wednesday.

"The coach’s occupation is ever for illustration this," said nan Spaniard, who was criticised by sections of nan location support during their 3-0 conclusion by Chelsea past Saturday.

"We person acquisition astir this and we are reasoning really to amended nan team, to beryllium capable to play amended and create our skills to triumph matches.

"This is our activity and this is nan precocious unit I tin consciousness each time arsenic a coach. I deliberation nan Premier League has 38 matches and we'll talk successful May."

West Ham, who beryllium 14th successful nan Premier League, recreation to Brentford connected Saturday earlier hosting Ipswich, successful 2 matches they dream will supply a level to climb nan table.

"It's ever important to get a win, ever - supra each erstwhile you mislaid nan past 2 matches arsenic we did," added Lopetegui.

"For us, that's why it's ever important and nan Brentford lucifer is going to beryllium for illustration this – important, 3 points against a very bully team.

"We knew that we were going to person a batch of activity and a batch of problems. Always 1 triumph increases your confidence, summation a batch of bully things for you and we activity for that."