Sean Dyche has just hit West Ham and Julen Lopetegui with the ultimate insult

Everton boss Sean Dyche spoke to reporters after Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham United.

The 0-0 draw at the London Stadium was a terrible result for Julen Lopetegui and his West Ham players, and we are now sitting in 14th spot in the Premier League table.

It was claimed on Sunday that David Sullivan and Tim Steidten are set for crunch talks this week regarding Lopetegui’s future, but that has since been denied by a top Hammers source.

Nevertheless, Lopetegui should be a man under intense pressure right now – he hasn’t been good enough in his role in charge of West Ham so far.

It’s fair to argue that the Hammers have regressed since Lopetegui was handed the reins, and that is simply unacceptable.

Things aren’t looking good at West Ham right now, and Sean Dyche has just said something that really hammers home just how poor we were against Everton.

Dyche hits West Ham and Julen Lopetegui with ultimate insult

The 0-0 draw against the Toffees on Saturday was one of the worst games of football I’ve seen in quite some time.

It actually looked like two non league sides duking it out at one point.

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I feel like Lopetegui’s role at the London Stadium is slowly becoming untenable.

And the 58-year-old Hammers head coach has now received a proper slap to the face from Saturday’s opposing gaffer.

Dyche spoke to reporters after the game, and delivered the ultimate insult to West Ham and Lopetegui, as quoted by Athletic journalist Roshane Thomas.

The Everton boss said, “I don’t think he had that much to do today (Pickford), besides staying focused.“

Whilst those comments are not necessarily true from Dyche – Pickford had to make a save from Danny Ings towards the end of the game after all – he certainly had a point.

The Hammers really didn’t test the Everton goalkeeper enough, especially inside the final 20 minutes when the visitors had clearly settled for a draw.

West Ham were far too passive, and the players didn’t take control of the game enough for me.

Things are looking bleak at the London Stadium right now, and it seems like Lopetegui doesn’t have a clear plan in place regarding how to improve things.

The clash with Everton on Saturday was a must-win as far as I’m concerned, and now we’re looking over our shoulders at the relegation zone.

Julen Lopetegui clearly isn’t the man West Ham need to take us forward, and Dyche’s comments after the game on Saturday really rubbed salt into the Spaniard”s wounds.

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