'Abysmal' or 'no need to panic' - Hammers fans on Charlton defeat
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West Ham United went down 2-1 to Charlton in their first home game back in the Championship on Saturday.
A debut goal from Joel Piroe gave them hope after falling 2-0 behind but a stoppage-time penalty miss from Valentin Castellanos ensured Nuno Espirito Santo's side remain winless in the second tier.
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Thank you to all the Hammers fans who sent us their views on the result and performance at a sold-out London Stadium. Here is a selection of their thoughts:
Ian - Absolutely abysmal. League One here we come.
Mark - Lack hunger and passion. [Max] Kilman is simply not fit to wear the shirt. [Oliver] Scarles not strong enough, so defensively we are weak. Need a powerful centre-half and now. Early days but sideways passes don't win games. Also we need a leader and [Jarrod] Bowen is not that, get a leader in.
RJ - We will be every team's cup final match at the London Stadium. Will be a hard season. We will dominate teams here but will have to convert more of our chances.
Stephen - West Ham seem to be lacking in confidence, currently they are playing walking football, taking too many touches and playing safe. Jarrod Bowen is nowhere near his best. In the first half he didn't try to go past his full-back once. He hasn't been the same since losing his England place. On current form we will struggle in the Championship.
Chris - Poor again. Manager needs to move away from 4-4-1-1 and start three midfielders. Losing initiative in every game.
Valentin Castellanos (right) reacts after missing a stoppage-time penalty against Charlton [Getty Images]Robert - Woeful. Too slow. Too many missed passes. Too many mistakes. Too many half-taken chances. Someone has to take charge - both on and off the field - before this season gets out of hand. I am embarrassed as a long-time supporter.
Carl - There is so much to fix and with a sold-out stadium the fan base is proving they're behind the team. It's about time the club put together a performance that matched it. No passion whatsoever.
Bob - I can't see any way that the Hammers will be promoted based upon what I have seen in the first two games. I thought that we would be better than this but it's the same painful experience as we had last season.
Mary - Did anyone really think it would be different? Entitled millionaires with the wrong attitude and likely the wrong coach. Endless possession but no threat. I love Bowen but we need a backside-kicking captain in midfield. The team needs leaders but we have only losers. It's been like it for years really. We won't go down, but we won't go up either.
Mark W - Absolutely dreadful, Nuno should have gone last season. He's utterly clueless.
A Barnes - We looked like strangers out there at times, but [Lewis] Orford almost rescued the game with an excellent display of metronomic passing in the second half. When he and [Divine] Mukasa click it will be magic. Without two stupid mistakes (gifting them a second goal and spurning the penalty) we would have won. Despite the boos at full-time, there's no reason to panic yet.