West Ham fans already name Nuno’s replacement – ‘Least we’d show fight’
Nuno Espirito Santo’s position at West Ham looks untenable after a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Wolves on Saturday.
The Hammers have been woeful for weeks, with the former Nottingham Forest manager seemingly incapable of picking up a victory.
Now, after losing to a side that hadn’t won a Premier League match all season, West Ham fans have turned on Nuno.
If the manager is given the boot, plenty of supporters have indicated that they want Slaven Bilic back in the dugout, even if it means relegation.
West Ham fans dream of a Slaven Bilic return
Bilic oversaw a memorable spell at West Ham between 2015 and 2017.
Here, the manager guided the Hammers to Europe and had them fighting towards the top half of the table for the majority of his reign.
Bilic has been strongly linked to West Ham if Nuno were to be sacked as the 57-year-old looks to return to the dugout for the first time since 2024.
Now, it appears that the Hammers fans are all for it, believing that the coach will be able to instil some fight back into the players.
I’d go get Bilic now. I don’t think he’d keep us up but we may show a bit of fight!!!
— ⚒ Lewis – alias Craven Moorehead ⚒ (@ClaretBluBlood) January 3, 2026
No manager should survive 2 wins in 15 it’s beyond appalling and beyond embarrassing!!
Has to be Nunos last game. Get Bilic back
— Parkinhouzen89 (@parkinhouz1989) January 3, 2026
Bring in Bilic & Gary o’Neil as his number 2!
— Sully (@billsully94) January 3, 2026
Honestly – give it Bilic to end of the season because honestly, it can’t get any worse 🤦🏻🤮 #whufc
— ⚒️ Damien Murphy ⚒️ (@Damo_84) January 3, 2026
Many fan believes that Nuno is now simply incapable of turning the situation around labelling the former Tottenham manager as “disinterested”.
I think Nuno needs to be put out of his misery. He clearly can’t get a tune out of these players. He looks so disinterested as it is. We know we are down so get rid and give it to Bilic until the end of the season
— Jay Perry (@Jperry83) January 3, 2026
I agree but let’s get Bilic in at least it might be a bit more fun
— Darren (@Dazzairons) January 3, 2026
Honestly don’t think nuno can do anything. Hes gone past the stage of trying to motivate a team. Get bilic until the end of the season imo.
— Jamie (@JLJLewis91) January 3, 2026
Bilic’s reign at West Ham in numbers
Bilic’s reign at West Ham was no doubt successful.
The manager won 42 of his 111 matches in charge, giving him a 37.84 per cent win rate.
His first campaign saw West Ham finish seventh, qualifying for Europe, with the Hammers being in the hunt for Champions League football for most of the season.
While Bilic oversaw a tumble in the table in the 2016-17 campaign, he was only one point off eighth as the Hammers ended the season in 11th.
In the end, Bilic left the London Stadium with a 1.33 points per game rate in the Premier League, an outstanding feat in what was a great few years at the East London club.
Hopefully, if he is brought back, he is able to perform the same miracles to ensure the Hammers avoid the drop into the second tier.