West Ham fans furious at Martin after costly mistake

West Ham United goalkeeper David Martin gifted Sheffield United a goal after his sloppy pass.

The shot-stopper directed his pass too far away from Fabian Balbuena and the Blades pounced, with John Fleck squaring the ball to Oliver McBurnie to tap into the net.

These Hammers fans were left furious with the mistake…

Twitter: @WestHam They haven’t looked like scoring – terrible mistake by Martin (@seanr1969)

Twitter: @WestHam Just pathetic – when the opposition don’t look like scoring, help them! (@RapidsMarc)

Twitter: @WestHam Horrible mistake. Unforgivable (@shawn5571)

Twitter: @WestHam Here we go again goalie off injured and the back up goalie wouldn’t get in to a Sunday league team West Ha… https://t.co/hf3OFSDwCU (@dazzler5931)

Twitter: @WestHam I give up, just left with two in goal now (@BenMorris2005)

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Martin replaced Lukasz Fabianski, who had to be withdrawn after 15 minutes after seemingly aggravating his hip problem when taking a goal kick.

Martin made four appearances earlier this season, keeping two clean sheets against Southampton and Chelsea.

However, I feel that the club definitely has to sign a new goalkeeper this month because unfortunately, Martin and Roberto are too error-prone.