West Ham fans were left unimpressed with the performance of attacking midfielder Pablo Fornals against Southampton.
The 25-year-old was amongst a host of underperformers on a day that saw the Hammers fall to a 3-2 home defeat.
However, despite numerous teammates falling short of the level required, it was Fornals who bore the brunt of the displeasure on social media.
https://twitter.com/AzamWHUFC/status/1475130087947317255
What’s happened to Fornals? All of a sudden he can’t make a single pass and players going by him for fun?
— Lee Sifford ⚒ (@lee_sifford) December 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/westham_hub/status/1475267944561139720
Really? I thought fornals was our worst player just about. So many stray passes.
— Adam Epsly (@maraboustork12) December 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/samwhu1/status/1475237712873631749
Fornals was woeful he’s put in cam because of his passing and that was shocking today. Vlasic has to start again against watford. Him and Bowen were our 2 driving forces going forward.
— Ethan P (@EthanP48445025) December 26, 2021
Fornals was rated 6.30 by Sofascore for a display that saw the Spaniard lose possession on 12 occasions whilst on the field.
So far this season the former Villarreal man has scored four times and provided three assists in 18 appearances.
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Admittedly this wasn’t Fornals’ finest outing in a claret and blue shirt, but to be over critical seems harsh given the promising start made to the season.
However, there can be no doubting that the form of the £18million valued ace is of major concern, as is the side’s more generally.
Now without a win in five matches across all competitions, David Moyes will be desperate to taste victory when the Hammers face Watford this week.
