Dicks slams hammers players!
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Former West Ham defender Julian Dicks says the players are to blame for the club's poor run, not the manager. The Hammers have suffered three successive 4-0 defeats piling pressure on boss Alan Curbishley. But Dicks told BBC London 94.9 that the blame lies elsewhere: "I think Alan is the right man for the job. "These are all professional footballers, they are earning fortunes, but a lot of them are just going through the motions." Dicks added: "At the end of the day the manager gets the blame which I think that is wrong. It's down to the players, they're the ones out on the pitch. "Nowadays people give them (managers) eight months or a year and if they don't do anything then they get rid of them which for me is wrong." Despite victories against Manchester United and Liverpool at Upton Park in recent months, West Ham have capitulated to Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham in their last three matches. The Hammers' board offered their backing to Curbishley on Monday, and Dicks believes the focus should instead be on the players. Dicks added: "I watched them against Manchester United and they deserved to beat them. I watched them against Liverpool and they deserved to beat them too. "Obviously the last three matches have been disappointing, but I was at the Chelsea game and I think fans can appreciate players having bad days and off games but they can't appreciate players not trying. "Apart from (Mark) Noble and the keeper (Rob Green), the players didn't try against Chelsea. |
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