Yet to add an EFL Cup trophy to their cabinet – only getting as far as the final once in 1981 – West Ham’s hopes of adding domestic
silverware to their Europa Conference League crown from last term are wafer-thin if recent results are anything to go by.David Moyes’s
troops made hard work of their third-round contest with Lincoln City, only sinking their third-tier foes courtesy of a Tomas Soucek
winner with 20 minutes left to play, but the hosts’ eye-catching start to the campaign is now a thing of the past amid a four-game
winless run.A 2-2 draw with Newcastle United was respectable, but a 4-1 Aston Villa humbling, 2-1 Europa League beating at the hands of Olympiacos and 1-0 home loss to
Everton – who defended with vigour and stole all three points with a Dominic Calvert-Lewin strike – have set off a few alarm bells.As well
as going five games in all competitions without a clean sheet, West Ham’s failure to make the net bulge against Everton marked the first time
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in 2023 that the Hammers had drawn a blank in a home match, having previously breached the opposition backline in 18 straight contests at the London Stadium.Juggling three
competitions during an unforgiving winter period appears to be catching up to the Declan Rice-less West Ham, whose fans may or may
not give the £105m man a warm welcome back to his old home, but managing domestic and continental duties has so far not proved a massive problem for their in-form visitors.
