Everton 1-1 West Ham (Keane 18′ | Bowen 65′)

HILL DICKINSON STADIUM — It’s a sign of how hard it is to truly fail as an established club in the Premier League that West Ham United, whose last two managers have performed pathetically and who are run as a fiefdom by a 76-year-old bloke no supporter believes is right for such responsibility, have responded to their latest calamity by appointing the most overachieving Premier League manager of last season.

Nottingham Forest’s weirdness is West Ham’s gain. Nuno Espirito Santo has been out of work for days, not months, but sees no need for a break because the rapidity of the messy City Ground descent was so pronounced. Proving his former owner wrong for appointing and backing a new sporting director over him can be a powerful fuel.

A lurch

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