Paul Clement’s side lost three of the four matches they played, drawing the other – and all without scoring a goal.
And their woes were summed up by the fact they had fewer shots on target over the month (four) than Stoke’s on-loan Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma (five).
Ouch!
IT was a good week for fans of funny gifs of football managers.
The returns of Alan Pardew (right) and Sam Allardyce to the Premier League saw plenty of the old favourites trotted out.
There was Pardew’s FA Cup Final dad-dancing when he was Crystal...
was shared by Pardew’s former West Ham striker Dean Ashton, who played under the new Baggies boss as they both took the Hammers to the FA Cup final in 2006.
“He’s not short of confidence,” the one-time England striker told talkSPORT.
“His nickname is...
LIVERPOOL’S Joe Gomez gave an insight into the art of defending after the Reds’ recent 3-0 win at Stoke.
“As soon as we score, we think, ‘Let’s keep a clean sheet’,” he said. “Because if you do that, you win.”
Well, he’s not wrong, is he?