FURIOUS West Ham fans sang cutting chants informing their players that they are “not fit to wear the shirt”.

The Hammers suffered a humiliating 2-1 defeat at Blackburn as they slipped to ninth in the .

Blackburn Rovers v West Ham United, EFL Championship, Football, Ewood Park, Blackburn, UK - 07 Nov 2026
The Hammers lost 2-1 at Blackburn as they slipped to ninth in the Championship Source: Shutterstock Editorial
Blackburn Rovers v West Ham United, EFL Championship, Football, Ewood Park, Blackburn, UK - 07 Nov 2026
Joel Piroe clawed one back but West Ham watched as the hosts moved into 13th Source: Shutterstock Editorial

Andri Guijohnsen put the hosts ahead in the second-half before Dapo Afolayan doubled it less than 20 minutes later.

Joel Piroe managed to claw one back – but it was not enough to save the East London outfit from watching Rovers climb to 13th.

But with out of the job and with just 72 hours in, the 7,500+ travelling fans turned on their stars.

The heartbreaking loss came four days after Nuno was sacked from his post – 13 league games into the season.

were eighth after a 3-1 loss at home to when the Portuguese boss walked away from the London Stadium.

The Championship side, who are searching for promotion back to the top-flight at the first time of asking, said that the hierarchy felt a change from the dugout was “necessary” to meet their “objectives and expectations”.

And after Nuno’s side picked out only six wins from their first 13 games, he was deemed unfit to maintain the demanded standard.

. The new boss made 129 appearances for West Ham between 2007 and 2011.

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While the Londoners moaned and groaned, Rovers fans sang out as their Saturday night party began Source: Shutterstock Editorial

But after the defeat at Blackburn, the former midfielder will be forced to be patient for his first win as boss.

The Hammers will host Preston next Saturday after the Lilywhites saw their second win of the season against promotion hopefuls Southampton.

Speaking to BBC Radio London, Parker said: “It’s very disappointing.

“We dominated first half without creating too much and we suffocated Blackburn for large parts.

“Second half, we came out really sharp and really bright but we didn’t manage to score and their first goal gave us a bit of a hill to climb.

“We proved in the week we can do that but we weren’t clinical enough in our moments.

“We probed really and then the second goal is obviously a foul, but we gave ourselves a mountain to climb.”