This was not in the blueprint for West Ham United.
Careering from one calamity to another, amid security issues at the London Stadium and increasingly desperate form on the pitch, this was not how the future was envisaged when they left Upton Park last season.
On Saturday at West Brom, Slaven Bilic’s side were 4-0 down inside 55 minutes to a West Brom team that had scored only six goals since March.
At times, the defending was farcical, as mistakes from West Ham defenders Athur Masuaku and Angelo Ogbonna allowed West Brom to take a 2-0 lead through a Nacer Chadli penalty and Salomon Rondon.