For many who were there on Sunday, it felt like the end. The tried and tested aspects of a David Moyes football team – its robust functionality and dependable solidity – vanishing in plain sight. Eight months on from the indelible memories of European glory and Moyes’ celebration dance in a Prague dressing room, West Ham supporters stared into the concrete beneath their seats at half-time, trying to come to terms with the way Arsenal were eviscerating their team.
Some inside West Ham feel that there’s no way back from this 6-0 home defeat.