When you are fighting for your lives, you simply have to beat a team widely tipped to go down as the worst in Premier League history.
That West Ham were reduced to rubble by rock-bottom Wolves raised serious questions over their ability to beat to drop – and worse still, their stomach for the fight.
A quite shocking first-half surrender allowed Rob Edwards' men to steamroll their way into a 3-0 lead, leaving the Hammers looking like the division's no-hopers. From Nuno Espirito Santo's men there was no fight, no invention – in a nutshell, no hope.