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After a heavy loss to relegation favourites Wolves at the weekend, former Premier League defender Stephen Warnock has questioned whether West Ham players have "lost a bit of faith in the manager".
Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo labelled their first-half performance at Molineux "embarrassing" with the 3-0 defeat leaving them four points from safety.
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"They are in big, big trouble," he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Breakfast Club.
"They have made a couple of signings during the week but you always wonder what kind of influence they can have. Also, where they are at as a dressing room – have they lost a bit of faith in the manager and what he is doing?
"They are in a position now where if Nottingham Forest were to beat them, you just start to worry.
"The problem you get with the new signings coming in too is they have not played in the Premier League, so it is how quickly they can adapt and play under pressure.
"There is huge pressure at that football club at the moment."
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Ex-Aston Villa and Brentford head coach Dean Smith agreed and added: "They've got new signings but I never think January is a great month for signings. There becomes a slight desperation when you're looking to bring players in.
"But they definitely need some players just to have fresh faces in the dressing room because they need a bit of change at the moment.
"I do [think Nuno is the one to get them out of trouble]. He knows the league, he's been in the league a long time, getting Wolves promoted a long time ago and he did so well at Nottingham Forest last year too.
"[But] nine games without a win and they need to turn that around quickly. The game against Forest on Wednesday is massive, they can't lose that."
Listen to the full discussion from 01:50:00 on BBC Sounds
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