Relegation-threatened West Ham fans all say the same thing as U18s secure stunning 6-1 win to reach FA Youth Cup final
WEST HAM fans have all been saying the same thing after the under-18s smashed Southampton in the FA Youth Cup.
The young Hammers won the semi-final 6-1 with highly-rated prospect Divin Mubama netting a hat-trick.
The youngsters raced into a two-goal lead through Mubama and Callum Marshall.
Mubama then made it three early in the second half before Dominic Ballard’s first-time finish seemed to get the Saints back in the game.
But the contest was soon over as Gideon Kodua, Mubama, Favour Fawunmi rounded off the scoring.
It was a stark contrast to the events at the London Stadium just 24 hours earlier.
The senior side were hammered 5-1 by Newcastle, heaping pressure on manager David Moyes.
The club are embroiled in the relegation battle and fans are desperate to see the club pull itself away from danger.
However, after the hammering by the Toon, some fans want change at the club with Moyes being replaced by youth coach Kevin Keen.
One tweeted: “Get Kevin Keen in as part of the management of the main team ASAP.”
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A second commented: “Can Kevin Keen manage the first team.”
A third wrote: “Kevin Keen to take over until the end of the season? Got the youngsters playing well…why not.”
Keen is a former West Ham star having played over 200 times for the club.
While some Hammers fans wanted to see the hat-trick hero be given a chance in the Premier League over the misfiring Michail Antonio and Danny Ings as well as injury prone Gianluca Scamacca.
One supporter said: “If he [Mubama] is not in the squad on Saturday we riot!!!”
A second added: “Better than all our other strikers.”
Mubama has already got a senior goal for the Hammers after he netted in the Europa Conference League win over Cypriot minnows AEK Larnaca.
While some went even as far as to suggest swapping the senior and youth teams around.
One fan declared: “Let’s swap all the first team for the U18’s they can’t do much worse.”
A second added: “Start all of them on Saturday.”
West Ham return to Premier League action as they travel to Fulham on Saturday.
Currently, the side is only out of the relegation zone on goal difference although they do have one game in hand on the clubs around them.
Despite the shocking form in the league, the club does still have a Europa Conference League quarter-final against Gent later this month.
Moyes is on thin ice at the club as he prepares his team for a must-win game against the Cottagers.
The under-18s will face Arsenal’s youngsters in the final after their semi-final win over Man City.