Yesterday West Ham lost in the FA cup against a team playing in a much lower division than the Premier League and that for me was a really big surprise result.A team from the Premier League who happen to have won not long ago the Europa Conference League to lose to a team playing in a lower division.That shows that West Ham is truly in a volatile performance in the Premier League.
West Ham lost against Championship team Bristol City, after playing a draw when playing at home to West Ham but West Ham had to admit defeat when they were guests at home to Bristol City, this is a little surprising but we also have to see overall that the West Ham team did not play at full strength in the FA Cup match.
And overall we can't say that West Ham have declined in performance, they are currently still in 6th position in the Premier League standings and the last 5 Premier League matches they have played have still had satisfactory results with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, so The FA Cup match cannot be a benchmark because West Ham was not focused so they did not field all their best players.