West Ham, Spurs or someone else to face the drop from the Premier League come May

West Ham, Spurs or someone else to face the drop from the Premier League come May So, as the Premier League season enters the final stretch, the prospect of Championship football looms for either West Ham or Spurs. Both local clubs are deep in the relegation zone. The other teams involved, seeking to avoid the drop are Nottingham Forest and Wolves (Burnley and Wolves can be taken, as gone). It will come as a rude shock to West Ham or Spurs supporters to be hosting Championship football in their vast stadiums should either drop out of the top league. So how has this sorry situation come to pass? Well, both teams have been on the managerial roundabout for the past two seasons. The biggest mistake the owners of West Ham have made was getting rid of manager David Moyes in the summer of 2024. The previous season the club won the Europa Conference League. In Moyes final season, they finished ninth and got to the quarter finals of the Europa League. Moyes is now managing Everton, who sit in mid table, pushing upwards. West Ham appointed former Wolves manager, Julen Lopetegui, who never looked happy in the role. He lasted half a season. Then, came former Chelsea and Brighton coach, Graham Potter. He seemed to steady things, ensuring Premiership safety but then things went backwards at the start of this season. Goodbye Potter, hello, former Notts Forest and Spurs manager, Nuno Espirito Santo. It took him sometime to settle things down but he now seems to have the team going in the right direction. The fans like Nuno but there is a growing campaign against joint owner David Sullivan and chief executive Karen Brady. Many have never forgiven the duo for taking the club away from it's iconic ground at Upton Park. There has also been some bad recruitment. Spurs demise is difficult to fathom. Winners of the Europa League last season, the club seemed to take a leaf out of the West Ham book of mismanagement, then, getting rid of manager Ange Postecoglou. Enter, former Brentford manager Thomas Frank. Things seemed to go well to begin with but then results turned and Spurs have been in freefall since Christmas. Frank was sacked, and replaced with Igor Judge on an interim basis. His tenure though has been no better. He was sacked after 44 days in charge. All of the sides in the relegation scrap, bar Leeds, have had multiple managers this season. Notts Forest top the list with four (Espirito Santo started managing Notts Forest before moving to West Ham), Spurs next with three and West Ham two. So what will happen? Spurs have a better quality squad than West Ham but at time of writing the players don't seem to want to play for the club. West Ham have a good spirit amongst their squad but are overly reliant on two or three players. There is a basic lack of quality and inconsistency. The ideal of ofcourse would be that both survive, which is quite feasible. Indeed, it is that scenario, with Leeds or Notts Forest taking the final relegation place that I would favour. That though will depend on Spurs players coming together for the club and West Ham showing much more consistency - the next few games will be vital.