Nuno Sounds The Alarm For West Ham Ahead Of Crystal Palace Clash: Are They Genuine Survivors Now?
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West Ham United have weathered one of the most turbulent Premier League campaigns in recent memory. This 2025–26 season marks the club’s 131st year, and while it’s their 14th straight run in the top flight, survival, not celebration, is all anyone is talking about at the London Stadium.
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Nuno Espirito Santo stepped in late September 2025 to replace Graham Potter, inheriting a squad that looked broken and sat dangerously low on points. Since then, the Portuguese coach has slowly toughened them up, scraping together vital points as the pressure at the bottom of the table reached a breaking point.
Nuno sounds the alarm ahead of Selhurst Park trip
West Ham finally climbed out of the relegation zone for the first time since December, thanks to a clinical 4–0 dismantling of Wolves on April 10. It was a result that, remarkably, pushed Tottenham into the bottom three. Taty Castellanos, who now has five league goals, buried two in just two minutes during a second-half blitz, while Konstantinos Mavropanos moved his tally to three with a header and a late volley.
The Hammers looked destined for the drop back in January after losing to Forest; at that point, they were winless in 10 and seven points from safety. However, five wins in their last 11 have flipped the script. Speaking on Friday before Monday’s trip to Selhurst Park, Nuno was quick to keep feet on the ground. He described the camp as focused and dismissed any talk of the players getting ahead of themselves after one big win, promising that the squad is strictly concerned with the job at hand.
“When you win with a big performance, I don’t think there is a risk of complacency. It is a good and positive thing. We will make sure the squad is focused for the next match and they have to do.”
“It doesn’t change things that we are playing on Monday. Yes, we are the last team to play, but I don’t think it will make a difference.”
Does West Ham’s momentum make them genuine survivors now?
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 10: Nuno Espirito Santo, Manager of West Ham United, during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers at London Stadium on April 10, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
They look more like survivors now than they have all year, but there’s a catch. West Ham are still sitting in 17th. Jarrod Bowen leads the charge with 12 goals, while Summerville has chipped in with seven. That spread of scoring is exactly what you want in a relegation scrap.
The worry is that Selhurst Park is never an easy place to go, and Crystal Palace are lethal on the counter. Nuno knows a 4–0 win can lead to a soft dressing room, and his blunt, no-nonsense media presence shows he isn’t letting that happen.
Picking up five wins from 11 isn’t just a decent run; for a team that couldn’t buy a win for 10 straight games earlier this year, it’s a massive turnaround. The grit Nuno has instilled suggests the Hammers might actually have enough to see this through.