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- Updated: September 16, 2016
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic is refusing to use the move to the London Stadium and the subsequent crowd trouble for their slow start to the season.
The Hammers lost 4-2 at home to Watford last weekend, having taken a 2-0 lead in the match, while a 1-0 defeat against Astra Giurgiu at their new home saw them knocked out of the Europa League.
Crowd trouble during the Watford game led to 10 supporters being ejected from the stadium, while the club has called a meeting with fans to discuss recent problems with standing in seating areas and anti-social behaviour.
But Bilic is not prepared to use that as a mitigating factor for some poor performances that leave West Ham just one place above the relegation places going into Saturday’s game away to West …
