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Bilic: I smelled complacency
- Updated: October 30, 2016
Slaven Bilic has admitted that he “smelled complacency” at West Ham ahead of the club’s disappointing start to the new campaign.
The Croatian’s first season in charge was a successful one with the club qualifying for Europe after a seventh-place finish in the Premier League.
But following the move from Upton Park to the London Stadium last summer, results suffered as West Ham lost five of their first six league matches.
The slide has been arrested as they have gone unbeaten in October and reached the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, but Bilic said expectations were too high at the start of this season and focus slightly slipped as a result.
“We got a bit of that complacency,” he told Sky Sports’ Geoff Shreeves.
“I smelled it. I didn’t know and at the end of the day I am the first to say that it is my responsibility, always, because I am the manager here.
“I smelled it during the pre-season when I spoke to the press. You have press conferences even in pre-season and before our qualification games for Europa League and 70 per …
