There was “scandalous” defense on the field and “Sack the Board” chants of supporters who left the London Stadium, because West Ham was beaten 5-1 on Friday evening by Chelsea.
Fans may wonder how on an evening where their team was ashamed of their rivals, no West Ham player was even booked.
The disastrous derby – on the back of a bruise 3-0 loss during the newly promoted Sunderland during the opening weekend – has already led to talk about a relegation struggle and oppressed Graham Potter appears in desperate need for reinforcements before the transfer window closes in just more than a week.
But with problems over the field and trust, Potter now has a huge task to pick up his players before the Carabao Cup trip from Tuesday to Wolves to get this alarming start of the season out of hand.
“I know we are only two games, but that is a team that will be in a relegation fight unless they give the manager some help,” said Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp. “They need four, five, six new signing sessions. They have no quality.”
They did not have the application on Friday evening, with Redknapp closed the defense of Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jean-Clair Todibo in the first half. “If you defend players like this, you don't have a chance,” he said.
Never before have West Ham admitted eight goals in their first two games of a top -flight season -but it was easy to see how they managed it this time, with poor marking, a lack of intensity in their own box and an inability to be the first or even second in the box.
Physically, midfield was overwhelmed by a Chelsea team that only returned a little more than two and a half weeks ago for the preseason. It is an urgent need for an injection of energy after it has also been discovered in Sunderland.
“Fuming” was the word Captain Jarrod Bowen used to be his feelings all over the situation. He had worn most of the game and tried to make something happen in the midst of the largely toothless attacking performance of his team.
“We removed the goals,” he said. “Everyone has to look in the mirror and be brutally honest. We have to have a response.”
But how likely is that going on?
In addition to their record number that was admitted this season, Potter now has the unwanted record that the first West Ham manager has not reached double digits for points in his first 10 home games.
His general record is the second worst of every West Ham manager in the Premier League era.
“It is clear that what we are doing at the moment is not enough,” he admitted in a empty interview with Sky Sports.
West Ham fans gave the team off during the break and the few who remained when the last whistle sounded did the same. They also played their anger at the club's hierarchy.
This summer, the club fulfilled their obligation to buy Todibo – which was addicted during the break when Potter closed his back -five plan – and paid reimbursements for Malick Diouf and Mads Hermansen, the goalkeeper who was banned with Leicester last season, was taken from the team.
The only other additions were the free signing sessions of Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson.
With Mohammed Kudus, Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal, Lukasz Fabianski, Danny ings, Kurt Zouma and Mikhail Antonio have disappeared, it is fair to wonder if the transfer trade of West Ham has left them weaker than before.
They are certainly in a worse position after Friday evening. Alarm bells ring – and it is only August.