West Ham must be “confronted with the music” after their 5-1 loss for Chelsea, but Jarrod Bowen said that the team should take responsibility in addition to sub-coach Graham Potter.
The Hammers are at the bottom of the Premier League table in the early season, after they have followed a 3-0 defeat in Sunderland with another kasting loss against their rivals in London.
Lucas Paqueta's long-distance star postponed West Ham in the sixth minute, but goals from Joao Pedro, Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez had Chelsea 3-1 with the rest before Moises Caicedo and Trevoh Chalobah were in the second half.
West Ham has now earned only nine points from 10 Home Premier League matches under Potter, their least under a manager in the competition after their first 10 at home.
But Captain Bowen said that the players are more responsible for their terrible start and says that Potter is unable to prevent their fundamental errors.
Asked to summarize his emotions, Bowen told Sky Sports: “You can probably imagine … I am rumbling, disappointed, all the emotions associated with eight goals in two games and not picking up a point yet.
“We got ourselves in a really good position at 1-0, but the goals were really cheap on our behalf. We removed the goals. We learned that in Sunderland last week and it was the same again today.
“We are on the field, it's easy if things go well, but if things don't go well, you have to point your finger at every person.
“We have to look at ourselves. Managers come in, but the manager cannot influence the players on the field. I don't think we are doing very well with basic football.
“Everyone has to look in the mirror and have some honest conversations as a group. We have a cup match on Tuesday, so full focus on that, then we go to Nottingham Forest before the international break.
“That international break could be a long, dark place if we go up in a row with three competitions in a row.
“There must be a response, we know that.
Potter has a profit percentage of only 25% as West Ham boss in the Premier League, on average only one point per match at the helm at the helm.
Only Avram Grant (19% profit percentage, 0.89 points per match) has a worse record with the club because of those statistics, among the bosses of the Hammers' Premier League.
Co-chairman of West Ham Karren Brady gave Potter a public voice of confidence this week, but there are still worries that he could only be the third Premier League manager who could be fired two games in a season, after Kenny Dalglish (in Newcastle in 1998-99) and Paul Sturrock (Southampton in 2004-05).
“It was too cheap at a top team – to admit the goals in the way we did, it was an impossible question,” Potter told Sky Sports.
“What we are doing right now is not enough. I have to look at myself and we have to improve. I am the coach, I am responsible for the team and the results are not what we want.
“I have to take that responsibility. We don't get the most out of the players, we have to get more and that is my job. There is no one who throws someone under the bus here, it's a collective effort.”