West Ham news: How will this season be remembered?

Regression. Stagnation. Depression. General underachievement.

Take your pick.

It is a bit weird to point out that the Hammers ended up finishing in exactly the same spot as they did two seasons ago when they won the Europa Conference League.

It is the reality but it only happened because West Ham won two of their past three games to finish top of the little four-team mini-league that were – just – too good to go down but absolutely miles off competing for any form of European qualification.

It absolutely was not supposed to be like this when David Moyes departed after three successive European campaigns.

New manager Julen Lopetegui and Tim Steidten as technical director were supposed to usher in a new world for the east London outfit. Both were gone by the beginning of February.

Many of the new arrivals did not work and neither did Graham Potter for a long period.

Wins over Manchester United and Ipswich put a positive gloss on a season to forget at the London Stadium.

Potter needs to hit the ground running in August.