A section of West Ham fans have absolutely annihilated Pedro Obiang on Twitter after witnessing his poor performance in the 3-1 win over AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow on Tuesday night.
Manuel Pellegrini opted to hand Obiang, 26, his first appearance of the season against the Dons, but it turned out to be a terrible decision as the Spaniard received pelters from supporters on social media.
One West Ham fan told Obiang to “do one”, while another claimed he had an “absolute stinker”.
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/northwesthammer/status/1034520832746422275
Obiang is so bad
— Paul ? (@psherlock3) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/Jamieonthisday/status/1034520292364886021
Obiang has been terrible
— Dan (@WesthamDan16) August 28, 2018
Obiang is having a mare
— Thomas (@WHU_Law) August 28, 2018
Obiang can do one, useless
— Sam (@WestHamLondon) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/JayCorb12568283/status/1034522021219250177
Work to do at halftime again! Too many slowing the play down . Should have taken obiang or rice off and put another forward player on … utter garbage so far
— WestHamFanTone (@WestHamFanTone) August 28, 2018
OPINION
It wasn’t that long ago when a lot of fans were urging Pellegrini to start Obiang to shore up the midfield, but it seems the Chilean was right to keep omitting the midfielder for Premier League games after his shocker in the Carabao Cup. The Spaniard was a decent player when he first joined the Hammers but injuries look as though they have taken their toll on him and his performance against Wimbledon was that of a player who is out of his depth – against a League One club. Fans were right to be unhappy with his display and more of them should really be calling for Obiang to leave the club after he was linked with an exit earlier in the summer transfer window. It’s unfortunate because his injuries definitely played a role in his demise, but there is no room for sentiment in top-flight football and he should be sold sooner rather than later.