Supporters of West Ham United have shown their anger following a club social media post during their tie with Manchester City.
During the clash at the Etihad Stadium, David Moyes left January signing Jarrod Bowen on the bench, before substituting the Englishman on for Robert Snodgrass in the 79th minute (per West Ham), and the tweet announcing the change left fans furious.
Jarrod Bowen makes his debut ?#MCIWHU 2-0 (79) pic.twitter.com/3VGeuFkXkj
— West Ham United (@WestHam) February 19, 2020
too late
— ? (@RiceSZN_) February 19, 2020
This club is an absolute joke.
— Chaz Braxton Cole ? (@Chaz_B_Cole) February 19, 2020
Jarrod Bowen’s West Ham debut has come 79 minutes too late. Ridiculous to give Bowen 10 minutes with the game already lost.
— Josh Verrills (@WestHamJoshV) February 19, 2020
Should Jarrod Bowen have started against Manchester City?Yes, ridiculous that he was left out
No, he's not ready to start for us
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Since Bowen’s arrival from Hull City for £22 million on transfer deadline day (per The Guardian), the 23-year-old’s cameo appearance against Pep Guardiola’s outfit has been his only involvement for the Hammers (per Transfermarkt).
For his short time on the pitch, the Englishman was awarded a 5/10 performance rating (per Football.london), however, fans continued to fume over his late introduction.
Delete this. Embarrassing
— Christopher Mears (@CJMears85) February 19, 2020
What is the point??? I give up
— Joe Selner (@JoeSelner) February 19, 2020
Deactivate please
— SeanSZN (@andrewjacob201) February 19, 2020
Another career set to be ruined
— Steve Leys (Run, Ronnie, Run) ??? (@SteveLeys10) February 19, 2020
What do we think?
Having scored 17 goals and assisted six over 32 games for the Tigers prior to his arrival at the London Stadium (per Transfermarkt), you would have thought that Bowen would have had more than a little over ten minutes of action in the two games since his arrival.
With a 7.31/10 average rating across his league games as a whole this season (per WhoScored), Bowen ranks higher than any other player in the West Ham squad (per WhoScored), so, you would hope there are many more minutes to come for the 23-year-old.