West Ham United are planning to give Slaven Bilic a few more games to turn around the club’s fortunes – but have considered sacking their manager after Saturday's dismal 3-0 defeat at Newcastle.

Bilic will holds talks with the club on Monday but rather than a face-to-face meeting, it will be the usual Monday morning debrief with the owners. However, they will want to know how Bilic can improve the team’s fortunes after losing their first three Premier League matches and conceding 10 goals.

There is concern over Bilic’s tactics, team selection and also training methods, which have carried on from last season when West Ham struggled following their move to the London Stadium. At that time, Bilic’s future was in some doubt but having steered West Ham to finish 11th in the table, he proved that he deserved to stay on and has been given the opportunity to invest in the squad this summer.

It certainly appears that Bilic will carry on for now, which would seem to be the right decision, not least because it is so early in the season, West Ham have yet to play a home game and also because the summer signings are his choices. He also deserves the chance to ­improve things.