West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is under intense pressure after losing the opening three games of the Premier League season, which has left to fresh questions as to whether the Croatian is the right man for the job.

The Hammers sit rock-bottom of the Premier League having conceded ten goals so far, scoring just twice, and it’s raised the importance of key fixtures in September; where West Ham clash with Huddersfield, West Brom, Tottenham and Swansea City.

A continuation of poor results during those four Premier League fixtures next month could be the final nail in the coffin for Bilic, who was dangerously close to losing his job at the end of last season, and criticism continues to be directed his way from all angles.

January signing Robert Snodgrass, who joined Aston Villa on-loan earlier this month after failing to establish himself in the Hammers’ first-team, is the latest to hit-out at under-fire Bilic, claiming he didn’t know where to use the Scottish international.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Snodgrass revealed the alarm bells were ringing from the very early stages of his arrival in East London.

“I was coming on against City and he (Bilic) said ‘Where do you want to play, on the left or right?” I thought ‘You have just signed me and I have played on the right or behind the striker at Hull City all season’.”

“That was my debut and alarm bells were ringing right away. I found it very strange and I realised from the off that it wasn’t going to happen. Every time I played, I was on the left. I don’t know why he did it. I joined as Dimitri Payet left and maybe it was a case of ‘you can play there’.”

“But I’d only filled in on the left on a couple of occasions. I hate that position but when you are Scottish you are brought up to play anywhere. It’s fine to play for one or two games but you need to play in your right position, especially on the back of scoring nine goals for Hull.”

“At that stage, nobody had scored more goals for Hull or West Ham. The manager was under a lot of pressure and I later said that out of respect I didn’t want to go in and see him during that period.”

“But when I eventually did speak to him I said I thought he would have known I wasn’t a left-midfielder and that he must have watched me after signing me for that type of money. His answer was basically that when people are confident they can play anywhere.”

That certainly doesn’t ease the concerns of West Ham fans and it could be evidence that there’s further issues behind the scenes, although the Hammers will have to cope with things as they are for the time being.