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title: "West Ham United: Irons slam Ben Johnson for Newcastle display"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-04-17T19:10:25Z"
modified: "2021-04-17T19:10:25Z"
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# West Ham United: Irons slam Ben Johnson for Newcastle display

**As West Ham United suffer a blow in their pursuit of European football next season, losing [3-2 away to Newcastle United](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlfp7Q5_E8&feature=onebox) this afternoon, many Irons slammed youngster Ben Johnson despite his impressive numbers today.**

According to[SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-west-ham-united/MO), he was the highest rated player on the pitch with an [8.0/10](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-west-ham-united/MO) – but Hammers supporters weren’t impressed with his overall showing and his role in Joe Willock’s late winner for Newcastle.

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David Moyes’ side would have hoped for victory when they brought it back to 2-2 at St. James’ Park but the relegation battling Magpies instead picked up a vital win for their season.

Johnson appeared to contribute well to proceedings, evident by his wonderful clearance off the line late on – but he was also the culprit for losing Willock in the area for Newcastle’s late and final goal.

As a result, many Irons supporters were not happy, with SofaScore also revealing he lost possession [around 17 times](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-west-ham-united/MO) despite his high rating.

Find all of their verdicts on Johnson’s afternoon down below.

### West Ham fans slam Johnson

***“Ben Johnson has been out of his depth today! Shocking!”***

Credit: [@geordiehammer77](https://twitter.com/geordiehammer77/status/1383409042886848521)

***“Ben Johnson again. Not good enough to play at this level.”***

Credit: [@MattDay97](https://twitter.com/MattDay97/status/1383408680234749962)

***“I never wanna see Ben Johnson play for West Ham again, what a terrible footballer he is”***

Credit: [@hwade\_](https://twitter.com/hwade_/status/1383408617366331396)

***“Why is Ben Johnson still on the pitch? He is terrible”***

Credit: [@James01439718](https://twitter.com/James01439718/status/1383408595165872131)

***“I’ve seen enough of Ben Johnson in a West Ham shirt now to realise he’s nowhere near good enough”***

Credit: [@WestHamMax6](https://twitter.com/WestHamMax6/status/1383408531022381064)

***“Ben Johnson should never pull on a West Ham shirt again. Nowhere near the level needed.”***

Credit: [@NickHarding91](https://twitter.com/NickHarding91/status/1383408519034986503)

***“Ben Johnson the reason we lose today”***

Credit:[@joran\_willems10](https://twitter.com/joran_willems10/status/1383408463796002817)

***“Ben Johnson is simply not good enough, great block though”***

Credit: [@alfsterpmc](https://twitter.com/alfsterpmc/status/1383408399648395266)

***In other news: West Ham fans flocked to this ExWHUemployee claim, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-united-hammers-fans-beg-for-joao-mario-re-signing/)***