THE WOLVES ARE AT THE DOOR

Hammers hit rock bottom with Molineux hammering and captain Bowen admits Forest relegation clash is now 'massive'

- BY KEITH WEBSTER

FOR West Ham, crunch relegation games are like London buses right now.

Having played top-half sides Manchester United, Brighton, Aston Villa and Manchester City in December, they started the year with a trip to rock-bottom Wolves.

And having lost that at a canter, their meeting with Nottingham Forest, a team four points and one place above them, makes tomorrow night's clash their biggest game of the season.

Hopes of ending an eight-game winless run were demolished in a first-half nightmare on Saturday as Jhon Arias struck early at Molineux, before Hwang Hee-chan's penalty and a Mateus Mane goal wrapped things up by the interval.