Lukasz Fabianski pleads for patience after losing start

Lukasz Fabianski has warned that "it always takes time to gel" following West Ham United's losing start to the new Premier League season.

The Hammers followed up their 4-0 opening-game loss away at Liverpool with a 2-1 home defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.

After bringing in nine new faces during a busy summer of rebuilding, Fabianski - one of those snapped up following last term's disappointment - admits that patience is required from supporters.

"We have to keep looking forward and keep working with this group of players because obviously there are big changes and it always takes time to gel," he told the club's official website. "Hopefully it will happen sooner rather than later.

"From my perspective, every time we had the ball in possession, we just wanted to go straight forward and maybe we have to be more balanced in some situations and take our time a little bit with playing our football and keeping possession, rather than just trying to get it forward.

"If we relax a bit more and take care of the ball a bit better, then we will benefit. We are a new group of players and it will take time, but hopefully it will click soon. I hope the fans will understand the situation and I think they do.

"It's important that they are supportive in every single game and keep believing in the team, because this group of players really has something quite good in terms of quality and, with a little more work, we will see the effects on the pitch."

West Ham travel to Fabianski's former club Arsenal for their next league outing.