West Ham United to review Kevin Nolan captaincy

West Ham United manger Sam Allardyce has confirmed that he will review Kevin Nolan's position as club captain following his sending-off against Fulham on Wednesday.

The Hammers skipper was shown a straight red card for kicking Fernando Amorebieta in an off-the-ball incident during the match, much to the frustration of his coach.

"I just don't quite understand where he's lost his cool and why it's happened," the Daily Star quotes Allardyce as saying. "I know the centre-half fouled him, and I also know that Mark Clattenburg didn't give a free kick and he should have done.

"But it's still not an excuse for what Kevin did, and he ends up getting himself sent off. After a great start we looked like we could get another one, and go on and test this back four of Fulham's. But when you have a man sent off it gets very difficult indeed.

"So he's responsible for us probably losing the game more than anything else, there's no doubt about that. So I'm going to have to find out what's wrong with him, there's something wrong with his mentality at the minute."

West Ham went on to lose the match 2-1.