West Ham United fan Billy Blagg insists it has not been another season of mid-table mediocrity for the Hammers

However, while rumours suggest Big Sam’s fate has already been sealed – either by Sam deciding to go elsewhere or the board electing not to renew his contract – it would be unfair to suggest the manager and his team are coasting towards the season’s end.

Rather, this was just another pointer in a campaign that has highlighted the squad’s weaknesses as much as its strengths.

The Hammers had opportunities to take the game themselves and you sense that had Cheikhou Kouyate’s second-half opportunity gone in the net instead of striking the post, then Leicester might have crumbled.

As it was though, the more the game wore on the more the Hammers looked unsettled; unsure of whether to shut up shop and take a point, or to push on and try and make something of the home side’s obvious fragility.

You sense Allardyce has become frustrated himself by the owner’s instructions to play a more attacking style; finding himself under pressure for a poor run in which he would surely have reverted to type had he been given the opportunity.

As it was though, the Foxes displayed that odd extra bit of fight and form relegation-threatened sides often seem to find in the final matches of the season.

It is always a hard one to stomach for fans, finding themselves playing a rejuvenated side that previously couldn’t buy a goal or a point but it should not come as a big surprise to West Ham supporters – after all, they have done it enough themselves in seasons past!

With former Hammer Matthew Upson unable to play against his old club, it says much for Leicester’s intent that Foxes boss Nigel Pearson saw fit to play an attacking midfielder instead of replacing his missing centre-half with another defender.

You have to think that, had Enner Valencia or Andy Carroll been available, they may have asked more questions of the Leicester defence than the lone Diafra Sakho.

As it was though, the old Hammers’ curse returned yet again to kill the game late on.

There did not seem much intent when Andy King was bought on with ten minutes to go – after all, the player had not scored in over a year. But if there is a sequence to break or a long stretch of nothing to end then West Ham are always the team of choice.

Andy King (right) scores Leicester's winner against West Ham. Picture: Action Images

I was once manager of a Sunday League side which went a whole season without picking up so much as a single point - readers may now understand why I have more patience with Allardyce than some!

But I’m pretty sure had I been able to arrange the team’s last game to be against a Hammers XI I would almost have certainly rounded off the campaign with a win.

It is a sad fact of football life but when a season tails off, fans tend to be more disappointed than they would be with a second-half revival and I suspect you’d only need to travel south of the river to an Alan Pardew-motivated Crystal Palace to prove the point.

For me though, the Hammers’ mid-table position is very much a story of the 2014/15 season: not quite enough goals scored when put alongside the opportunities created and not enough clean sheets to get away with a point when the strikers haven’t produced.

The inability to cover for injury and loss of form has long been the key element missing from West Ham and hopefully – whoever in is in charge next season – this can be addressed.

Try as I might though – and there have been plenty of tweets, emails and blogs to try and convince me otherwise – I simply can’t buy into the argument this has been another disappointing season ending in mid-table mediocrity.

For me, this campaign has been another solid step to keeping the Hammers ticking over until the move to Stratford.

There are ups and downs over the season, sure. But show me someone with Claret and Blue in their veins who has not seen that before (like every season?) and I’ll either show you a liar or someone with a short memory.

There’s still enough points to be gained to make this a very good season indeed but I’d also have to admit with all the relegation strugglers to play before the end of May, there will a fair few managers rubbing their hands at the prospect of facing the Hammers this spring.