The hammers were soundly beaten as the Magpies came from a goal behind to take all three points at the Boleyn Ground following a poor second half performance from Avram Grants men.
Speaking via the official website Grant tried to explain their under-performance, “Sometimes you don't know the reason. We didn't push so much, we didn't press well. We give them too much space to pass the ball. Even if we played the second half with two strikers we gave a lot of balls away.
“They played well. We gave them the space to play in the second half. They are good players and they passed the ball well.
"They didn't create so many chances but we knew the strength of their crossing because they play two physical strikers but we didn't deal with it like we should."
Despite the obvious problems with his squad Grant retains the belief that he can turn things around.
“I remain positive. It is harder now but there is just under 30 games to go and we have games in the next two months that we can win. If we play like we did until now when we had five games unbeaten and all the draws we were more close to winning, we will be OK.
“The owners told me they are patient, they understand. We knew that this season would be tough, we don't want to be in this situation.”