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Southampton 1-1 West Ham: Match Review
Jack Elderton – Although much of the first 30 minutes of Sunday’s match against Southampton was a near-total disaster, West Ham actually started the game relatively well. In the first five minutes, David Moyes’ side managed to force an early corner – which the Scot felt should’ve led to a penalty after Romain Perraud dragged…
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Podcast: Southampton Steal
Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall and Fraser Spinney (in part one) to talk through West Ham’s 1-1 draw with Southampton before taking an in-depth look at the Saints’ season so far, their summer recruitment and the integration of those players, and asking how much time Ralph Hasenhüttl will get to turn things around.…
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Southampton 1-1 West Ham: Player Ratings
Jack Elderton – For the third time this season West Ham put in a much improved performance but failed to secure a merited result. Against Nottingham Forest on MD2, David Moyes’ team created 0.7 xG more than Steve Cooper’s side but lost, on MD6 they created equal that of Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea and lost, and…
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Tactical Notes
Jack Elderton – By Jack Elderton
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Podcast: Turning a Corner + Q&A
Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall to analyse West Ham’s upturn in form and take a look at the underlying data before answering members questions.
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West Ham 3-1 Fulham: Player Ratings
Jack Elderton – West Ham secured back-to-back results in the Premier League on Sunday with a 3-1 win against Fulham. With new signings Lucas Paqueta and Gianluca Scamacca finally getting up to speed, David Moyes’ side look to be turning a corner. The defensive stats have looked positive throughout but the attack seems to be…
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Everton 1-0 West Ham: Player Ratings
Jack Elderton – West Ham remain in the relegation zone going into the first international break of the season after recording their fifth loss of the season at Goodison Park on Sunday. Frank Lampard’s Everton had total control of a first half in which David Moyes’ side were utterly limp but made the breakthrough just…
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Podcast: Right Side Dysfunction and Silkeborg!
Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall and Henry Nicholls from Football in Denmark to talk about Vladimír Coufal’s concerning form, explain links to other right-backs on deadline day and preview West Ham’s upcoming fixture against Silkeborg IF.
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Podcast: Shifting Tactics and Unfortunate Results
Jack Elderton and Callum Goodall got together to review a week in which West Ham returned to a counter-attacking style and put in some excellent performances against Aston Villa, Spurs and Chelsea only to return just four points.
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Chelsea 2-1 West Ham: Match Review
Jack Elderton – This is going to be without the usual professionalism. If you weren’t aware, my mum died yesterday so I’m a bit all over the shop but I still want to get something out on the game because there are a few interesting things to note. Firstly, West Ham started with a 5212…