Fulham V West Ham – Player Ratings

Lukasz Fabianski: The reigning Hammer of the Year showed no let-up, making an outstanding one-handed save when the scores were level. The Polish international claimed crosses with relative ease, but more excitingly showcased an improvement in distribution. 8/10  Ben Johnson: A regular feature in pre-season, there are murmurings of the…

No Gomes, No Rondon ..

So Arnautovic has left and gone to china for 22.5 million, Maxi Gomez has chosen Valencia of us, Rondon doesn’t look likely either.  The search for a big money striker goes on.  Now everyone has their own opinion on the Maxi Gomez Saga, some are glad it didn’t happen and…

Defensive cover: Do we have enough?

I think every West Ham fan is in agreement that Issa Diop and Fabian Balbuena should, and indeed will, be our starting centre back pair next season. But is our cover for those positions sufficient enough? Angelo Ogbonna was essentially our only deputy last season, and while he is clearly…

Striker options

So with Arnautovic wanting to leave and Chicharito looking to leave coupled with Perez being Sold and Carroll released, we now have just one senior striker who is wanting to stay, Jordan Hugill.  The transfer window is well open and other clubs are doing business fairly quickly ahead of the…

If we sold Diop who should we replace him with and where shall we spend the extra money?

Personally at this stage of his career I feel a move away for him is a bit premature, there’s no doubt that he is destined to become a great player and he is only 21 after all but it’s just not the right time.  He had a brilliant debut season…