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After a diabolical second half showing led to an embarrassing 4-2 loss against Watford last week, an improved performance is needed from West Ham this weekend. Changes are needed at the back, and possibly in goal too. I can’t remember a team which had such a difference in the quality of their attack and defence […]
West Ham face West Brom away from home this weekend in what has become a must-win clash for the Hammers thanks to their poor start to the season. The same fixture last season ended with a comfortable 3-0 for the London side, and they could certainly do with the same result come 5pm on Saturday. […]
A poor start to the season and West Ham fans appear to have gone into meltdown. Away losses to Chelsea and Manchester City are acceptable, but losing at home to Watford, combined with all of the issues the new stadium is throwing up, is borderline unacceptable. Defensively against Watford, the Hammers were, quite simply, diabolical, […]
West Ham face Watford this weekend in a game which should finally kickstart the Hammers’ season. An injury crisis, combined with a tough fixture list, has meant that they haven’t got into first gear yet, with two defeats – albeit expectedly – against Chelsea and Manchester City and a scrappy 1-0 win over Bournemouth thanks […]
An injury crisis is the worst nightmare for any club, and West Ham have certainly started the season with one. A quick glance at the Premier League injury table and you will see the Hammers with a strong lead over any competition, with over half of their first team players missing the first three games. As […]
Three games into the season and West Ham are sitting in 12th place with three points. Doesn’t sound great, does it? But then realise that the Hammers have already played Chelsea and Manchester City away. That’s two of the hardest fixtures of the season out of the way, and to get a win between them […]
Michail Antonio was recently given his first call-up to the England squad by Sam Allardyce. It was incredibly well deserved and, if anything, overdue. He’s scored the most Premier League goals of any English midfielder since August 2015, and he’s spent half of that time at right back. He’s quick, strong, powerful, can shoot and […]
When somebody mentions Simone Zaza, all you can think of is him deciding to do the “Running Man” challenge before taking a penalty at the Euros. But to judge your opinion of a player on a single penalty they took is, quite simply, ridiculous. So we at ReadWestHam thought we’d give you more of an […]
Embarrassing. That’s the word which immediately springs to mind when I think about West Ham’s loss to Astra Giurgiu. But then I think about it and realise that word definitely doesn’t cover it. I remember three seasons ago when we lost 5-0 to Nottingham Forest then 6-0 to Man City three days later. This is […]
The season is finally upon us and that means one thing: Fantasy Football. The hub of the season in some regards, there’s nothing quite like the competitiveness in your league(s) when it gets to April and there’s a four-way battle to take the golden crown of “Best Fantasy Player”. Yet, while everybody is wondering whether […]
The long await is over and West Ham’s season finally starts on Monday (you had to make us wait all weekend though Sky Sports, didn’t you). Chelsea away is a very tough test to start with and Bilic’s tactics and team selection will have to be perfect if the Hammers are to come away with […]
West Ham have been linked with an abundance of strikers this summer and, from a fans point of view, it’s becoming incredibly annoying and frustrating. From having the optimism of signing Alexandre Lacazette at the start of the summer to finding out that the promised ‘marquee striker’ may not be signed after all. The search […]