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Agree, stats can be even more misleading when adding in Adam Armstrong (did he finished as our league top scorer last season despite leaving in January?!) Just feels to me that we're missing some of the crucial match winning players , need others to step up, reliance on Larin an issue if he gets injured

It does feel that way, what % of our goals last season were scored by players no longer here (or leaving) , must be quite high between Stewart, Charles,THB, plus Jander being unavailable probably for another week at least, thats some key players missing. In regards to Scienza, Watford players cynically set out to injure him in the first half last week, he took a battering, if teams take that approach for now and double up on him we need to make the most of the space that creates for other players.

Its mindbogging, proper piss take of a bid, we might as well reply with a £15M bid for Watkins just to make a point. This and the Benfica offer that was clearly never going to be accepted just feel like a public attempt to unsettle the player as they'd have known no chance of these bids working.

We seem to have had our smallest away allocations early this season , Lincoln, Wrexham , after that 3 of the following 5 aways are midweek, tough autumn with Norwich and Sheffield United long journeys on a school night

I think they did sell out , hard to tell though with that stand. Real shame to see Millwall reduce the away allocation, was good taking 3k there , now only get 1800

Not only win %, would love to know his total income since then, must be all set for retirement doing yoga on a beach in Bali surely

Absolutely agree, £18M bid is fucking insulting for a player we signed for more than that. Saints should be holding out for £30M+ , if they want him enough will need to pay it , looks like they need defenders

They probably need to keep players like Bazunu integrated in the squad, if no one comes in for him he'll be our back up for the season , will need some minutes From what I hear we've had no firm interest in Ramsdale yet, mental really , thought a Prem team would take him even as a no.2

West Ham have sold 3,008 (not sure if they'll all turn up or just bought for loyalty points) i reckon by kick off we'll sell about 11k home end , total attendance 14k as a guess. Will this be JWP first time playing back at St Mary's? I thought he must have already but I can't remember it

Villa are taking the piss with their bids, less than we paid for him without the add ons, we really need another team or two to come in and push the bidding up. In terms of our recruitment, sometimes good available loans only become known in last couple of days once premier league sides have their deals done and make players surplus to requirements, got a feeling Spors will look to Germany for a couple of deals though. feels odd window closing on Tuesday when we have a game away in Birmingham.

Some West Ham views - https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=193385 Return of KWP and JWP potentially

I think that would be a fair enough line up for this competition, hard to predict what sort of side West Ham will put out themselves. If we do get through it could impact Swansea (H) on September 8th as the Carabao Cup 3rd round is being split over two weeks (to cater for Champions league/ Europa league teams) Round Three: w/c 7 September and w/c 14 September 2026

6/10 about right, performance was rusty, result papers over a few cracks To be expected in some ways, already pointed out elsewhere taking put THB, Jander, Charles, Loch Ness Drogba thats some key players through the spine of the team, will take time to adjust. It wont be long until Flynn Downes has his 5 yellows for a suspension Hopefully have Jander fit soon.

Double D with BBD double act, would love to see that ❤️ £14M of attacking talent right there pal

Mubama should be up for it having spent most of his youth at West Ham before leaving them for Man City I think it will be like our 3-0 win at Norwich last year but in reverse, they have good options to come in