We Are West Ham Podcast

All good things come to an end, don't they?

After two wonderful years under David Moyes, we do appear to be nearing the end of his second spell following two poor performances and defeats directly after the World Cup break.

The loss at Arsenal probably wasn't a surprise but the performance at home to Brentford simply wasn't good enough, despite Moyes finally deciding to drop Tomas Soucek and to play Lucas Paqueta in his favoured No.8 position.

Now we face Leeds, Wolves and Everton in a trio of league games that might not decide Moyes' fate in east London, but also define West Ham's Premier League status. Just how has it come to this, just months after a Europa League semi-final?

James and Will return this week to discuss all of that, as well Moyes' future, on this week's show, while they're also joined by Darren from LS11, who previews our trip to Elland Road, and Sun Sports reporter Giacomo Pisa, who previews our FA Cup 3rd Round trip to Brentford.

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The World Cup came to a dramatic climax last week as Lionel Messi shut the door on the GOAT debate by finally getting his hands on football's biggest prize, although Will is still adamant he's not the greatest player to have walked the land.

But now the World Cup is over, it means we're closer to welcoming West Ham back into our lives. We're all excited about that, of course, but that'll rub off pretty quickly by Boxing Day evening. Stock up on plenty of wine, mince pies and bubble & squeak, as it's going to be a long night!

When you're in a relegation battle, the last fixture you want after six week international break is a trip to the league leaders, but here we are. That's what we've got to do and David Moyes' woeful record at top-six grounds is likely going to continue.

But we do try to remain positive on the show, despite spending much of it debating the merits of having a World Cup in Qatar, before The Sun's sports editor a huge Arsenal fan, Dan Cutts, joins us to discuss his beloved Gunners ahead of the Premier League's return.

Enjoy the show and, from James and Will, we hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thanks so much for listening - your support means the world to us!

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It's been nice having a break from the stresses of West Ham these past few weeks but the reality is where edging closer to welcoming the boys back to action - it's just a shame it's going to start the way it ended as we prepare to visit league leaders Arsenal at the Emirates on Boxing Day.

But before that inevitable disappointment, James and Will get together for a quick catch-up and discuss their thoughts on the World Cup so far.

Nayef Aguerd's Morocco have already made history and are now just 90 minutes away from a World Cup final, while the likes of Declan Rice and Lucas Paqueta have impressed for England and Brazil respectively.

But while his performance for the Three Lions have been top class this winter, the way in which he addressed his future when asked by the media had sections of the West Ham fanbase frustrated with his honesty. Of course, we all know he's good enough to play Champions League football, but should he have been so honest while West Ham struggle near the foot of the table?

The lads discuss all of that and more this week, before returning properly next week ahead of the trip to North London.

Note: Apologies of the sound quality this week, both of our microphones didn't seem to be working! A few weeks off and we've gone all amateur on you. Back to top-quality production next week. Promise!

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Who knew we'd all be so pleased to be getting a six-week break from West Ham after the last two years.

Defeats to Blackburn and Leicester over the last week have ensured we head into the World Cup break in terrible form and in serious danger of being sucked into to a relegation battle when we return to face Arsenal away on Boxing Day.

The performance against Leicester wasn't atrocious by any means but we still failed to score any goals, which is the whole point of football isn't it?

It's been our problem all season - not being able to convert chances - and it's beginning to cost us heavily.

This week, James and Will discuss those two defeats as well as look ahead to the World Cup before taking a mini-break of their own.

The next episode is likely going to be in a few weeks but we'll back up and running properly in time for Boxing Day!

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NOTE: Apologies for the sound quality on this week's episode. Will had serious Monday morning tech issues!

The defeat to Crystal Palace had the David Moyes boo-boys out in force on Sunday and it's easy to see why.

Looking back, West Ham under his stewardship seemed to have peaked in Lyon back in April. Since then it's been all downhill and now we risk going into the World Cup break in the bottom three of the Premier League.

We can avoid that by beating Leicester City this coming weekend, of course, but it's difficult to really see where our next win is coming from based on our current form.

Before then, though, we host Blackburn in the Carabao Cup, which either gives Moyes the chance to kick-start another cup run or the opportunity to rest his key players (again!) and the hope they'll be fresh for the visit of the Foxes.

Either way, it's a hugely important week for both West Ham and Moyes' future as the club's manager.

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Another Premier League away game, another failure to put the ball in the onion bag.

After having plenty of chances but failing to score at Anfield, the Hammers offered a repeat showing at Old Trafford on Sunday and failed to make Man United pay for their sub-standard showing. We huffed and we puffed in the final 20 minutes but just couldn't find the back of the net as David De Gea planned to dominate our nightmares over Halloween.

In another repeat showing, Will continues to insist that if you don't win you can't be impressed with the performance, while James persists with his positive view that by creating the chances we did, it shows we're playing well enough to eventually start converting them.

Also this week, we discuss the victory over Silkeborg that secured our place in the Europa Conference League last 16, look ahead to Thursday's dead-rubber against FCSB before being joined by the Daily Mail's Max Matthews to preview Sunday's visit of Crystal Palace.

As always, this one's a cracker!

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West Ham's performance in the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield was encouraging, or at least that's what James thinks.

Will, on the other hand, disagrees and was "angry" with the fact we didn't capitalise on Liverpool's poor form by converting at least one of the eight shots on goal we had.

And then there's the win over Bournemouth, which ended up being more straight forward than we were expecting, albeit via a very dubious VAR decision going our way (for once!).

Will thought Said Benrahma was once again frustrating in that victory, while James believes it was one of his better performances in claret and blue!

What do you think? It's an episode that sees James and Will disagree on most things, which is reminiscent of the old Love Sport Radio days!

Also this week, Will catches up with talkSPORT's Toni Afoke to discuss all things Manchester United ahead of our trip to Old Trafford on Sunday. The Silkeborg Opposition View is unfortunately exclusive to YouTube this week, so make sure you head over there on Wednesday for that one!

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Another game and another farcical VAR decision that has cost West Ham points.

It wasn't the alleged foul throw that caused anger after the 1-1 draw against Southampton over the weekend, it was referee Peter Bankes clearly obstructing Jarrod Bowen's attempts to defend in the build-up to Southampton's first-half opener.

It was clear obstruction, yet the goal stood.

That said, should we be looking at the draw as a good point or two points dropped after having 25 attempts at goal, 14 corners and over 60% possession?

James and Will discuss all of that and more on this week's show, as well as look back at the win over Anderlecht, before looking ahead to the trip to Liverpool on Wednesday night and Monday night's visit of Bournemouth.

Joining us this week on the Opposition View is Liverpool fan Henry Jackson from This Is Anfield and sports journalist Graham Nickless, who covers Bournemouth.

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Finally, the good karma gods were shining down on us as VAR ruled in our favour in the 3-1 victory over Fulham on Sunday.

Gianluca Scamacca may or may not have handled the ball before deftly looping the ball over Bernd Leno to put us 2-1 ahead in the second-half, but VAR arguably made the right call by awarding the goal due to it not being a clear and obvious error. Finally, that rule has been used properly!

The victory makes it three in three in all competitions and provided further evidence that we're back on the right track, with Scamacca and Lucas Paqueta developing a wonderful relationship that will hopefully help us get back into contention for a top-seven finish.

This week, James and Will discuss the win, the performance and all the controversy, including Michail Antonio's handball in the build-up to his goal.

And Will is also joined by friend of the show, sports journalist for The Sun and big Southampton fan, Jack Rosser to chat all things Saints ahead of our trip to St. Mary's.

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It turns out losing to West Ham was just too embarrassing for the Wolves that they decided to sack Bruno Lage just 24 hours later.

It was a big, confidence-boosting win on Saturday. Not just for the entire squad but for Guianluca Scamacca and Jarrod Bowen in particular as they both opened their Premier League accounts for the season.

Now we embark on a busy October, starting with Anderlecht away in the Europa Conference League this Thursday before welcoming Fulham to London Stadium on Sunday.

This week, James and Will give their views on the win at the weekend before looking ahead to our next couple of fixtures. Will chats to Scott Coyne from the Belgian Football Podcast ahead of Thursday night before he's then joined by talkSPORT's Harry Durham to chat all things Fulham.

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