We Are West Ham Podcast

International breaks rarely fill fans with excitement and joy and this one was true to form as England were RELEGATED from their Nations League group after a 1-0 defeat in Italy. Flashbacks of relegations at the hands of Birmingham and Wigan were rife amongst the Hammers fanbase as the painful experience of relegation returned for many of us.

But all is not lost. Mark Noble has returned to the club as Sporting Director, presumably to save the day. His first job will be to get back in that dressing room and remind everyone what playing for West Ham means because it appears many have forgotten since Mr. West Ham's retirement.

The lads also look ahead to this Saturday's visit of Wolves and James catches up with sports broadcaster and big Wolves fan, Will Lewis, who gives his thoughts on their season so far. Spoiler alert: it's pretty much identical to ours!

It's a bit of a shorter episode this week due to not having any games to look back on and with just one to look ahead to, but at least you do get to hear about Will's recent grocery shopping experience. Every cloud!

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Is this the beginning of the end for David Moyes at West Ham? We certainly hope not, but after two incredibly fun seasons since his return, we started this season with just one win from seven Premier League games and have only scored three goals.

Yes, we're unbeaten in the Europa Conference League but that's not really the issue here. Moyes' stubborn team selections, strange substitutions and reluctance to give most of the summer signings more than 30 minutes a game in the league is beginning to frustrate the fanbase; not least James Jones, who appears to have been broken by this latest defeat.

This week, Will is far more positive than James as the conversation covers Tomas Soucek's role in this current team, reasons for dropping Jarrod Bowen, worries about the Gianluca Scamacca signing, questions over the level of summer spending if the new players aren't going to be used and so much more!

The lads also discuss the win against Silkeborg in the Europa Conference League and ponder Moyes' future in east London.

As always it's a brilliant show, if not a little bit heated this week after what's happened over the last few days!

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It has been a terribly sad and emotional past few days, not just in the United Kingdom but across the world.

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday was tough to take for so many. To those who adored her the most, she was an incredible woman who represented a beacon of hope and happiness throughout her 70 years on the throne.

Her passing was confirmed just a couple of hours before West Ham were due to host FCSB in the Europa Conference League, but it was decided the game would still be played. What followed was a moment that will be remembered by all who were in attendance; in what had initially been planned as a minute's silence to remember the Queen before kick-off, fans in attendance instead decided to honour her memory by belting out the national anthem. It was a hair-tingling moment of emotion and respect, which earned West Ham fans the respect and plaudits of neutrals from all over the world as a result.

A touching tribute to Her Majesty.

On this week's show, James and Will spend much of it reflecting on the events of the last few days as they try to process the magnitude of what's happened, while also looking back on the 3-1 victory over FCSB.

Will then has a chat with Football In Denmark's Henry Nicholls for the third time this season as they preview Thursday's trip to Silkeborg, while James previews the visit to Everton with GiveMeSport's Ethan Maddison.

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We've all seen it. We all know it was a complete and utter disgrace. But where do we go from here?

VAR's existence in the Premier League is becoming more and more laughable with each passing weekend, and the last few days have arguably been its most comical.

It wasn't just us who were robbed though, as Newcastle, Everton and Arsenal can all feel cheated by the very thing that is supposed to prevent controversial and incorrect decisions being made by referees in the modern era.

On this week's show, James and Will discuss the situation in detail before looking ahead to this week's games with FCSB in the Conference League and Sunday's visit of Newcastle.

We also have a double-header Oppostion View this week as Horia and Filip from the Romanian Football Platform join us to preview Thursday's Conference League clash at London Stadium before Will catches up with The Athletic's Newcastle Correspondent, Chis Waugh, to chat all things Newcastle before Sunday.

As always it's a brilliant show, if not a little bit heated this week after what's happened over the last few days!

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Finally we're off the mark!

Our first win and first goal of the Premier League season came at Villa Park on Sunday but, had Steven Gerrard's team been a bit better than they are, it could've been a completely different story.

David Moyes opted to start with five at the back but following a turgid opening 45 minutes, he decided to revert to the tried and tested 4-2-3-1 formation and suddenly things began to happen.

Said Benrahma came on at half-time and instantly gave us some energy and intent going forward, and eventually Pablo Forbals expertly directed the winner over Emi Martinez's head, via a Villa defender's knee. Absolute genius finish!

Now we're off the mark it feels like our season starts now, but we have Spurs and Chelsea next to threaten us building up any kind of momentum.

This week, James and Will react to the win at Villa as well as discuss our Europa Conference League draw, which includes us coming up against Anderlecht, Silkeborg and FCSB in Group B this season.

Also on the show, Will chats to Spurs fan and talkSPORT presenter Paul Coyte ahead of Wednesday night's huge game in Stratford, as well as broadcaster Tom Sheen about Chelsea ahead of Saturday afternoon's trip to Stamford Bridge.

Irons!

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Once again we've failed to beat our bogey team, Brighton & Hove Albion.

Not only that, we were comfortably beaten by them at home to make it three defeats from three without scoring at the beginning of this new Premier League season.

It's getting a bit boring now, isn't it? David Moyes' players practically went missing on Sunday and have now left us rock-bottom of the Premier League - how depressing!

But last week we did pick up our first win of the season in the Europa Conference League as we beat Danish outfit Viborg FF 3-1 to take a relatively comfortable lead into this Thursday's second-leg. We're once again joined by Henry Nicholls from Denmark in Football to get his view on the first-leg and how he sees the second playing out in Denmark.

Also this week, we're treated to a very special voice note from friend of the show Tim Warwood, who gave us his views ahead of West Ham's trip to Villa on Sunday, while Will from the Talk of the Trinity podcast also dials in for a chat about his beloved Villa.

Lots to chat about in this one as James and Will try and dissect how Brighton have tragically become our bogey team.

As always, it's a great show with lots to discuss, so make sure you subscribe and tell your mates about how great the podcast is! It's always very much appreciated.

Come on you Irons!

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Sometimes it's just not your day, and that was definitely the case on Sunday as we lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

An unfairly disallowed goal, missed penalty, wrong decision not to send off a Forest defender and hitting the woodwork three times? Yeah, it just wasn't our day.

James and Will give their views on all the big talking points from Sunday's defeat while we're also joined by ex-Premier League referee Mark Halsey, who gave his verdict on all the big refereeing decisions in the game.

Also on the show, James officially removes referee Rob Jones from the Jones family, the boys are joined by Henry Nicholls from Football In Denmark to help preview our Europa Conference League qualifier against Viborg on Thursday and Brighton fan Jeremiah dials in to give us his view on Sunday's Premier League clash at London Stadium.

As always, it's a great show with lots to discuss, so make sure you subscribe and tell your mates about how great the podcast is! It's always very much appreciated.

Come on you Irons!

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The lads return this week to look back at the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on the opening weekend of the 22/23 Premier League season, after Erling Halland made very easy work of our makeshift defence.

We appear to have gone from being a club with a striker curse to one with a defender curse as David Moyes was forced to pair Ben Johnson with Kurt Zouma at the back after Craig Dawson was ruled out with a thigh strain and Issa Diop supposedly refused to play ahead of his reported move to Fulham.

Still, a 2-0 scoreline is a respectable one when you consider the circumstances and the huge gap in class between ourselves and Pep Guardiola's squad of superstars.

Also this week, the lads are joined by Graeme Bryce, Midlands Football Correspondent at The Sun, to get the lowdown on Nottingham Forest ahead of next weekend, while the lads also ponder what Moyes might decide to do in the final weeks of the transfer window, especially given the continued lack of depth in some key areas of the squad.

As always, it's a great show with lots to discuss, so make sure you subscribe and tell your mates about how great the podcast is! It's always very much appreciated.

Come on you Irons!

You can follow the podcast here:

Twitter: @We Are_West Ham.

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The lads can be found @WilliamPugh_ and @ByJamesJones.

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West Ham's pre-season is done and now we can finally look ahead to Sunday's first game of the season against Premier League champions Manchester City.

The squad is no where near ready, with at least four new faces required before we can truly say we've fully strengthened this summer, but at least we can finally look forward to welcoming meaningful football back into our lives.

On this week's show, our first proper one of the 22/23 campaign, James and Will mostly look ahead to the City clash and are joined by friend of the show and 93:20 Podcast's very own Ste Tudor, who was equally as pessimistic as we are ahead of the weekend.

Ste admits City are not yet up to full speed from a fitness point of view and will need to iron out potential issues with Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, who are clearly yet to land on the same page judging by Sunday's Community Shield defeat to Liverpool.

Also on this week's show, James reveals he's getting his first tattoos at the age of 34 and Will accuses him of going through an early mid-life crisis, while following last week's admission that he absolutely hates Tennis, Will reveals he's been playing Tennis with a mate. Confusing!

As always, it's a great show with lots to discuss and we've also managed to keep our promise of a more streamlined show - hopefully we can stick to it as the season goes on!

Come on you Irons!

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After over a month off to recharge their batteries, James and Will are back to get the We Are West Ham Podcast underway for the new season.

Having missed out on a huge chunk of the summer, the lads catch up with some obligatory mundane chat, including James' story how he managed to get third-degree burns on a stag do in Spain and Will's hatred of proper tennis but love for the exhibition type.

Then the real discussion begins, as the lads discuss pre-season so far and, of course, all the latest transfer rumours - it appears we're about to end a three-year wait for a striker signing!

Despite the season being less than two weeks away, there's loads to discuss this week, including the decision to streamline the podcast format a little bit.

All of the above and so much more in this week's episode. We're delighted to back in your ears and hopefully the feeling is mutual!

Come on you Irons!

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Twitter: @We Are_West Ham.

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The lads can be found @WilliamPugh_ and @ByJamesJones.

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