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October 20, 2020 107: There really 'Ain't nobody like Lanzini'
Manuel Lanzini is already a favourite among West Ham fans but on Sunday night as the clock ticked down to zero at Tottenham's new stadium, he cemented his place in Hammers history with one of the greatest goals you will ever see.

3-0 down with ten minutes remaining at the home of their bitter rivals and with hope seemingly lost, West Ham battled back to draw 3-3 thanks to Fabian Balbuena, an own-goal from Davinson Sanchez and an absolute screamer from La Joya - The Jewel - Lanzini.

It was a feeling you want to last forever, and Will Pugh is joined by James Jones and Tom Edwards to try and drag the ecstasy out a little bit longer on this week's We Are West Ham podcast.

West Ham's legendary former academy director Tony Carr joins the lads to discuss the famous performance at Tottenham, Declan Rice's rise to the top and his memories of Dylan Tombides whose foundation James is raising money for this season.

One of the lads celebrated a Betway charity bet win in the Spurs game and Tony joined the boys in placing another for this weekend's visit of Manchester City.

Ste Tudor from the 93:20 pod dialled in for the opposition view and Will took the quizmaster's mantle this week in nostalgic quiz Name That Game.

The boys of course wrapped up the show with the West Ham Women segment and a hilarious middle name game after the Hammers' Premier League squad was announced on Tuesday night.

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1 hr 38 min
October 13, 2020 106: A transfer strategy to cure insomnia
With the international break behind us, the lads turn their attention this week to arguably our biggest game of the season - Spurs away!

But that's not before James Jones, Will Pugh and Tom Edwards address all the big talking points of the last seven days, of which there have been many.

Firstly, and most importantly, James addresses a rather hilariously harsh review from one of our dear listeners, which has given him the inspiration to take the government's recent advice and retrain for a completely different career altogether.

And then the lads discuss the recent arrival of defensive powerhouse Craig Dawson, the confusing pursuit of Brentford's Said Benrahma, Declan Rice's impressive performance for England V. Belgium and, of course, look ahead to this weekend's big London derby.

Plus lots, lots more!

Also this week...

- Chad from Betway joins the team to talk through the week's Betway Charity Bet Selections, while also making a very kind gesture following James and Tom's Leicester heartbreak.
- The Athletic's Tottenham Correspondent, Charlie Eccleshare, discusses the chances of Gareth Bale making his second Spurs debut this weekend (and obligatory goal, no doubt).
- The Sun's football reporter and WSL expert, Isabelle Barker, reviews the Hammers' recent defeat to Everton, Matt Beard's future as West Ham Women's boss and looks ahead to the big clash with Man United this Sunday.

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1 hr 24 min
October 07, 2020 105: Repka and Schemmel's love child
West Ham pulled off one of the most complete performances from a Hammers team in recent memory when they went to Leicester and thrashed the Premier League leaders 3-0 on Sunday.

The win came off the back of a defeat at Everton in the League Cup and a fantastic 4-0 league win over Wolves.

Will Pugh is joined by James Jones and Tom Edwards to revel in the Irons' newly found excellent league form and the lads swing between the desire to get carried away or heed the urge to let it all go and be depressed about West Ham's totally shambolic transfer window.

David Sullivan assured fans the fury inducing sale of Grady Diangana to West Brom would fund investments in other areas of David Moyes' squad.

But shock, horror, the only man to arrive is £5million Czech right-back Vladimir Coufal from Slavia Prague.

One of the lads won the first Betway charity bet of the season and 'Name that Game' heats up with a ferocious battle between Tom and Will.

The Athletic's West Ham correspondent Roshane Thomas dials in with acute insight into how hard West Ham really tried in the transfer market.

And the boys discuss much more including Felipe Anderson, Jack Wilshere, Harry Redknapp, King Arthur Masuaku and the West Ham Women.

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1 hr 37 min
September 30, 2020 104: God save the King (Arthur)
We all know supporting West Ham really is exasperating, but even more so when they put in incredible performances against the likes of Wolves at a time when all hope and confidence is at rock bottom. Why can't we do that every week!?

That 4-0 victory over a very good Wolves side (albeit very poor on the day) might just kickstart our season, but at the very least it gives us a very good insight into what this David Moyes side is capable of on its day - just imagine how good we could be if Dave is able to convince Sullivan to sign some better players before the transfer deadline.

This is an unexpectedly bumper show where the lads discuss all sorts of big (and small) topics surrounding the club. That Wolves win, King Arthur's return to form, the Carabao Cup trip to Everton, transfer rumours, David Sullivan's talkSPORT interview and much more is on the agenda on this episode, as well as the new Name That Game Quiz.

There's also the Betway Charity Bets as James Jones, Will Pugh and Tom Edwards discuss a third week of losing selections, although they are getting closer to raising some money for their nominated charities.

They're are also joined by Sun journalist and Leicester City fan, Josh Jones, who gives us some insight into a rampant Foxes side ahead of Sunday's clash at the King Power, while they also discuss West Ham Women captain Gilly Flaherty's very open, brave and inspirational admission that she attempted to take her own life 10 years ago.

Once again, it's a huge and action-packed show with plenty of talking points covered. As always please REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE if you like what we do.

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1 hr 52 min
September 23, 2020 103: Positive Tests, Positive Performances
With the team having upped their game against Arsenal last weekend, despite losing late on, West Ham fans have been considerably more positive about the immediate future than they were a couple of weeks ago.

And while we've all been feeling positive about potentially not being in a relegation battle after all (what?), David Moyes, Issa Diop and Josh Cullen all tested positive for Covid-19 before our cup thrashing of Hull on Tuesday night, taking our positivity to a whole new level. We wish all three the best - hopefully, they'll be back and raring to go very soon.

Also on this week's show, the lads review the Arsenal defeat, discuss the very few transfer rumours doing the rounds, speak to Dan from the Wolves 77 Podcast ahead of this weekend's clash and, as always, go head-to-head in the Name That Game quiz show.

James Jones, Will Pugh and Tom Edwards also discuss our Betway Charity Bets for the Wolves game, having all lost out of raising some cash for our chosen charities last weekend! We'll posting our Wolves bets on social media towards the end of the week, just in case you fancy a little flutter as well.

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1 hr 20 min
September 15, 2020 102: Takeover or fakeover at West Ham?
In perhaps the most predictable turn of events since the dawn of man, West Ham lost the opening game of the Premier League season at home to Newcastle in the limpest fashion imaginable.

Callum Wilson scored his 9millionth career goal against the Hammers and even Declan Rice was awful.

There was a faint glimmer of light among the darkness as David Moyes' men went on to beat Charlton 3-0 at home on Tuesday night to progress to the third round of the Carabao Cup where they will face Leeds or Hull City.

As fan anger towards David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady continues to fester, reports emerged over the last week of takeover bids from an American consortium.

A latest bid of £400million was reportedly rejected by Messrs Gold and Sullivan at the end of August.

And Will Pugh, James Jones and Tom Edwards return as ever to dissect the legitimacy of the prospective bids, the on field woes, Rice's future and a HUGE announcement for the We Are West Ham podcast as they announce a season-long charity partnership with Hammers' shirt sponsor Betway.

Sports news editor at The Sun and big Arsenal fan Daniel Cutts joins the lads to look ahead to West Ham's game at the Emirates on Saturday.

'Name that Game' quiz is back and sports journalist and WSL expert Isabelle Barker also dials in to breakdown West Ham Women's 9-1 thrashing at the hands of Arsenal on Saturday.

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1 hr 23 min
September 11, 2020 Follow We Are West Ham on YouTube!
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Just wanted to touch base as we had another couple of technical glitches on the YouTube front this week but the video is finally live so you can watch our last two shows and will be able to follow us on video each and every week for the rest of the season.

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3 min
September 08, 2020 101: What is Dian-going on?!
Just when you think things can't get any weirder at West Ham United...

Gold, Sullivan and Brady: "Hold our beers."

The Hammers' board sold talented youth academy star Grady Diangana to fellow relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion for around £18million last week.

And the decision triggered fury among fans to a level not seen since the infamous protests at the Burnley game in 2018.

Club captain, Mr West Ham, and usually 'social media silent' Mark Noble even tweeted his anger and disappointment at the decision - a move which proves what an utter mess the club is in right now.

Will Pugh is joined as ever by James Jones and Tom Edwards to discuss all of this and much more in a bumper length We Are West Ham podcast.

The Sun's north east correspondent Oscar Paul joins the lads to provide an opposition view ahead of the Hammers' first Premier League game of the season against Newcastle on Saturday night.

Nostalgia quiz 'Name that Game' is back and with the format nailed down, the first battle of the season kicks off between Will and James.

And West Ham fan, sports journalist and women's football expert Ella Jerman features to discuss the girls' opening day WSL draw against Tottenham and their hopes for this weekend's clash with Arsenal and the upcoming season.

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1 hr 33 min
September 02, 2020 100: Illustrious silverware, lack of investment and ACL injuries
Having continued our 100% pre-season record with a 2-1 victory over Brentford last weekend, we now go head-to-head with Bournemouth for a chance to lift the illustrious Betway Cup in our final friendly before the new season gets underway.

Whether you see this is a chance to get some silverware on the board early on or just another meaningless friendly, it doesn't get much bigger than this for David Moyes' men. Or does it?

On this week's show, the lads discuss pre-season form, our chances in the Premier League this season and, most importantly, the severe lack of investment in the squad while players are being sold cheaply, with a few more being linked with moves away in the last week.

Will we ever see a new signing at the club ever again, or are the current owners deliberately seeking to balance the books in preparation for putting the club up for sale? Only time will tell, but it's a risky move in a summer when the squad is in desperate need of strengthening in key areas.

Also on this week's show, James, Will and Tom compete in the new Name That Game quiz and have a chat about all the latest news surrounding the women's team, among many more headline news.

It's an action-packed show, so make sure you subscribe, review and rate the pod on whichever podcast platform you prefer listening to us moaning on.

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Thanks again for your amazing support as we enter a new season - come on you Irons!

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1 hr 30 min
August 25, 2020 99: Same ol' West Ham, always rubbish at selling players
We're back!

After a three week break, which we spent meticulously planning the future of the pod and working on how to make it even better, the boys are back to bring you weekly dose of light-hearted moans and groans about the mighty West Ham.

With just a few weeks to go before the new season gets underway, transfer chat is typically high on the agenda, but while there isn't much in the way of concrete news on incomings, James, in particular, has a lot to say about the club's embarrassing inability to sell players at competitive prices. With over a £10m loss made on the sales of Albian Ajetia and Jordan Hugill this month, who can blame him?

Also on this week's first show of the new season, Tom Edwards, recording live from a balcony in Ibiza, tells us why he thinks keeping Grady Diangana must be David Moyes' priority and Will Pugh quizmasters the brand new Name That Game quiz!

It's an action packed show, which also debuts a brand new segment on the women's team, so make sure you subscribe, review and rate the pod on whichever podcast platform you prefer listening to us moaning on.

Thanks again for your amazing support as we enter a new season - come on you Irons!

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1 hr 9 min

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