West Ham deliver exactly what they needed with emphatic win against Nottingham Forest.

It was the late show for West Ham United as they picked up their first win of the season away to Nottingham Forest, but what a show it was.

Graham Potter’s decision to finally switch to a back four paid off massively. Despite the game mainly being played on their own half, by half-time West Ham fans would’ve been content with what they’d seen. Forest failed to have a shot on target while the best chance of the half came from a Paqueta attempt which forced a brilliant save from Sels.

As the rain picked up in the second-half, so did the action. The game became much more end to end, but the Hammers continued to limit the host’s chances with them only managing three shots on target for the whole match. Summerville’s reintroduction in the 82nd minute though is what really turned the tides in the Hammers favour. He instantly reintroduced himself with an assist in the 84th minute, which Jarrod Bowen got on the end of to hit the ball first time into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

Just four minutes later, Summerville did superbly to win the Hammers a penalty. Paqueta converted cooly, and the celebration of hanging up the phone and kissing the badge simply said: “I’m staying”.

Miraculously, that wasn’t the end of the goals. Diouf put in one of his excellent crosses into the box, and Callum Wilson showed great instincts to leave the defender behind for a well taken header to score his first in claret and blue.

Our Irons nearly grabbed a fourth before full-time. Bowen went on a mazey run, and was so close to scoring what would have been one of the goals of the season. Unfortunately, Wilson clearly had his goal bonus in mind as he got a shot away before the winger could, something that would’ve gone down very differently with the captain if it wasn’t for the past ten minutes.

For the first time in a long time, it was a genuine joy to watch West Ham play. It wasn’t exactly the prettiest display at times, but there was so much heart, so much effort, and so much determination – it’s all we’ve been asking for.

Graham Potter’s West Ham became the first team to win by three goals or more at the City Ground in the Premier League in the 21st century. If it wasn’t for Sels, it could have easily been more too.

What’s important now is that this performance is carried on after the international break. We’ve seen it so many times at West Ham where a good performance is not allowed to be built upon due to internationals.

This can not mean our business in the transfer window can come to an end though. If the board can get a centre-back and perhaps another striker in, dare I say we could start pushing on this season.