West Ham simply must beat Brentford when football returns after the international break.

That is the view of The West Ham Way Podcast host Dave Walker, who was speaking after West Ham fell to a 2-0 loss at Arsenal on Saturday.

I’ll be honest I thought it was a really disappointing performance from us, but Arsenal are a very very good side.

It was clear from the off that we would struggle to break them down and the difference in quality was evident, plus confidence levels too. Sometimes you just have to give credit where credit is due, wipe your mouth and move on to Brentford which is a game we must win!

Walkers co-host ExWHUEmployee gave his thought also, as he looked towards the positives we could take from the game.

I thought it was a game that we were not really in but that is to be expected. We still seemed a lot more solid and defended better than we had previously.

Nice to see Marshall and Potts get minutes and the crucial games come after the international break where we really need to pick up some points.