Opinion

Jonathan Lee > A disappointing performance and loss to a well organised Everton team, three defeats from the last four games has surely now ended any CL dreams, and we now have a fight on to secure Europa League football and avoid being the one team from the current top 8 to miss out on…

Mitchell Hall > West Ham found themselves still without the massively influential Declan Rice as they faced off against an in-form Burnley last week, whilst captain Mark Noble also found himself side-lined, leading to a surprising and nerve wracking announcement of creative midfielder Manuel Lanzini starting in the more deep lying role. What started as…

George Marchant > As West Ham fans, we are more used to the last few games of our season being a countdown to securing our place in the next Premier League season. However, the 20/21 season has produced one of the most spectacular competitions in English football history. Although it is clear City will win…

Jonathan Lee > A thoroughly deserved three points and an impressive 22 attempts on goal (although only 4 on target); our European push is still very much on track. Fabianski – 6.5 very little to do but made a very good save low down second half and actually made a very good block first half…

Jonathan Lee > Despite a spirited second half we never really managed to create any clear cut chances, and the game was effectively over once that farcical red card was handed out, for the first time in weeks it feels like Champions League football is just starting to slip away (but how mental we can…

Ciaran Judge > So, we have ridden out the storm; Florentino Perez’s attempt to “save football” has been swept away by a deluge of negative reaction to the planned ESL. For a couple of days, the whole of the football world united in the condemnation of the idea. The situation has just confirmed what many…

Graham Keeffe > It has been a tumultuous and unprecedented week in football. Within 48 hours, Europe’s biggest clubs and Spurs rejected and quit the traditional Champions League format. Their owners were to quickly realise that this was to be the single biggest mistake they are ever likely to make. Fans, Pundits and even political…

Neil Shaw-Smith > Six games to go and the sound of Europe is increasing at the London Stadium. Not since the Eighties (‘Boys of 1986’) have the Hammers had a better opportunity to finish in the top four and go down in club folklore. After losing to Newcastle in the first game of the season,…

Mitchell Hall > West Ham have found themselves in consistent scoring form of late, registering 3 goals in 3 consecutive matches despite the absence of striker Michail Antonio for the majority ofthose contests. The concerning factor that seems to plague these results however is the tendency of the hammers to leak multiple goals towards the…

Jonathan Lee > The record books will show a 3-2 win and three points earned against a decent team but how much more can we take of seeing us take 3-0 leads then play backs to the wall style football!! Seven games to go, still fourth, and to not get into any sort of European…

Trevor Twohig > Gulls descend lazily in the estuary. This is the gulch of the big city, the grey industrial dirge, the constant noise of trucks and traffic, the searing dichotomy to London’s continuous, never-ending progress. A gull lands on a strip of concrete, outside a series of warehouses. It ponders a chip that has…