West Ham: Fabiański, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio Subs: Areola (GK), Johnson, Masuaku, Dawson, Diop, Král, Lanzini, Vlašić, Yarmolenko
Brentford: Raya, Jansson (c), Zanka, Pinnock, Canós, Nørgaard, Baptiste, Janelt, Henry, Toney, Mbeuma Subs: Fernández, Goode, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Bidstrup, Roerslev

If you think the media coverage of the Barclays Premier League is excessive, then spare a thought for the players currently plying their trade in Spain, the media there take absolutely NO prisoners and have been known to take 'intrusion' to the nth degree!

We at the Org, along with many other fan sites and fans have made it very clear how annoyed and disenfranchised we are with the owners and their spokeswoman, however it doesn't mean that we have suddenly lost all our logic and common sense!

Vlad The Impaler Coufal has just spoiled Manchester City's £100 Miilion signing Jack Grealish's weekend.

Sooner or later West Ham United along with other Barclays Premier League clubs will be releasing various NFT's (non fungible tokens) on various platforms, yield App have announced their partnership with the club which that entitles users to benefit from the opportunity of experiencing hospitality at home fixtures, through regular competitions throughout the season.

Anyone attending the Europa League cup tie last night between West Ham and 'Rabid' Vienna, as opposed to those watching on TV would have noticed a large banner that 'suddenly' appeared on the hoarding where the away fans were located which read 'God Loves Ultras'.

West Ham: Areola, Johnson, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Noble (c), Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Vlašić, Antonio
Subs: Fabianski, Randolph, Zouma, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Alese, Baptiste, Král, Souček, Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen

Rapid: Gartler, Aiwu, Greiml, Wimmer, Ullmann, Arase, Petrovic, Grahovac, Knasmullner, Kara, Fountas.
Subs: Unger, Hedl, Ljubicic, Ballo, Schick, Hofmann, Stojkovic, Auer, Grull, Kitagawa.

West Ham are currently a Jekyll and Hyde type of outfit, the club is performing beyond the wildest hopes of long suffering fans and is currently on an upward trajectory on and off the pitch. That is not to say there aren't disgruntled fans, Hammers United being a case in point, but generally there is an air of optimism surrounding the club that has been missing an awfully long time.

Since their arrival from the Czech Republic both Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal have given their all and become firm fan favourites with their do or die antics, however their almost super human performances have come at a cost, with neither player quite hitting the heights that they reached last season.

To be honest, they both look a bit knackered, having played themselves in to the ground for West Ham, they then did exactly the same for their country, in what was a unique season which featured far in excess of the amount of games than would have been normal pre pandemic.

Without wanting to put a downer on all the 'positive' vibes surrounding the club, our alarm bells started to ring loud after David Moyes upbeat yet revealing press conference ahead of Thursday evening's Europa Cup fixture against Rapid Vienna.