Last night's result showed the fans what we are all in for: playing against Fulham, who have been an excellent side this season and had only lost one in their last thirteen before playing us!

Five major players were out for the Irons, and when looking at the lineup, everyone was confused, questioning the formation and selection of players.

The first 20 minutes saw us being dominated, Fulham having the majority of the ball, leading them to have many chances, but the closest they came was the crossbar.

West Ham: Fabiański, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Rodríguez, Álvarez, Souček ©, Soler, Kudus, Paquetá
Subs: Foderingham (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Scarles, Casey, Orford, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Ings

Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Pereira, Wilson, Iwobi, Smith Rowe, Jimenez.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Muniz, Cairney, Traore, Cuenca, King, Sessegnon, Diop.

From Southampton to Villa, all we have come across are injuries.

From what has already been a dismal season, it only ends up getting worse for the Hammers. The news was broke yesterday that Fullkrug had sustained an injury that would keep him out for three months, being one of now many people added to the long-term injury list.

A defeat on the pitch but a visual win is what we saw on Friday night against Aston Villa.

I've never seen such a dramatic change in playstyle in such a short period of time; it is utterly staggering to me that within two hours and one training session, Potter has managed to transform the team from what looked like headless chickens running around, to a controlled tempo and the players have an actual idea of where to pass the ball.

We were very unlucky to come away with being out of the cup, for the first half, we had total control, and the game was in free flow.

Aston Villa: Olsen, Cash, Mings ©, Konsa, Maatsen, Tielemans, Barkley, Rogers, Bailey, Kamara, Watkins
Subs: Gauci (GK), Digne, Bogarde, Ramsey, Nedeljkovic, Onana, Jimoh, Burrowes, Buendía

West Ham United: Fabiański, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Álvarez, Souček ©, Paquetá, Kudus, Summerville, Füllkrug
Subs: Foderingham (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Casey, Rodríguez, Irving, Soler, Luis Guilherme, Ings

The 'Strange Days' are over and have finally found Lopetegui, It appears that after all the drama, articles and many rumours, Lopetegui's lives have finally run out.

After weeks of complaints and consistent batterings, the Manchester City game looks like it was the final straw for the Spaniard.

These past two days have been hectic when it comes to the media, about every five minutes you're seeing something new, and as someone who currently has little to no access to WiFi, it is incredibly comical.

Not only did we have to endure the fact that we lost 4-1 and have now conceded nine goals within our last two match-weeks, but we also had to deal with the broadcaster's insinuation of managers that could take over if Lopetegui was to be sacked.

Manchester City: Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland Subs: Carson, Walker, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Nunes, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee

West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Todibo, Kilman, Wan-Bissaka, Alvarez, Soucek (C), Paqueta, Kudus, Fullkrug, Summerville Subs: Fodderingham, Cresswell, Soler, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving, Scarles

We're only three days into 2025, yet the news has already started from above about the hierarchy and down on the pitch with Lopetegui.

Apart from recent news of Lopetegui being on a three-game watch yet again, it would come for him at the worst time possible with Jarrod announcing on Instagram that he had suffered an injury, a bit of research would've led you to have known that he'd be out for around 6-8 weeks with the injury.

Yesterday's result was expected but still disappointing. Almost no fans would've gone into the London Stadium or turned on the TV and sat there expecting West Ham to win, but what I would've loved to have seen, would've been a bit of personality, a bit of passion even when losing.

In the first few minutes, we had an opening chance that Bowen played across the box, but Paqueta missed.

The first goal was conceded by poor defending, but we followed that up with some enthusiasm, Kudus hit the post nearly equalising, but from there, it all went wrong.