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Burnley V West Ham, Sunday 16th Aug, 16:00 - Match thread
Sunday's game (as well as being my birthday) marks 60 years as a Hammer. Probably explains why I'm crazy 🤪 😜
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2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Solomon doing media work. Will be the new 10. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Unfortunately for us re Fullkrug, like everything else in life, an asset is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay.
My daily driver has 110,000 miles on it and I would like to replace it, the problem is that I know it is well maintained reliable car and I am loath to let it go for what the “market” thinks the car is “worth”
The car is fully functional and worth more to me than the money I would get for it so I will probably keep it going for a couple of years.
IMO, The issue with Fullkrug is really no different- the value we need to put on Fullkrug is an assessment on his reliability and what he brings to the team rather than a monetary value based on wishfull thinking.
If we really do not think he brings anything to the team then we need to cut bait and accept the best offer out there that represents what someone is willing to pay. -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
Benefit of playing in the Champo, no VAR.
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Not Sure What Thread/Where to put it (from Feb 2026)
Just watched a ‘ Big Match’ highlights replay of West Ham vs Bolton in the 1979-80 season on ITVx.
What a player Alan Devonshire was.
Could do with him on the left this season -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
Walker-Peters & Scarles struggled IMO - players ran off & in behind Scarles quite a lot & got in the space between/behind him & Kilman which he covered a few times. Walker-Peters was also out of position a few times & was physically bullied in the first half (they targeted him with balls in the air to the forward who pulled onto him). Mads didn’t have much to do, IMO. -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
I thought the same about them getting in behind us ,Better teams will punish us .Mads I think is the best we can hope for in our position -
Burnley V West Ham, Sunday 16th Aug, 16:00 - Match thread
Just 6 months since we last visited Turf Moor and as Expat says quite a few faces have gone
They had a bit of trouble replacing for Scott Parker, were rejected by Craig Bellamy and Rob Edwards before finally landing Genk’s Nicky Hayen 4 weeks ago
Jaidon Antony (£17m Brentford), Martin Dubravka (free Spurs), CB Maxime Esteve (£27.3m RB Leipzig) and LW Loum Tchaouna (£20m Coventry) have all gone
DR Congo’s CB Axel Tuanzebe rejected a new contract and has been linked with Hull, Everton, Lazio and the Saudi league
LB Quilindschy Hartman and CM Lesley Ugochukwu have both left on season long loans with Espanyol and Galatasaray
CM Florentino was a Burnley player for 53 days, they had him on loan from Benfica last season, signed a permanent deal in June but he joined Ipswich last week
Top scorer Zian Flemming is still there but has been linked with Leeds
Another face that won’t be around is club captain Josh Cullen, still recovering from an ACL suffered in December
They have given Ashley Barnes a new one year contract, he’ll be 37 in October, plus they’ve signed 23yo DM Ugo Raghouber (£3.5m Lille) and 36yo GK Ben Amos (free, Port Vale) as back up for 22yo keeper Max Weiss
Otherwise it’s the same squad we beat 3-2 at home and 2-0 away last season
They played Notts County (newly promoted to League One) in the Carabao, like us they went behind in the first half, Flemming equalised shortly after half time but despite dominating the game they failed to score again and eventually won on penalties.
Hayen picked a 3-4-2-1
Weiss
Walker Worrall Humphreys
Sonne Hannibal Raghouber Larsen
Edwards Ramsey
Flemming
One faint ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy East Lancashire sky is the return of FW Zeki Amdouni who missed most of last season with an ACL. He was called up by Switzerland for the World Cup, made three substitute appearances and scored in the penalty shootout against Colombia.
He didn’t play in the pre-season but came on in the second half yesterday
Jane Austen says "win, baby, win" -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
Back from game - we were not perfect but showed our class with three excellent passages of play & clinical, quality finishing. That’s all you need at this level. It’ll be too good for most Champ sides. Midfield is not right yet which explains our struggles today - Alvarez starting out of nowhere, Orford & Kante both raw, no proper width on the left. Once we get that sorted we’ll be good to go. We brushed aside Pompey comfortably after we equalised, I felt, despite not being great. We were never at risk from then on after a slow & ‘pre-season’ start.
Mavropanos, Kilman, Taty the standouts, Bowen showed class with his goal & assist. KWP struggled physically first half & they targeted him but played well going forward second half. They got in behind Scarles quite a lot throughout the game, I felt. Pablo was better than I’ve seen him before & Kante showed glimmers of potential but he will make errors, which he did. Orford safe & steady. Alvarez is probably rusty but showed signs of his reckless self. Maybe he will improve with games.
Overall, a winning start to the season, three good goals & now full focus on Burnley & getting that top third of the pitch sorted. -
Word Games for August
Back in the house with a very lucky guess!!
Wordle 1,876 2/6
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