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We Are West Ham Podcast

We Are West Ham

Join Will Pugh & James Jones for a weekly dose of West Ham chat, with regular guests including ex-players, opposition views and well-connected journalists. New episode every week!

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207. Moyes out? Same ol' West Ham as all good things...

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2023/01/03

All good things come to an end, don't they? After two wonderful years under David Moyes, we do appear to be nearing the end of his second spell following two poor performances and defeats directly after the World Cup break. The loss at Arsenal probably wasn't a surprise but the performance at home to Brentford simply wasn't good enough, despite Moyes finally deciding to drop Tomas Soucek and to play Lucas Paqueta in his favoured No.8 position. Now we face Leeds, Wolves and Everton in a trio of

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76:28

206. The GOAT debate is over while West Ham are back...

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2022/12/21

The World Cup came to a dramatic climax last week as Lionel Messi shut the door on the GOAT debate by finally getting his hands on football's biggest prize, although Will is still adamant he's not the greatest player to have walked the land. But now the World Cup is over, it means we're closer to welcoming West Ham back into our lives. We're all excited about that, of course, but that'll rub off pretty quickly by Boxing Day evening. Stock up on plenty of wine, mince pies and bubble & squeak, as

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50:58

205. Untimely answers to timely questions as proud...

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2022/12/12

It's been nice having a break from the stresses of West Ham these past few weeks but the reality is where edging closer to welcoming the boys back to action - it's just a shame it's going to start the way it ended as we prepare to visit league leaders Arsenal at the Emirates on Boxing Day. But before that inevitable disappointment, James and Will get together for a quick catch-up and discuss their thoughts on the World Cup so far. Nayef Aguerd's Morocco have already made history and are now just 90

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67:16

204. Impotent West Ham diving the wrong way into the...

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/11/16

Who knew we'd all be so pleased to be getting a six-week break from West Ham after the last two years. Defeats to Blackburn and Leicester over the last week have ensured we head into the World Cup break in terrible form and in serious danger of being sucked into to a relegation battle when we return to face Arsenal away on Boxing Day. The performance against Leicester wasn't atrocious by any means but we still failed to score any goals, which is the whole point of football isn't it? It's been our

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83:49

203. From Lyon to Losers

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/11/07

NOTE: Apologies for the sound quality on this week's episode. Will had serious Monday morning tech issues! The defeat to Crystal Palace had the David Moyes boo-boys out in force on Sunday and it's easy to see why. Looking back, West Ham under his stewardship seemed to have peaked in Lyon back in April. Since then it's been all downhill and now we risk going into the World Cup break in the bottom three of the Premier League. We can avoid that by beating Leicester City this coming weekend, of

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83:40

202. All tricks and no treats as West Ham fail to...

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2022/10/31

Another Premier League away game, another failure to put the ball in the onion bag. After having plenty of chances but failing to score at Anfield, the Hammers offered a repeat showing at Old Trafford on Sunday and failed to make Man United pay for their sub-standard showing. We huffed and we puffed in the final 20 minutes but just couldn't find the back of the net as David De Gea planned to dominate our nightmares over Halloween. In another repeat showing, Will continues to insist that if you

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73:59

201. A very (very) good performance as West Ham...

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/10/25

West Ham's performance in the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield was encouraging, or at least that's what James thinks. Will, on the other hand, disagrees and was "angry" with the fact we didn't capitalise on Liverpool's poor form by converting at least one of the eight shots on goal we had. And then there's the win over Bournemouth, which ended up being more straight forward than we were expecting, albeit via a very dubious VAR decision going our way (for once!). Will thought Said Benrahma was

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200. VARy good defending from Southampton's Peter Bankes

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2022/10/17

Another game and another farcical VAR decision that has cost West Ham points. It wasn't the alleged foul throw that caused anger after the 1-1 draw against Southampton over the weekend, it was referee Peter Bankes clearly obstructing Jarrod Bowen's attempts to defend in the build-up to Southampton's first-half opener. It was clear obstruction, yet the goal stood. That said, should we be looking at the draw as a good point or two points dropped after having 25 attempts at goal, 14 corners and over

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199. The Good Karma Gods are back in Claret & Blue

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2022/10/11

Finally, the good karma gods were shining down on us as VAR ruled in our favour in the 3-1 victory over Fulham on Sunday. Gianluca Scamacca may or may not have handled the ball before deftly looping the ball over Bernd Leno to put us 2-1 ahead in the second-half, but VAR arguably made the right call by awarding the goal due to it not being a clear and obvious error. Finally, that rule has been used properly! The victory makes it three in three in all competitions and provided further evidence that

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198. Losing to West Ham is too embarrassing for Wolves

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2022/10/03

It turns out losing to West Ham was just too embarrassing for the Wolves that they decided to sack Bruno Lage just 24 hours later. It was a big, confidence-boosting win on Saturday. Not just for the entire squad but for Guianluca Scamacca and Jarrod Bowen in particular as they both opened their Premier League accounts for the season. Now we embark on a busy October, starting with Anderlecht away in the Europa Conference League this Thursday before welcoming Fulham to London Stadium on

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197. Hopeless England [West Ham] relegated by Italy...

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2022/09/27

International breaks rarely fill fans with excitement and joy and this one was true to form as England were RELEGATED from their Nations League group after a 1-0 defeat in Italy. Flashbacks of relegations at the hands of Birmingham and Wigan were rife amongst the Hammers fanbase as the painful experience of relegation returned for many of us. But all is not lost. Mark Noble has returned to the club as Sporting Director, presumably to save the day. His first job will be to get back in that dressing

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86:21

196. Are two seasons of fun all we're gonna get at...

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2022/09/19

Is this the beginning of the end for David Moyes at West Ham? We certainly hope not, but after two incredibly fun seasons since his return, we started this season with just one win from seven Premier League games and have only scored three goals. Yes, we're unbeaten in the Europa Conference League but that's not really the issue here. Moyes' stubborn team selections, strange substitutions and reluctance to give most of the summer signings more than 30 minutes a game in the league is beginning to

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195. A touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/09/13

It has been a terribly sad and emotional past few days, not just in the United Kingdom but across the world. The passing of Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday was tough to take for so many. To those who adored her the most, she was an incredible woman who represented a beacon of hope and happiness throughout her 70 years on the throne. Her passing was confirmed just a couple of hours before West Ham were due to host FCSB in the Europa Conference League, but it was decided the game would still be

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103:05

194. Absolutely VARcicle

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2022/09/05

We've all seen it. We all know it was a complete and utter disgrace. But where do we go from here? VAR's existence in the Premier League is becoming more and more laughable with each passing weekend, and the last few days have arguably been its most comical. It wasn't just us who were robbed though, as Newcastle, Everton and Arsenal can all feel cheated by the very thing that is supposed to prevent controversial and incorrect decisions being made by referees in the modern era. On this week's show,

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193. Our season starts now! (or maybe after Spurs and...

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/08/30

Finally we're off the mark! Our first win and first goal of the Premier League season came at Villa Park on Sunday but, had Steven Gerrard's team been a bit better than they are, it could've been a completely different story. David Moyes opted to start with five at the back but following a turgid opening 45 minutes, he decided to revert to the tried and tested 4-2-3-1 formation and suddenly things began to happen. Said Benrahma came on at half-time and instantly gave us some energy and intent

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192. Moyes' Men go Missing against Boring Bogey...

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2022/08/23

Once again we've failed to beat our bogey team, Brighton & Hove Albion. Not only that, we were comfortably beaten by them at home to make it three defeats from three without scoring at the beginning of this new Premier League season. It's getting a bit boring now, isn't it? David Moyes' players practically went missing on Sunday and have now left us rock-bottom of the Premier League - how depressing! But last week we did pick up our first win of the season in the Europa Conference League as we

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101:28

191. Rob is banished from the Jones family - feat....

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/08/15

Sometimes it's just not your day, and that was definitely the case on Sunday as we lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. An unfairly disallowed goal, missed penalty, wrong decision not to send off a Forest defender and hitting the woodwork three times? Yeah, it just wasn't our day. James and Will give their views on all the big talking points from Sunday's defeat while we're also joined by ex-Premier League referee Mark Halsey, who gave his verdict on all the big refereeing decisions

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76:15

190. From one curse to another as Diop downs tools

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/08/08

The lads return this week to look back at the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on the opening weekend of the 22/23 Premier League season, after Erling Halland made very easy work of our makeshift defence. We appear to have gone from being a club with a striker curse to one with a defender curse as David Moyes was forced to pair Ben Johnson with Kurt Zouma at the back after Craig Dawson was ruled out with a thigh strain and Issa Diop supposedly refused to play ahead of his reported move to

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189. Getting inked like Scamacca ahead of battle with...

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2022/08/01

West Ham's pre-season is done and now we can finally look ahead to Sunday's first game of the season against Premier League champions Manchester City. The squad is no where near ready, with at least four new faces required before we can truly say we've fully strengthened this summer, but at least we can finally look forward to welcoming meaningful football back into our lives. On this week's show, our first proper one of the 22/23 campaign, James and Will mostly look ahead to the City clash and

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78:02

188. We're BACK! Third degree burns, pre-season panic...

We Are West Ham Podcast ·

2022/07/25

After over a month off to recharge their batteries, James and Will are back to get the We Are West Ham Podcast underway for the new season. Having missed out on a huge chunk of the summer, the lads catch up with some obligatory mundane chat, including James' story how he managed to get third-degree burns on a stag do in Spain and Will's hatred of proper tennis but love for the exhibition type. Then the real discussion begins, as the lads discuss pre-season so far and, of course, all the latest

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