The international break is finally over and now we can look ahead to Saturday's visit to Turf Moor as West Ham take on newly promoted Burnley in the Premier League. The Clarets have the second-worst defence in the Premier League this season, conceding 30 goals, so there is hope that David Moyes and his players will go to Turf Moor looking to take full advantage of that, especially if Jarrod Bowen is passed fit to play after picking up a knock while on international duty with England. After beati...
Nov 23, 2023•25 min
It is absolutely no surprise that we risk going into the busy festive period without a 'proper' striker. Michail Antonio's injury while on international duty with Jamaica means he could be out for months, leaving just Danny Ings and Divin Mubama as our only recognised strikers in the squad. One barely looks interested when he does get on the pitch, the other is only a teenager and has just 35 minutes of Premier League football to his name. Jarrod Bowen has been utilised there recently but that's...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Two wins in four days puts us back in control of our Europa League group and in the top-half of the Premier League table. The 1-0 win over Olympiacos on Thursday night wasn't pretty, but it was a much-needed win all the same. Then the 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest on Sunday was exciting and arguably more in need given our poor run of form in the league up to now. Now it's another international break, the last one of 2023, and we head into it with a lot of confidence. We travel to Burnley in...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min
After beating Olympiacos on Thursday night, West Ham turn to the visit of Nottingham Forest on Sunday and will be looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League as well. Joining us this week is Rich Ferraro from 1865: The Nottingham Forest Podcast, who gives us the lowdown on his beloved Forest and discusses the likes of Jesse Lingard, their away form since promotion back to the top flight and how he thinks this game will go. Note: This podcast was recorded BEFORE West Ham's 1-0 victo...
Nov 10, 2023•28 min
If ever there was a four-day period that summed up West Ham perfectly, it was the one we've just had. We comfortably thrashed quadruple winners-elect, Arsenal, on Wednesday night with a thoroughly enjoyable 3-1 victory at London Stadium, knocking them out of the Carabao Cup and preventing Declan "I want to win it all" Rice from 'winning it all.' We then followed that up with a 3-2 defeat at Brentford where, despite going into the break 2-1 up, suffered from having a striker on the pitch who just...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 42 min
It's a funny ol' game, isn't it? Just days after losing at home to a struggling Everton side, West Ham go on to thrash Arsenal at home in the Carabao Cup to bring some positivity back to east London after a torrid run of three defeats in a row. Now we travel to Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. We've lost all four of our previous top-flight meetings with the Bees and have scored just one goal, although we did beat them on their own patch in the FA Cup last season. Joining us...
Nov 03, 2023•28 min
The thrashing by Aston Villa felt like one of those days when you just had to brush it off as a bad day at the office, but having followed that result up with back-to-back defeats to Olympiacos and Everton, all the positivity from a solid start to the season has been well and truly dampened. The team selection in Athens had many fans scratching their heads and the performance that followed led to heads in hands, while the starting XI to face Everton was arguably the one everyone has been calling...
Oct 30, 2023•2 hr 3 min
West Ham take on Olympiacos in Athens tonight knowing that a win will put us within touching distance of making it three European group stage wins in as many years. We had labelled Freiburg away as arguably our toughest fixture of the group stage this season but we made relatively light work of that one. Tonight, in Athens, will also be a test but we definitely have enough about us to take all three points back to east London with us. Will speaks to Kostas from the Gate 7 International Podcast, ...
Oct 26, 2023•38 min
West Ham face Olympiakos in Athens on Thursday night in our third Europa League Group A fixture, where a win would put us firmly in control and within touching distance of winning a European group for the third consecutive season. But against the backdrop of what is sure to be a great game and a memorable experience for those going, is the ongoing threat of violence from Olympiakos' ultras. They made headlines at the weekend when clashes with rival fans of Panathinaikos caused their derby match ...
Oct 25, 2023•40 min
We don't get thrashed very often, not since David Moyes returned to the club almost four years ago. In fact, we've only lost by 3+ goals and conceded 4+ six times in 190 matches. That's pretty good going. Sunday's thrashing at the hands of Villa was fully deserved, too. They were better than us, hungrier than us and more clinical than us. No complaints from us, other than the fact there were several poor performances throughout the team, not least Michail Antonio who looked like he was just ther...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Now that the international break is over, James and Will are back ahead of Sunday's hugely anticipated trip to Villa Park. With both sides having ambitions of finishing in the top-seven this season, this is going to be a huge test and will give us some indication of what we might be able to achieve this term. Avoiding defeat away from home, especially at Villa Park, will be a good result, but all three will send a huge message to the other clubs who have the same ambitions as we do. Given the br...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Fans were told VAR would make football better but instead, it appears to be doing its very best to make it worse with every passing game. It was our turn (again!) last weekend to suffer from inept and not-for-purpose officiating, that could've been cleaned up by the use of VAR, but they're still hellbent on only helping sub-standard referees in only very specific incidents in the game. That cost us against Newcastle, in what was a very good performance that warranted all three points, let alone ...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 51 min
After a strong performance in the 2-1 win over SC Freiburg on Thursday night, a much different and harder test awaits us at London Stadium on Sunday. Newcastle have become a force to be reckoned with since their takeover and have followed up their break into the top four last season with an unbelievable return to Champions League football this term, drawing 0-0 with AC Milan at San Siro before thrashing PSG 4-1 at St. James' Park earlier this week. We knew they would prove to be a difficult test...
Oct 06, 2023•25 min
As routine victories go, you don't get much more routine than the 2-0 win over Sheffield United on Saturday. It was one of the most comfortable three points we've had in some time, but there were still 'some' question marks around David Moyes' initial approach to the game, with his starting XI raising some eyebrows, especially James'. It came just a few days after a far less routine victory against Lincoln in the Carabao Cup, which was swiftly followed up by the inevitable fourth-round draw at h...
Oct 02, 2023•2 hr 30 min
After losing two on the bounce in the Premier League, many will be looking at a home game against newly-promoted Sheffield United as the perfect opportunity to get back to winning ways and continue our bid for a third top-seven finish in four seasons. The Blades are fresh off the back of an 8-0 drubbing at home to Newcastle, which will add to the inevitable confident swagger amongst the fanbase heading into this one, but surely we must be careful of the wounded animal? This week, Hal Stewart fro...
Sep 28, 2023•29 min
If you're a fan of TV shows such as The Office, The Inbetweeners, Ashes to Ashes, Eastenders and The Bill, then you'll know all about this week's Claret & Blue View guest - it's David Schaal! Schaal is more commonly known as Jay's Dad from The Inbetweeners. Still, he's also enjoyed an esteemed acting career, playing roles in the aforementioned shows as well as on the big screen, in movies such as The Inbetweeners movies and Kidulthood among many, many others. He's also a huge West Ham fan an...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min
3-1 seems to be the trending scoreline these days, with our 4th and 5th 3-1 scorelines of the season coming in the past week. First, it was a win over Backa Topola in the Europa League before losing by the same scoreline at Anfield against Liverpool on Sunday. There's LOADS to unpack in this week's pod, with reaction to those two games before a sneak preview of this week's Claret & Blue View with David Schaal, more commonly known as Jay's Dad from The Inbetweeners. That episode will be relea...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 47 min
On this week's Opposition View we're joined by Henry Jackson from This Is Anfield to discuss all things Liverpool. From the Reds' start to the season to almost losing Mohamed Salah to transfer speculation surrounding a potential move for Jarrod Bowen, we cover it all in this week's Oppo View episode. As always, Henry gives us quality insight on his beloved Liverpool. Finally, if you love what we do then PLEASE leave us a nice review on whatever platform you're listening on. It helps us more than...
Sep 23, 2023•32 min
There's absolutely no shame in losing to this Man City side, so there's absolutely no negativity in this podcast from us. If anything, there were so many positives to take from the defeat and if we had managed to hold out and take something from the game then no one would've been able to complain. It was a good performance but ultimately we were beaten by one of the best teams in world football, if not the best team on the planet right now. No shame in that! Also this week, former member of the ...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 52 min
It's a clash of the Champions of Europe, the unbeaten, title challengers and good friends. Saturday's visit of Man City represents many things, and it could see either West Ham go top of the league or Man City make it five wins from five at the start of the season. Joining us this week is big friend of the show, Ste Tudor, from the 93:20 Podcast, to give us everything we need to know about City ahead of Saturday's 3pm kick-off in Stratford. As always, Ste gives us quality insight on his beloved ...
Sep 13, 2023•38 min
With the international break almost behind us, we can once again look ahead to our next fixture. This weekend, it's Man City's turn to try and end West Ham's unbeaten start to the season. Indeed, City are also unbeaten at this point, so this is kind of like an early season clash of two very serious title hopefuls. Kind of. On this week's Claret & Blue View, broadcaster, journalist and huge West Ham fan joins us to talk about his thoughts on the club right now, while James and Will get back t...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 53 min
This is all a bit fun, isn't it? It's our best start to a Premier League season for over 20 years and when you consider three of our opening four games of the season have been away from home, it's even more impressive that we're unbeaten and sitting nicely in the top four of the Premier League going into the first international break. Whatsmore, we've finally learned our opponents for this season's Europa League and it's certainly an exciting one. In Group A, we face Olympiacos, SC Freiburg and ...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Despite the impressive start to the season, a trip to newly promoted Luton Town is by no means a formality for West Ham. It's Luton's first Premier League game at Kenilworth Road after having to play their opening two games of the season away from home due to improvements being made to the ground, meaning the atmosphere is likely to be bouncing under the lights on Friday night. We know all too well what an atmosphere like that can do to the occasion, don't we? Last season we were Nottingham Fore...
Aug 30, 2023•23 min
WE'VE FINALLY BEATEN BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE! At the 13th time of asking, we've managed to finally take three points from Brighton in the top-flight. What a feeling, and what a result after a thoroughly impressive performance from the team at the AMEX. Three really well taken goals ensured we took all three points back to Stratford and went top of the Premier League! After all the negativity before the season began AND after the opening weekend draw at Bour...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 40 min
No one saw that coming, did they? Our 3-1 victory over Chelsea came as a bit of a surprise, especially as it ensured both James and Will were left with egg on their faces after the full-time whistle. James has been very vocal about his lack of trust in Alphonse Areola to save penalties, but he duly delivered against the Blues. Similarly, Will has always struggled to warm to Michail Antonio and was not entirely convinced by the signing of James Ward-Prowse. A goal and two assists between them shu...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 43 min
A 1-1 draw to kick-off the new season wasn't entirely unexpected, but it was still hugely underwhelming just a few months after thrashing Bournemouth 4-0 on the same patch of grass and, of course, winning the Conference League. Some might see it as two points dropped, others will see it as a good point away from home. Either way, we've got a long way to go if we're to return to the standards that had is in the conversation for a top-four finish just a couple of seasons ago. Also on this week's p...
Aug 14, 2023•2 hr 8 min
We're back! After a summer off, in which we did do a few little bits from Down Under (including a live show in Adelaide), James and Will are back for yet another season of the We Are West Ham Podcast. This week we discuss the summer transfer window, which has been simply unacceptable from West Ham's point of view, the recent rumours and then preview Saturday's trip to Bournemouth for our first Premier League game of the new season. Also this week, the first Opposition View of the campaign comes ...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Will continues his tour of Down Under by chatting to some West Ham fans in Jonny Fox's Bar, Perth. The lads discuss their love for the club, their favourite ever players, what their hopes are for next season and LOADS MORE! 🍻 Buy us a pint: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Wearewestham 🎧 Subscribe: https://podfollow.com/we-are-west-ham-podcast 📱 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeAre_WestHam 👍🏻 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearewesthampod 📸 Follow us on Instagra...
Jul 17, 2023•18 min
After a month off, we're back! Will is over in Perth for West Ham's pre-season tour Down Under, while James is at home in Sunny Suffolk after a week in an even sunnier Spain, and there's SO much for us to discuss on this week's pod! Declan Rice has FINALLY finalised his move to north London where, despite saying he wanted to win it all, he almost certainly won't win it all - both James and Will make their feelings very clear about the whole saga on this episode. Over in Perth, West Ham thrashed ...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 52 min
WE DID IT! West Ham United have ended their 43-year wait for major silverware and are now the proud holders of a European title following the 2-1 victory over Fiorentina in Prague on Wednesday night. It was arguably the best possible way to win a final - Jarrod Bowen's 93rd-minute goal right in front of the passionate West Ham faithful will live long in the memory of every single fan who was lucky enough to witness it. Tears. Joy. Elation. Relief. Euphoria. Every single emotion burst out of the ...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 9 min
