A Match of Two Managers - Cardiff 3-3 West Ham

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Scott Parker made his first appearance in the dugout for West Ham United yesterday, and he had a telling story over 90 minutes.

Parker spoke after the match explaining that his impact was minimal heading into the match, mentioning that he met the squad for the first time at the airport, but he was certainly looking forward to today’s post-match debrief.

Cardiff City vs West Ham Line-ups

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Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Fish, Bagan, Scanlon, Robertson, Moylan, Willock, Colwill (C), Salech, Tanner
Subs: Tyrer, Kpakio, Colwill, Turnbull, Holt, Perrett, Moreno, Ashford, Tankiewicz

West Ham: Hermansen, Kilman, Mavropanos, Veltman, Morato, Engels, Magassa, Mukasa, Bowen (C), Solomon, Taty
Subs: Areola, Piroe, Kante, Soucek, Scarles, Golambeckis, Austbø, Mayers, Orford

Scott Parker confirmed as West Ham United’s new manager

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West Ham United have struck an agreement with free agent manager, Scott Parker, to take over from Nuno Espírito Santo.

The former Burnley, Fulham and Club Brugge manager has achieved promotion from the Championship three times with the Hammers hierarchy clearly aiming to achieve promotion, which they alluded to in their statement made this morning.

The details for Scott Parker's deal are unknown, but a deal is in place for him to become the newest West Ham manager.

Nuno Espírito Santo SACKED by West Ham United

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Now former West Ham manager, Nuno Espírito Santo has been sacked by the club it has been confirmed.

After two losses in a row at home, the club have made the decision before the Cardiff City match tomorrow evening that Nuno will not be in charge and will not be given the opportunity to recover.

Nuno had a meeting with the West Ham hierarchy this morning and it is assumed that talks weren’t as positive as hoped and ultimately he was officially sacked this morning.

West Ham United currently sit 8th in the Championship table.

Manager Guff - What Is Next?

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There’s certainly no hiding the fact that on Saturday afternoon it was yet again another dismal evening, and one that has most certainly fired up the fanbase to the point where the Hammers have dropped down to 8th, and the talk of Nuno Espírito Santo being sacked is reappearing on a bigger scale.

It would be begrudging to discuss the misery of the West Brom result in detail, so it’s better to focus on the manager himself and the talks surrounding the club.

West Ham vs West Brom Line-ups

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West Ham: Hermansen, Morato, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Golambeckis, Engels, Kante, Mukasa, Bowen (C), Austbø, Pablo
Subs: Areola, Solomon, Piroe, Taty, Soucek, Veltman, Orford, Mayers

West Brom: O’Leary, Pereira, Mepham, Campbell (C), Styles, Nzingoula, Diakite, Molumby, Price, Morgan, Horn Myhre
Subs: Ingram, Phillips, Crowther, Townsend, Whitwell, Tunde, Bany, Steward, Heggebo

Battle of the ‘West’ - West Ham vs West Brom Preview

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The Hammers are set to take on West Bromwich Albion in the Championship on Saturday afternoon at the London Stadium. Both sides are looking for a positive result as Nuno’s side faced their second defeat of the season in a 3-2 loss to Southampton, whereas West Brom drew with Preston at the Deepdale Stadium.

After last week’s outing, West Brom currently sit just one point away from West Ham’s tally as they seek to break through to the automatic spots, whilst Nuno Espirito Santo’s side could end the week at the top of the table, should results swing our way.

Battle of the ‘West’ - West Ham vs West Brom Preview

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The Hammers are set to take on West Bromwich Albion in the Championship on Saturday afternoon at the London Stadium. Both sides are looking for a positive result as Nuno’s side faced their second defeat of the season in a 3-2 loss to Southampton, whereas West Brom drew with Preston at the Deepdale Stadium.

After last week’s outing, West Brom currently sit just one point away from West Ham’s tally as they seek to break through to the automatic spots, whilst Nuno Espirito Santo’s side could end the week at the top of the table, should results swing our way.

West Ham left with a tricky choice after alarming injury

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The news fans dreaded has occurred. After what was already a disappointing result against Southampton, as the Hammers charged for a late goal, Konstantinos Mavropanos was taken out by Southampton’s Daniel Peretz and subsequently suffered a knee injury which the club are not immensely hopeful about.

The Greek international is set to be out for 4-6 weeks, which will serve as a devastating blow as he could miss up to nine matches, one of which being Middlesbrough at the beginning of December.

Dismal day and a game of blame - West Ham 2-3 Southampton

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Well, well, well, where does one start with what was West Ham’s most turbulent match of the season so far? Now that the emotions have started to settle down, Saturday’s match, in retrospect, has many theories that one could follow.

Looking at the match as a whole, it was a shambles, and West Ham were tragic defensively, but that also doesn’t hide the fact that the Hammers conceded three and walked away with no points against an underwhelming Southampton side on Saturday, who ultimately were lucky to walk away with three points given their defensive ability too.