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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.

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

Southampton: Peretz, Bree, Stephens (C), Schlotterbeck, Manning, Ward-Prowse, Jander, Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza, Dobbin
Subs: Long, Wood, Abbott, Roerslev, Wellington, Bragg, Fellows, Edozie, Mubama

West Ham United return to Football to face the Saints in another crucial October outing, one that could see the Hammers return to the top of the table. Nuno Santos side coming into this game sat in second place on 22 points, while Swansea still retain their lead on 23 despite losing out last weekend.

Southampton fans last weekend were disappointed with a goalless draw Bolton and hoping to break the 20-point mark this weekend, however, they will have to triumph over a fully fit Hammers side if they want to do so.