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Although Hammers squad is still 'sketchy' in some areas, in others there are an abundance of players, particularly wing players. Blessed with the services available of Authur Masuaku, Jarrod Bowen, Pablo Fornals, Manu Lanzini and new signing Said Benrahma, David Moyes is spoiled for choice, he can also call upon the services of Nathan Holland who has recently returned to full fitness from a serious hamstring injury sustained whist out on loan last season.

The International break is always a time of anxiety for journalists and bloggers because there is little of real substance to write about, consequently spurious usually gent driven 'snippets' of information begin to circulate to take up the slack. Some of the 'lazy' journalism is quite ludicrous in it's content, the 'stories', and that's what they are, just 'creative' stories, that Hammers boss David Moyes is 'interested' in bringing either Olivier Giroud or Mario Mandzukic to the London Stadium are amusing, if ill informed.

Having successfully navigated a very tricky opening sequence of Barclay Premier League fixtures, Hammers manager David Moyes now has to anxiously await the return of all his International players from their respective countries of allegiance. West Ham have suffered disproportionately with regards to players picking up long term injuries while on International duty in the past, and it is hoped with a combination of better communication and individually tailored fitness programmes that the risk of injuries is mitigated as much as is humanly possible.

Now that the A&E departments near Hammers supporters homes have recovered from the influx of potential heart attack victims they had to deal with, we can look back at an 'eventful' London Derby between the Irons and newly promoted Fulham FC.

It is one thing to be the 'plucky underdog' and play well against 'top teams' by digging in with a game plan, it is another thing entirely when playing against 'lesser' opposition who adopt the same 'siege' mentality, such games require a plan B, or sometimes even a plan C.

West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Haller Subs: Randolph, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Diop, Fredericks
Fulham: Areola, Aina, Adarabioyo, Andersen, Robinson, Reed, Anguissa, Cairney, Decordova-Reid, Mitrovic, Lookman Subs: Rodak, Hector, Kebano, Ream, Loftus-Cheek, Cavaleiro, Bryan

David Moyes is a manager known for his dilligence, not necessarily for his patience, and so it appears that Hammers most expensive signing, Sebastien Haller, has been given the 'hurry up' by his boss. Moyes' thinly veiled comments about team ethics and work rate could hardly have targeted anyone other than the Frenchman, who has recently switched his national team allegiance to the Ivory Coast.

The news that the entire ill thought out concept of PPV during the Covid-19 pandemic is under review with the intention of games being made free to air, as they were previously. The whole idea of having to pay £14.95 to see games not covered by the already exhorbitant charges made by Sky and Bt Sport has wrankled with supporters across the board.

West Ham are apparently testing the waters regarding a loan move for Real Madrid ace Luka Jovic, it is claimed that Los Blancos boss Zinedine Zidane is ready to make the eight-capped Serbia international available on loan in January with a view to a permanent move in the summer. The 22 year old joined Real Madrid from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2019 for around £55 million at the same time as Sebastien Haller left the Bundesliga club for the Hammers with a fee of around £45 million.

Here at the Org we have always found Jurgen Klopp entertaining and generally a fine addition to the Barclays Premier League, but whether it is because his team Liverpool have had a less than wonderful start to the season and he is becoming fatigued at trying to get his team back to the top, or for some other reason, Klopp seems to have started to see things through, ..dun, dun, dun..'Arsene Wenger Eyes!'

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Phillips, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Jones, Mane, Firmino, Salah Subs: Adrian, Milner, Minamino, Jota, Shaqiri, R Williams, N Williams
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Haller Subs: Randolph, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Diop, Fredericks