Feb 10What’s going wrong at West Ham?The general consensus among Football Twitter analysts seems to be that West Ham are a much stronger team than their league position suggests and that their results will catch up with their performances. …West Ham14 min readWest Ham14 min read
Dec 29, 2022Anti-Moneyball FM: Introduction, Part 1Thanks to the prevalence of the ideas found in books like Moneyball and Soccernomics, at this point it feels like there is some conventional wisdom about the best way to build a football club on FM: Sign young players: restrict signings to under-23s with potential, develop them, give them a…Gaming11 min readGaming11 min read
Oct 16, 2020Player Profile: Saïd BenrahmaWhen West Ham weren’t playing at home, I used to go and watch football elsewhere around London where possible. …Football9 min readFootball9 min read
Oct 15, 2020Retro Review: West Ham 5–4 Bradford City 1999/00During lockdown, West Ham posted the full match footage of the classic 5–4 win vs Bradford City from the 1999/2000 season and, with no Premier League footie on over the last fortnight, I decided to take a trip down memory lane. You can watch the full game here:Football11 min readFootball11 min read
Oct 5, 2020Leicester vs West Ham post-match tactical breakdownTaking the Mic Let’s start on a positive. Michail Antonio’s a magnificent footballer and this game was yet another showcase of his ability to play with his back to goal: He regularly pinned Leicester’s defenders, held the ball up, distributed it smartly, carried the team up the pitch, and finished his header…Football7 min readFootball7 min read
Oct 3, 2020Leicester City vs West Ham Tactical Preview 04/10/20I’ve been struggling to find full match replays from last weekend’s games (hence the lack of post-Wolves breakdown), so apologies for the quality/lack of clips. Leicester have started the season like a house on fire and we’re going to have a hard time putting it out. …Football8 min readFootball8 min read
Oct 2, 2020Player Profile: Vladimír CoufalVladimír Coufal, a 28-year old Czech right-back, is West Ham’s second signing from Slavia Prague this summer. This is a quick look at some of the key features of his game. I watched 4 matches from last season for this: the two legs of the Champions League play-off vs CFR…Football5 min readFootball5 min read
Oct 1, 2020Declan Rice is not a CBI’m not going to go back and pick apart every aspect of Rice’s performance last night because: a) finding a full replay would be more effort than I’m willing to put in b) I don’t particularly want to sit through that game again and c) he was hung out to…Football8 min readFootball8 min read
Sep 27, 2020West Ham vs Wolves Tactical Preview 27/09/2020Wolves are consistent. They’ve finished 7th in back-to-back seasons and their performances have been remarkably similar across both of them:Football12 min readFootball12 min read
Sep 24, 2020Where are all the left-footed left wingers?Sentiment aside, I found the sale of Grady Diangana especially disappointing because he’s a rare breed in top level European football: a left-footed forward who plays his best football on the left wing. Leroy Sané is probably the best example of this type in recent seasons and the way Pep…Football6 min readFootball6 min read
