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After making it to the round of 32, West Ham are officially out of the Carabao Cup after a 3-2 defeat to Fulham because of a late goal from Oscar Bobb, who capitalised on a defensive mistake.

Nuno Espírito Santo has a track record of performing well and putting out stronger squads for the cup competitions, so seeing a fairly strong lineup tonight wasn’t at all surprising.

Unfortunately, three defensive mistakes led to all three of Fulham’s goals, with the first coming through no one tracking the runner in the middle, leaving a certain goal for Muniz.

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

Fulham: Lecomte, Castagne, Anderson, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed (C), Larsson, Smith-Rowe, Kevin, Muniz, Palacios
Subs: Leno, Affengruber, Bassey, Berge, Charles, Manuel Ángel, King, Bobb, Gonzalo

West Ham United seem to have gotten their cavalry sorted. The starting squad as well as the options available off the bench have bolstered our squad massively and helped us have the edge in games that we’ve needed, such as in our 3-0 victory over Derby.

However, one point of trouble is, do West Ham almost have too many good players?

Looking at the bench on Friday evening, it was: Herrick, Walker-Peters, Kante, Pablo, Scarles, Austbø, Golambeckis, Orford, Ajala