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Some Barclays Premier League fans in this country, particularly those of West Ham, are unhappy with the lack of transfer activity being conducted by their clubs, the Hammers board appear to be adopting their usual 'scatter shot' approach to signing the forward everyone knows the club needs.

The list of supposed 'targets' gets longer by the day as closure of the transfer window looms, there are so many 'candidates' it is difficult to keep up, the need to get a 'good deal' is paramount due to the chronic lack of finances at the London Stadium.

Craig Dawson's elevation to first team starter came as a complete surprise to most fans who were underwhelmed at best by his arrival from relegated Watford on loan, known as the 'Relegator', Dawson had previously played for and got relegated with this evening's visitors to the London Stadium, West Brom, who he left to join Watford following the Baggies relegation!

When questioned as to the reasons behind his 'swimmingly' humorous goal celebration, Hammer's forward and talisman, Michail Antonio, adroitly told the Amazon media team that he had adopted the 'swimmer' celebration as a forfeit because he had lost a game of Call of Duty against Hammers captain Declan Rice.

One by one little records are being broken by a West Ham side that has been rejeuvinated by a rejeuvinated David Moyes. The Hammers manager looks like an entirely different person now from the cadava like image of 'ghostliness' that first turned up at the London Stadium, the 57 year old Scot has the air about him of someone who knows exactly what he is trying to achieve and precisely where he is trying to take his players.

West Ham: Fabiański, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio Subs: Randolph (GK), Fredericks, Johnson, Alves, Diop, Noble, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Odubeko
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee (c), Pieters, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, Brady, Wood, Barnes Subs: Norris (GK), Cork, McNeil, Stephens, Rodriguez, Bardsley, Vydra, Long, Benson

Hammers goal keeper Lukasz Fabianski is going to have a late fitness test just before the home tie against Burnley at the London Stadium this afternoon. Fabianski has missed the last two games with a thigh injury that threatens to de-rail a very stable defensive unit. Darren Randolph has deputised for Fabianski and looks likely to continue this afternoon.

The Barclays Premier League’s domestic rules currently only cover the top tier, stating that clubs may not have more than two players on loan at any one time, a total of only four loans in the season and not more than one player from the same club at any given time, there are no restrictions on how many players can be sent out on loan.

The problem clubs have when they sell a high profile player, is that all the other clubs know that (a) there is a need to replace the player, and (b) that the club has funds available from the sale, which means that selling clubs crank up the price of possible acquisitions, West Ham are not alone in experiencing this situation.

Having relentlessly mocked the signing of Craig 'Les' Dawson from Watford on loan, it is time for we at the Org to eat a little 'umble' pie, Dawson has defied the odds by putting in some very decent performances as part of a West Ham defence that has not conceded a goal in the three starts the centre back has made.

Stockport: Hinchliffe, Minihan, Hogan, Maynard, Rooney, C Jennings, Williams, Kitching, Keane, Croasdale, Reid. Subs: J Jennings, Palmer, Thomas, Bennett, Stott, Southam-Hales, Barnes, Gilmore, Hinchy.
West Ham: Randolph, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Johnson, Noble (c), Rice, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio Subs: Trott (GK), Cresswell, Alves, Baptiste, Soucek, Fornals, Holland, Bowen, Odubeko