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Hammers exit from the League Cup (using it's proper name) was on the face of it extremely disappointing, however the early exit may have some benefit. In previous seasons West Ham United have progressed through the early rounds with ease, only to run out of steam towards the final. During each of the cup runs, the club earned extra revenue and the fans got the chance to see the odd glimmer of hope, but the eventuality was the squad was stretched to the limit with injuries and suspensions taking their toll leading to a dip in League form.

Leicester City FC: Schwartzer, King, Albrighton, Simpson, Kramaric, Ulloa, Wasilewski, Fuchs, Benhaloane, Inler, Dodoo. Subs: Schmeichel ,de Laet, Kanté, Schlupp, Mahrez, Chilwell, Blyth
West Ham United: Adrian, Cresswell, Tomkins, Carroll, Zarate, Jenkinson, Obiang, Noble, Collins, Moses, Lanzini Subs: Randolph, Reid , Kouyaté , Oxford , Lee , Cullen, Payet

Atmosphere, Ionosphere And Stratosphere! That is where bubbles go! Of course they fade and die, but while they fly they nearly reach the sky, currently, on their way, West Ham United have encountered and beaten three of the best teams in the Barclays Premier League on their travels.

Manchester City: 1 Joe Hart 11 Aleksandar Kolarov 20 Eliaquim Mangala 30 Nicolás Otamendi 3 Bacary Sagna17 Kevin De Bruyne 7 Raheem Sterling 42 Yaya Touré 21 David Silva 25 Fernandinho 10 Sergio Agüero
Substitutes: 6 Fernando 14 Wilfried Bony 50 Pablo Maffeo 72 Kelechi Iheanacho 26 Martín Demichelis 15 Jesús Navas 13 Willy Caballero
West Ham United: 13 Adrián 3 Aaron Cresswell 12 Carl Jenkinson 2 Winston Reid 5 James Tomkins 14 Pedro Obiang 28 Manuel Lanzini 16 Mark Noble 27 Dimitri Payet 20 Victor Moses 15 Diafra Sakho

Slaven Billic has finally recruited the last of his West Ham back room staff with the appointment of Nikola Jurcevic as his assistant manager joining first team coach Edin Terzic, head of performance Miljenko Rak, goalkeeping coach Chris Woods and coaching assistant Julian Dicks. Jurcevic and Billic worked together at Lokomotiv Moscow and Besiktas as well as with the Croatian national side.

There was much media coverage as to whether Emmanuel Adebayour would join West Ham United from Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day, but now it transpires that Slaven Billic elected to splash the cash on Victor Moses on loan from Chelsea FC instead.

West Ham United: Randolph, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, , Noble, Lanzini, Moses, Payet, Sakho, Subs: Antonio, Jelavic, Carroll, Spiegel, Collins, Obiang, Jenkinson
Newcastle United: Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini (c), Haïdara, Colback, Anita, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Thauvin, Cissé, Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Gouffran, Obertan, Aarons, de Jong, Perez

Wouldn't you adam and eve it! Matt Jarvis, massively over priced winger arrived from Wolves on big money, for big money, and did relatively bugger all while at the Boleyn. As soon as Jarvis moves on loan to Norwich, he manages to achieve that 'hen's teeth' moment and actually score a goal! The other over priced import who has left the Boleyn having expensively arrived from Liverpool, Stewart Downing, scored for Championship club Middlesborough.

Morgan Amalfitano looks as if he will be the first of several West Ham United players to be sent out on loan now the 'emergency' transfer window is open. During the window, players may be loaned from the Barclays Premier League to lower league clubs for up to three months. Championship team Ipswich Town have expressed an interest in taking Amalfitano, who has fallen out massively with Hammers manager Slaven Billic and has been banished to train away from the first team.

Any Hammers fan who was at the Boleyn the evening Slaven Billic was presented to the crowd before the FC Lusitans Euro Championship game, will tell you the atmosphere was electric and that the fans 'took' to their new manager in a way they could never have with Sam Allardyce. Billic looks right and sounds right, and away from home his teams perform a bit more than right! Any incoming manager needs the crowd behind him, and Billic has that, he also needed the co-owners to back him in the transfer market, and to all intents and purposes they have done that and more some.