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Julen Lopetegui and Tim Steidten have been working wonders as they set about recruiting virtually an entirely new team, one area in particular that was in urgent need of an overhaul was Hammers creaking defence that 4th worst in the League.

The other area in need of improvement was the forward line with only an ageing but still useful Mikey Antonio and an incredibly overpaid Danny Ings who managed just FOUR Prem goals since he arrived from Villa in what must have been the deal of the century for the Villa directors of football!

Amazingly there are certain media outlets who have jumped on the 'negative Hammers bandwagon', the most opinionated and ill informed of which have 'highlighted' the club's pre-season Stateside Cup results as an indicator as to how the coming season will pan out!

West Ham: Fabiański, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Cresswell ©, Emerson, Potts, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Kudus, Antonio Subs: Herrick (GK), Robinson, Kodua, Casey, Aguerd, Orford, Kelly, Scarles, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Earthy, Marshall

Palace: Henderson, Clyne, Riad, Anderson ©, Richards, Mitchell, Hughes, Schlupp, Kamada, Edouard, Ayew Subs: Matthews (GK), Rodney, Umeh, Rak-Sakyi, Mathurin, Devenny