Sheep In Wolves Clothing!

Doom and gloom prevailed at the London Stadium ahead of what was supposed to be a mauling of the Irons by the Nuno Spririto's predatorial Wolves, having just acquired even more expensive 'Portugeezers', the midlands outfit were here to compound what had been an entirely miserable week off the field for West Ham.

Although misery prevailed in the form of 'Chairman' Sullivan's 'heart felt' radio confessions earlier in the week, the comprehensive destruction of Hull City in the EFL Cup and to a certain extent the performance in the 2-1 defeat at Arsenal showed that on the pitch at least, David Moyes' men were beginning to gel, much like after the season's restart, it took a couple of games before the football started to flow freely, and last night's performance against a Wolves side so 'bigged up' by the commentators that the outcome of the match was a foregone conclusion was the proof that West Ham CAN be a force to be reckoned with .

All the negativity regarding the lack of new faces, and the sale of Grady Diangana as well as a couple of fringe players had set the tone for events, however despite not buying any new players, Moyes does have an 'attractive' choice of available players, a facility he utilised to the full.

During Moyes' first tenure as manager, before he was so rudely dumped for the 'Pellagrinophile', the manager had 'converted' both Marko Arnautovic and Authur Masuaku in to an attacking player, and the latter a speedy forward/winger. 'King Authur', as he was once known, is a superb player when used correctly, and Mauaku's ability to run at players scares the opposition, however there was an additional bonus for the team with Masuaku playing left of midfield, he can be free to bomb forward knowing that his run is covered by Aaron Cresswell, Cresswell in turn didn't need to worry if he forayed forward because Masuaku could cover him.

Essentially Cresswell, who had come in for a lot of criticism recently, looked like the player he was of old, freed of having to run the line all the time, his lack of speed was made up for by some accurate passes and meaningful work rate. Of course the rest of the team played superbly, too many good performances to list every one, except special mention needs to go to Michail Antonio who absolutely bullied the 'sheep in Wolve's clothing', you can guarantee they will be nursing a few bruises here and there!

Jarrod Bowen's brace, Soucek's superb header (sod the dubious goals committee) and a fourth beautifully taken header by Sebastien Haller during his five minute cameo role were proof enough that there is a very decent squad at the London Stadium, obviously the squad is still imbalanced, but it only needs a tweek or two to really excel.

A word to all the gloom and avarice merchants, Wolves have just gone out and spent big, really big, similar to what another club did last season, the other club? West Ham United, be careful what you wish for, it might not be what you really want. -Ed