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If it wasn’t already apparent to fellow West Ham fans it would’ve been very apparent that throughout the Manchester United game, Alphonso Areola simply doesn’t suit Graham Potters playing style, and as well as that, he’s lost a yard or two with his confidence.

Three primary goalkeeper replacements have been named throughout the window. Zion Suzuki at the forefront, but his price being deemed too expensive, Hermansen the next option but Newcastle are chasing after him after loosing out on Trafford and now introducing Michael Cooper for Sheffield United… that’ll be fun business to do!

The Englishman is valued at £15,000,000 but is it worth to ‘Cop Cooper?’ If Potter decides to approve this it won’t be a tough deal as I’m sure you’ve guessed… Cooper is a Salthouse client.

Whilst Cooper did also impress last season and actually has decent stats face value, it is underwhelming to hear that the Hammers transfer plan is primarily based around clients or free agents.

But if Graham Potter and the fans are being honest, Areola has been preforming to such a poor level it almost seems as if a lot of people that would replace him would end up being better than the Frenchman simply due to the lack of confidence and lack of ability he’s shown as of late.

The game against Manchester United, albeit a pre-season friendly, demonstrated school boy errors which was persistently shown throughout last season.

Potter likes Zion, the coaching staff like Hermansen and Sully likes Cooper… take your pick!

It seems as if history is repeating itself again. If the club thought that Nayef Aguerd would revitalise our defence, then we seriously need to take a look at ourselves in the mirror.

The game kicked off, and within two minutes, we were already in trouble with Hojlund crashing the ball onto the outside of the post, and just a few minutes after that, the first horror show would take place with Areola dropping the ball and in an attempt to pick it up, he clipped Heaven and a blatant penalty was given. Unsurprisingly, Areola didn't save it and dived the wrong way, giving United the lead.

The remainder of the first half, we didn't do too much, a chance for Ward-Prowse and also a chance for Soucek should've seen us equalise, but it was saved from close range.

Amad Diallo doubled United's lead, but it was ruled out for offside, and that closed out the first half. You wouldn't have had to wait long for it to get worse as in the second half, Tomas Soucek and Areola had a 'communication' error, which gifted the opportunity for Manchester United to double their lead, which they ever so easily did.

Potter really struggled with the midfield again today, and creating chances was practically impossible. Guido Rodriguez and Ward-Prowse in the midfield is the recipe for disaster; we'll be in deep water drowning if it's what we head to Sunderland with.

Our moment of glory came through a longball pass from Tomas Soucek, who played it to Jarrod Bowen, and he'd convert the ball to the top-right corner, which saw the score be brought back to 2-1.

Substitutes did come after the goal, and for the last 25 minutes on the pitch, we were the utterly dominant side in the midfield and attack. Freddie Potts and Fearson revolutionised the midfield for the remaining 25 minutes, as well as Lucas Paqueta, who gave the squad a wave of fresh air as soon as he entered the pitch.

Don't be surprised if in our next fixture, Potter tries something completely different regarding the midfield. Potts provided control and Fearson ran around like a Duracell Bunny, a significant improvement on Ward-House and Guidslow Rodriguez and if the starting squad had been ever so slightly different, the result most likely would've been too.

The other bright sparks would be Malick Diouf and Wan-Bissaka, both of whom provided exactly what was needed for the team; it's just a shame that what was provided in front of them wasn't able to help in the slightest.

Positives, negatives and ups n' downs... it's one thing to make a mistake, it's another to learn from it.

As anticipated, despite the FA informing numerous sources around West Ham that the Paqueta hearing verdict would be announced today, it seems that the FA have gone against their word and it's now back to the point that no one's got an idea when anything will be announced, seeing as even being given specific days still isn't enough.

West Ham are said to be 'furious' with the fact that the FA are keeping this information still, but it really is starting to support the idea that Lucas Paqueta is innocent, considering that if he had been given a guilty verdict, they most likely would be shouting it out and not keeping it reserved as they currently are.

It can only go for so long, but each time we're informed about it reaching the end, it seems that they continue it going on for longer and longer, so who knows when it'll be announced!

It is seriously comical for the FA to be acting in this manner, seeing as they've delayed it for TWO YEARS already.

FA = Fantastic Association