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From Southampton to Villa, all we have come across are injuries.

From what has already been a dismal season, it only ends up getting worse for the Hammers. The news was broke yesterday that Fullkrug had sustained an injury that would keep him out for three months, being one of now many people added to the long-term injury list.

A defeat on the pitch but a visual win is what we saw on Friday night against Aston Villa.

I've never seen such a dramatic change in playstyle in such a short period of time; it is utterly staggering to me that within two hours and one training session, Potter has managed to transform the team from what looked like headless chickens running around, to a controlled tempo and the players have an actual idea of where to pass the ball.

We were very unlucky to come away with being out of the cup, for the first half, we had total control, and the game was in free flow.

Aston Villa: Olsen, Cash, Mings ©, Konsa, Maatsen, Tielemans, Barkley, Rogers, Bailey, Kamara, Watkins
Subs: Gauci (GK), Digne, Bogarde, Ramsey, Nedeljkovic, Onana, Jimoh, Burrowes, Buendía

West Ham United: Fabiański, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Álvarez, Souček ©, Paquetá, Kudus, Summerville, Füllkrug
Subs: Foderingham (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Casey, Rodríguez, Irving, Soler, Luis Guilherme, Ings