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Ever since Rob Newman joined West Ham from Manchester City we here at the Org have been banging on about the value to be had from Ligue Une ever since the collapse of the Bein TV sports deal that left all but the few seriously affected, the French government stepped in to temporarily keep the game going but their bail out has ended and for many it is sink or swim!

West Ham: Fabiański, Kehrer, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Lucas Paquetá, Fornals, Scamacca
Subs: Areola (GK), Ogbonna, Johnson, Coufal, Emerson, Downes, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio

Fulham: Leno, Adarabioyo, Ream (c), Robinson, James, Reed, Palhinha, Pereira, De Cordova-Reid, Kebano, Carlos Vinícius
Subs: Rodák (GK), Duffy, Wilson, Cairney, Onomah, Mbabu, Diop, Harris, Godo

Sometimes the International break can be extremely unwelcome for clubs who are riding the crest, paradoxically it can come just at the right time for teams experiencing a poor run. For David Moyes and his West Ham team the break worked out to be an ideal opportunity to reset the season's early poor form, the players seem to have a renewed vigour, but more importantly they seem to have regained the confidence that they had lacked early on.