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ABSOLUTE SHOWER!
Wet miserable and incredibly disappointed would sum up how most fans felt as they trudged away from the bleak 'scene of the crime', where they witnessed what was possibly the final death knell of Hammers Champions League hopes. Perhaps it is fear, perhaps the manager's tactics have been found out, or maybe the squad's lack of depth has finally and inexorably come home to roost.

West Ham: Fabianski, Fredericks, Zouma, Dawson, Cresswell, Rice (c), Soucek, Benrahma, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio Subs: Areola (GK), Yarmolenko, Vlasic, Noble, Diop, Johnson, Kral, Alese, Chesters
Newcastle: Dubravka, Krafth, Burn, Schar, Targett, Willock, Shelvey (c), Murphy, Joelinton, Fraser, Wood Subs: Darlow (GK), Dummett, Lascelles, Fernandez, Almiron, Gayle, Longstaff, Guimaraes, De Bolle

Hammers go into today's early kick off against Newcastle knowing that nothing less than three points will do, the Irons have endured a really miserable spell since the last International break, but remarkably still find themselves there or thereabouts for a Champions League place, hence the need for an absolute minimum of max points!