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West Ham playing European football under the lights in an advanced stage of a proper competition is a sight that has never been witnessed since the club moved from the Boleyn Ground, just seeing the European competitions on TV whets the appetite for the main fayre that will be on offer, OK it's not the Champions League, but it'll do for now!

Cognitive psychologists have a therapeutic mantra that goes along the lines of " It is better to compromise, rather than to be compromised" in order to help their client's recovery, West Ham United are very soon going to have to face the issue of how to survive without their current sponsor Betway.

Hammers need for a back up striker to work in tandem with Michail Antonio, is a worst kept secret that has received even more column inches than the Declan Rice transfer saga that has been whipped up by the media for what seems to be an eternity. David Moyes has come in for a lot of criticism for not bringing in an additional striker, he has cited the difficulty in (a) finding a striker who fits into the club's fiscal zone and (b) finding a striker willing to play second fiddle to a player who is currently the joint best striker in Europe!