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It was almost inevitable that the injuries players have sustained would eventually catch up with West Ham, it was indeed unfortunate that fate complied to exacerbate the situation with an absolutely calamitous Hammers first half performance against Newcastle. The key stone cops first goal swiftly followed by Dawson's second yellow was a mere portent of what was to come.

Newcastle: Dubravka, Fernandez, Clark, Dummett, Murphy, Shelvey (c), S. Longstaff, Ritchie, Saint-Maximin, Almiron, Joelinton Subs: Gillespie (GK), Carroll, Gayle, Wilson, Lewis, Hendrick, Krafth, Manquillo, Willock
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Diop, Dawson, Ogbonna, Johnson, Noble (c), Soucek, Fornals, Lingard, Bowen Subs: Trott (GK), Martin (GK), Alves, Balbuena, Fredericks, Coventry, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Benrahma

Ahead of Hammers 'next cup final', the words used by Mark Noble to describe the sequence of seven games that will determine the club's European destiny, a crumb of 'injury' comfort has been revealed, it may be conjecture or 'porkies' but David Moyes stated the following in his pre-match presser this morning.