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Now that the A&E departments near Hammers supporters homes have recovered from the influx of potential heart attack victims they had to deal with, we can look back at an 'eventful' London Derby between the Irons and newly promoted Fulham FC.

It is one thing to be the 'plucky underdog' and play well against 'top teams' by digging in with a game plan, it is another thing entirely when playing against 'lesser' opposition who adopt the same 'siege' mentality, such games require a plan B, or sometimes even a plan C.

West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Haller Subs: Randolph, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Diop, Fredericks
Fulham: Areola, Aina, Adarabioyo, Andersen, Robinson, Reed, Anguissa, Cairney, Decordova-Reid, Mitrovic, Lookman Subs: Rodak, Hector, Kebano, Ream, Loftus-Cheek, Cavaleiro, Bryan

David Moyes is a manager known for his dilligence, not necessarily for his patience, and so it appears that Hammers most expensive signing, Sebastien Haller, has been given the 'hurry up' by his boss. Moyes' thinly veiled comments about team ethics and work rate could hardly have targeted anyone other than the Frenchman, who has recently switched his national team allegiance to the Ivory Coast.