Last Weekend
This was quite a weekend for underdogs. The two best teams in world football dropped points, the Premier League saw the team with the 2nd lowest wage bill from last season go […]
Category Archives: West Ham United
Howe Bilić Rodgers
Most people who read this blog are probably aware that the Stoopid American is temporarily in London. That means that I have been able to attend West Ham United’s 3-4 home […]
Allarrivedyrci
West Ham’s 2015-16 season officially begins today when they face Andorran side FC Lusitanos at Upton Park (the game will actually be streamed live on the official West Ham website). […]
Ten Games in October
October opened with a game between the last two teams in the major European leagues to not have dropped points, and ended with the return of Luis Suárez in the […]
Floating High
Or, West Ham in September The International break was clearly productive for Sam Allardyce and West Ham, as they have turned out with an unexpected new formation that showed promise […]
Spurs and Palaces
Two games in, just how is the brave new world of expansive football under Allardyce going? Over the summer, West Ham owners Gold and Sullivan charged manager Sam Allardyce with […]
Visualize That
With the season winding down, the end-of-season reflection mill is cranking up production. A week and a half ago, the New York Times published a collaboration between their graphics editor […]
Relegation Saturday
The big games were scheduled for Sunday, in Liverpool – Chelsea and to a lesser extent Newcastle United – Arsenal, but Saturday featured key clashes that are already looking like […]
Diving In
Only had time to catch the Manchester United – West Ham game today, due to holiday “fixture” congestion in real life. It wasn’t much of a game to be honest, […]
Hammers and Nails
You know the old saying that, when you’ve got a hammer, everything looks like a nail? It certainly seems relevant for recent accounts of West Ham’s new strikerless system. Since […]
Stoopid American 