The Athletic’s West Ham United reporter Roshane Thomas believes that the club can beat Southampton this weekend after an impressive performance against Liverpool, per the U Irons podcast (February 25th, 3:05).
What’s he said?
The Hammers almost became the first team to beat Jurgen Klopp’s men on Monday night, turning in a gutsy performance that eventually ended in a 3-2 defeat.
The result could mark something of a turning point, though, for a team that had not won in seven prior to their clash at Anfield and remain in the relegation zone.
Thomas, though, saw enough to believe that the club can replicate the performance this weekend against Saints, who have won just one of their last three league games, believing that the players available to Moyes are better than those available to Ralph Hasenhuttl – perhaps a big claim given the south coast outfit currently lie 10 points above them in the standings.
He said: “I can’t see any reason why we can’t replicate a similar performance.
“Bearing in mind XI against XI I feel like our XI is much better than Southampton’s XI , there’s no reason why we can’t play to the level we play today at Anfield.”
Did he really play for us?! No West Ham fan has managed to name all of these obscure Irons signings….
Momentum is key
West Ham have to capitalise on this performance which may sound a tad strange when one considers that they lost at Anfield.
But this was an improved performance from a side that have previously fallen to a 4-1 defeat to Leicester City and a lop-sided 2-0 defeat to Manchester City.
If they are to stay up, they need to take the positives where they can get them and they simply must build on this display if they are to have any chance of making up the one-point gap to Aston Villa.
Southampton marks perhaps their most straightforward of their next five games, with matches against Arsenal, Wolves, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea looming.
Three points are a must.
Meanwhile, West Ham proved one group wrong with their performance!