Hammers Pod - The West Ham Podcast

This was part 2 of the previous pod but given the nature of the discussion, I didn't want it to be lost among the football chat. We talk quite openly and honestly about our experiences with mental health and wish Michy all the best with his. If you need help, never be afraid to ask. Samaritans - 116123 Saneline - 0300 034 7000 National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 0800 689 5652 Campaign Against Living Miserably - 0800 58 58 58 Shout (Text Service) - 85258

Big Dave, Richie, Gary and Adam convene to look back over the win over Luton in part 1 and look ahead in part 2 to the Man City game at the weekend. Note: Part 2 is introduced as part 3. We recorded part 2 as a discussion on mental health and Michail Antonio but this will be released as a short, stand alone pod. 00:00 - Luton win 25:40 - Man City defeat

Big Dave, Richie and Gary convene to deliver a fairly honest and balanced obituary for David Moyes reign as West Ham manager. An honest recount of his flaws but an enormous debt of gratitude to a man who has given us some amazing memories and a quick discussion as well as to what we think his future holds and what ours may look like.

This episode does what it says on the tin. Big Dave and Rich try to forget Palace happened but briefly discuss it (spoiler alert for those who don't want goal updates from the Brighton v Man City game) before discussing who should be the next manager from the early runners. Then a surprisingly upbeat part 2 preview looking ahead to Liverpool and the race for Conference League qualification. 00:00 - Palace / New manager 24:17 - Liverpool preview

Big Dave and Gary sacrifice their Friday night to look back over the night 11 hero's came up short against a very good Bayer team and the most incompetent Spaniard since Manuel left Fawlty Towers. Then in part 2, a look ahead to Sunday's trip to Croydon, where energy levels are expected to match those of the average Spanish referee. 00:00- Leverkusen (Part 1) 33:00 - Palace (Part 2)

Big Dave, Richie and Gary look back over a 2-0 loss to Fulham and possibly the final nail in the coffin of any realistic hopes for European qualification next season. Then in part 2, Leverkusen! What lessons can we learn from the first leg, how should we prepare for the second leg and how much Currywurst can one man eat during a game of football. But most importantly, our best wishes to George Earthy for a full and speedy recovery. 00:00 - Part 1 (Fulham) 26:55 - Part 2 (Leverkusen)

Big Dave, Richie and Gary look back over Wolves and an enjoyable trip to the West Midlands. A David Moyes disaster class, a David Moyes master class and finally David Moyes give VAR a class. Then a look forward to Leverkusen and will we line up like we started against Wolve or how we finished it? Can we be optimistic or should we be pessimistic? The best case scenario and the worst case scenario? What to do in Leverkusen and how good is the Currywurst. We covered all the big questions. 00:00 - Wolves (Part 1) 26:18 - Leverkusen (Part 2)

Big Dave, Richie and Gary reconvene to spend part 1 looking ahead to Wolves. Then in Part 2 the discussion turns to what counts as abuse and what lays ahead for Kalvin Phillips before turning to season ticket renewals and the problems currently lying in football governance. 00:00 Wolves preview 20:21 Other issues

Big Dave, Richie and Gary look over 2 recent dates we've had with birds. Being flipped the bird by 11 Magpies and 1 Yorkshireman in Newcastle, followed by the Spurs cock(erel) nesting in the London Stadium. 00:00 - Newcastle 24:00 - Spurs

Big Dave, Richie, Gary and Adam discuss yet another Varce, this time against Aston Villa. When is a handball not a handball? (Spoiler alert: when it comes at the detriment of West Ham). Will David Moyes ever be able to make a positive substitution again? Then in part 2 a happy, nostalgic look over the Freiburg game and what lays ahead in Leverkusen. 00:00 - 33:33 - Aston Villa 33:33 - 55:40 - Europa League

Big Dave and Gary look back over Burnley and Freiburg and then ahead to the second leg on Thursday. Then in part 3, a prequel of sorts, as Richie gives his thoughts on the games. Does Var work in mysterious ways? Is it even better than the real thing? Will it be around til the end of the world? Can we catch Freiburg on the fly and score just one? Do you, too, agree with us? Part 1 - 00:00 - 24:31 (Burnley) Part 2 - 24:35 - 47:23 (Freiburg, a game of two halves) Part 3 - 47:27 - 59:36 (Richie's thoughts)

A slightly bumper episode but one the fab four of Big Dave, Richie, Adam and Gary enjoyed recording. A look back over the Everton win and some individual brillance, albeit not from the man with the whistle. How will Coufal inevitably score, a 30 yard screamer or a penalty? Is complacency our biggest enemy in Germany and what sausages will we be sampling? 00:00 - 37:33 - Part 1 (Everton) 37:33 - 60:10 - Part 2 (Coufal / Twitter questions) 60:10 - 80:43 - Part 3 (Freiburg)

Big Dave, Richie, Adam and Gary review Monday's much needed win over Brentford and preview Saturdays trip to Goodison Park. How underrated is Edson Alvarez? How do we break down Everton? How many bad puns can Dave force into one podcast? Find out the answers by hitting play...

Big Dave, Billy T and Adam discuss the Europa League draw (part 1) and preview Brentford (part 2). Ridiculous kick off times, the inevitability of Ivan Toney, how will we defend, how will we score....

Big Dave hosts Richie and Gary this week to look back on a shocking Saturday culminating in a 2-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest. Part 1 looks at the game, part 2 discusses Moyes and protests.

Big Dave hosts Richie, Adam, Gary and Goalkeeper Billy to look ahead (with mixed outlooks) to Saturday's game against Forest. Who should play? In what formation? And what impact could another bad performance / result have on fans frustrations towards David Moyes?

Big Dave, Richie, Adam, Gary and debutant Keeper Billy try to find a positive in the Arsenal defeat. Spoiler alert: There weren't many.

Big Dave, Richie, Adam and Gary look back over the Bournemouth and Man Utd games, discuss the forthcoming visit of Arsenal, answer questions and nobody gets a blue card for dissent.

Big Dave, Richie and Gary discuss what sort of Dominic Solanke shaped threats (other shaped threats are also discussed) Bournemouth might present ahead of their trip to the London Stadium. There's a breeze coming through a slightly ajar transfer window, the youth team centre halves and your questions are answered.

Some people think Michael Salisbury is a useless, incompetent **** who should never be allowed on grass with a whistle again. Big Dave, Richie and Adam are 3 of those people. Some positives also to take from Sunday's game against Sheffield United along with the seemingly imminent transfer of Kalvin Phillips.

Big Dave hosts Adam and another exciting debutant, Gary. Bristol City reviewed, Sheffield United previewed and what does the future hold for domestic cup competitions...

Big Dave with an awful microphone hosts Richie and debutant Adam for a brief review of the Bristol City game, a constructive analysis of the squad, a look forward to the transfer window and a murky guess at how the replay might pan out... Happy New Year and welcome back to the show!

Big Dave, Richie and Billy sit down to preview Villa in an expectedly short pod... However we gave the Villa game justice, talked briefly on Jarrod Bowens England appearance, possibly mentioned Italy's goalscorer and debated who will be challenging for the league title this season (Spoiler alert: Not you, Spurs...)

Big Dave hosts Richie, Finlay and Billy (who does his best West Ham impersonation by putting in a spectacular first half then disappearing at half time) to discuss the win at Freiburg and the Newcastle draw. Referee's, Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen's shiny new pen also get some airtime

Richie, Finlay and Big Dave sit down to review the first half of the Sheffield United game, try to remember anything noteworthy in the second 45, discuss Said Benrahma's possible future and preview our trip to Germany in the Europa League

Big Dave hosts Richie, Finlay and Billy to review a battling win in windy Lincolnshire, where Soucek does what our Bumbl-Ings striker doesn't by having a shot on target. We also discuss the draw for the next round and what possible narrative Sky might have for selecting us for TV coverage (nope, we couldnt think of a 42nd reason either), then finish with a preview of a Sheffield United side, fresh off a hard fought 8-0 home defeat to Newcastle, and what possible dangers might be lurking there

Big Dave is joined by Richie and Billy to review the TSC Backa Topola and Liverpool games and to look forward to Lincoln City. Hopefully the title of the podcast doesn't offer any spoilers for the reviews...

Big Dave hosts Richie, Finlay and Billy to review the 3-1 defeat at home to Man City and preview the forthcoming games with *checks notes* that Serbian team and *checks notes* that Scouse team. "Best pod the boys have done yet" Big Dave

Big Dave is joined by Richie, Finlay and Billy to discuss Bowens player of the month nomination, Moyes manager of the month nomination, VAR, England squad selections and a certain mercenary currently trying to earn a short term deal. All in under 23 minutes!

Richie is back, this time accompanied by Finn to preview the Luton game. Dave's technical deficiencies prevented him from getting this uploaded before the game so welcome to the worlds most belated preview of a game... (He won't spoil the ending for you...)

The difficult pilot episode. Dave and Richie discuss Bournemouth. Dave ponders why we might sign a centre half from Bayer Leverkusen that he can't possibly remember the name for, forgetting that we have a DoF that was employed by Bayer Leverkusen about 3 weeks ago. Richie provides some tactical discussion. Neither of them watched the highlights of the game prior to recording which relied largely on Dave's limited memory of the game from the stands. It will get better than this...