Pub Talk

The Blowing Bubbles team settle down to put the world to rights...

West Ham's new summer signings have now had a few games under their belts. Who has impressed you most so far and who has work to do to win you over?

Lucy Woolford: Javier Hernandez has impressed. His work rate has proved to be really good and he knows his skillset well enough that he can capitalise on what’s going on around him. Marko Arnautovic let us all down with his ridiculous red card and for that I’m expecting him to work extra hard in the coming months to make up for it.

Geoff Hillyer: I've enjoyed watching Pablo Zabeleta's performances. He's lost a little pace but you can see the experience that he adds to the side, and he's also a trier, giving everything to the cause. Although he picks up yellow cards at a ridiculous rate so I expect him to miss a game through suspension soon.

Holly Worthington: I agree, Zabaleta has been the one for me. He's got a lot of energy and closes people down a lot more than I'd expected. To be honest Chicharito hasn't fulfilled my expectations yet but I'm putting it down to being played out of position and playing too deep.

Sam Hills: Arnautovic is certainly the one who needs to work to win me over. His attitude is questionable and his ego makes him a bit unlikable as far as I’m concerned.

Slaven Bilic admits it is a struggle to get Andy Carroll and Javier Hernandez in the same side. How would you solve the issue?

LW: I can’t see how it’s so much of an issue. Hernandez wants to hang around the goal and Andy Carroll wants to pick the ball out the air and hold it up. They’re more than capable of working out between them how to make it work. Let Carroll hold up the ball and free up Hernandez to bang them in. Just like Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips did for Sunderland.