#130 Should We Be Concerned?

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Cal and Jack break down West Ham 1-2 Charlton in the Hammers' first home game of the Championship campaign. They discuss where exactly it went wrong for West Ham, Taty's controversial penalty miss, what Nuno need to change in order to beat counter-attacking sides and, ultimately, ask whether we should be concerned about the poor form we've seen so far.

Timestamps:

(00:00) West Ham 1-2 Charlton review(06:00) Taty's penalty miss: Should Castellanos have taken it? Nuno's comments after.(07:58) What went wrong?(11:47) The Biggest Takeaway: First phase attacking has to be better(15:20) Final Third Problems: How should West Ham be creating chances?(24:31) The HOL HOG: Nicky Hayen & Nathan Jones(25:45) Arne Engels debut review(30:23) Joël Piroe debut review(36:37) How can West Ham get the best out of Piroe & Engels?(40:57) Style mismatch: How West Ham can solve the issues we've seen against counter-attacking sides(45:27) Lewis Orford has to play(48:55) Getting better outcomes: Circulate faster, rotate more(51:18) Are we worried?

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