#127 Once More Unto The Breach

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Cal and Jack break down West Ham's preseason, discussing the tactical developments we've seen over the past couple of weeks, some of the biggest West Ham transfer stories and what needs to happen before West Ham host Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup to kick off the season!

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(02:23) Key takeaways West Ham's preseason

(06:25) Our thoughts on the Keiber Lamadrid experiment

(07:58) Midfield flux: The lack of creativity and how it could effect Malick Diouf negatively

(11:12) The difficulty of adapting stylistically to the Championship and the importance of being defensively solid

(18:57) Callum Marshall leaves to join Luton on a permeant transfer

(22:20) Freddie Potts: Is selling him to Club Brugge a mistake?

(31:09) Are there players who featured in preseason that could play a bigger role than we expect?

(34:45) The parallels between Kilman and Mavropanos