The West Ham United Courier
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Nobody could get near Jarrod Bowen
Successful dribbles: 51. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Feb 2028
West Ham United run riot against Queens Park Rangers
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Both of them Pablo Felipe's — 8.72
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.72, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Trevoh Chalobah in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at West Ham United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
George Evans will join West Ham United for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. George Evans has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means West Ham United have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad14 Feb 2028
No hiding place for Pablo Felipe
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pablo Felipe, and the manager let it.
Market14 Feb 2028
West Ham United buy the years ahead of Alexander Evans
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market14 Feb 2028
West Ham United sign Jonathan Howard, one for the future
Jonathan Howard is 15, and West Ham United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market14 Feb 2028
A long bet from West Ham United on George Matthews
He is 15, and nobody at West Ham United signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market A long bet from West Ham United on Timothy Harris
- Squad West Ham United pick somebody else ahead of Dimitris Chatsidis
- Squad Keiber Lamadrid is off the mark for West Ham United