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The Athletic FC Podcast Network.

Hi there, I'm Adam Leventhal.

Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast.

Coming up, West Ham sits 17th in the Premier League as they prepare to face Brighton this weekend.

So how have they ended up in this position?

And how much of it is down to the approach of manager Graham Potter? Well, the athletics, West Ham writer Rochane Thomas and

data writer Liam Tharm are with me today. So West Ham in 17th and Rochane, they're very

fortunate that Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton have been so poor this season, aren't they?

Yeah, rightly so, very, very fortunate.

In terms of the season, overall, I often tell people it feels like one prolonged annual leave.

That's like it feels for West Ham this season, just struggling to return to the heights under David

Moy's, Julian Oktegi, it didn't work unfortunately. And when he, when he left his role,

West Ham fans are like, anyone, anyone's better at this point, anyone is better. So when Graham

Portland was the point, it was the case of, okay, we've got another British manager, hopefully

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