Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I am Joe Devine and today I'm joined by

Seb Staffer-Blaw. Hi Joe. Hello. And Alex Stewart. Hello. Hello. How are you both?

We're fine. Thank you. Yeah. Reticent to speak over each other there, aren't you? It's a good start.

Today we're talking about West Ham United

Football Club, which is going to be very exciting for us. West Ham finished 10th this year.

Three back-to-back victories at the end there. Getting into the 10th is the top half, isn't it,

technically? Indeed, they push Watford out on the final day.

Yeah.

So there's lots of things to talk about.

I mean, you know, I think we're going to leave the stadium for now, a seven I'm discussing beforehand. It's kind of very well covered. We've said what we need to say. It feels very tired. Also, at this point, it is kind of, it is what it is. and talking about it feels a little bit antagonistic.

Yeah.

I mean, I don't think there's, there's anything new to discuss yet at least.

Sure.

Okay. is and and talking about it feels a little bit antagonistic yeah i mean um it's i don't think there's

there's anything new to discuss yet at least sure okay but we're going to talk about the owners

anyway we're going to talk about manuel pelagrini we're going to get alix to talk about

decklin rice probably various other youth players and uh what west ham are doing in the uh recruitment

side of the club as well, which is,

which is interesting according to Seb.

Seb, will you kick us off with a pracey of West Ham 2019-20?

Because I feel like there was much excitement at the beginning of the season, obviously after the signing of Manuel Pellegrini,

who's won the Premier League with Manchester City,

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