The 26th annual KUMB Awards
- by Staff Writer
- Posted: 3 July 2023
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West Ham United fell to their first defeat in the Premier League this season against reigning champions Manchester City.
It will be just 75 days from that amazing night in Prague, champions of Europe, to this week’s return to UEFA competition.
It’s coming up to six years since David Moyes first crossed our paths. Love or loath him, it’s been the most divisive, controversial managerial appointment for many a decade.
I have to admit, I wasn’t Emerson’s biggest fan when he arrived at the London Stadium after his £15m transfer from Chelsea in August 2022. I wasn’t alone with that sentiment either, judging by the response following his first few appearances in a claret and blue shirt.
West Ham United secured their second successive away win in the Premier League this season against Premier League newcomers Luton Town, through goals from Jarrod Bowen and Kurt Zouma.
West Ham head into the first enforced international break in Premier League action in far better state than anyone could ever have imagined.
That trek into the Bedfordshire unknown brought it all back for some. Robert Banks' famous cult book 'An Irrational Hatred of Luton' sprung to mind, still as painfully funny now as it was then, first published 28 years ago.
Resident ITK East Village Hammer spent the transfer window bringing us the latest news on West Ham's transfer dealings via the KUMB Forum. Now, with the window having closed, he takes stock of the situation and assesses West Ham's chances of a successful campaign.
West Ham have frequently found themselves to be busy in the final 24 hours of the summer transfer window.
So here we are. Top of the league (well, for a few hours, at least). In pole position, having defeated a billion pound rag, tag and bobtail outfit, and then a team we struggle against for no real reason.