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Lovely smile from Prowsey as he tactfully answered how he felt winning against the manager who didn't rate him at two clubs.

In the lead up to one of our goals today, it was his smart run and shot that set up the rebounds for the finish. I was happy with a key contribution, and a clever run when we had no Larin in the box.

Turkey

They just don't see the lesson here. Every move in RussBall is a reset. Momentum is not the way of RussBall. Success is measured in the completion of the process. With many completions, victory shall be earned. But this also applies, as it does in Russ' life, from match to match. Every fixture is a reset. Emotion is not the way of RussBall. Success is measured in employing the same process against all opponents. With this approach, promotion will be achieved. Martin said he had spoken to his team about the expectations in mentality he was expecting. Instead the team, perhaps overconfident from the last couple of games, struggled. They did get back into it, and overcame a setback. Only to lose a man and a late goal. Russ has shown them the emotions of consistent defeat. Now they have to learn the consistency to achieve success, under his guidance. If only the fans could understand that changing a culture is no easy task. Leave that to other managers with their promotions and bonuses. Russ is building something deeper and more meaningful there.

Not on the bench today. Mings, who is ahead of him was only an unused sub.

I know what you mean. But in terms of playing time, it's really just a "fit" Stewart who could fill in for Larin, that we're missing. Charles replaced by JWP; THB for Schlotterbeck; Archer by the more positionally versatile Dobbin. So, not too bad.

I dedicate my emoji to your post to Minsk, the perspective setter when I thought some teams were better than they actually were.

I noticed articles have gone from him turning it round to "heap more pressure on." Fickle press who don't understand the process. Edit: Will on for a half. With Lunstrum suspended, he'll be looking to start.

Whew. Glad they didn't get that last corner. Not that they got much from the ton of them they got before then. We raced off the blocks to get our lead. That was playing some nice passing, that West Ham couldn't deal with. With no Larin, we hadn't much in the box. But Matsuki, Dobbin and Azaz look to either set each other up, or make sure they are following in. They all do that from Leo's efforts too. And Dobbin seems happy to have longer range efforts too, which is a plus to keep defences on their toes. Bree and Manning deliver different attacking threats. I've always liked Bree. So, I'm pleased to see another super goal from him. We didn't exactly stop West Ham having decent efforts, when we dropped back. They had very strong spells. Peretz gets MOM for keeping us in it. That wasn't helped by our subs coming on, without a clear plan or the form to do much with it. Edozie has done more in other games he's been criticised in. Mubama did very little again. A very good test that we can celebrate getting all 3 points from. 6th (but would be second)

And Peretz keeps us ahead.

3 mins to hold the lead.

Another stop from Peretz

Phew. I thought that was going in off Peretz.

Better with the Dobbin shot.| However. when Matsuki had the ball, there was no one in there to get the ball to.

Another stop from Peretz. A couple of good long range efforts and that free kick. We're sitting on this lead.

Whew! Great stop. WHU not having a slow start in this half.

Love a plum porter. One of my faves.

It's a team game. I say work your way through 11, then move on to the sub drinks.

Cracking start. A bit of a worry with no Larin. But we changed our approach again for Dobbin, and we're getting better at it. Having Azaz, Dobbin, Matsuki all interchange was too much for West Ham. Add to that the direct threat of Leo, the delivery from the full backs, and a strong midfield, and we deserved the lead from our passing and work. Even so, West Ham aren't favourites to go up for nothing. They put us under a lot of pressure, got a goal back, and we're pushing for that equaliser. Santos will be focusing on that, rather than their poor start, believing they can turn this round. We've got to keep the levels we've shown. Dropping back would suit the home side perfectly.

Dobbin played through there. But couldn't take the touch to set himself up.

Dobbin. Good play. Without the height we played it across the box for space to shoot. Cushion restored.

Meh! They've really got back into it.

Our passing is more than West Ham can handle. JWP and Jander giving it some steel. Loved Manning's back heel in the play leading to the second.

What a hit! Breeeeee!

We've had a couple of other occasions stretching their defence. Dobbin's curling effort was another. Just have to capitalise on it.