lukegraham1991

Hey man! Yeah - think this season though is a bit of a hangover period so far given the recent results! There have been several rumours that came through but the board always quashed them to be honest - I don't imagine if we keep this up though that we won't have some more interest on that front soon. Finances below for you as things stand. West Ham hired Ange Postecoglou back in 2022 after firing Moyes and he's still there. Top 5 transfers (by transfer fee size) they have brought in over the 6 seasons so far have been: Michael Olise for 50m Joe Gomez for 37.5m Eddie Nketiah for 33m Davide Frattesi for 29.5m Ibrahim Adel for 26m

2027/28 SEASON - AUGUST RESULTS & LEAGUE TABLE SO FAR... A really poor finish to the month losing 3 games on the bounce overlooked the fact that we comfortably beat Crystal Palace and Manchester United to start out our title defence. However, we have a difficult month coming up as you can see, with the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal visiting us in the Premier League amongst others, and we also kick off our Champions League campaign against AS Monaco and PSV which won't be easy games either! Need to shape up before things get messy!

Tell me about it! Really frustrating so far, and you posted this before the third loss on the bounce!

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 6 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS WEST HAM UNITED Yikes! 3 losses on the bounce, all coming in the Premier League. We could be in for a long and testing season here! Really frustrating given how well we did last season. First time we haven't scored this season though, so I don't want to make a bad habit of that happening! Really poor performance all around, with our highest player rating being just a 6.9 from the game. Notable poor performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.2, Josko Gvardiol: 6.3, James Ward-Prowse: 6.4, Pedro Neto: 6.5 & Vitor Roque: 6.5. Standout performances: N/A

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 5 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS BRIGHTON Wow, another poor result already so early into the new season when we should be showing dominance to defend our Premier League title win from last campaign. Defensively woeful in this one, with our keeper and whole back line playing well below their capabilities. Deserved to lose this one unfortunately. Notable poor performances: Jordan Pickford: 6.3, Obinna Ajayi: 6.3, Filippo Terracciano: 6.4, Anel Ahmedhodzic: 6.4, Josko Gvardiol: 6.4 & Nathan Patterson. Standout performances: Alejandro Garnacho: 7.7.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 4 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS BRENTFORD A disappointing loss in this one after we rested a few members of the squad due to fatigue. Previous transfer target that we ended up now signing Dominic Solanke putting us to the sword with a brace. DCL's brace of his own wasn't enough to get anything from this game - with the Toffees now losing their first game of the season. Notable poor performances: James Ward-Prowse: 6.4. Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 8.1.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 3 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS MANCHESTER UNITED In our second league game of the season, we welcomed Manchester United to the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium. Another good performance with another 2-0 win. A stoppage time goal in each half was enough to give us all three points against a strong Manchester United team, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin & Josip Sutalo getting on the scoresheet. Notable poor performances: Obinna Ajayi: 6.5 & Romeo Lavia: 6.5. Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 8.0.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 2 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS CRYSTAL PALACE We opened up our Premier League defence against newly promoted Crystal Palace. Angelo hit the ground running for us, bagging a brace as we kept a clean sheet to secure our first win of the season - and even better that it came away from home! Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Angelo: 8.2.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 1 - COMMUNITY SHIELD - NEUTRAL VS NORWICH CITY This game was a lot closer than we maybe would have liked it to be - no thanks to Romeo Lavia getting sent off just after the second half kick off. We managed to secure a penalty shoot out win though and take our first trophy of the 2027/28 season! Notable poor performances: Romeo Lavia: 6.4. Standout performances: Jordan Pickford: 7.5 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 7.5.

PRE-SEASON RESULTS - SEASON 2027/28 A lot of goals scored, clean sheets fought for, minutes played for a lot of players, and strictly wins for the squad this pre-season! We've only really brought in Alejandro Garnacho this season so far - however, we did sign youngsters Massimo Guidi (from Fulham) and Paul Piper (from Ipswich) who are both young british players, we have loaned them back to the clubs we signed them from to get them the game time needed to continue development. Outgoing we had the below: Abakar Sylla for 17.75M to Villarreal Matheus Nascimento for 20M to Leon Theo Sander for 17.25M to Olympiacos Ben Godfrey for 13M to Leicester City Matt Williams for 18.5M to Servette Folarin Balogun for 10M to Galatasaray Tai Goodwin for 9M to FK Austria Vienna Rafael Santos Borre for 4.6M to Galatasaray We did get rid of a few others but no real noticable change in funds from those transfers - mostly positive to get the wage bill down.

TRANSFER OUT - BEN GODFREY We've parted ways with another player that has been with the club for some time. Godfrey ended up asking to be loaned out last season due to lack of playing time - so I accepted and wanted to cash in while the value was there before he ran out of contract at the end of next season.

TRANSFER IN - ALEJANDRO GARNACHO I saw that Garnacho was available - still only 23 years of age, 29 million price tag - which, in this market, for what he offers is an easy deal to make. I had to bring him in, with Son coming to the end of his career, it's an easy replacement for when that time comes, DCL is also over 30 years old now too, along with some other key players - so I am keeping an eye on these things and trying to plan ahead to bring in replacements well in advance so we can integrate them into the team properly.

TRANSFER OUT - RAFAEL SANTOS BORRE One of our first signings since taking over as manager of Everton has left the club this transfer window. He was running out of contract at the end of this coming season and in all honesty, his level has dropped & I wanted to get some money for him rather than releasing him on a free. We bought him for 6m in the 2022/23 season & sold him for 4.6m after he served 5 full seasons with the club.

COMMUNITY SHIELD OPPONENT CONFIRMED We take on Norwich City in our first competitive game of the season where we will look to win back to back community shields after beating Liverpool to start off last seasons campaign!

OVERALL BEST ELEVEN - END OF 2026/27 SEASON