Ok...new for this season-a 'negatives' bit, too We couldn't help ourselves at times so I thought I might as well.

Positives:

When we go at teams, we look a threat and with Willock getting into the positions Hayden did, we'll hopefully offer more.

Decent showing for part of the first half.

Shelvey was playing well until he inevitably faded as he ran out of steam.

The ref let the game flow-even though it worked against us more than West Ham, I don't mind because the game will be all the better for it. There were challenges which would have been a free kick last season which weren't given today so, hopefully, we'll see less of players throwing themselves to the ground when they feel contact.

Woodman actually did well...sounds a bit odd, given that we conceded 4 but that was down to....

Negatives:

...our shocking defending. Wtf was Bruce thinking not playing Lascelles and Schar? We looked all over the place when West Ham attacked.

Ritchie as a defender. Just not good enough. Not nearly. Not his fault in terms of the role he's being asked to play by muppet-face but he doen't have the legs PLUS two of the goals were directly down to him.

Our lack of ideas after the initial push. We didn't have a shot on target after Murphy's goal and offered very little going forward.

Bruce's substitutions-Joelinton and Longstaff with 6 minutes left????? What we were doing clearly wasn't working and when they went 2 goals clear, that's when he should have made the changes. 6 minutes, man, ffs.