Well was only able to watch the first half live yesterday.
Re. the second half. Honestly, yes West Ham were substantially better (they could hardly have been worse, or stayed the same, because we utterly and completely dominated them for forty-five minutes. But for an absolutely shit own goal, when nothing was threatening, some wayward shooting and an astounding save from that Kev curling shot, we should have gone in three or four-nil up).
But hand on heart, I don't think it could be said that WHU were the better team, even in the second half. We had a really hairy moment with that break (Kev committed himself like a loon, and knew what he'd done, watch his reaction to himself) and the shot against the post where Ed was beaten hands down. Otherwise, yes, they had their moments, a shot that went way wide of Ed's left hand post, and a curling shot that Ed did well to tip onto the post and out, right at the death. But we too had moments when we carved them open and could have made the scoreline worse. 3-1 was the correct result.
Big, big statement win, though. West Ham are a decent team now, and they'll do things this season. Kudus looked a real handful, so did Bowen, I thought. Both had an excellent game.
One other thing, though. Kova is looking not simply like an acceptable deputy for Rod while he's taking a rest. To me, he looked completely authoritative. He looked, in fact, like a rival for Rod's position! I certainly wouldn't want to drop him when Rod comes back in. I don't see how Pep could do it. But then, who do you leave out? Problems, problems.