Quite a lot to interest West Ham fans in the Euros so far. Jarrod Bowen made a great cameo for England against Serbia after replacing Saka on the right flank. His best moment was beating his man and playing in a great cross for Kane to hit the bar. Jarrod got involved, had a lot of touches and did some fine defensive blocking too. For the Czech Republic against Portugal Vladimir Coufal put in a couple of great crosses and then made the assist for the Republic's opener, while captain Tomas Soucek did what Tomas Soucek does. A shame that in true West Ham style the Czechs lost in added time. There was also the sight of ex-Iron Marko Arnautovic winding up the French opposition for Austria and Andriy Yarmolenko playing for Ukraine, while some bloke called Declan Rice looked half-decent for England, (at least until the Denmark game).
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Friday, June 11
Declan respecting the pint
Interesting comment from Declan Rice that he's never drunk a full pint of beer. He's clearly no Jimmy Greaves, Frank McAvennie, Razor Ruddock or Hayden Foxe. And what would Bobby Moore say? Still, should West Ham win the Europa League then I'm sure we might be able to take him to the Refreshment Rooms for some London Stout or Meantime.
Meanwhile old habits die hard. I'm hoping England win the Euros but that Declan is fairly inconspicuous — nothing to draw the attention of Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. Similarly we don't want Soucek and Coufal doing too well for the Czech Republic in case clubs start making big bids. And another caveat is that Moyes shouldn't buy anyone on the basis of a good Euro tournament — the last time we did that in 1996 Harry Redknapp ended up with Florin Raducioiu...