We play a free-falling Spam after the break - they are as awful as we are, maybe more so.
West Ham was his first game with us, and was a summation of all that would be wild and wonderful in the years to come with Poch. An up and down game, chances conceded, chances created, lots of bustle, down to ten men, and then Eric Dier, of all people, was played in by Kane and slotted home to give us a 1-0 win. It was an amazing show of spine and bravado by a young side and a young center-back starting his first game (at right back!), and a glimpse into what would become hallmarks of Poch sides in the years to come - youth, energy and raw belief in the face of adversity.
I miss the energy of those days. And the optimism of that first win, under the warmth of an August sun. In a different era, at what was for all intents and purposes, a different club.
But, regardless, this is the time we are now in. And he needs to win that game. No more excuses, no more talk about how difficult it is, how much of a job the rebuild is, how negative everything is....just win that game. Please.