The West Ham Breakdown: #125 How To Escape The Championship (& Avoid Doing A Leicester)

Support the channel and get more from Analytics United:   / analyticsunited   Cal & Darcy break down the lessons West Ham can learn from analysing last season's relegated sides, Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton, and how they attempted to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking. They discuss how West Ham compares to the state each club was in before last season, how the transfer business they did succeeded and failed, how they performed on the pitch against more tenured Championship sides and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:17 - What lessons West Ham can take from Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton 06:23 - What state were the relegated sides in before the season started? 11:52 - Are West Ham in a better or worse starting position comparatively? 17:10 - What went wrong with Leicester's transfers last summer? 22:57 - How West Ham can avoid the same fate as Leicester 27:12 - Southampton's sensible and balanced rebuild worked 31:59 - Retention and consistency is key to transition successfully 37:18 - The importance of experience in squad building 38:08 - Avoid selling players unnecessarily 41:20 - How Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton performed last season 42:23 - How Analytics United calculates squad strength 43:30 - Where Leicester's squad fell short compared to Southampton & Ipswich 47:06 - West Ham need to create more chances this season 51:00 - Nuno will have to balance attack and defence 55:40 - West Ham should keep Mads Hermansen With thanks to: Harry C, Frocka, Graham, Oliver Mathiasen, Stephen Cox, Frederik Adamsen, Luke Hillier, Alex Stevens & Paul Donaldson Find Analytics United elsewhere: Patreon:   / analyticsunited   Website: https://analyticsunited.co.uk/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/AnalyticsUtd_ TikTok:   / analyticsunited   Instagram:   / analytics_united   Email: [email protected] #westham #westhamunited #whufc