147: West Ham's striker myth, International Break and a chat with BGT finalist James Smith

Not long now before the return of 'proper football' as the latest round of World Cup qualifiers take centre-stage. West Ham have no fewer than 10 players out on international duty, including our three newest recruits - Kurt Zouma, Nikola Vlasic and Alex Kral. Declan Rice has obviously grabbed most of the headlines after scoring in the 4-0 win away at Hungary and winding up the Hungarian ultras in the process, while Antonio made his international bow for Jamaica in a 3-0 defeat to Panama last weekend. But while we do cover a bit of that on this week's episode, much of it involves James and Reece ripping apart a recent Daily Mail article that claimed Vlasic was the club's 50th striker signing in the GSB era, even though he's not a striker and half of the players they've included in the list are either midfielders, wingers or youngsters who never made a first-team appearance. The article particularly annoyed James who, despite acknowledging the fact West Ham's inability to sign a proper striker is definitely real, was desperate to set the record straight on this week's show. Also this week, in the absence of Will - who is currently having a rubbish holiday in Portugal - James steers the ship and manages not to fumble his words, while he's also joined by 2015 Britain's Got Talent Finalist James Smith, who is a huge West Ham fan. The brilliant James Smith is currently working on his debut album and his new single 'Got The Love' is a track you really need to get in your ears! Unfortunately, there is no Opposition View or West Ham Women's Section this week, but this is still an episode you don't want to miss! Thanks so much for listening! You can follow the podcast here: Twitter: @We Are_West Ham. Facebook: We Are West Ham podcast. Instagram: @WeAreWestHamPod The lads can be found @WilliamPugh_, @ByJamesJones, and @ReeceWHU83. WATCH the show and subscribe to We Are West Ham’s YouTube channel HERE. And you can support the podcast or buy the lads a beer HERE at buymeacoffee/com/wearewestham. This podcast is sponsored by Football Prizes. Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code WEAREWESTHAM at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Do SUBSCRIBE, RATE, SHARE and REVIEW the pod and tell your friends about us. #COYI #WHUFC #WAWH #WEAREWESTHAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices