#120 The Rebuild Begins

#120 The Rebuild Begins

From The West Ham Breakdown by Jack Elderton

June 2, 2026 · 56 min · Season 3 · Episode 41

About this episode

The episode discusses West Ham's rebuilding process after relegation, including management decisions and player recruitment strategies.

Support the show and get more from Analytics United: https://www.patreon.com/AnalyticsUnited A week after relegation was confirmed, Cal and Darcy break down West Ham’s rebuild process, whether keeping Nuno Espírito Santo as manager was the correct decision, if the Championship is more difficult now than it used to be, the kind of players West Ham need to sign this summer in order to get promoted back to the Premier League at the first time of asking and much more. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:07) A brief review of the Champions League final (07:19) Is keeping Nuno the right decision? (13:27) Will West Ham’s style of football change in the Championship? (21:12) The biggest difference between the Championship now compared to previous years (24:48) Player profiles West Ham need in order to get promoted (30:19) How Paco Jémez staying could help West Ham (36:28) Our reaction to Max Hahn resigning as head of technical recruitment (45:09) Is Kieran Scott the right man to become the new Technical Director? Please do leave us a review and subscribe to the podcast to catch every episode. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/analyticsunited You can follow the pod (and our other…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Elderton

Guests: Cal, Darcy

Topics covered

  • West Ham rebuild
  • Nuno Espírito Santo
  • Championship challenges
  • player recruitment
  • technical recruitment

Keywords

  • West Ham
  • relegation
  • Nuno Espírito Santo
  • Championship
  • player profiles
  • technical director
  • Max Hahn
  • Paco Jémez

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Organizations: West Ham, Champions League

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