Lanzini and Hernandez mobbed by fans, the new-look midfield - moments you missed from West Ham vs Werder Bremen

The change in style


West Ham are having to adapt their style now thanks to the continued absence of Andy Carroll.

Slaven Bilic experimented with Declan Rice as a defensive midfielder in the first half, with Mark Noble and Josh Cullen in central midfield. Rice played well but the other two couldn't quite figure it out.

Any change will take time to implement and is clear there is still work to be done on the training ground.

A nostalgic setting

Schneverdingen is not the Premier League but it was a wonderful hark back to the glory days of football.

Groups of lads, standing on the terraces drinking a beer and having a cigarette, watching the football. It's such a difference from the sterile Premier League we see these days.

And was there any trouble? Not a jot of it.

Lanzini and Hernandez mobbed at half time
The Ostwerald had plenty of high visibility jackets on display but well, they didn't do much.

At half time, Manuel Lanzini and Javier Hernandez were mobbed by young fans wanting a photo as the youngsters just jumped on to the pitch.

Speaking of Lanzini...

There are serious worries among fans over the stays of his knee injury but our Hammers writer Sam Inkersole played a video of him on Twitter.

Lanzini seems to be walking fine alongside Hernandez in the clip and that should ease a few worries among supporters. He won't play today or against Altona but fingers crossed he will be fine for the start of the season.

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