Tomas Soucek completely contradicts London Stadium talk after West Ham win over Sheffield United

Tomas Soucek has completely contradicted talk of a poor atmosphere inside the London Stadium during West Ham United’s clash with Sheffield United yesterday.

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek scored his third goal of the season in all competitions against Sheffield United yesterday.

It was an extremely workmanlike performance from the Hammers and David Moyes would have been delighted with his team for the way in which they went about their business.

However, there were moans and groans from certain sections of our fanbase yesterday, both inside and outside of the ground because of the fact that we didn’t put the Blades to the sword.

Listen, a win is a win in the Premier League, regardless of how it comes about. And it actually seems like the players felt they had the full support of the fans inside the ground anyway…

Tomas Soucek praises London Stadium atmosphere
The big Czech Republic international spoke to reporters after our 2-0 win yesterday.

And Soucek praised the Hammers fans for their support at the London Stadium, as quoted by WHUFC.com:

Tomas Soucek praises London Stadium atmosphere
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“It was very important to get back to winning ways in the league today. We know that we played well at Liverpool away and we all felt we could get a win there, so we were unhappy with that result. We had two difficult matches on the bounce, which we lost, and we really wanted to win this home game. The fans were so good today. They really supported us and we’re just happy we have the three points.”

So there you have it – the West Ham players definitely felt the support from the fans yesterday, despite some suggestions that it was quiet inside the London Stadium.

We really do need to make our home ground an absolute cauldron this season, just like Upton Park was all those years ago.

We all know that it’s not the same as our old home but we’ve just got to make the best of it. There are games where the crowd just aren’t up for it but there have been some fantastic nights under the lights at the London Stadium as well.

It’s just about finding more consistency with our support I suppose. It was just nice to hear Soucek praise the supporters yesterday after criticism from some people about the atmosphere inside the ground.