A Daily Mail story on the London Stadium this week presented very little new news on the taxpayer-funded former Olympic stadium.

Time is fast running out for Essex-born central Hammers midfielder Josh Cullen who is yet to make his break through to the West Ham first team. The local lad who played his junior football for Rayleigh Boys joined the West Ham Academy when he was nine years old.

When Fabián Balbuena was signed for £6.5m from Brazilian side Corinthians on a three-year deal it was assumed he would be a squad player but the defender nicknamed The General fast earned a reputation of a bargain buy playing alongside Issa Diop who had cost the Irons £22m in the same summer.

Now the dust has settled from our latest humiliation at the hands of a dictionary I have come to the conclusion that the only way forward is to ditch the league cup all together to avoid future embarrassment.

West Ham supporters sang ‘You’re not famous anymore’ to Manchester United supporters at the London Stadium along with ‘You’re not Man United anymore’

On paper Pablo Fornals is the perfect understudy and replacement for Manuel Lanzini should he fail a late fitness test tomorrow.