In pre-season friendlies it’s not really the result which counts, but it was nonetheless great to see us win 3-2 at Southend. But the performance of Dimitri Payet is what everyone is talking about, and why not? He scored two goals, provided an assist with the third, and was apparently hugely impressive. Here’s what he told WHUFC.com…
“I’m very happy to score two goals on my debut. It’s important for me because it’s my first game in England and I want to make a good first impression. My first goal was a free-kick. Martin did very well. I got an opportunity, I knew where I was going to put it and it worked for me. For the second goal, the ball came to me, I had a little bit of time and space, so I thought ‘Why not? I enjoyed playing with Diafra and all my new teammates. We are not as sharp as we can be, but we will improve. I think we can be very good. I don’t think I’m far away from being fully fit but it depends on how many games I play. I want to play as much as possible. Hopefully today was just the first two goals of many for West Ham.”
More of the same please, M. Payet.
I’m told Martin Samuelsen also put in another outstanding performance. This boy might be playing himself into first team contention a lot sooner than he thought at this rate.