West Ham new boys rewarded with own chants and star man relentlessly serenaded

Hammers fans showed their appreciation for three stars in particular as West Ham recorded a crucial 2-0 victory at Burnley to give themselves fresh hope of Premier League survival.

A few weeks ago West Ham looked dead and buried in their bid to stay alive in the relegation dogfight.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side went a shocking 10 games without a win, losing at home to Nottingham Forest and Fulham and 3-0 away to Wolves in the process.

But there has been a revival of late, sparked by the FA Cup third round win over QPR.

West Ham could and should be on a five-game winning run after the victory over Burnley at Turf Moor.

The collapse from 2-0 up against Chelsea to lose 3-2 could have left West Ham’s hopes of survival in tatters.

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However, the Irons showed spirit, resilience and some bouncebackability – the famous phrase invented by former Hammer Iain Dowie.

West Ham were excellent once again in the first half, taking a two-goal lead once again with excellent strikes from Crysencio Summerville and Valentin ‘Taty’ Castellanos.

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The Hammers then showed some reassuring grit as they held on while Burnley launched a nothing-to-lose assault on their goal for around 15 minutes in the second half.

Nuno’s side came through that, though, to secure their first clean sheet under him and only a second all season.

The victory puts West Ham just three points behind 17th placed Nottingham Forest after their defeat to Leeds.

The goal difference gap has also been narrowed to just four.

Suddenly things look a lot rosier in the West Ham garden.

There were some big calls from the Hammers boss too with Alphonse Areola dropped for Mads Hermansen, Callum Wilson starting ahead of Pablo and Axel Disasi making his debut despite not having played any competitive football since April.

Nuno was proved right as West Ham’s 9/10 trio piled pressure on Forest at Turf Moor to breathe serious oxygen into the club’s survival bid.

But three players in particular felt the love of the travelling Hammers faithful.

West Ham new boys were rewarded with their own chants and a star man was relentlessly serenaded at Turf Moor.

Taty, Pablo get own chants and West Ham’s star man serenaded

Hammers fans have taken striker Taty Castellanos into their hearts due to his insatiable appetite to fight for the team.

The Argentine has not stopped running, working and grafting for his side since he arrived in east London last month for £27m from Lazio.

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And at Burnley he finally got his first Premier League goal – a richly deserved and wonderfully taken one at that.

He headed home expertly from a superb El Hadji Malick Diouf cross but his all-round game was almost flawless.

That was recognised by West Ham’s travelling army, who debuted a new chant for Castellanos as they sang his name to the tune of Lip Up Fatty by Bad Manners.

“We’ve got Taty, oh we’ve got Taty Castellanos,” the West Ham fans sang on repeat.

There was also a chant for his fellow new January striker signing Pablo.

The Brazilian came on for Taty as the Hammers were seeing out the game and he picked up where the Argentine left off, grafting for the team and holding the ball up.

Pablo was put through on a couple of occasions but lacked the pace to get in on goal.

‘If Pablo scores, we’re on the pitch’

So it prompted another new chant from the away end, with Hammers fans singing “If Pablo scores, we’re on the pitch.”

Mateus Fernandes put in yet another masterful display and it was the Portuguese ace’s name that was sung loudest and longest.

Fernandes was absolutely everywhere and to the tune of Amore – like the old West Ham Bobby Zamora chant – Hammers supporters sang: “Fernandes, woah, Fernandes woaaah, he comes from Portugal, he’s f—— got it all.”

Hammers fans made Turf Moor feel like the old Upton Park.

There were even renditions of ‘West Ham are massive’ – a chant that has become increasingly rare in the last two years due to the infrequency of the Hammers winning football matches.

But now it seems the team are picking up wins more regularly and that could be at just the right time.

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