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We wanted your suggestions for West Ham United's all-time best Premier League XI.

And you delivered!

Here's another bunch of your replies:

Jon: 4-3-3. Fabianski, Neill, Dicks, Ferdinand, Bilic, Carrick, Rice, Lanzini, Payet, Di Canio, Ashton. A solid goalkeeper. A defence with a mix of skill, determination and natural ability. A really balanced midfield. Exciting forwards that are all comfortable with the ball.

Oli: 4-3-3. Miklosko, Reid, Ferdinand, Wan-Bissaka, Cresswell, Parker, Rice, Noble, Payet, Di Canio, Bowen. Absolute gun players in their prime.

Jake: 4-3-3. Fabianski, Coufal, Ogbonna, Dawson, Konchesky, Rice, Noble, Payet, Bowen, Antonio, Lingard. A lot of these players are recent and therefore from when we have seen the most success - Conference League winners and multiple European pushes.

Joe: 4-3-3. Adrian, Repka, Moore, Collins, Cresswell, Di Canio, Noble, Rice, Bowen, Tevez, Payet. I went for reliability in defence, work horses in the middle of the park and speed up front. Mark Noble as captain and penalty-taker - he never missed.

George Mills
BBC Sport senior journalist

In a recent addition of the Football Extra newsletter, Roger asked BBC Sport: Players are frequently injured on international duty - such as Chris Wood for New Zealand last season, which may have ultimately cost Nottingham Forest a Champions League place. Are clubs compensated by the country or does insurance cover compensation?'

Since 2012, Fifa's Club Protection Programme has covered the salary of players injured on international duty - although there are some conditions.

Firstly, the player must be out of action for a period of at least 28 consecutive days and the injury must have been sustained during an "accident", which is defined in very boring and legally-specific detail in Fifa's guidelines, though it covers most of the examples you could think of.

The scheme pays the salary of an injured player up to the maximum amount of €7.5m (£6.6m) until they are declared fit to return for their clubs.

Transfermarkt lists Chris Wood as missing 18 days - three games - with the hip injury you mention from last March, suffered on international duty with New Zealand. As he returned inside 28 days, Forest would not have been eligible to claim compensation.

There are a couple of clubs who will currently be beneficiaries of this scheme though, including Newcastle United, whose £55m summer signing Yoane Wissa is yet to make an appearance since suffering a knee injury while playing for DR Congo.

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Amid the backdrop of supporter discontent at how West Ham was being run, Nuno Espirito Santo arrived in September to take charge of a club stuck in 19th place.

He managed an opening draw at but three defeats followed, with the home game against Brentford particularly notable for a boycott from some supporters.

And yet the home win over Newcastle United felt like a statement from the new boss. Bold selection calls like backing 22-year-old Freddie Potts and surrounding him with willing runners like Mateus Fernandes and Crysencio Summerville paid off as, despite going behind early again, the team rallied admirably.

There was a huge roar when substitute Tomas Soucek reeled away after scoring the third goal in second half stoppage time in the 3-1 win.

That brought increased focus on the following Burnley game, given West Ham had not won back-to-back games since February. Victory moved them level with the Clarets in the table.

After the international break, they travel to Bournemouth whose impressive progress has stalled with heavy away defeats by Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Despite the uptick in form, it looks like West Ham have a tough fixture list in the run up to Christmas and so supporter unrest is unlikely to dissipate.

One can envisage a serious need for reinforcements in January to help Nuno guide the Irons to safety in the Spring.

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West Ham have reignited their interest in 23-year-old Toulouse defender Charlie Cresswell, who has been capped by England Under-21s. (Talksport), external

Roma want to sign Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee on loan from Manchester United in January but face competition from West Ham, Everton, Juventus and PSV Eindhoven. (Mirror), external

Meanwhile, Wolfsburg have set their sights on moves for West Ham and Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug, 32 (Sky Sports News), external

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We wanted your suggestions for West Ham's all-time best Premier League XI.

And you delivered!

Here's a first bunch:

Mike: 3-5-2. James, Moncur, Collins, Dicks, Sinclair, Bilic, Rice, Payet, J Cole, Di Canio, Hartson. Heart, courage, speed, skill and physical presence. There are also some proper motivators in there.

Alan: 4-2-3-1. Milosko, S Potts, R Ferdinand, Martin, Dicks, Rice, Carrick, Lampard, J Cole, Sinclair, Di Canio. That midfield is as good as any with an array of Premier League legends. A solid defence with a hint of menace and absolute beauty up front!

Jonny: 4-4-2. Green, Johnson, Dawson, Repka, Dicks, J Cole, Parker, Soucek, Noble, Bowen, Di Canio. Not sure it makes a lot of sense, but what at this club does at the minute?! You certainly couldn't deny the passion for the club from this selection.

Paul: 4-4-1-1. Green, S Potts, R Ferdinand, Martin, Dicks, Carrick, Parker, Lampard, Rice, J Cole, Ashton. Players who gave their all when wearing the shirt. Also, very skilful, team players who seemed capable of playing irrespective of the system.

Warren: 3-5-2. Fabianski, Unsworth, R Ferdinand, I Pearce, Sinclair, Rice, Mascherano, Dicks, Di Canio, Ashton. Best men for the job.

Former Croatia defender Slaven Bilic says he was close to returning for a second stint as West Ham manager before the Hammers opted to appoint Nuno Espirito Santo. (Talksport), external

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It's international break so let's have a bit of fun to pass the time.

Now we know football existed before 1992 but for the purposes of this little exercise, keep it Premier League please.

So tell us, who would be in your dream West Ham Premier League XI?

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Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter

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It is not often you go to a match that ends 3-2 with a last-minute goal and leave thinking, that really was not very good.

I have a particular liking for West Ham fans - they are down to earth, are not entitled and always welcoming - but that is where the plaudits stopped after their narrow win against Burnley.

Granted Jarrod Bowen is a class act when on form, Crysencio Summerville is a livewire, and Mateus Fernandes was the best player on the pitch but that still is not enough.

However, they do have a couple of players who know how to get some easy goals. Callum Wilson is a classic poacher and Tomas Soucek likewise gets his fair share by regularly loitering with intent in the area.

‌During my career, I played with a world-class finisher in John Aldridge and asked him how he managed to get between 30 and 40 goals almost every season.

His answer was infuriatingly simple.

"Get in between the posts and go where the defenders aren't," he said. I took that on board and scored 19 goals that season from the wing.

This one little ability may well be the difference between Burnley going down and West Ham staying up because in terms of quality play, there is precious little between them as they fight to survive.

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West Ham, Everton, Fulham, and Nottingham Forest in monitoring Arsenal full-back Myles Lewis-Skelly's situation after England boss Thomas Tuchel said the 19-year-old needs more minutes to be considered for his squad. (Caught Offside), external

Meanwhile, striker Niclas Fullkrug, 32, has been given permission to leave the club in the January transfer window. (GiveMeSport, external)

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Our West Ham fan contributor Holly Turbutt looks at the form of midfielder Mateus Fernandes and how important he is for the Hammers' season: "He's confident, he's quick and, most importantly, he's got the ability to break up play and turn that into a counter-attack. And with this, we suddenly look energetic.

"It's a very exciting time for West Ham.

"At a time when we desperately needed to find ways to improve before January, our midfield seems to be linking up beautifully, and I believe that Fernandes could be the key to saving our season."

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Wolfsburg are exploring a possible January move for Niclas Fullkrug, with Augsburg also interested in the striker, who has been given permission to leave West Ham. (Florian Plettenberg), external

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between West Ham and Burnley.

Here are some of your comments:

West Ham fans

Joe: West Ham might still not be the prettiest football team to watch, but it is good to see the team grind out a win. Need more of this if we have a chance in beating the drop. Tomas Soucek is so underrated, he always turns up with a goal.

Steve: Hammers started slowly as usual but Nuno Espirito Santo seems to have finally decided on the players and a system they can play in. Callum Wilson needs to get fit and Crysencio Summerville gets pushed off the ball too easily - from the stands he looks like a schoolboy playing with men. He has potential, but I'm just not sure where he can fit in other than bombing down the wing and putting in crosses, which he needs to improve his technique with. Well done all the team and Soucek again coming off the bench to score. Luckily we had a two-goal lead as Burnley scored with the last kick of the game.

Michael: Not the best performance on the pitch but all that mattered was the three points.

Adrian: There is no doubt the team are playing better now than earlier in the season. The defence still looks vulnerable but Freddie Potts has improved the midfield and Summerville looks a threat. Wilson and Jarrod Bowen worked hard. I was impressed with Burnley. They will make a fight of staying up.

Burnley fans

Graham: Excellent, confident, dominant football against a docile West Ham, but Burnley contrived to let them score more goals. Simple! Never really pressurised or consistently threatened throughout the match. Burnley just didn't have the aggression or firepower to kill off the match, and paid the price.

Pete: West Ham were there for the taking. Really disappointing substitutions that took the wind out of our sails.

Bob: Once again, we played well in part but still lost! We don't seem to quite have what it takes to dominate and get the vital wins we will need to stay up.

Jack: Definitely Scott Parker's fault. His substitution decisions were awful. To introduce Armando Broja left us with no threat for 15 minutes of the game.

West Ham's Niclas Fullkrug is a January target for Italian club AC Milan, with the Hammers considering letting the forward leave on loan. (Tuttomercatoweb - in Italian), external

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West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo to BBC Match of the Day after their 3-2 victory against Burnley: "Very, very happy. I am happy for the boys and our fans. This was a massive game for us.

"The goal we conceded, the reaction was good. We have proved we want to change things, we want to be strong characters. The boys on the pitch are showing this slowly.

"All the squad will be needed, the boys coming on understand what is needed. It doesn't matter who puts it in, as long as it goes. And we needed it.

"The midfielders work hard and they are complementing each other. In the middle of the park we have a lot of good options and the boys are doing really well.

"Arriving to the Premier League for any player is really difficult. We have a lot of players who we need to be patient with.

"I think it's a small step, Another day where we have achieved something at London Stadium which means a lot. But we will not get carried away."

Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport journalist

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For a long period of the 3-2 win over Burnley it looked as if it was going to be total misery for West Ham - with fans calling for chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady to resign in the latest of several fan protests.

They are furious with a host of things including London Stadium, a change of the club crest, poor investment in the squad and the failure to build on winning the 2023 Conference League.

On the pitch boss Nuno Espirito Santo has not had a magic wand since replacing Graham Potter, with this his sixth game, but this is now a second win in a row after beating Newcastle last weekend.

The result was better than the performance but the three points were what West Ham needed here.

Had Callum Wilson not struck just before half-time it is likely they would have been booed off at the break. But he did. And then, with Martin Dubravka giving them a helping hand, they scored twice from loose balls to complete a turnaround win.

Tomas Soucek, a 62nd-minute substitute for the injured Freddy Potts, and Kyle Walker-Peters with his first Premier League goal since 2022, were the decisive figures. Though fortunately for them the final whistle went moments after Josh Cullen made it 3-2.

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

Have your say on West Ham's performance

What did you make of Burnley's display?

Come back on Monday for a selection of your replies

West Ham XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Todibo, Diouf, Fernandes, Potts, Lucas Paqueta, Bowen, Wilson, Summerville. Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Igor, Luis Guilherme, Rodriguez, Magassa, Soucek, Irving, Golambeckis.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Cullen, Florentino, Tchaouna, Ugochukwu, Anthony, Flemming. Subs: Weiss, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Edwards, Ekdal, Lucas Pires, Broja, Mejbri, Laurent.