Manthistle Match of the Day It's not just off. You can see he's quite a way in front of the last defender. Semi automated offside draws the line from the furthest forward player, so on Soucek's toe. He's a good way off as you can see the gap to the defender

Lee Match of the Day It's not just off. You can see he's quite a way in front of the last defender. Semi automated offside draws the line from the furthest forward player, so on Soucek's toe. He's a good way off as you can see the gap to the defender

Dylan O' Sullivan Daryl We played Andy Irving and Soucek in the middle against you. That was the difference today.

So to explain, FPL didn’t award Bowen the assist here because Soucek was deemed to have had 2 shots The first Pope saves, then it bounces back off Soucek into the net, hence cancelling out Bowen’s assist However, FPL have since deleted the tweet addressing it…

i FUCKING love it when Soucek plays well.

Souček Secures Victory! ⚒️ | West Ham 3-1 Newcastle | Premier League Highlights youtube.com/watch?v=qq7wL6…

EnemiesShadow Fantasy Premier League In FPL's 2025/26 rules, no assist is awarded if there are two or more defensive touches before the goalscorer gets the ball. For Soucek's goal, Pope saved Bowen's shot but then fumbled and touched it again, hitting it onto Soucek's knee—counting as two touches. Hence, no assist.

Sliding Souček 😎

West Ham United earned their first home #PL win of the season, beating Newcastle United 3-1. Goals came from Lucas Paqueta, Tomas Soucek, and a Sven Botman own goal, with Jacob Murphy scoring for #NUFC. #WHUNEW

David R Told you no ages ago. Soucek would be great impact sub playing up front. Only place for him now 🤷‍♂️

FT | West Ham 3-1 Newcastle ⚽️Jacob Murphy ⚽️Lucas Paqueta ⚽️Own Goal (Sven Botman) ⚽️Tomas Soucek Nuno Espirito Santo gets his first win as West Ham manager ⚒️

Player Ratings v Newcastle Areola 8 Wan-Bissaka 8 Todibo 8 Kilman 8 Diouf 8 Potts 8.5 Fernandes 8.5 Bowen 8 Paqueta 9 Summerville 7.5 Wilson 8 Soucek 7.5 Kwp 6

Sky Sports Premier League Jarrod Bowen moves up to 2 assists for the season after his assist for Soucek’s goal.

Surely Soucek has to retire soon? I’m sick to death of seeing that celebration against us😂

Fantasy Premier League He knows that when someone knocks in your rebounded shot like Soucek did after Pope’s save from Bowen that it’s an assist, as per your rules.

Kuba SoCzech Romana Konečná ❤️🇨🇿❤️ 😄🇺🇦🚀 Dobrá paranoia

🫧 ⚒RUSTYHAMMER⚒ 🫧 He didn’t inherit a bad squad. Players were brought in to fix the problem, but he’s gone straight back to it. He’s had a howler in the last two games — there’s no excuse for starting Andy Irving and Tomas Soucek.

Kuba SoCzech Romana Konečná ❤️🇨🇿❤️ 😄🇺🇦🚀 Ale stále aktuální.

Soucek may have his faults but he scores goals as his record shows, he's a warrior and a worker too. He made a 25 yard run to follow up Bowen's shot and score the winner. ⚒⚒

After todays result I am feeling optimistic about West Ham's chances.. The performance from the players just shows that we do actually have talent in the squad. Bowen, Paqueta, Soucek, Potts just to name a few! (I could go on!) Come on you Irons!! ⚒️ #COYI #WHUFC