We have reached the second international break of the season and the West Ham have started well, sitting in eighth place in the table after eight games with 12 points on the board.
They head into the break off the back of a very deflating and disappointing defeat to Crystal Palace at London Stadium on Saturday having thrown away a one goal advantage given to them by Sebastien Haller. Roy Hodgson's side hit back thanks to a Patrick Van Aanholt penalty and Jordan Ayew's late winner.
Up next for Manuel Pellegrini's side is a trip to free falling Everton who have lost their last four games and have dropped into the relegation zone to heap enormous pressure on manager Marco Silva.
A trip to Goodison Park last season was the turning point for the Hammers after losing their first four games of the 2018/19 campaign and the game on October 19 this year is a big one for one West Ham player in particular - Felipe Anderson.
The former club-record signing has had an indifferent, if not underwhelming, 2019/20 season so far. The Brazilian winger has scored just once in his last 23 outings in claret and blue, none so far this season, though he has picked up three assists. Anderson hasn't found the net for the Hammers since scoring the opener at Old Trafford back in April.
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher hit the nail on the head during the Hammers loss to Crystal Palace, when he said about Anderson: "This the man who I think could actually play for one of the Champions League clubs as he is top quality.
"West Ham's best player in my opinion, well certainly from what I've seen.
"But his goal record has to improve if the Hammers want to challenge those Champions League, European places, there has to be a lot more goals from the top man."
Anderson has been an automatic starter since signing a four-year deal in the summer of 2018, only missing three games since then through injury. When he's fit, he plays. There is no issue there.
If anything, Anderson's best work this season has come defensively, where has been extremely effective in helping out either Arthur Masuaku or Aaron Cresswell at left back, something he was often criticised for not doing enough of last season. Against Palace, Anderson completed five successful tackles.
That's not why he is in the team though. On their day, West Ham's front three of Anderson, Haller and Andriy Yarmolenko, supported by Manuel Lanzini, is electric but while we have seen glimpses of it, consistently keeping that level of performance has proved difficult.
If the club wants to finish in the European places this season then they need more from their Samba Star, as one goal in 23 won't cut it.
One positive we can take though is that Anderson did this last year as well - he took a while to get going after making the switch to London from Lazio.
He managed only one goal in his first ten games before netting a brace against Burnley and that led to a burst of seven goals in nine games which saw him hailed as one of the best players outside of the top four in the Premier League.
His final season at Lazio as well, he scored just twice in his first 16 appearances of the season. There were mitigating circumstances there though as he missed the first 14 games of the campaign with a torn adductor muscle. In 16/17, he scored two in the first 12 games of the season so maybe his a notoriously slow starter.
The margin for error as the Hammers chase the top six is incredibly minimal, results like the one against Crystal Palace can't happen again, especially at London Stadium where the east Londoners have drastically improved under Pellegrini.
They need their big game players to step up when it counts and Anderson is one of those. The international break rest will do him good, he has not been called up by Brazil for the next fortnight.
History tells us it's around this time that Anderston starts to get into the groove and the Hammers will need him to do so if they harbour serious European ambitions.
