West Ham ominous and relief for Martin - Sam Parkin's EFL takeaways

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BBC Final Score pundit Sam Parkin looks at the weekend's talking points in the EFL, including West Ham and Swansea.

> Parkin: "Stockport was a really difficult game in the aftermath of losing 4-0 at home to Oxford. That was a real low for the supporters, so it was an enormous game on Saturday.

> "The victory is all important and it doesn't really matter how it came. Yes, there will be people picking holes in the result and saying they conceded three goals, but Stockport have been there or thereabouts for a number of seasons.

> "You can see a little sprinkling of real experience in Leicester now. Emil Riis was the difference against Stockport with his two goals and he is vastly experienced from his time in the Championship.

> "John Lundstram, another scorer at Stockport, is also vastly experienced as is Liam Cullen, who got the other goal. He was a trusted player for Russell Martin previously at Swansea.

> "Those are three guys with loads of experience in the second tier. The young lads at Leicester are being thrown into a really-difficult situation and they're going to need those three.

> "Leicester and Martin will hope Stockport is a springboard because it's no good if they lose the next game and they are back where they started."

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