Complex sentence: West Ham United next made the journey to the potteries still searching for their first points of the season they were also without manager Avram Grant as he was observing the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.
Split into simpler sentences: West Ham United next made the journey to the potteries still searching for their first points of the season. They were also without manager Avram Grant who was observing the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.