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Noble, Ravel & Carroll for England?

Tomkins V Collins: Who gets your vote?

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After the highs of White Hart Lane, we truly came crashingback down with the defeat against Man City.

I was really disappointed with the way we played in theCity game after the performance we put in at Spurs but wemade up for that game with a solid performance againstSwansea last weekend.

The visit of Aston Villa this weekend presents us with aperfect opportunity to put some more points on the board.That’s not to say it will be an easy game - it won’t.

The likes of Benteke, Delph and Agbonlahor, will keep ourdefenders on their toes all afternoon but having only justavoided relegation last season and sitting just above us, weshould be coming away with maximum points if we want tostay in the league this season.

Looking at this week’s issue and I’m delighted to sayJulian Dicks is back with another column covering ourthrashing against Man City, the rise of Ravel Morrison,playing without a striker and Diame’s consistency.

Lucy Woolford and Thomas Johnson also look at theWest Ham players who might don an England shirt at nextsummer’s World Cup while new writer Lily Fenton explainswhy she would choose Collins over Tomkins at the moment.

Brian Williams is also back with another priceless DearSam - don’t take it too seriously, it is supposed to make youlaugh! Enjoy the game. Here’s to three much-needed points.I’m going for a 2-1 win with Nolan getting both goals.

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I really don’t want to be toonegative or critical of theplayers and the club becausethe supporters are so greatbut there is no getting awayfrom the fact that it hasn’tbeen an indifferent start tothe season.

We’ve gone from beatingCardiff to losing to Stoke andHull to beating Spurs atWhite Hart Lane and thenbeing thrashed by Man Citywho could have easily putseven or eight past us if theyhave their shooting boots on.

They were quality, theirmovement was excellent andI thought Aguero wasexcellent. We just couldn’t

cope with them. Reid, Collinsand Tomkins - they allstruggled with Aguero in myopinion.

I know they are a great sidebut I was left disappointedwith our work rate and I feltwe didn’t do the simple thingsright. Apart from Mark Noble,our work rate was secondrate but the players shouldbe putting in the same workrate every game.

With sides like Man Cityand the players they have,you’ve got to be on them andyou’ve got to bully them.There was a ten minute spellwhen we didn’t even get atouch of the ball.

Where I was standing justabove the Bobby MooreLower, there were peoplequestioning our passionduring the game and Icouldn’t disagree with them.

It’s tough to see your sidego away and beat Spurs 3-0who are a good side and theirperformances and resultsbefore our game were good.You don’t expect to beat them3-0 and come back to UptonPark and get thrashed byMan City.

On a final note about theCity game, I look at thePremier League now andthere aren’t the players orteams that excite me except

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for players like Aguero andSilva. You watch players likethat and their movement andtouch is world class.

In fact, everything aboutthem is class and I will alwayspay to watch players like thatbecause you just can’t coachplayers to play like that – it’snatural. I would encourageevery youngster to go towatch them play.

Following on from theSpurs game, there has beena lot of talk about RavelMorrison. He is a young ladwho has played half a dozengames for us and a couple ofEngland under-21 games andnow some people are sayinghe is the best thing sincesliced bread.

I really don’t want us to puttoo much pressure on hisyoung shoulders. Let himenjoy his football becausethere is no denying he is afantastic talent.

You don’t get the likes of SirAlex Ferguson telling you he isa great player if he isn’t. Iknow he had a few problemsbut it does seem like he hassettled down.

What we do have toremember, however, is thathe is only a few games intohis West Ham career and tosee what kind of player he willbecome, we need to give hima few seasons here and Ihope he stays at West Hamfor the rest of is career.

I have been asked recentlyabout player loyalty in thegame and my honest answeris that I can understand thatplayers want to play for thebiggest clubs in the PremierLeague.

For some it is for the moneyand for others it is the chanceto win trophies and you can’treally blame them for that.

There is only so muchmoney you can give a playerbecause if they’ve got anythingabout them then they willwant to be winning trophies.

In my opinion, we’ve alwaysbeen a selling club and playerswant to move on. Just look atRio, he was a fantastic talentand I couldn’t blame him forgoing on and wanting to wintrophies and play in Europe.

Another player who keepspopping up in conversationrecently has been Diame. Ican remember the first time Iwatched him live which waswhen we beat Sunderland athome at the start of lastseason and he was immenseand was just ghosting pastplayers.

But then I saw him a fewweeks later and it was like hehadn’t played football before inhis life. He seemed to repeatthis throughout last seasonand I really find it hard tounderstand how aPremiership footballer can beat the top of his game oneminute and unable to play afive-yard pass the next.

He really needs to work onhis consistency - just look atthe likes of Gerrard andLampard. Sure they have offdays but even on these daysthey are doing the simplethings right and putting in ashift for their team.

Consistency makes goodplayers but unfortunately atthe moment he just isn’tconsistent enough for me.

Moving on to Andy Carrolland there have been a fewstories in the mediasuggesting he is nearing fullfitness. For him to have beeninjured for so long has beena massive blow for us and Ithink it goes some way inexplaining our indifferentstart to this campaign.

What I still cannotunderstand is that everyteam must have a strikerand it has been ridiculous wehaven’t really got any backup for Andy Carroll. Whathappens if he comes backand gets injured again?

We should have three orfour strikers in our squadwho are all capable ofplaying in the PremierLeague, causing defendersproblems and scoring butwe don’t.

If Carroll is also our onlyreal option, where is hismotivation to be the best hecan be when he has nocompetition?

If you look at most of ourpositions like full back and

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centre back, there iscompetition there but upfront there is not.

I think we’ve got to give ouryoungsters more of a chance.We need to be bedding themin because otherwise they willget to 21 and we are nevergoing to know what they canoffer us.

Just look at Freddie Sears,he come on the scene and helooked sharp but then he onlyhad one or two more gamesand a few substituteappearances and now he isat Colchester.

We really have got to giveour youngsters a chance andI don’t see why we didn’t givea young striker the chanceagainst Man City.

Looking ahead to ourupcoming games and our runup to Christmas is going tobe tough. Being in thePremier League, there are noeasy games, but what is reallyimportant is what we bring toeach game.

They have got to getthemselves up to play againstthe likes of Chelsea andFulham. If you sit back, youare going to get smashed,especially against teams likeChelsea and Man City whohave got players to carve youopen like Mata and Aguero.

We need to attack more.Away from home it’s not toobad to play counter attackfootball but when you areplaying at home in front ofyour own fans, you need to beattacking teams.

If you don’t attack teamsyou are encouragingpressure all the time andthere is only so long you can

withstand the pressure but ifyou are attacking them youput them on the back foot.

When I played we also hadarguments and rows. Weused to point fingers at eachother because we were allthere to do a job and ifteammates were not goingtheir job then we had to tellthem.

Against Man City, after thefirst two goals nobody

shouted at anyone, they justall got on with it like theywere 11 individuals.

Football really is abouthelping teammates be thebest they can be and makingit easy for them to achievetheir best. That’s how Iremember bonding withplayers.

You don’t see the samebonds as you used to thesedays.

Club captain Kevin Nolanrecently commented on theBritish spine to West Ham’sside and whether Englandmanager Roy Hodgson isoverlooking some qualityhome-grown talents becausethey play for the claret andblue of East London ratherthan the top four elites.

It is not hard to see hispoint in the matter, with thefirst team squad boastingsome very good Englishplayers. Mark Noble, thecaptain himself Nolan, skilfulyoungster Ravel Morrison,wide-men Matt Jarvis andStewart Downing and centraldefender James Tomkins, notforgetting the injured AndyCarroll.

But are these players goodenough for the international

stage? Not all but someshould definitely be in with ashout.

Our current longestserving player Noble hasalways put blood, sweat andtears into the Hammerscause and has found himselfas one of the first names onthe team sheet, combininglast ditch tackles andspraying passes in thedefensive midfielder role.

Central midfield is an areawhere England have aplethora of options but withthe old guard surely movingaway from the internationalscene after Brazil 2014, itcould be a chance for Nobleto stake a claim.

If he keeps plugging awayfor West Ham United thensurely Hodgson can’t keep

denying him at least a placein the squad?

Meanwhile, young RavelMorrison has filled hundredsof column inches in recentweeks with his performancescatching the eye and settingalight the claret and bluehearts of many Hammersfans.

It is the number 15 who isthe most likely out of theEngland contingent at theBoleyn Ground to be calledup, with many writers tippingRavel and Everton’s RossBarkley as the wildcards forEngland’s trip to SouthAmerica next summer.

The future is bright forMorrison but he must keephis feet on the ground, hisearly season form has beenbrilliant since he broke intothe first team but consistencyis the key and if he keeps thesame level of performancethroughout the season thenhe should deserve a place inthe national squad.

Whilst the likes of Jarvis,Downing, Joe Cole, Nolan andTomkins may not receive anEngland cap in the nearfuture, Andy Carroll is still inRoy Hodgson’s plans in myopinion.

With the striker nearing areturn, it will be betweenCarroll and Southampton’sRickie Lambert for a place inthe England side as thetarget man option so it is vitalfor the big man to get back tofull fitness for his World Cupchances.

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Should England looktowards Upton Park?

“England have won the WorldCup”, is something that we’llbe hoping will be ringing outcome next July.

I’ve never heard that linelive on television and Isuspect many of you readinghaven’t.

A lot of us next summerwill be hoping that Motty canscream those amazingwords as a Hammer knocksin the winning goal of theWorld Cup in Brazil.

England have nowconfirmed their place in thecompetition, which has beenmet with the usual mixture of‘this is our year’ and ‘whybother?’. From a patrioticpoint of view, it’s great towatch a country cometogether and all hope for thesame outcome (unlessLamps steps up for a penalty,then I’m not that bothered!).

Between now and Junethere will be plenty ofspeculation both in the pressand on the stands about whoRoy Hodgson will pick torepresent England in whatwill be dubbed the carnivalWorld Cup.

But the biggest questionon my lips is will there be anyWest Ham players in his finalsquad?

It’s obviously a difficultquestion to answer and evenpredict.

Between now and then wehave a transfer window tocompete with, and with aWorld Cup looming there willbe Premier League playerslooking to impress left, rightand centre. Expect Januaryprice-tags to rise for Englishplayers as every club looksfor the glory of having a

World Cup representative onits hands.

West Ham undoubtedlyhave candidates. Here’s aquick run through ourcurrent hopefuls. This is, ofcourse, all my own opinionbut I’d love to know yourviews on their actualchances.

Mark Noble: Let’s face it,it’s not going to happen is it? Iknow even mentioning Mark’sname is pointless at thisstage, but he really will be theone that England let slip.Noble’s dip in form in recenthistory seems to be comingto an end, and he is relishinghis role in the new 4-6-0formation. Too late for Mark?Probably, and there’s not alot of room left for him in theEngland midfield. But we canalways hope.

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Andy Carroll: Carroll andRooney would be a force tobe reckoned with. Andy isdreaming of a World Cup callup and he would give anotherdimension to Hodgson’scurrent set up. Sam Allardyceis already calling for Carroll toget the nod, and if hecontinues to put in the efforton his return from injury, hewill be in with a good chance.

We would assume that hisreturn to form will come soonafter recovery, but mentallyand physically it might be abig ask for the big man, so wecan only cross our fingers inthe meantime.

Ravel Morrison: This youngtalent continues to impress.He scored two goals on hisEngland U21 debut (an earlystrike and a stunning second)and fans and media alike areprepared to give Morrisonthe credit for his footballingskills. His on-pitch row withWilfried Zaha probably didn’tdo him too many favours, butgenerally that was glossedover to speak of his rawtalent. He might just beHodgson’s wildcard.

Stewart Downing: Downinghas an England career on thego, albeit it’s taken a littlesiesta. In 34 appearanceshe’s notched up sevenassists. He made no secret ofthe fact that he hoped a moveto the East End would reignitehis international chances and

he might link up well withCarroll to show off aproactive partnership.

Carlton Cole: Only joking.

That’s just our currentsquad. We've starting to buildup a good platform forEnglish footballers again.

We all hold on to the factthat we “won” the World Cupin 1966 and the era ofCarrick, Ferdinand, Lampard,Defoe and co.

We need something to lookforward to, and Tony Carrand Sam Allardyce areworking well to get our

international hopes back tothe way they were.

This is also forgetting thatwe might buy in January.

As fans, we do tend to lookat our half empty glass andassume that we’ll sell anyonewho shows any potentialwithout replacing with anequally promising player. Let’shave some faith.

But don’t ask me to writemy opinions again inFebruary, because I might bea little more downbeat!

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Mark Noble believes he isgood enough to earn anEngland call up for nextsummer’s World Cup inBrazil.The 26-year-old has been infine form this season, puttingin a number of impressiveperformances including thewin over Spurs.But what do West Ham fansthink?James Jones fromwesthamworld.co.uk askedthe question and got theseresponses:

Kid Charlemagne@Sibbo_ITFI hope Noble stays well awayfrom England. Sorry Marky,love you and all that, but whathappened to Dean Ashtonstill haunts us.

Adrian Smith@adiesmith64@WestHamWorld if Cleverlycan play for England Noblecertainly could but then againhe's playing for West Hamnot ManU! #COYI #WHTID

Angus Jellis@TheAngusJellis@WestHamWorld He's beenplaying very well recently,didn't look out of placeagainst Citeh's 'superstars'.It’ll be interesting to see whathappens

Andy@abarber485Mark noble for England? I’llgo for that. Better thanMilner, the Man City reserveteam player

Lee Salter@LeeSalterWhy is Mark Noble neverconsidered for England?Works hard, great tackler,creates chances.

Michael Trodd@Troddy22How does James Milner getinto the England squad#overrated When MarkNoble #underrated pisses allover him week in week out!

Lee Bennett@Sidd3rz92Mark Noble is different gear!It baffles me why he's neverbeen in the England squad100 % week in week out!

Sam@SW54321One thing that can't beignored is that Mark Noble isclass and for me should be inan England squad milesahead of the likes ofCleverley!

Jake Rowe@JakeRowe1Mark Noble is a great player.If he played for one of thebigger clubs he would be inthe England team

Harris@___JoshHarris#OverratedFootballersCleverly and Henderson.Both only in the Englandsquad because they play forUnited and Liverpool.Where's Mark Noble?

Clancy@ClancywhuMark Noble captained theEngland U21's to Europeanrunners up, and still he'soverlooked because ofHuddlestone and Osman

Katie Sorenson@KatieSorenson_xReally don't understand howTom Huddlestone is playingand Noble hasn't even beenconsidered for the Englandteam. Noble is #worldclass

Lewis@lewisquinnMark Noble should be in theEngland midfield. There'snothing else to say about thematter #NobleForEngland

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I’m sure many rememberwatching Italian football in the1990s feeling they were beingtreated to something highbrow and exotic where onlythe very best from this part ofEurope were invited toparticipate.

However, for thoseyoungsters who are too youngto recall, most fans soonswitched off and reverted tothe ‘unsophisticated’ roughand tumble of our own league.

English football may be lessgraceful, but it’s decidedlymore interesting than theovercautious hyperdefensivechess-like tedium of 1990sItalian football where scorelines of 0-0 and 1-0 werestandard fare and managerslauded for their negativity.

This was the kind ofnonsense that forced FIFA tointroduce a range of new rulesaimed at saving the beautifulgame including three pointsfor a win and no passing backto the goalie.

But now, the latest from the‘never give an inch’ Italianstable is Luigi Allardichi withhis ‘innovative’ false numbernine system that has beenwidely applauded as a strokeof genius.

However, for others, this issimply football at its mostnegative – playing without astriker! We knew that with BigSam we would trade somebeauty for efficiency, but thislatest development is anatrocity too far!

So, let’s start with thepositives: Barcelona and theSpanish national side have inrecent times employed this

formation to good effect. Youare unlikely to ever get over-run in midfield. The systemdispenses with the need toemploy overpriced and moodystrikers. The English game isso stuck in the dead-empiretradition of 4-4-2, it willundoubtedly leave most teamstotally befuddled andwandering aimlessly andconfused around the pitchwondering who to mark orwhere to position themselves.And it worked against Spurs.

However, the negatives arepretty abundant: Theformation provides zeropenetration of the opposition’sdefence and serves mainly toclutter midfield and reduce thegame to a series of set pieceswith virtually no free-flowingfootball in between. We areconceding humongousquantities of possession whichcan only hurt in the end. Theonly proven goal scorer in ourmidfield is Kevin Nolan wholacks the pace to create hisown chances but rather uses

his experience to feed offknock downs and other scrapsbut these require a targetman who can create theseopportunities. Strikers scoremore goals than players fromany other position and goalswin games.

So let’s call it what it is – the‘headless mindless brainless3-8-0 mega midfield’formation.

Apart from Tottenham, wehave underperformed andhave no design to our attack.

We are reduced to setpieces and opposition errorsfor scoring opportunities andeven then defenders andmidfielders don’t have theprecision needed to score thevolume of goals that isrequired to thrive at this level.

Sure, our defence has beenreally solid, but it sayssomething that our bestperformer this season hasbeen Jussi Jaaskelainen.

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Allardichi’s new formation:Headless, mindless and brainless

I wasn’t too disheartened atlosing to a Man City teamwhich has been tipped to winthe league and a squad thatcost hundreds of millions butfor the first time this seasonpeople have been askingquestions about our defencefor many reasons includingno James Collins andWinston Reid’s shocker.

Our defence is normallyfirst class so it’s down to onequestion: Tomkins or Collins?

Yes Collins was injured thisweek from an internationalgame which is a massiveblow but Tomkins has beenour regular starter in recentgames.

James Collins is a firstclass defender without ashadow of a doubt but attimes can be a bit hit andmiss.

He missed our bestchance againstSouthampton and you cantell he was extremelyfrustrated with that as weremost West Ham fans, but Idon’t think in that position wecould get any better.

He is now so experiencedand strong and in manygames I can’t fault him.

He really holds our teamup and I for one always feel abit more comfortable when Isee him in the starting line-up.

I remember his two goalsagainst Man United in thecup game last season andit’s games and goals like thatwhich makes him such astrong member of the team,

I just wish we could seehim play like that a bit more.

A final thought on Collins, Ialso think it makes Reid abetter player when they aretogether.

They have built up a goodpartnership and push eachother.

James is also a muchmore defensive-mindedplayer then Tonks at thistime as well.

James Tomkins has nodoubt earned his place in therecent starting line up fromperformances in the CapitalCup games and is a superdefender on his day.

But I do question whetherhe needs a bit moreexperience before gaining aregular place.

Of course I know he needsgames to get experience buthe’s still very young and

could be a future captain ofthe club.

I think if he watches Collinsfor a little while longer andgets that bit stronger hecould be the club’s bestdefender.

I also think it wasimportant for him to startgetting some gamesotherwise some other clubsmight come looking for himdue to the potential and thatwould be a disaster.

So who at this stage of theseason who would you start?

I’d still go for Collins, fornow at least.

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Tomkins VCollins:Who getsyour vote?

West Ham Ladies defenderHayley West has called onher teammates to havemore self-belief andconfidence to help drive apush up the table.

The centre half was thestandout performer for theHammers during a 1-1 drawwith league leadersGillingham last month - agame the centre backbelieves could prove to bethe catalyst for an unbeatenrun in the FA Women’sPremier League South.

Reflecting on the result,she said: “We didn’t know ifthe Gillingham game wasgoing to be on or not whenwe travelled there becauseof the weather but once wegot the all clear after thepitch inspection, we werejust all up for it.

“They are at the top of theleague and we wanted togive them a good game. Wehadn’t really hit our bestform and it hadn’t reallyhappened for us this seasoneven though we had beenplaying well so it was greatto get the result we did.

“They had put a lot ofpressure on us in the firsthalf and Toni [Anne Wayne]had to make some reallygood saves to keep us at 0-0at at half time.

“Our talk at half time washow well we were doing andhow we just needed to keepgoing and put a bit morepressure on them and wecould hear their managerripping into his players and itgave us a boost.

“And even though wecame out in the second half

and went a goal down, wedidn’t give up and keptpressing and then Cherellecame on and scored prettyquickly.

“From that moment on westarted to win everything,first and second balls, andeven though it poured downin the last 10 minutes, wedidn’t give up.

“The morale at the end ofthe game was amazing. Tohave come from 1-0 down

against the league leadersand not give up was great.

“We were all buzzing afterthe game and Mark wasreally pleased with us – itwas such a great feeling.”

She continued: “Thisseason our aim was – andstill is – to win the league.

“With our bid to join thewomen’s super leaguerejected, we want to try andpromote ourselves and getmore recognised thisseason. There is no better

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Defenderhoping forcharge upleague table

way of doing this then winninggames, leagues and trophies.We all have that goal in mind.

“We have got brilliantplayers who are starting toreally combine with eachother. We know how we wantto play and I think we will kickon from here.

“If winning the league is noton, then getting as close aswe can at the end of theseason must be our aim.”

Hayley joined theHammers in the summerand admits she is enjoyingher football again after fallingout of love with the game atColchester United.

“It’s a whole new team thisseason with Mark bringing innew players like me but theteam dynamic is so muchbetter,” she continued. “It’sjust the whole set-up andeverything that’s going onbehind the scenes which hasreally impressed me. Theteam has also bonded reallywell and we have a lot ofbanter.

“Before this season, Ihadn’t played centre backbefore but I’ve learnt quicklyand I’ve learnt a lot.

“What has also helped meis that the back four is moresettled now. We lost a fewplayers through injuries andleaving the club altogetherbut the last few games we’vehad the same back four andwe have got a much betterunderstanding. Sophie and Iat the back work welltogether and both Jade andLindsey are great full backs.”

The centre back alsopicked out centre forwardNatalie Crinean, wingerKelley Blanchflower and‘keeper Toni-Anne Wayne fortheir impressiveperformances recently.

“Natalie has been one ofour standout players thisseason,” the formerColchester United playersaid.

“I’ve got no idea how shecan hold the ball up for solong. The ball gets up to herand she just holds off otherplayers until laying it off. Alsoif we have to go more direct,she wins nine out of tenheaders in the air.”

She added: “Kelley hasmade quite an impact inrecent games and is moreattacking and has moreconfidence. Toni is a quality‘keeper just from her talkingand decisions she makes. It’sgreat having her behind meespecially being new to thecentre back role, she hasbeen great at talking methrough games.”

The Ladies host Coventry onSunday, November 3. Kickoff at 2pm at Thurrock FC,Ship Lane, Aveley, Essex,EM19 1YN

Following our draw atSwansea earlier this month,West Ham fans took to thewonderful world of Twitter topraise another solidperformance away fromUpton Park. Here’s aselection of what some of ourfollowers had to say:

Gary White@garywhite79Swansea 0-0 West Ham,Another clean sheet andpoint for the mightyhammers! #COYI #WHUFC

Nick Fenton@N13KKFFour points in three games,I’ll take that

Dave@DaveBurton11I think I’d have taken fourpoints from our last three if Iwas offered it before theSpurs game

Paul Wells@PaulPaulwellsGreat point away to Swansea& brilliant team performance

Joseph Peters@WoodfordjoeThink the game on tuesdayagainst Burnley will betougher than today #coyi

Genay Pasha@GenayPNot a bad result at all! Ratyou played a blinder as didNoble and Demel. Onwardsand upwards

West Ham Dan@danwhufcfleminWe haven't conceded a goalfor two away matches now#COYI

Cholmondeley@KnoxRoverTake a point. Tomkinscontinues to play well. #COYI

Christian Drake@CJDrakeyVery pleased with a point andwe played well at times, buthow long do we have towatch a team with nostrikers?! #whufc #coyi

Emily Squires@squireswhufcPleased with a point, honestlygrateful for anything at thisstage!

Simon@BringmethecodI thought @CarltonCole1played well with the time hewas given. We have missedthat big striker presence upfront. #COYI

who are ya?!@king1416Our last 3 fixtures Spurs,Man City and Swansea to get4 points from that is fine byme. #coyi #whufc

Dean Ward@wardy76A good point West Ham, Ouraway form is strong at themoment need take it hometo Upton Park #COYI

Tony De Lucia@tonyditalyNo three points that wedeserved on the chances wehad in the 1st half, but aclean sheet & a point awayfrom home is still not a badthing. #COYI

Hammertime@barry_usherKnow it was a great, well-earned point but stilldisappointed when we don'twin especially when we playwell #COYI

Andy Dutton@dutts_87Can any #westham fansenlighten me on today'sgame? Is that a good awaypoint against a good side, ortwo points dropped beingwasteful? #coyi

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When Avram Grant said in2010 that West Ham wereabout to sign a star from thatsummer's World Cup, allHammers fans were hopingfor a genuine star or a roughdiamond that could bemoulded into a world-classtalent.

Then we were told theplayer in question played forNew Zealand. Ah.

The ‘star’ we signed turnedout to be Winston Reid - notquite the superstar fromSpain or Germany that wewanted. Like most fans, Ihadn't heard of Reid. But tobe fair the All Whites had adecent tournament.

They didn't qualify fromtheir group, but they got anincredible 1-1 draw with thereigning champions Italy.

They amazingly finishedthird in the group, rootingItaly to the bottom of GroupF. This was a greatachievement, consideringthey were meant to be thewhipping boys of the group.

Reid's first competitivematch was against AstonVilla. The defender, like mostof the other players in theteam, were very poor in thatopening day 3-0 defeat inAugust 2010.

That season was adisaster for Reid and WestHam who eventually finishedbottom. It was a tough firstseason in English football forReid, he only made sevenappearances in the BarclaysPremier League and what wedid see of him didn’t promise

much. But maybe theChampionship would be moresuited to him. And so itproved to be.

He was excellentthroughout the whole seasonand proved he could cut it ina physical and demandingleague. His goal againstMillwall will make him aHammers legend forever. Hisdefensive partnership withJames Tomkins was vital inthe team only conceding 48goals, one of the best in theChampionship that season.

Since our play-off winagainst Blackpool, Reid hasbeen one of the mainstaysfor the club.

He was one of the mainreasons why the Hammerskept 11 cleans sheets in theleague in our first seasonback in the Premier League.It wasn’t surprising that Reidwas voted Hammer of theYear by the supporters.

The 25-year-old polled aconvincing 45 per cent of thevote to fend off strongcompetition from second

placed Jussi Jaaskelainenand Mohamed Diame in third.

His resolute displaysagainst the likes ofManchester City, who leftUpton Park without beingable to score, and EuropeanChampions Chelsea, whowere defeated 3-1, countedtowards our strong start tolast season, eventuallyleading to a 10th placedfinish.

He has continued his goodform so far in the currentcampaign. We may not befiring on all cylinders up front,but at the back we have beendecent once again, apartfrom top finishing by SergioAguero in the defeat toManchester City and a coupleof free-kicks by LeightonBaines against Everton.

Avram Grant was adisaster during his time atWest Ham. But he did doone good thing, and that wasbuying Reid for a knock-downprice. What a signing he hasturned out to be.

Bill West

Avram didone thingright!

In our games against Spursand Man City, Big Samadopted a new formation tosend out onto the pitch as aresult of the failings of ModiboMaiga up front on his own, orat least the failing to make itwork..

The formation Sam chosewas inventive to say the least.

Drawing inspiration for theincredible Spanish nationalteam, he decided the bestthing to do once he failed tobring in a decent back-upstriker was to not play one atall. And so, the 4-6-0formation was born. Well,born again, in East London,and its first assignment wason that day at White HartLane.

Now, when I first saw theteam for the Tottenham

game, I just assumed Vaz Tehad replaced Maiga up front,and a false nine didn’t reallycross my mind at all untillater.

Unfortunately, I didn’tbother to go this year afterthe horror show I saw us puton at the same ground lastyear, and beforehand I couldonly see an even worse resultthis time around. Butincredibly we got the result,and as I sat down that night towatch possibly the greatestMatch of the Day 2 in livingmemory, it first occurred tome we had actually played afalse nine.

I’d heard Tottenham fanssay Big Sam out-thoughtVillas-Boas, and tactically gotit spot on, but it wasn’t untilMOTD claimed Diame was

our closest thing to a strikerin the line-up that I twigged.

Not having certain ‘Tiki-Taka’ capabilities in our squad,you wouldn’t have thought itpossible. And I must admit, Ihad mixed emotions about thefalse nine. The first being justpure delight and appreciation.

Allardyce had studiedSpurs, brought this formationto try and stop them, and itworked an absolute treat.

We didn’t give them manychances at all, went oncounter attacks of our ownand looked dangerous, andjust generally fully deservedthe win. Dawson andVertonghen evidentlystruggled without a specificman sticking up front for themto mark, and things got moreand more difficult for them.

Tim Lovett

Will the ‘false nine’ work for West Ham?

Once we got the first, itseemed to me Tottenham fellapart completely, as shown inMorrison’s goal. Take nothingaway from Ravel, it was anunbelievable goal, but youdon’t often see a player justseamlessly run through theSpurs midfield and then pastthe two centre backs andfinish, without even asuggestion of a tackle.

Once again, we deservedthe win, the formation workedbeautifully, and at the end ofthe day, any formation thatgets us a 3-0 win atTottenham would go down wellwouldn’t it!

However, as good as thatresult was, I had my doubts.

After all, the first time Iactually saw a false nine wasSpain in Euro 2012 againstItaly. This was the game in thegroup stages, where theydrew 1-1, not the final wherethey ran away with it.

I wasn’t impressed by it atall during that game. I justfound it boring to watch, and Ithought Spain were lackingthat striker, as all their shortpassing just took place on theedge of the box, which Italywere happy to defend until oneof the Spanish players made amistake and they could launcha counter attack, which theydid for their goal.

This made me think, thefalse nine was used forcompletely different purposesby us and Spain.

Spain are full of incrediblytechnically gifted players whowill have the lion’s share ofpossession every game theyplay, so the false nine allows

them more players in midfieldto keep the ball, leaving theopposition defence confusedwith no specific player tomark.

The midfield have the abilityto keep knocking about,patiently keeping possessionuntil one of them decides tomake a forward run, withoutbeing tracked. They then havethe ability to spot the pass andslip him through.

We used it, however, whenwe knew we would have littlepossession. We knew, forexample, Spurs would keepthe ball and put us underpressure.

So by us employing the falsenine we got an extra body inmidfield with the intent to soakup pressure, keep the ballwhen we needed to, andcounter attack quickly, withthe Spurs defence not havingtheir specific player to markup front.

In that way, it worked for usbut that was what worries me.Better teams than Tottenhamwere on that day will still beable to break us down.

This was shown againstMan City. Forgetting thesecond goal, the other twostemmed from one passdown the middle.

The first set Aguero freeand he wasn’t going to miss aone-on-one, and the third setAguero free again who teedup David Silva

Furthermore, as we were athome, we needed more of anattacking threat than the falsenine gave us. We didn’t reallylook like scoring during thegame.

The balls coming into thebox from Downing and Jarvishad nobody to meet them,whereas with a striker playingyou’d think they’d get on theend of a couple?

So not only did it not workthere, but in games againstbeatable teams, especially athome, we would have thesame problem as Spain in thatItaly game, just more drastic.

We would possibly havemore possession, and just becamped on the edge of thebox, with our players not asgood at keeping the ball.

The opposition defencewould become wise to it aftera while, the forward runswould get less frequent,without the same ability to slipthe ball on a plate for themwhen the runs were made,and on top of it all, we wouldbe vulnerable to the counterattack.

So all in all, I’m delighted thefalse nine worked at WhiteHart Lane but I can’t help butfeel that was a one off.

If we have games like Spursaway in the near future wemight want to use it again, butonce Andy Carroll returns I’dmuch prefer to see a similarformation to last season withCarroll leading the line.

In my opinion, that would bemuch more effective for ateam like us and we’d turnUpton Park into a bit of afortress again like last year.

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Dear Sam.

Blimey mate – what sort oftactical prat are you? Nostrikers – how do you expectto score goals like that? Thatbunch of two-bob ho-hopersfrom Man City murdered us. Istill can't Adam and Eve it!

No wonder we’re up to ourears in the brown stuff. Haveyou got any idea what you’redoing? Take a tip and try tobe a bit more like AvramGrant – that bloke was agenius. False Number Ninesand tippy-tappy football onthe edge of our own area!What do think your name is:Sam Allardichi?

I shudder to contemplatewhat you’re going to try this

week. Don’t tell me: if we canplay without strikers, itstands to reason we can getrid of the defenders as well.

Get a grip man! You can’tjust pack the team withmidfield players. Next thingyou’ll be trying to get shot ofold Juicy in goal and have aFalse Number One as well.

Nobody will be expectingthat. Of course they won’t –it’s sheer bloody lunacy.

Has somebody been inyour ear about the greatdays of West Ham when weput the World Cup winners ingoal? It didn’t work, mate.

Martin Peters only foundhimself between the sticksbecause the regular fella gotinjured. The same thing

happened with Moore in aLeague Cup semi-final, and hewas useless too.

Look, I may not have all mycoaching badges, but whatyou need to do is play a bigbloke up front and try to getthe ball to him a bit sharpish.

Someone like that big lumpwith the ponytail who played acouple of games for us lastseason. You should havesigned him while the transferwindow was open: he lookedquite useful.

If you're going to play asystem like that, it generallyhelps if you've got a couple ofwide men to put the crossesin. We used to have a reallywide geezer here once - blokeby the name of Redknapp. Abrilliant player and a really

Dear Sam

nice guy as well, from whatI've heard. Couldn't tell aporky if his life depended on it– his word was his bond (oris it bonds? I was never reallysure what that phrasemeant).

Let’s be frank, it's time yougot your finger out. I'm notgoing to keep hauling up toEast London from King's Lynnevery week just to watch usget stuffed. There's a glove-puppet workshop at the artscentre I’m interested in, andI’ve heard the Majestic doesa deal for pensioners at theweekend which I can get intoif I lie about my age.

There's more to life thanWest Ham, mate – especiallywhen we're losing. And if ourbrave lads are going toboycott the World Cup inRussia, I can certainly boycottthe Bobby Moore Lower for aweek or two.

It might help if you gotyourself a decent assistant.Tell your mate RonaldMacDonald to stop fiddlingaround with his laptop all dayand get him out there on thetraining pitch where he cankick some of those overpaidlayabouts you’ve bought intoshape. I don't care if he istrying to fix the email system;who cares about emailswhen we're staring relegationin the face!

The two of you could findyourselves down the JobCentre if things go on likethis, especially as there are

some good managers outthere to take over all of asudden.

Paolo Di Canio is looking forwork and so’s WorzelGummidge now that Palacehave given him the tin tack bymutual consent.

Admittedly, Di Canio isn’teverybody’s cup ofcappuccino but don’t befooled by Worzel, neither.

He may sound like thevillage idiot, but he doesn’tplay with a back ten.

So, me old china, you needto wake your ideas up a bit.It’s times like these I believewe need to remember thegreatest Prime Minister thiscountry ever had and beinspired by his leadership

through some of thedarkest days in our history.

You could learn a valuablelesson here. To quote hisimmortal words: “It’s back tobasics!” (Shame he spenthis spare time trying totickle up Edwina Currie withhis loofah rather thanconcentrating on the coneshotline – if he had, the A11wouldn’t be in the state it istoday.)

Anyway, good luck (you’regonna need it)

Your mate behind the goal

So in typical West Ham stylewe’ve been knocked off ourcrest of a wave and comecrashing back down to Earth(writing this before theSwansea match).

It was all so inevitable reallywasn’t it? After theTottenham dream, it wasback to an Upton Parknightmare, with a defencethat’s been so rock solid overthe season showing worryinglapses for two of ManchesterCity’s goals.

Perhaps we cannotcriticise our defenders toomuch, after all, they havebeen magnificent over thecourse of the season and,when I think about it, much oflast season as well. Against

City, Winston Reid wassingled out for a number oferrors in defence but to mehe just seemed knackered.

No more than that. Wecannot expect our players toplay at such an intense levelweek in, week out putting inheroic efforts to keep us inmatches or preserve ourleads.

It’s just not possible andwe need to remember thatuntil the City match we’d onlyconceded one goal fromopen play.

Again it shows, though,that once we scratch away atthe surface our resourcesare somewhat stretched.

James Collins has no dateset for his return according

to physioroom.com, neitherdoes McCartney and at thetime of writing Demel has aknock. Carroll and Diarra weall know about.

So what lessons can welearn from the last homematch which we can apply onSaturday?

Well, after the spectacularsuccess of the formationagainst Tottenham it wasperhaps too much to expecta repeat performance.

After the sublime play ofRavel at White Hart Lane hewas generally subdued andsnuffed out by the opposition.

Again, we cannot expecthim to dig us out of a holeeach time he touches theball.

Tales from the Sandpit

Time to step up!

We need others to step upto the plate on Saturday;Nolan needs to do more,Noble I thought was pooragainst City, with a terriblepassing accuracy from theoff.

If he does feel he can forcehis way into Hodgson’s planshe’ll have to do a lot betterthan that.

What I don’t understand isthat once we went 2-0 downwe eventually started to play.

I have mentioned this manytimes in the past about ourperformances at the Boleynthat we often seem toperform at a snail’s pace, onlyupping performance levelswhen perhaps our fightingchance has already gone.

Against City, though, afterVaz Te’s excellent overhead

kick we were playing somedecent football and creatingchances which is why Icannot for the life of meunderstand why the managerdid not put Cole on in thehope of getting on the end ofsome of our myriad ofwingers crosses when we didhave that decent spell.

What was the point ofpacking the wide areas withplayers if there is no-one withthe ability to get the ball inthe back of the net in thebox?

Then, of course, Cole cameon after we went 3-1 down.Again what was the point ofthat?

After the Tottenhammatch, Allardyce said the onlyreason he went with thatformation was because he

knew the strikers he had athis disposal would notactually score a goal. Fair playto admit that and fair play todo something about it andperhaps by luck more thananything else that formationwas the right one to play atthat time and a formationthat may have suited an awayperformance against a teamlike Tottenham.

At home, though, againstManchester City thelimitations of that formationwere cruelly exposed and the4-6-0 is not the answer to allour questions.

Writing this before theSwansea match may meanthat what I’m writing hasbeen thrown back in my facebut I hope that this Saturdaywe will attack with pace andvitality from the off, not sitback and allow Aston Villa toplay.

After all we are alreadyreaching that six-pointerstage despite only being aquarter of the way throughthe season. Nothing less thana win is vital.

The good news for me atleast is that this week I’ll bethere in person to see it,flying in from Dubai andsettling in for my pre-matchpint at the Duke of Edinburgh.I look forward to seeing youthere. COYI!

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So once again West Hamhas found itself at the centreof a media storm - this isgetting a bit tooembarrassing now, David andDavid!

West Ham fans werefilmed verbally abusingMuslim supporters who werepraying in the stadium at thematch against ManchesterCity and the club and fanshave come across verynegatively indeed.

There are a few points Ialso want to discuss here.Firstly, did you know that £5

tickets were offered tocommunity groups to get thelocal community involved withthe club?

I personally was unawareof this and think that the clubshould have made it a muchclearer that this washappening.

I know that players oftengo and visit groups in thelocal area, but what I didn’tknow was that they actuallyget offered cheaper ticketsto matches.

Now, normally I’d be all infavour of this and happy that

the club are reaching out tolocals but I don’t think itshould have been offered forthe Man City game.

Of course our fans whohad paid full price for thematch would be fuming thatother people had been let into this game for a fiver.

It’s a Category A match,meaning that tickets wouldbe at their most expensive –£52 in this case. I’m all forletting people who wouldn’tnormally go to matchesattend at a discount, butsurely this would work better

Katherine Alder

More Hammersembarrassment

a packed out football stadiumwas an ideal place for aprayer session.

I’m not saying West Hamfans are innocent by anymeans, and it must be saidthat some have behavedappallingly.

There have been somedisgusting tweets fromHammers fans over the lastfew days.

One of the tamer ones toDavid Gold said: “why are yougiving out free tickets toAsians. absolute disgrace.”

To me, the anger falls intotwo categories – the factthat football fans who werenot necessarily even WestHam fans were given cutprice tickets to an expensivegame, and the fact that theywere Muslims.

The latter is unacceptableand just makes our fans lookfickle and racist. I do think

against teams like NorwichCity, for example, whowouldn’t necessarily be in asmuch demand – or asexpensive for regularattendees.

If anything, I would havehoped the club wouldrecognise that an expensivematch being shown on TVwould probably fail to sell out,and lower ticket pricesaccordingly. But that wouldprobably be too muchcommon sense for WestHam!

Our ‘spokesperson’ JackSullivan has said that ticketswere only given out to fill thestadium for Sky, tweeting:‘The five pound ticket were aone off offer to the localcommunity to fill empty seatsfor a TV game. Go to KUMBor WHU website for moredetail.’

When I look at the officialstatement from West Ham, Idon’t get the impression thatthis was a one off at all.

And if it genuinely was, Idon’t understand why theclub couldn’t randomly selectmembers who hadn’t yetbought tickets and may havebeen priced out of going tothe game to get the discount.

I don’t blame the peoplethat were chosen for going tothe match – I personally feelthat if I was offered £5 ticketsto go and see PremierLeague football, I’d definitelytake advantage of that.

However, there werereports of them cheering onMan City which was bound towind up Hammers fans. And Imust admit I’m really not sure

fans have a right to be angryabout this match being theone chosen for thecommunity project, asthousands of them had paid10 times more than the £5offer to watch it.

There should have been alot more transparency aboutthis and the club shouldprobably have issued astatement as soon as theirposition was questioned,rather than two days after.

Has the lesson beenlearnt? With our club, whoknows?!

I think that’s the biggerproblem here – there havebeen a few issues recentlythat have made West Hamembarrassing, and it needsto get sorted out as soon aspossible.

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The opening weeks of the2013/14 season hasalready seen two managerslose their job, and it leads tothe question as to whetherthose at the helm are givenenough of a chance.

It also highlights not onlythe diffculty of the job formanagers, but also for theowners themselves.

West Ham United legendPaolo Di Canio was the firsttop flight head coach to havehis services terminated, as aterrible start to the seasonleft the Black Cats bottom ofthe Premier League table.

Indeed the former SwindonTown chief had found thequick step up the ladder a bitof a culture shock, but theSunderland board shouldhave always known thatsuccess under Di Caniowould take time.

As West Ham ownersDavid Gold and David Sullivanhave previously said, theItalian is reasonablyinexperienced, and so he wasgoing to need time andbacking from the club.

Most importantly fromSunderland’s point of view, DiCanio managed to keep theWearside club in the PremierLeague last season with thehighlight being the 3-0 victoryover North East rivalsNewcastle United at St.James’ Park.

But following that upset,victories evaded the formerLazio striker’s side. In a bid tosteer Sunderland away fromanother relegation dogfight,Sunderland

chairman Ellis Short allowedDi Canio to splash the cashon new acquisitions.

Unsurprisingly, the headcoach turned to hishomeland to make additionsincluding the highly ratedEmanuele Giaccherini.

Surely if the chairman waswilling to allow his headcoach to spend millions ofpounds, then you wouldexpect that the man incharge was going to beallowed time?

After all, it is highly unlikelythat the team is going to gelimmediately.

But Short did the oppositeand gave the outspokenItalian little time to justify hissignings.

Di Canio was sacked theday after the Black Cats’

defeat at West BromwichAlbion.

Now, Uruguayan Gus Poyethas a tough job on his handsand, like Di Canio, takes overwith no Premier Leaguemanagerial experience.

The next managerialcasualty of the season wasCrystal Palace boss IanHolloway following theirdefeat against Fulham.

The manager lasted lessthan a year in charge atSelhurst Park.

Like Sunderland, Palacehave endured a tough startto the season, although thiswas expected due to theirsquad’s inexperience in thetop flight.

In fact, the Eagles’ onlypoints of the season so farhave come in a home victory

Danny Rust

Managersneedmoretime

over Sunderland - a gamewhere Di Canio publiclycriticised John O’Shea and JiDong-Won, which led todisapproval from manypundits.

It is fair to say that thenewly-promoted side havestruggled to get to grips withthe Premier League, andsome players such as DwightGayle, who started lastseason at League Two sideDagenham & Redbridge, arefinding it difficult to find theback of the net.

Holloway has always beenhonest and entertaining in hispost-match interviews, and ishighly regarded after almostpulling off the impossible withBlackpool in the PremierLeague.

But this time around, ‘Ollie’admitted that he had “lost thedressing room” and was not

in the right frame of mind tocontinue.

Like Di Canio, Holloway hadbeen given permission tospend money on improvinghis Championship play-offwinning side, and he did sowith the acquisitions of theaforementioned Gayle,former Hammers loaneeMarouane Chamakh, AdrianMariappa and Jimmy Kebe.

Unfortunately for Holloway,the team failed to step up tothe standard required andleft the manager with a toughjob on his hands.

To his credit, Steve Parishadmitted that he took asmuch blame for the poor useof the summer transferwindow as the managerhimself, but felt it was theright decision for the club topart with Holloway by mutualconsent.

Now the Eagles face atough battle to remain in thePremier League beyond thisseason.

That surely shows thatthere are right and wrongtimes for managers to vacatetheir post, or for owners tosack the man at the helm.

Most would agree that DiCanio should have been givenmore time to allow his teamto gel.

If they were given a fewmore weeks under the headcoach, then they could havebecome a force.

In the case of Holloway, itwas partly the manager’sdecision to leave and so dueto him feeling he could dolittle more to help the team toimprove, he has given theclub a chance of salvagingtheir season.

Many Crystal Palacesupporters have expressedtheir belief that the formerQueens Park Rangersmanager was never the rightman for the job, and thatunder him, they were lucky toreach the play-offs.

Numerous Palace fanstook to BBC Radio 5 Live tovent their opinions andfrustrations, and for the mostpart, they agreed that he hastaken the club backwardsrather than forwards.

This further demonstratesthat chairmen have a toughjob and must be sure thatthey appoint the right man forthe job, and they discard thecurrent one at the correcttime of the season.

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