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After the Norwich debacle earlier this month, Sam Allardycewas quick to invoke the stats book in the team’s defence,reciting numbers like a train spotter.

But two weeks down the line, after the latest toothlessrolling over, there are only two stats that matter. Shots ontarget: one. Goals conceded: three.

Ok, I lied make it three - Premier League games withoutscoring so far this season: seven out of 12. And that is whyWest Ham are 17th in the table with only goal differencekeeping them above our next opponents, Fulham.

Arguably the most depressing thing about the lastweekend’s performance was the fact it wasn’t even athrashing. The West Londoners won at their leisure withnever any hint of it being a contest.

Anyway, turning to this week’s issue and ex-HammerJulian Dicks is back with his brilliant column calling on Goldand Sullivan to give Allardyce the cash he needs to bring in aquality striker and explains why we should play our best teamagainst Spurs in the League Cup despite our league position.He also hits out at our weak defence, Allardyce for not havinga plan B and for players not working hard enough.

Elsewhere in the book, Andrew Hosie pleads with Allardyceto start playing Carlton Cole and David Bowden outlines whyhe thinks Nolan should be dropped. Lucy Woolford alsoexplores what options there might be for the closingceremony at Upton Park and the opening ceremony at theOlympic Stadium. It’s another cracking read. Enjoy the game.

EDITOR: David BlackmoreNEWS EDITOR: Alex ShillingCONTRIBUTORS: David Bowden,Julian Dicks, Peter Harris, GeoffHillyer, Tim Holland, AndrewHosie, Marcus Johns, ThomasJohnson, Peter Roy, LucyWoolford

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It might only be Novemberbut I’ve been in a similarsituation as we’re in nowwhen I was at Birminghamand West Ham and beforeyou know it, it’ll be NewYear’s Day and we could berock bottom.

I’m not suggesting for amoment we hit the panicbutton but it's reallyimportant we go on a bit of arun and get maximum pointsagainst Fulham, Palace andSunderland which will give usa real boost in the run up toChristmas.

I then hope the board willgive Big Sam some money tospend on players in January.

If he can bring in two or threeexperienced players then Ithink we will be all right but ifhe doesn’t get anyone, it isgoing to be a real struggle.

It goes without saying thatwe need a striker or twobecause even when Carrollstarts playing again, he willget injured or be suspendedfor a game or two. I also thinkwe need back-up for whenNoble and Diame are injuredand, being blunt, we probablyneed a new ‘keeper too.

The thing that reallyworries me at the moment isthat we just don’t seem tohave a plan B which has beenembarrassingly evident in our

recent games. Sure we wentto Spurs and gave them ahammering by playing 4-6-0but you can’t play that in everygame and sadly that is exactlywhat Allardyce has done.

I went to Carrow Road forthe Norwich game with BBCLondon and when I arrivedpeople were saying to me‘he’s not playing a strikeragain’ and I honestly couldn’tbelieve it. Norwich gotbattered by Man City theweek before so we reallyshould have been looking toattack them.

Playing without a strikerjust sends out the wrongmessage and, just like the

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Villa game, I don’t think it wasthe right formation to play.We should have hammeredthem and it really annoyed methat the week after they gethit 7-0 we played without astriker.

Having said that we didreally well in the first half. Wewere in complete control ofthe game and every time wehad the ball it went throughMark Noble and it was greatto watch.

But Chris Hughton is agood manager and whenthings aren’t going right, hewill change things around butat West Ham we just don’thave any other options. I thinkwe all knew Hughton wouldmake changes to get afterWest Ham and as soon asthe second half started, Inoticed someone on MarkNoble straight away and weall saw what happened in thesecond half.

Not having a striker up topjust means you keep thepressure on your defence. Inthe Norwich game, KevinNolan was our main outletbut he is 31 now and hasnever really been that kind offorward. He was also on hisown for a lot of the game anddidn’t really get the back-uphe needed.

My other issue with thatgame was that the centrebacks spent most of thegame launching the ballforward and missing their

man by 30 yards. You don’texpect players to be exactwith their passes every timebut to miss by so much timeand time again was ridiculous.

There were also so manygaps at the back you coulddrive a double decker busthrough. Time after time,there were 30 yards betweenCollins and Tomkins whichwas wrong and great teamswill tear us apart - just likeChelsea proved last weekend,

It’s all right when things aregoing well but when things aregoing wrong, like at themoment, we really need oursenior players to step up butit’s just not happening at themoment and no-one ispointing fingers out on thepitch.

If I made a mistake then Iwould get a bollocking. Not ina nasty way but players likeAlvin Martin, Tony Gale andeven Rio Ferdinand would belike ‘what are you doing?’.

For me, all of the aboveboils down to work rate andsadly there are a lot of playerswho are not working hardenough.

If we had put in a goodperformance against Chelseaand came off with a defeat, itwouldn’t have been the end ofthe world. If every player hadalso worked their socks offthen the fans would haveappreciated that but theydidn’t, we got smashed and I

think the fans were right toget on their backs.

Looking ahead and theFulham and Sunderlandgames are going to be toughas will our trip to SelhurstPark but if we can play likewe did in the first halfagainst Norwich andmaintain it for the wholegame, we’ll be fine.

The biggest thing I’ll belooking for out of thesegames is work rate. We justdon’t seem to want to closeplayers down or want tocompete. Against Norwich, Ireally can’t remember anytackles going in from ourmidfielders.

I honestly think betweennow and the New Year weneed to take each game asit comes and put out thebest available team to makesure we give ourselves thebest possible chance ofbeating our opponents andthat includes our LeagueCup quarter final againstSpurs.

West Ham aren’t going towin the Premier Leagueanytime soon so we have togo for the cup competitionsand we really should beputting out our best teamagainst Spurs.

These guys train every dayand should be as fit as afiddle so they should easilybe able to play two or threegames a week – I used to.

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It always grates me whenmanagers come out of thedressing room after a gameand say their players aretired – maybe these playersshould try working in afactory 10 hours a day forfive days a week and thenplay football at the weekend.

I’ve noticed more and moremanagers using this excuseover the past couple ofseasons and saying theirplayers play too many gamesbut managers like Jon Lyallnever said that. I wouldalways rather play threegames a week than work in afactory.

Finally, I’ve read the storiesabout Jermain Defoe’spossible move back to WestHam. I know what peoplethink about him and, for me,what he did to the club waswrong but I do like him as aplayer. He scores goalswherever he goes and that’swhat we need.

There is no point, however,us signing him if we are goingto put him up front on hisown. He needs someone likeAndy Carroll up there withhim to play off but if his goalskeep us up then I’m all forhim joining.

Demba Ba is anothername that keeps popping upwith a January move to WestHam. He did well when hewas here before and he is notgetting in the side at Chelseaso he could be a good loansigning for us. If we got Defoetoo, I think they would make abrilliant partnership.

Well, it's been a pretty rottenfew weeks to be a West Hamsupporter, hasn't it?

From Andy Carroll'sseemingly never-ending injurybattle to our miserable run ofform, coupled with ourapparently complete lack ofability to score goals, thingscertainly aren't looking rosy inthe West Ham garden rightnow, even for perhaps themost optimistic supporter.

Confidence is low, and thebedrock of the team, thedefence, seems to have hadsome alarming lapses lately.

It's fair to say that the nextfew fixtures are really going todefine our season. Wecertainly don't want to end themonth towards the bottom ofthe pile, because we all knowhow difficult it is to get out of it

come Christmas time – if weare there, it could be a long2014.

It all starts with Fulham athome then. Ordinarily, I'd put“home banker” on this onebecause Fulham are prettyterrible right now.

However, the stats showthat we have the second-worst home record in theleague, scoring less than agoal a game on average. It'spretty grim reading and it'shard to make a case for usgoing on a sudden run of format home.

The only thing that you cansay is that, at some point, weare due a win – we haven'twon since the beginning ofOctober – and we can't go onbeing useless in front of goalforever. Fulham at home is

the perfect opportunity to dothat; and if we do win, ofcourse, the league table couldlook very different comeSunday morning.

A look ahead at our furtherfixtures show that resultsagainst Fulham, and thenCrystal Palace away midweek,are vital.

Why? Because through themonth of December, we facechallenges away to Man Utd,a home match againstArsenal and a League Cupquarter final away toTottenham in there too.

Positive results in thesematches may be tricky tocome by. Only the matchagainst Sunderland mightoffer some respite, and we'veseen that they've had a bit of aresurgence lately.

Personally, I don't think thatsome of our performanceshave been that bad – we'vejust been unable to stick theball in the back of the net.

However, otherperformances have been plainawful. What we desperatelyneed is for a performance anda result – you do feel that ifwe could just click, confidencemight be boosted, and it mightjust set us on a better pathfor the rest of the season.

One thing's for sure: defeatand the natives will get veryrestless. It's not a brilliant planto start December potentiallyin the bottom three. We needa win.

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FulhamandPalacegameswilldefineourseason

I don't know where to startreally. I've been pondering the90 minutes of football fromlast Saturday with a kind ofresigned 'c'est la vie' andtrying to work out what wasthe most depressing aspectof it.

Was it that West Ham didnot even provide much of acontest and any fight waspretty much knocked out byDemel's woeful backpass?

Or was it the fact that wepretty much knew whenLampard blasted that penaltyin that it was game over?

Shall we talk about thesubstitutions made after 40minutes and try and work outany logic in the thoughtprocess?

Or shall we talk aboutCarlton Cole not getting on

the pitch depite the fact thatthe crossing from StewartDowning was one of the fewvaguely positive points of thematch for us?

I wrote in last week's issuethat I was praying for a 0-0and as the clock ticked downto kick off I was genuinelyhopeful that we could comeaway with a point.

Not once in the run up did Ibelieve we had a chance ofgetting all three, andespecially when the teamline-up showed that again wewere sticking to this 4-6-0formation with Kevin Nolanthe furthest forward.

This is a formation thathas worked once and aseach week goes by looks likeit worked once purely out ofchance. It's the kind of result

you sometimes get onFootball Manager becausefor that one game all thecalculated algorithms work inyour favour.

Your rejoice in yourunexpected result beforereturning to losing 3-0 athome to the bottom team,scream at the computerscreen as you realise you'dforgotten to save the gamebeforehand. I know I amdefinitely not the only one whodoes that.

If only there was a 'saveand quit' option in reality andwe could have started theChelsea match again (and awhole host of others) with adifferent tactic.

Clearly Allardyce did thenext best thing from 'saveand quit' by attempting to

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Bring on Carlton -pretty please?

I can imagine thefrustration going throughCole's head as he watchedJarvis getting prepped foraction.

To be honest he wasprobably already at boilingpoint seeing Maiga gettingthe nod to go on in the firsthalf because if that's not akick in the teeth and a surefire motivation destroyer Idon't know what is.

Overall then, it's been aterrible last one and a halfmatches for the Hammers.

I hate writing negativelyabout the team but there hasbeen so little in the way ofredeeming features in any ofour play since half time atCarrow Road it is difficult toremain upbeat and positive,particularly as we haveconceded six goals in the last135 minutes. It is not a crimeto lose to Chelsea, far from it,

turn things around after only40 minutes.

Unfortunately the decisionsseemed to be based onhoping the driving force fromour victory against ourvisitors 357 days previouslyand the scorer of the thirdgoal that day would create asimilar second half comebackthis time round.

I'm sure Mourinho wasquaking in his boots when hesaw our tacticaltransformation - bringing on astriker who doesn't scoregoals and a player who it'ssuggested is once againhaving contract discussionsand possibly in a pay disputewith the club.

After the penalty I prettymuch indulged in channelsurfing as has become all toocommon whilst watching aWest Ham match at themoment.

Flicking over every so oftento confirm our ineptitudewhile another episode ofCome Dine With Me came tothe rescue yet again onSaturday evening.

Everytime I did flick back tothe match the commentatorand co-commentator (can'tremember who they werenow) were discussing theblatant non-appearance ofCarlton Cole on the pitch atany point.

The summariser wasquerying what Cole had to doto get on the pitch and whydid West Ham give in acontract after all the hoo-hain the summer if they are justgoing to pay him to sit on thebench.

but it's the way we lost that isvery worrying and the factthat Mr Allardyce does not, atthe moment, seem to knowwhat to do about it.

But surely the boss has tothrow the 4-6-0 formationinto the bin for this weekendas defeat is simply not anoption.

We need goals and weneed someone (ie Cole) in themiddle of the box to aim at.Even if he doesn't do anythingand the ball just bounces offhim from a cross by Downing,Jarvis or whoever at least it'dbe better than what we'vehad recently.

Failing to score in sevenout of 12 league matches isa very telling statistic. Simplyput, it cannot be eight out of13.

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It is often said by the WestHam faithful that Kevin Nolanmust be Sam Allardyce’s lovechild because the skipperrarely gets substituted ingames and never getspointed out after a poorperformance by the gaffer.

During the Chelsea game,however, the unthinkablehappened, Kevin Nolan wasreplaced midway through thesecond half for MatthewJarvis.

A cheer erupted aroundUpton Park when the numberfour appeared on the fourthofficials board.

It was yet another abjectdisplay from the West Hamcaptain reminiscent of that of

a certain captain of yearsgone by Matthew Upson.

The game passed him by,everything he touched wentto a blue shirt; it was just anall-round bad day at the officefor Nolan.

Now I’m willing to admitthe sheer excitement I hadwhen that yellow ticker wentacross that Sky Sports Newsbar two seasons ago whichread: “Kevin Nolan signs forWest Ham on a five yeardeal”.

There was no doubting atthe time what a qualitysigning he was, a goalscoring midfielder for theChampionship of his qualitywas not to be sniffed at.

But now two seasons onand it seems that he has runout of ideas and confidenceand it is so clear that hemisses his pal Andy Carroll.

Playing 4-6-0 with KevinNolan the furthest forwardjust doesn’t work. With VazTe up there it worked attimes because he could holdthe ball up or at least run atthe defence.

Nolan’s form is veryconcerning. As captain youare expected to lead from thefront and in recent gamesthat just hasn’t happened.

Yes he had a good first halfagainst Norwich but he thenturned into a passenger inthe second half.

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Captain Fantastic needs to be dropped

see absolutely no one on thesame wavelength as him.

I would love to see Diame inthat holding role next toNoble, with Jarvis andDowning on the wing withMorrison in “the hole” as thefalse striker.

For me that is the best wayto play Allardyce’s newsystem whilst Carroll is out,and that does meanunfortunately “captainfantastic” does miss out.

Besides a break may welldo Nolan good. He has lookedjaded in games and at timesjust can’t keep up with thepace of the game.

I remember two seasonsago in the Championship,following Nolan’s sending offagainst Millwall, he served histhree match ban and cameback a new player.

So maybe a rest is in orderfor Nolan to recharge hisbatteries and help him to getback fit and firing on allcylinders. Like it or not, an

A lot of fans could forgivehim last season becauseeven if he had a bad day atthe office he would still pickup a goal late on to make thefaithful forget all about hisprevious errors in the game.

But with just one goal thisseason, some fans are callingfor him the take a place onthe bench with Mark Nobletaking over the armband.

Is time running out forNolan?

This season has seen himmiss chances that over thelast two seasons he wouldfinish in his sleep, the missagainst Villa in particularsprings to mind.

Yes it was at an angle but Ihave never seen aprofessional footballer in thePremier League spoon a ballthat much.

A confident Nolan wouldhave finished that chancewith ease and grace lastseason.

With six in midfield as ateam you have to press highup the pitch and get in thefaces of the opposition and Ican’t help but feel withoutNolan in the team the midfieldwould do a better job of it.

I also believe it would getthe best out of RavelMorrison as it would allowhim to push further up thepitch.

Morrison is wasted in thedeeper role, he is the playerwho can change things andmake things happen.

Instead he is often found onthe half way line having tomake all the running himselfonly to look in front of him and

in-form Nolan is an asset toany Premier League team, letalone a Premier League teamlanguishing near the foot ofthe table.

It would be a high riskstrategy from Sam Allardyceto drop his captain especiallyfor two of the biggest gamesof the season, Fulham athome and Crystal Palaceaway, but it is one that hemay have to make.

I firmly believe we will seethe best out of Nolan oncehis mate Andy Carroll is backin the starting eleven as itgives the Hammers a targetup front to aim at.

Now I have said all thiswatch him prove mecompletely wrong and grab ahat trick when it mattersagainst Fulham.

It is time to step up Kevin,your team needs you.

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I participated in the PremierLeague National Fans Surveylast month and I was veryhonest and open in myresponses. I rated my homeand away experiences veryhighly and I hope that mywritten responses wereconstructive.

Those of you who alsofilled in the questionnaire willknow that the questions arefairly general and ask aboutyour opinions on stadiumfacilities, customer service,travel and other features ofthe overall experience ofsupporting a club.

Of course, as it was sentto my email address, it was aspecific set of questionsaimed at West Ham United

fans. So I found it all fairlyeasy until the final round ofquestions when it asked meabout our upcoming changeof stadium, and specificallyquestioned my views onceremonies for both leavingUpton Park and arriving atour new home, the OlympicStadium.

The moment I read thequestion, I got that horriblelittle heart flutter andbutterflies in my stomach. Ididn’t really want to thinkabout it.

Even just picturing a“closing ceremony” at ourhome made me feel a bitteary. I composed myself abit and thought: “This is mychance to voice my opinion

and maybe make adifference to my belovedclub.”

But I then found it adifficult question to answer.

Who’s ever really thoughtabout what a club should doto both celebrate the life of astadium and look ahead tothe future?

The first thought thatpopped into my head wasthat I didn’t want it to becheesy.

A pop concert where theSpice Girls have anotherreunion to sing ‘Goodbye’ issomething that I can imaginehappening, but it would bemy worst nightmare.

I wrote out my responsewhich explained this. I said

Lucy Woolford

Say hello, wave goodbye

that I would like our absolutelegends to be present on theday to commemorate thefantastic history that we holdwithin those four stands.

But then I ran out of ideasand simply said that itneeded to be tasteful andsensitive.

There won’t be a dry eye inthe house that day and wedefinitely don’t want the clubto treat it as a big pay day.

Similarly, when there issome kind of ceremony tocelebrate our arrival to theOlympic Stadium (orMcDonalds Park or whateverit may be), it needs to beequally sensitive.

We will have just lost oneof our greatest historicalassets, but we need to bemoving on.

We need to bring a bit ofthe old into the new, so Ithink our legends should alsobe present on that day.

Some kind of specialunveiling of the newly placedBobby Moore statue wouldgive us time for reflection,but would also help us toremember that greats likeBobby have helped us tomove forward and believe inour club.

Then I wondered if it’sreally that important to havea grand ceremony as suchwhen we move.

Is that just blowing ourown trumpet and settingourselves up for a fall?

Will it take away from thereally important businesswhich is on the pitch?

This could be anopportunity to knock out ouropponents with playing insuch a grand and alreadyhistorical arena.

I had an ask around onTwitter to find out if I wasalone in my thoughts. Turnsout not.

@dave_boy replied:“Closure: a celebration, not afuneral. Opening: nothing toocringeworthy.”

That echoes mysentiments and he’sobviously another slightpessimist about the ability ofany British run ceremony tohave a little cheese thrownin.

All we need to do is getDanny Boyle on board andwe’re sorted!

Another tweet thatreflected my thoughts wasfrom @JimBarwick1: “Shouldinvolve as many ex whuplayers as poss in the closingday of the Boleyn Ground”.

As you will have alreadygathered, I agree completely.Seems there is a generalconsensus that this shouldbe the case.

A reply from@browser1983 said: “Lastgame should be a tribute toeverything good that’shappened to a club. 1st alook to the future”.

That last one will be anemotional rollercoaster, but

a fitting tribute to everythingwe have loved and grown upwith.

Finally, @Richard97Kanethinks we should get theflares out! Do you mean the70’s jeans, or the soon-to-be-banned smoking type?

I think if we look at howArsenal left Highbury behind,they brought back theirlegends and the MarchingBand, paraded their trophies,had a lap of honour and lefttime for reflection ofpersonal memories - that allsounds perfect.

The bits I’d subtract fromtheir occasion would be aballoon release, RogerDaltrey singing a speciallyprepared song and maybeeven get rid of the fireworks.

This is undoubtedly anincredibly emotive subject tothink about and I think we’dall rather sweep it aside fornow, but maybe if we get ourthinking caps on now andcontact the club in suchways as this survey, we canmake our own celebrationsthat touch more personal tous, the fans.

As we get towards the endof 2013, that’s anothercalendar year marked offtowards our big move.It’s going to happen. Let’smake it as positive andpainless as possible.

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West Ham Ladies arefearing for their future afterFA plans to withdrawfunding from the Women’sPremier League wererevealed.

Blowing Bubblesunderstands that under thenew proposals, dubbed the‘Game Changer’ strategy,the FA’s focus will beprimarily on the top flight ofwomen’s football, therecently-created Women’sSuper League.

This strategy will be at theexpense of the Women’sPremier League, which willbe merged with the SouthWest, South East, Midlandand Northern Combinationleague and would mean likelyfinancial and footballingdisaster for West Ham

Ladies. But last week acampaign was launched totry and stop this fromhappening.

A spokesman for the SaveOur WPL campaign said: “InDecember 2012, the FAinvited all the PremierLeague clubs to a meeting todiscuss the new Leaguestructure where [FA Directorof the National Game andWomen’s Football] KellySimmons delivered the FA’sdevastating fait accompli.

"Either the current WPLclubs (29 in all made up ofNational, Northern andSouthern divisions) wouldhave to agree to becomeamalgamated with theCombination clubs from theleagues below and formedinto a new, less supportedChampionship League, or the

WPL would simply cease toexist altogether."

"The meeting was labelled‘consultation’ but this wasthe first time all clubs hadthe chance to look at the newstructure and therefore weredenied any opportunity to fullyconsider all its implications.

"A vote was thenundertaken in part by at leasthalf the clubs who nowbelong to the WSL and alsoone or two now relegatedclubs.

“But what was not fullyunderstood at the time washow the clubs, and indeedthe entire women’s game,would be affected when thenew Championship leaguelost its Premier Leaguestature and the level offunding substantiallydecreased.

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Campaignto stop FAfunding cut

"This means that 36 clubsper league will get a share ofjust £45k instead of 22 clubsaccessing £140k, thereforeless funds to help towardsthe cost of running teams atthis level.

"The league will bedowngraded from Premier toChampionship level so clubswill find it hard to attractplayers and there will be lessplayers coming into the gamein the lower leagues becausethe FA isn’t stronglysupporting them.

"When funding is cut,Men’s clubs that haveWomen’s team may notcontinue to support themeither; therefore there is areal risk to their futuresurvival.

"The FA are building a topdown strategy rather than abottom up one which willcreate an elitist sport ratherthan a sport for all."

Save Our WPL aredemanding a Special GeneralMeeting with the FA todebate ‘Game Changer’against their alternativestrategy for women’sfootball, ‘Every Player Counts’.

The spokesman added: “It’sclear from Women’sPremier League (WPL)players’ reactions so far, theabsence of promotion fromWPL to Women’s SuperLeague (WSL) in the GameChanger strategy is a hugedemotivating factor in theirdevelopment and may evencause some to leave thegame.

"Rather than throwing theWomen’s Premier Leagueunder the bus, the FA should,in fact, be looking to retainthe WPL and invest more inits growth both in financeand management, as theyhave learned already hownecessary it is to support thelower leagues in the men’sgame.

"Ours is an approach thatwill be a more effective andcost-efficient way to achievea more widespread playerdevelopment route andcreate pathways for newplayers.

"In short, it will respect anddeliver on the women’s game

as a national, grassrootsmovement and not an elitesport for the wealthy few.And it will ultimately betterserve the England nationalteam by helping to developmany more English players.

The FA have also moved todistance themselves fromthe FAWPL by claiming theirprevious collaboration was a“mistake”.

The news was announcedon the influential independentFAWPL News Twitteraccount which has donemuch to promote thewomen’s game in England.

The FA were unavailablefor comment.

Following our disappointingdefeat at home to Chelsealast week, there was a lot ofanger from West Ham fanson the wonderful world ofTwitter. Here is a selection ofmessages posted by ourfollowers:

Gary Lewis@GaznipperToo early to panic. Next 4games are crucial. 3 of theteams below us. Until theyare over keep calm andsupport the team. #coyi

Richard Taylor@RichieT64Can anyone tell me why we'dgo to the trouble of gettingCarlton Cole back and thenrefuse to play him when weneed to

Dom Worth@StatsDomHeads up Hammers! Longway to go yet! Playing againsta very strong Chelsea side!

Mr Gnome@UptonparkGnomeAnother poor performancefrom players and manager

Geoff Walker@geoff_walker1If we don't get 6 points fromthe next 2 games thenrelegation is a real possibility

Ronnie B@hammerheadronniPlayed rubbish but the fanswere all wicked. Last 15 minsin the Trevor brooking lowerwas class we shut themplastics right up #coyi

Imrano@1mranoAllardyce you & your stupid,4-6-Nothing formation! Playstrikers or just resign. Youneed to learn!

Alex Mead@alexmeadsocialWhy does Big Sam insist oncontinuing to give ModiboMaiga chance after chance?He missed another sitter yetagain today. #COYI #WHUFC

Boz@BrianBosomworthWe keep making basic errorsand you can't do that in thisleague without gettingpunished. Big two gamescoming up.#COYI

Dean Appleby@deanappSam has to change it forFulham, Eliot Lee and Carltonup front. This system isn'tworking with the players wehave. #coyi

Stefanie Goodridge@Stef_GoodridgeI'm still West Ham throughand through! The goals willcome eventually! #COYI

Martyn Phelps@witter_dadDidn't watch the match.Didn't want to spoil my day.Not surprised by thescoreline. Still best club onthe Planet

Official Jamie WHU@GuildfordHammerTo the fans in the TrevorBrooking lower and BobbyMoore lower that stayed.. Isalute you! COYI!

Ciaran Cusack@Ashgrove40Dear Santa! can u please buyme a striker! and a fewpoints for Christmas as I'vebeen a good Hammer allyear round! Supporting myteam!

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Sir Little Batman@scaiger85Think it might be time for bigSam to get the big boot

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@bl0wingbubbles

It was with a heavy heartthat I read the news of yourankle injury that is likely tokeep you out until the NewYear.

You are my favouritecurrent Hammer becauseyou’re the rock of the backfour with your timely tacklesand composed clearances.

Winston, you haveprovided us with so manyhighlights over the past fewseasons which obviouslyinclude scoring in Londonderbies against Millwall andSpurs.

You are earning a place ina lot of fans’ hearts and ifyou stay with the claret andblue, you’ll be a cult hero too.

We got off to a rockystart, there’s no denyingthat, though it would’ve beenhard for anyone to shineunder Grim Uncle Avram.

We were promised a‘World Cup star’ by the cluband there you appeared.

It was an unfair billing for ayoung player moving to oneof the top leagues in theworld and no doubt piled onmore pressure, but boy areyou changing our minds ourcurrent Hammer of theYear. A stalwart this seasonand last it fills the standswith confidence seeing yourname on the team sheet.

Looking at the gamesyou’ll sit out it would certainlymake me feel better to seeyou taking to the pitchagainst the likes of Liverpool,Arsenal and ManchesterUnited amongst others.

Just eight games shy of100 in claret and blue,Winston, it is a shame tolose a player of your calibreto injury.

When it comes to injuriesto our best players it issomething us fans have hadto get used to – send a getwell message to Big AndyCarroll as well because Iwould love to have you bothback on the pitch as soon asyou’re ready.

Since the season youproved your worth as wesearched for promotionfrom the Championship, ithas been a debate amongstHammers of who shouldpartner you in centraldefence.

With your commandingdisplays and powerful-headed clearances it is nowonder that you are one ofthe first names on Big Sam’steam sheet as I am sure youwould be on everyone in thecrowd’s starting XI.

It may be slightlypremature but you arecaptain material, in thecurrent squad I see only you

and Mark Noble as futurecaptains, the both of youstand out as playersprepared to clip a teammateround the ear or offer someadvice, whilst solidlyorganising and giving thereferee an earful.

So come back as soon aspossible, put your feet upand have a brew, but don’ttry and make it yourselfbecause you’re at WestHam and we can’t affordyour dropping the kettle andinjuring yourself furtherWinston.

From everyone with anaffinity to our beloved WestHam United we wish you aspeedy recovery and for youto come back with every bitof passion and drive that weknow you’ve got.

Yours sincerely,

Thomas Johnson

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Thomas Johnson

WonderfulWinston, getwell soon

It was only going to be amatter of time before wewere sussed out.

Years after we West Hamfans worked it out, severalso-called bigger clubs havecottoned on to it too.

That is, of course, thatWinston Reid is one hell of agood centre half. If we’retruthful to ourselves, we’lladmit it took us a while tounanimously agree on him.

A signing originally pitchedto us in the summer of 2010as someone who was a starof that year's World Cup, itwas a tad of an anti-climaxwhen we discovered theplayer we had been courtingwas a New Zealander. Notquite the Spaniard orDutchman we’d expected.

Our disappointment wassoon turned into genuine fearwhen our new £5m manplayed his first few games.

Seemingly confused by thefact he wore the number twoshirt, Uncle Avram proceededto start him at right back – aposition he struggled to adapttoo before suffering a fateyou’d not wish on anyprofessional footballer. Hewas dropped - for JulienFaubert!

It wasn’t until Grant hadrelegated us and left that westarted to see the signs ofthe player we’d beenpromised. Knowing a thing ortwo about centre halves, BigSam was quick to make him amainstay in ourChampionship side, making

33 appearances. And witheach appearance there wasan ever-increasing assuranceand calmness that perfectlybalanced our defence at thetime and played a key role notonly in our promotion.

Despite the signing ofJames Collins – deemed bymany at the time to bebought to played alongsideTomkins – Reid continued toestablish himself at the heatof our defence.

Now fully prepared for whatthe Premier League mightthrow at him, his strength,bravery, ability to tackle, hisleadership and above all hispace meant that for the firsttime in recent memory, wehad a defence that we couldactually be proud of. And,

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Reid it and weep

more importantly, one wedidn’t have to watch throughour fingers every time a ballwent into our box.

So good was he, in fact,that in a season full ofpositives for the entire team,it was Winston who held aloftthe coveted Hammer of theYear award for 2013.

With a strong startdefensively to this season, itshouldn’t come as a surpriseto anyone that he has beendrawing more than just anadmiring glance from one ofthe big boys – with rumoursrife of a bid coming fromArsenal. And when you look atArsenal’s defence, it’s nothard to see why.

Per Mertersacker andLaurent Koscielny have lookedfar from convincing thisseason, and lack many of thequalities Reid could bringthem., however such qualitiesat Premier League level mustcome at a price.

But what is that price?Media reports havesuggested a bid should beexpected in the region of£6million. To me, thissmacks of a repeat of ArseneWenger's perusal of GaryCahill, whereby he biddeliberately low in an attemptto unsettle the player.

Unlike Bolton though, weare currently in a positionwhereby we do not need tosell. He’s an established partof a solid defence, and onlyrecently spoke out about his

love for West Ham, and howsettled he is with us.

However, we must remainpragmatic. As happy as heappears to be at the club –confirmed by the fact he hasnot publicly courted anyapproach – will theopportunity to join Arsenal betoo appealing to a player nowin his mid 20s?

With New Zealand being anation who at best struggle toqualify for World Cups – he isunlikely to be able to fullyshowcase his talents on thehighest stage of them all, so isbound to harbour strongambitions to play in theChampions League.

Let’s be honest, it’s anambition he is unlikely to beable to achieve with WestHam, be it at Upton Park oras part of the OlympicStadium legacy. And when aplayer has the ability to reallyfurther his career – are wereally in a position to stand inhis way? The last thing wewant is a distracted anddespondent player at theheart of our defence. If hedoes go, we must ensure thatthe deal is the best possibledeal for West Ham. I’ve seencomments on Twitter to thetune of holding out for£15million, but again we mustbe realistic.

This is as overly inflated asthe reported £6million isludicrously low. Somewherebetween the two, and you’veprobably got a realistic value.

But is a cash deal the bestdeal? If we did sell him for£10million, suddenly everyreplacement option goes upin price knowing that wehave cash in our pocket.

So what is the solution?Well, I suspect the answer iscurrently sat on Arsenal’sbench. If Reid did sign tocompete with Metersackerand Koscielny, then wheredoes that leave ThomasVermaelen?

Unlikely to be happy atbeing fourth choice at TheEmirates, I believe we shouldlook to include him in anydeal. Whilst a player I’d havepreviously thought we’d beunable to attract, the lure ofbeing a first choice centrehalf in the run up to a WorldCup would surely bepreferable for the Belgian.

Attracting Vermaelen tocommit long term might bean issue, but the inclusion ofa buy-out clause in case of adecent tournament wouldpotentially suit both parties.

A deal of £2m cash plusVermaelen, will solve manyproblems. We will have aready made replacement forReid and have the cash tofund a loan move for aproven goalscorer inJanuary. While it will be sadto see Reid leave the club,there may well be a deal tobe made that might benefitthe club and the player alike.If he does leave, I will wishhim all the best.

We’ve heard it many timesbefore - football should takenote of what is going on inother sports and learn fromthem.

Why, you might ask, wouldthe world’s most popularsport need to change?

On the whole, you’dprobably be right. When itcomes to marketing,popularity, media coverage,glitz and glamour, there areno other sports that cancommand the global appealof football. But would it notbe a bit too single minded

and ignorant to totally rule itout?

Take rugby as an example.Both sports born from thesame game before splittinginto Rugby Football andAssociation Football, andalthough both are verydifferent today, surelyparallels can still be drawnfrom each to improve theother?

As mentioned earlier,whilst there is very little wewould want to change aboutthe beautiful game, if you hadto sit down and pick out whatis wrong with our game, its

probably fair to suggest thattowards the top 3 ofanyone’s list would be thehigh wages paid to players,the lack of respect shown tomatch officials, and playersfeigning injury.

I’m sure you’ll agree thatwages are probably too high.

However, to go down arugby union style salary cap?Not for me.

I, for one, love seeing someof the very best ply theirtrade in England. So unless itwas to be a world-wide cap, itwould only follow the coursein rugby, which has seen the

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Is there finally something that footballcan learn from rugby?

vast majority of top starshead abroad.

The lack of respect shownto match officials is indeedappalling on most parts.

Anyone who watches rugbycan only look on in a mix ofawe, admiration andembarrassment at thedifference between the twosports in the way the refereeis addressed in rugby, andthe way in which even themost debateable decision isaccepted.

The reason being simple –in rugby, territory iseverything. Back chat to areferee will see you marchedback ten yards.

Do you recall footballexperimenting with this rule?

It arrived to a mass fanfarein 2001 and disappearedwithout a trace quietly in2005 on account of the factthat the rule, well, didn’t reallyhave any effect.

So onto the final of those 3footballing annoyances, andthe one thing I feel footballcan look to its sportingcousin for guidance on. Playacting.

They say that thedifference between the twosports is that a footballerspends 90 minutes trying toconvince everyone he’s beenhurt when he’s not, and arugby player spends hismatch pretending not to beinjured when he is.

Picture the scene – andit’s one we’ll have all groanedat in the past – theopposition are on the attackand in trying to make a

tackle, one of your playerscatches one of their playerslate, sending him crashing tothe floor.

There he resides, rolling,groaning and throwing hisarms up in the air. Your teamwin back possession, begin acounter attack only for thereferee to blow his whistle onaccount of the player on thefloor who was in such agonyuntil the referee’s whistlewas blown.

He then has his bit ofattention and suddenly is nolonger screaming andwrithing around but pickinghimself up in a miraculousshow of recovery.

Yep, it’s bloody annoying.But does rugby have asolution?

You see, by the very natureof rugby seeing two 18 stoneslabs of solid musclesmashing into each other,serious head and neckinjuries are always a distinctpossibility – as seen in thissummer’s first test betweenthe British and Irish Lionstour of Australia in whichthree Australians werecarried off in neck braces.

So, to ensure that playersreceive the best treatmentpossible, the medical teamsare allowed to enter the fieldof play at any time to tend totheir injured players.

And for me, this issomething football has toadopt – for if a physio cancome on during open play,there would be no need toplay act.

No need to waste time ordisrupt the oppositions flow.If a player wants to roll on thefloor awaiting unnecessarymedical attention, well that’sup to him. The only one’s he’llbe disadvantaging will be hisown team.

We should forget, that notonly would this appease thecynical aspects of the game,but also help those whogenuinely need it.

My heart still sinks a littleat the memory of MichaelOwen crawling towards thetouchline during England’sWorld Cup campaign of2006 while play carried on.

If football was to look atintroducing rugby’smethodology, sights such asthat would be a thing of thepast.

So while it is fair to saythat there are many othersports that could look andlearn from football, we mustacknowledge that if minorthings from other sports canbe used to improve our greatgame, and cut loose some ofthe gamesmanship that cancast its reputation intodisrepute, then we as a sportmust be strong enough totake it on board – even if itdoes mean copying the eggchasers!

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Marcus Johns also writesfor West Ham website

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How do you assessFulham’s start to theseason?

I’ve been shocked by howit’s gone. I think there was areal sense of optimismcoming into the season. Wedidn’t have a greatpreseason but then thatdoesn’t have a bearing on theactual season in my eyes. Wemade some good purchasesand loan signings and alsocleared out some of thedeadwood (Petric et al) but itreally hasn’t gelled for us yetand I’m worried about when itwill.

Pressure has beenmounting on Martin Jol. Doyou think he’ll be sacked ifthe results don’t startchanging?

I think when new ownerscome into a business theyusually want to stamp theirmark on it and football clubsare no different. Shahid Khanhas taken owner from AlFayed and given the resultsI’m surprised he hasn’t gonealready. I like Martin Jol butI’m afraid I think he is onborrowed time.

How have your summersignings adapted to life inthe Premier League?

I’ve always liked DerekBoateng and Reither wasgood on loan last season so itmade sense for a permanentdeal. We replacedSchwarzer with Skelenenburgwhich was a good swap givenMark’s age. Scott Parker wasanother good acquisitionespecially with Simon Daviesretiring. The loan signings ofTaarabt and Bent were veryastute – we just need themto start playing!

Opposition View: Fulham

Tim Hollandspeaks toFulham fanPeter Harrisabout Petric,Martin Jol andthe newowners andbuying veteranplayers

You have a new assistant inRene Meulensteen. Howmuch of that decision hasbeen made by Jol himself?

I’ve heard rumours that hewill replace Jol if the resultsdon’t improve. I’m not surehow true they are but giventhe perilous position of theclub Jol probably needs asmuch help as possible at themoment anyway.

How surprised are you thatBerbatov and Bent aren’tscoring consistently thisseason?

I think there’s always aworry when you buy veteranplayers that you’re not gettingthe player they were twoyears ago. They’re no longerin their prime and thereforedon’t have the consistency.Berbatov was great lastseason but has struggled sofar this season. Bent hasdone ok but again has shownglimpses of his ability. Bothneed to get firing on allcylinders.

How is ex Hammer ScottParker getting on thisseason?

Scott’s a natural leader inthe middle of the park andalthough his engine isn’t quitewhat it used to be, he alwaysputs in a good shift and haspopped up on the score sheetthis season. Overall I’m happy

with him in the team althoughhe is quite similar to Sidwell inmany ways.

Who should West Ham fansbe wary of in the Fulhamfirst XI when the club’smeet this season?

Berbatov and Bent need tostart scoring if we’ve got achance of fighting offrelegation. Hammer’s fansknow Parker’s abilities so heshouldn’t come as a surprise.Adel Taarabt has some greatskill but needs to use hishead a bit more.

What’s been your opinion ofWest Ham this season?

Like us I’m surprised you’vestruggled like you have thisseason. I think you’re one

striker away from a goodteam though and if youmanage to get someone in atthe start of January then youcould have a change offortunes.

Which West Ham playerswould you have in yoursquad?

I’m not surprised WinstonReid has been drawing theplaudits this season – I’vealways liked him and Tomkins.Ravel Morrison is also aplayer that I’d like to see in aFulham kit.

What’s your prediction forthe match and for bothclubs this season?

1 -1 for the match, Fulham15th, West Ham 16th.

Dylan Tombides isn’t youraverage teenage footballingtalent.

Having joined theHammers at aged 15 withhis brother Taylor afterimpressing for Australiayouth in Hong Kong he wascruelly diagnosed withtesticular cancer at 17.

Every day he walks into thebathroom and staring backat him in the mirror is a 12inch scar on his stomachwhich he has received fromone of his many operations.

He was on the cusp ofglory as he was welcomedonto the bench by Kevin

Keen at 17 for the club’s lasthome game of the seasonagainst Sunderland.

With the smile stillbeaming on his face, he gotonto the plane to Mexicoreadying himself for theunder 17s World Cup.

Following a 4-0 win againstUzbekistan, the youngAustralian trudged off to aroutine drugs test.

Weeks later he found outthe news that would changehis life for ever. Recountingthe moment to the Daily Mailin an interview in 2012,Tombides said; “It was onlywhen I took the phone call in

Cancun that I realised justhow serious the conditionwas. I had the blood testsand CT scans when I gotback to England and they toldme I needed to have atesticle removedimmediately. I just acceptedit. I mean, it was hurting meso much it seemed sensible.”

It was news that shockedthe West Ham faithful. Oneof our own, at such a youngage had cancer.

His story is an inspirationto us all. A humbling tale of ayoung man delivered with theworst possible news.

David Bowden

More Hammersembarrassment

Inspiring Hammer eyes first team spotafter battling and beating cancer

the pitch while going throughtreatment is so rewardingshame about the result butwe move on #BigPicture”.

A year later, and after yetmore surgery he is back inclaret and blue and fightingfit. He now regularly plays forthe development squad andscored the goal of the monthin a recent vote onWHUFC.com for hisdelightful dink in the U21sfriendly clash overColchester. Now fullyrecovered, Tombides is atthe heart of the “One for theBoys” campaign which madea special appearance inStratford Westfield alongsidemany other big name stars.

He was quick to praiseWest Ham for helping toraise awareness of malecancer.

He remembered themoment he was hit in thegroin in a fixture for Australiaagainst Brazil. He was in pain,but had no clue he hadcancer.

“All I ever wanted to be wasa top professional footballerwith West Ham. I copped onein my groin against Brazil atthe World Cup and I knewthat I had a problem, but Ihad no idea it was cancer” healso told the Daily Mail.

After months of treatment,the Aussie made anemotional comeback in theinstantly forgettable 4-1defeat in the Capital One cuptie against Wigan inSeptember 2012.

Following the clash, hetweeted a humbling andhonest verdict. He said: “Tobe involved tonight and get on

"Football is watched bymillions, especially men, sowhen a football club likeWest Ham lend their supportin whatever way possible tocampaigns and awarenessprogrammes like this, itmeans a lot and we can getour message out to manymore men” he told WestHam TV. Once tipped bylegendary Academy directorTony Carr to be the next bigthing Tombides is now wellon his way to recovery andready to grab his new chancewith both hands.

Here’s hoping we see himamongst the goals soonerrather than later.

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How do you rate CrystalPalace’s season thus far?

I’m not going to lie, it’sbeen tough. I think the winagainst Hull has really helpedbut up until then I wasworrying where the next winwas coming from. What withHolloway’s departure, it’s feltlike a stop start season sofar. Hopefully that result willpush us on rest of theseason.

What was your view of IanHolloway’s leaving so earlyin the season?

It was a difficult call tomake. I was surprised that

given Holloway got uspromoted the club wouldn’tstand by him longer. Isuppose it worked withSouthampton last season butstill that was after New Year.The sad thing is that IanHolloway’s a character andpersonally I liked him at theclub and I thought he wasgood for the Premier League.

What have you made ofTony Pulis’ arrival?

I did worry when Hollowaywas sacked as I couldn’t seeany managers out there thatI wanted at the club. Likemost fans I think it’s quite anuninspiring managerial

appointment but if Puliskeeps us in the Premiershipthen that’s all that matters. Itdoesn’t help that I didn’tparticularly like his brand offootball at Stoke but it gotresults

What have you made of yoursummer signings?

It was a good mix ofsignings in the summer,expensive highly-ratedyoungsters, free transfers,experienced Premier Leagueplayers and unheard offoreign internationals. BarryBannan is a great signing forme and I think if CameronJerome can get back to his

Opposition View: Crystal Palace

Tim Holland speaksto Peter Roy,Crystal Palace fanand Selhurst Parkregular aboutuninspiring Pulis,not being keen onChamakh andworrying aboutGabbidon

best then he still hassomething to offer. JimmyKebe has shown glimpses ofwhat he can do. I wasn’t keenon Chamakh (as I’m sure thatmost West Ham fans were)and that hasn’t changed.

Ex Hammer Danny Gabbidonis a member of your squad.How’s old Gabbs getting on?

Gabbs is still here, justabout. He’s been playing inthe league this season whichalways worries me but hedoes add some much neededexperience to the team. I’vegot a feeling that he mightretire at the end of theseason though.

Kevin Philips rolled back theyears last season finishingyour top scorer with 17goals. How’s he getting onthis season?

Unfortunately after such agood season he’s not gettingthe games at the moment soI wouldn’t be surprised if hemoved on in January. I have alot of time for KP but I have afeeling he might be bettersuited to the Championshipnow.

What’s been your opinion ofWest Ham this season?

I’m surprised you’restruggling quite as much as

you are. Your midfield anddefence are better than mostbut it looks like you’re havingdifficulty getting the goals atthe moment – you couldn’tbuy them at the minute. I’vegot a feeling that you mightcontinue to struggle evenwhen you get your playersback.

Who should West Ham fansbe wary of in the CrystalPalace team when the clubsmeet?

I think Barry Bannan is agreat player and that showedwith his goal against Hull.Cameron Jerome is cominginto some form so he will betroublesome as well.

Which West Ham playerswould you have in yoursquad?

It’s good to see RavelMorrison getting theheadlines for good reasonsthis season. He looks ahandful especially given hisage. Diame scored somegood goals last season aswell.

What’s your prediction forthis match and for bothclubs next season?

I’ve got a feeling it’ll be adraw. I think both teams willstruggle against relegation –Crystal Palace 17th, WestHam 18th.

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