12 HRS AGO - By weird co-incidence I’ve been having nosebleeds for a few months despite it having stopped over the last three weeks. I’ve been referred to a specialist clinic locally for it to be looked at and, I hope, Cauterised, to stop the annoying occurrences from happening in the future. With the heady heights that West Ham have found themselves in this season the metaphorical nosebleeds have almost coincided with my real ones in their timing. Of course there’s a big difference in that the ones involving my nose are unwelcome whereas the, figurative, Premier League table related one is something that we’re all enjoying and one that I’ve not had to get a doctor’s appointment for. During lockdown I’ve looked forward to matchdays with the same excitement I used to enjoy in my youth. Despite not being able to attend games no 2 son and I have watched every minute of every fixture and enjoyed the performances immensely. Riding high in the league seems a distant memory for me and an experience Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - GUEST POST BY GUY NASH What matters? Life is a mystery to most of us but perhaps West Ham’s most famous manager Ron Greenwood summed it up best by saying that: Life is all about being given chances (and not taking them). Some years later the player who scored the first ever hat trick in the Premier League uttered: When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Well things have been rather quiet ever since in Eric’s philosophical steakhouse and perhaps that is a good thing as many of us are still pondering these words from 1995. The most profound reply to questions about life, the universe and everything was perhaps by Tiger Woods when he replied: It is what it is. It turns out that you can use this as the answer to almost any inquiry. Do try it as it can really annoy other people! There are important things in all our lives that quite rightly occupy our daily thoughts, but our lives would so be much easier if we did not Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Mark Lawrenson is backing Manchester City to continue their recent remarkable form in the Premier League by claiming a 2-0 victory over West Ham United on Saturday. The Citizens are preparing to welcome the Hammers to The Etihad this weekend as they bid to continue their winning run to chase the Premier League title. Manchester […] The post Mark Lawrenson states his prediction for Man City v West Ham appeared first on The Sport Review. Collapse

7 DAYS AGO - Expectation is usually, pretty much, what it says on the tin. It’s what we expect as a minimum from an activity. Things do, however, have a habit of getting more complicated. Since the win at the weekend I’ve noticed many on-line conversations start to talk about top four finishes. I actually found myself thinking about that as I spoke with no.2 son on Sunday evening and commented to him “imagine going to watch Champion’s League at the bowl next season.” Embed from Getty Images The point at which I usually start to buy in to the hype is exactly the point when it usually becomes a false dawn and things head in a ‘negative elevation’ direction (to quote recently installed phone running app parlance…I should add that it’s my son doing the running and not me.) I prefer the old fashioned ‘downhill’ phrase personally. Towards the back end of last year the team were flirting with a top four place. Rather than start talking about the possibility of finishing the season in that spot I Collapse

21/02/2021 - I was a bit conflicted about todays match. When Sean Whetstone asked me for a prediction, I said 2-1 West Ham. I figured our speed and pressure up front would force a few mistakes from Jose’s crew. The conflict was something different. It was about desire. Of course I wanted to beat them, go nine points ahead of them, and continue to loiter in the top four. But I was taken by what David Moyes said to The Times. “I want to get away from that feeling that you have to take this chance now,” Moyes said. “To say, ‘This is your chance to do it or you’re not going to do it at all, that’s not that way I’m building. I want to build something which is going to be consistent and regular. I expect us to do it next year and the year after, because that’s my job.” To that end, I didn’t want today to turn into the be-all-end-all of West Ham existence. But boy, does it feel wonderful. The mistakes at the back started early for Spurs. In the 5th minute, Coufal nutmegged Reguilon before rolling a pass Collapse

20/02/2021 - Blast from the past Easter Monday, the 31st of March 1986 – Cliff Richard & The Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin were number one with ‘Living Doll’, Clockwise topped the UK box office and Sir Peter Pears died three days later. West Ham United, meanwhile, secured a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in front of 27,568 at Upton Park. West Ham were without the suspended Alvin Martin, sent off at Arsenal earlier in the month, so Paul Hilton came in for his second and final appearance of the season. Tottenham were without Glenn Hoddle but former Hammer Paul Allen lined up for the visitors in his first appearance back at the Boleyn Ground since departing for Spurs the previous summer. Future Hammer Clive Allen, Paul’s cousin, appeared as a Spurs substitute. John Lyall’s hosts, fresh from a 4-0 thrashing of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 48 hours earlier, came close early on when Geoff Pike and Mark Ward were denied by Ray Clemence. West Ham took the lead in the 17th minute when Frank Collapse

18/02/2021 - The Predictor League for Spurs is open. Enter your team HERE. Deadline is 10am on Sunday. This week the argument that West Ham is performing so well this season as opposed to other seasons because of no fans are in the ground reared its head, again, after Talksport’s roving reporter, and West Ham fan, “The Moose”, Ian Abrahams, claimed our win against Sheffield United came about because of it. The Moose was derided by many in social media land but is there any legs in this argument? In my opinion, no, there are no legs in the argument. I do accept there can be a correlation between the fans on the pitch and the performance of the players during a game, but I can’t see that being replicated across a whole season and I think it detracts from the great work being done by David Moyes and his coaching team along with the players’ hard work and effort they put in. Embed from Getty Images What not having fans in the ground does affect is that home advantage is Collapse

15/02/2021 - The backup striker argument, or lack thereof, was once again front and center at The London Stadium today when Antonio was ruled out for….surprise….a hamstring injury. When Moyes signed Lingard on loan, his supposed ability to play anywhere along the front line was given as a reason. It became more important when January ended and nobody replaced Haller. Now I have been, and still am supportive of that decision in that saving the money for the summer as opposed to signing yet another Sullivan-Agent special felt prudent. Today did nothing but strengthen that opinion. The first opportunity of the day happened in the 5th minute when Rice stepped up to take a free kick from just outside the Sheffield United eighteen yard box. He took it low, and Ramsdale went down to push the ball wide. But when Dawson chased it down, he was fouled by Stevens and for the first time this season a referee pointed to the spot for a West Ham penalty. Buuuuuut, VAR had other ideas and although it Collapse