I Thought I Was Back

Just as I thought things were going to lighten up a bit, well eer, they didn't. Subsequently I've managed to miss our last two games, which is a shame, because they've nicely provided us with two wins, a great position in the table, and a candidate for goal of the season...




The last game I watched, in fact, was a horrible horrible affair - namely losing to Bolton. As you will presumably agree it was tragic; we outplayed them for 87 of the 90 minutes, and yet again just couldn't finish in the final third - I should be used to this by now.

Anyway, the past is the past, and I can't bear to think of that game anymore so on to our next opponents... West Brom.

Brom haven't won in 8, yes that's 8 games, their last recorded victory was back on the 17th of January against our cup friends Middlesbrough, where they suprisingly managed to score 3 goals and concede none at all! Since then they've let in a massive 17 goals in 6 league games, and registered only 5 goals themselves. No surprise then that they are all but dead at the bottom of the league with a -29 goal difference and only 22 points.

Still though, being a West Ham supporter will always leave you with a bit of doubt lurking in the back of your head, and with the recent inclusion of Collison and Behrami to our WWII sized injury list one can't help but think this fixture has potential to upset (we did lose to them in September remember).

But let's not jump off the hope train yet, Savio has been impressing, and i would be surprised if he doesn't get the nod on Monday to replace Collison on the left, and I see no other option than to put in plumber/electrician/all around utility guy Jonathon Spector at right wing. Personally I wouldn't be opposed to chucking in a kid from the academy, but Spector has done alright when needed, and he does have the experiance to step in and play a good level of football without any training wheels.

I'll be optimistic, probably because I haven't listened to radiohead today, and go for a home win, 2-0, one from each of our strikers.