Both sides went into this game with their managers targeting this fixture as one that would have been high on the priority list to get 3 points in. The Baggies arrived in East London having not scored in their last two away fixtures at Stoke and Chelsea, whilst West Ham went into the game with [...]

I’m a fan of Mark Noble and I don’t mind admitting, he’s proved me wrong this season and for me, he’s been excellent for West Ham. At the time of writing , and with Noble missing for 5 of West Ham’s 29 games through injury, no West Ham player has made more tackles than him [...]

West Ham, buoyed by their recent away win at Stoke and their 3-1 victory over Chelsea earlier in the season, went to Stamford Bridge with injuries to key men in their midfield. The absence once again of Kevin Nolan and Mark Noble and the added loss of Joe Cole  who limped off in that win [...]

I haven’t written anything for far too long (  a four letter word called work ) so thought I’d have a look at something that has been a pretty big topic of conversation in the Premier League as we get to the business end of the season, just which team are actually a one man [...]

A game of two halves? Maybe so, but a thoroughly entertaining game with two very committed teams, that could have gone either way. Stoke took the lead in the 13th minute with a very well worked corner routine that saw Jon Walters pull off of George McCartney, his marker at the back post, and with [...]

The first part of this article was published after 6 games had been played in the Premier League – you can click here on the article titled: Long Ball in the Premier League (with no mention of Madrid or Barca) - part 2 is below. Long Ball Analysis Sorry, my bad. I just couldn’t resist. I’ve [...]

A lot has been said of Kevin Nolan at the Boleyn Ground since his arrival at West Ham 18 months ago, in a 5.5m deal from Newcastle United. As the 2011/12 season wore on, while fans acknowledged his obvious leadership skills, more and more questions were raised regarding what else he contributed on the field. Invariably, Nolan’s [...]

Earlier this week, Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail wrote an article that was errrr a little lacking in context, to say the least. The article looked at statistics that Ashton believed would show that West Ham weren’t a long ball team, as they only used on average the same amount of long balls as Barcelona and [...]