"Like many of you, I suspect, I won’t be going to Upton Park tomorrow. Call me a wimp if you like, but I will be watching at home. What a sad indictment it is that this fixture still has the possibility to scare the living daylights out of you. It’s just not worth the risk. Mind you, if it hadn’t been on TV, I know I would have gone…"

Doing a very passable impression of an armchair fan there ;)

Couldn't agree more with nearly all of these, particularly 9. We had a great day out at Eastlands, spesh doin the Poznań when we scored! :) I thought Spector was probs our best player on the park, very neat and tidy - Ba also played well. Keane was a disaster and Hitz is way too casual.

Only thing I cannot concur with is Green - he pulled off a string of fine saves, made himself big on numerous one-on-ones and for me totally eclipsed Joe Hart.

For the record S.J, do you still want to sack the manager or are you eating some humble pie yet?!

So just for the record, 'Ba Ba Black Sheerp' is a 'macho and testosterone-laden song' for the irrepressible Hammers faithful?!... Wtf?!.... Iain, this chap needs to be struck off!

Having said that... Cool Runnings is a great shout, so what's a song that's camp as Christmas between friends?!

But West Ham are, unfortunately, West Ham. And as much as we will all don our colours on Saturday in similar fashion, I have a horrible feeling that we may make harder work of an overrated Stoke outfit. (Who tend to play 2 in the middle of the park in Whitehead and Delap - which Parker, Hitz and Noble, spesh with the extra man, should eat for breakfast).... Obinna, if fit again, to make the difference. COYI

Every little helps

Let him seek his judicial review; he barely has locus standi for the hearing and, even so, they will ask what his interest is in not being considered for a stadium that Orient failed to tender a bid for?!

Also S.J, the Stoke match is a Sunday kick off too. I'm not sure about you, but I detest those. Yeah sure, people enjoy them in the pub or indoors but (and I think this goes some way to corroborate Niall Quinn's arguments about Sunderland fans), it discourages people from attending the game at the stadium. With work the next day, it is simply not the same, particularly if it is an away trip.
I also would have happily reversed the times for the United and Chelski matches. 12.45 is a dreadful kick off time when so much is riding on the game. For United, who I honestly feel we can beat again at home (perhaps not in such barnstorming fashion), the players needed the opportunity to have all day to get themselves wound up into a frenzy before the game... not some early, novelty, flat atmosphered kick off.... ho hum.

Super, super Paul! Super, super Paul!

well, if this is our attitude, we might as well all pack up now...

Yeah Radoslav Kovac was so impressive... couldn't agree more.
Bit early for April Fools don't you think?!