West Ham Online

"Hope you enjoyed your Christmas - or, at the very least, that you survived it. Boxing Day can be a bit like the first day of the season, with some unexpected results popping up. Let's hope there's at least one unexpected result at The Emirates on Thursday. NEWCASTLE UNITED vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST (1230) You have to wonder if Forest might end up ruing Steve Cooper’s departure. Nuno is yet to prove himself fully in English football and faces a decidedly tricky visit to the northeast in today’s early kick-off. Newcastle have not enjoyed the kind of success their fans expected of late, but should see off their visitors with ease. Home win. BOURNEMOUTH vs FULHAM (1500) The Cherries have skyrocketed in recent weeks to be level with Chelsea, an incredible improvement to when they appeared dead certs for the drop. Fulham have been painfully inconsistent in that same period, having demolished us but lost at home to Burnley in recent weeks. So what happens in this game is anyone’s guess. Draw. SHEFFIELD UNITED vs LUTON TOWN (1500) A massive six-pointer. Should be a good old-fashioned game of English football. All that will be missing is the mud and an orange ball. Draw. BURNLEY vs LIVERPOOL (1730) Two wins in their last six has seen Burnley improve on what they’d managed in their previous 12. It’s also taken them to within sight of the dotted line without the help of binoculars. Liverpool will prove a huge test, though, and one they’re unlikely to pass. Away win. MANCHESTER UNITED vs ASTON VILLA (2000) Fresh off a hiding at the London Stadium, Man U’s woes have sunk further in this deep midwinter. Meanwhile, Villa are a point from the top of the table and will want to carry that momentum into the new year. Will Eric ten Hag be seeing in the new year in Den Haag? Away win. *WEDNESDAY* BRENTFORD vs WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (1930) A lower mid-table clash that will be of principal interest to the two respective sets of fans. Home win. CHELSEA vs CRYSTAL PALACE (1930) Surprisingly, another lower mid-table clash. What the heck is going on at Stamford Bridge? In their last combined 12 games, these two sides have managed two wins and seven defeats. Blimey. Home win. EVERTON vs MANCHESTER CITY (2015) Sean Dyche has got his team playing with belief. How much belief have City got after one solitary win in their last six outings? Still, class is permanent as the saying goes. Away win. *THURSDAY* BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (1930) The Seagulls have descended somewhat recently, while Spurs’ focus is on top spot, which they occupied not so long ago. Draw. ARSENAL vs WEST HAM UNITED (2015) The league leaders may see this as a routine win to cement their top dog spot, the more so with the benefit of home advantage. In truth, only the most optimistic, die-hard, loony, claret and blue bespectacled away fans would argue with that. Just work hard and retain a semblance of self-pride and respectability, please. Away win. *CHAMPIONSHIP* Leaders Leicester have pulled away from Ipswich thanks to the latter’s poor seasonal showing to date. The two meet this evening at Portman Road in the game of the season. The chasing pack sees Leeds and Southampton level on 45 points with the former visiting Preston this afternoon while the Saints host Swansea. Thereafter, just six points separate fifth from 15th of which only two sides have never played in the Premier League. In the table’s nether region, Rotherham remain rock-bottom, while QPR are working hard to climb out of the drop zone. Millwall are doing their best to fall into the drop zone and these two meet at the Den this afternoon."

kylay 10:27 Wed Dec 27 That'll be a yes. Their squad today only has two players who might and Jeff Shlupp hasn't a Ghana regular for a while.

Is Crystal Palace going to be able to field a team when AFCON kicks off?

"Norway - yeah, agreed. VAR couldn’t do much else there and it was inaccurate for me to call that out as a poor VAR decision. It’s not the best rule though imo."

"Lowlife. It doesn’t matter whether the keeper could/would have saved the shot. If a player is in an offside position and in the line of sight, then it is offside. That’s the law, so VAR got it right."

Manuel 12:49 Agree. He’s clearly a decent player and probably has a lot of pressure on his shoulders but looks nowhere near at the moment resembling the quality to justify his price tag. Kind of like most of their squad. Ten Hag seems to be an absolutely rotten evaluator of talent so far with barely a decent single buy since coming in.

lowlife 12:48 Exactly! For days if not weeks they went on about it. Not even sure if he scored another goal for them? Ironically his goal was against Villa too I think. And it was also vastly overhyped as a ‘wonder goal’

"I think Hoijlund has attributes and is a good player who can obviously get better given his age, not sure he will ever be prolific though, but a good 9 for sure. Suspect they will finish around 6th."

"Scorchio - I do remember that goal, vs Villa. The new ‘wonderboy’ who did fuck all after that. Grown men going over the top with praise is ridiculous."

"I can’t think of any other club where they wank themselves silly like they do with Man Utd. When Garnacho scored that overhead kick (admittedly it was a good one) they went on for ages about it, and even commented that other players needed to take lessons from him before attempting overhead kicks again. Absolute drivel from professional commentators. Onana wasn’t really tested enough last night imo - shockingly bad top level keeper and he’ll get exposed again soon enough. I do think last night was just a blip in a season of mediocrity for them."

Yeah it’s a fucking joke. They’ll wank off over Hoijlund for days now. He’s been abysmal so far. They do it every time a player scores their first goal or a decent one and he’s suddenly a world beater. (remember Macheda? No me either barely) Prepare yourself for a tonne of stuff about the ‘Radcliffe era’ and how he’s all going to turn it around now too. (with his 25% stake and no decision making power…)

"Quite a few I reckon, Alex. They did do very well to come back, but the commentator was clearly revelling in it. Biased twats again. When Hojlund scored he came out with “maybe he does really belong on the big stage”. It was his first league goal, ON BOXING DAY."

So how many times now have Man United had a session defining win that marks a turn around in their fortunes? That must be about the sixth mustn't it?

"Bit of a blow losing 6th but credit Man Utd for coming back like that, could have easily just wilted."

Reckon we’ll finish above Villa this season

Mancs above us. Cunts.

0-2 Villa. This is turning into a classic.

Now people on here wanking over Eddie Howe and wishing he was our manger . What happen to wishing the Spurs manager was here every time Spurs win of late ? Suppose your be happy with the owners of them clubs buying us out as well . shame on you

Another Onana howler. Biggest clown of a keeper I’ve ever seen.

"Some very poor VARing in the Burnley Liverpool game. No way was the keeper going to get that Elliott goal, regardless of any ‘sightline’ infringement. Simon Hooper on VAR and continuing to be very poor after his performance at the weekend."

Great stuff seeing Sheffield United lose like that. Nice to see Townsend doing well after being shafted by Kompany and Burnley.

"Yep, Charlie, never bet on your predictions. Forest keep us in sixth."

"Yep, Charlie, never bet on your predictions. Forest keep us in sixth."

Your predictions are doing well Charlie. Hope you never had a big bet on any of those. ?üòÇ

Sheffield v. Luton is a wild one. Luton helped into the lead by 2 own goals. I'd have Eddie Howe here in a heartbeat. He's dealing with a rash of injuries and his major summer signing side-lined by a betting scandal which easily could have been us.

Makes a change to see an ex player return and get 3 goals And celebrate respectfully. I do see a player coming unstuck one of these days the way they wind the opposing fans up. Leicester prime example and they got away with it.