WEST HAM SAFE….WELL ALMOST

Brilliant, gutsy display from West Ham, not vintage Hammers but we got the 3 points, Noble and Parker were excellent, Kovac and DaCosta also stood up to be counted, by the end I even forgave Spector for his own goal, geez it takes him a long time to take a throw in though. Great save from Green onto the bar to stop Wigan going 2-0 up, that would have been a long way back, lovely move for Ilan’s goal, great free kick from Noble for Kovac to nod in the rebound, the whole thing was topped off with a spanking Parker goal.

All that and Hull lose at home to Sunderland, I knew Ian Dowie would come good for us one day, as soon as Hull hired him I was rubbing my hands together, I thought Phil Brown stood more chance of getting them out of the mess they were in, it really was a day for the old West Ham boys as Bullard missed a vital penalty, he scored the previous four.

So, unless Hull can win all of their remaining games while we lose all of ours with an outrageous amount of goals going both ways, Hull are down. Burnley are now the only threat to our survival, if they lose to Liverpool tomorrow, it’s all over for them and we can kick back, enjoy the World Cup and think about next season. Hopefully we can keep Green, Parker, Noble, Cole and all the youngsters, cash in on Upson because he really has been pretty useless.

On the managerial front, I hope we stick with Zola and Clarke, I know it’s been the most awful season and we probably don’t deserve to stay up, there is no doubt the teams coming up next year are better than Hull, Burnley and Pompey, so the rebuild will have to be massive.

One final note, fat referee Alan Wiley really gets on my tits, was it me or was Wigan’s second a clean cut handball?