Former Hammer: Great time to meet Man Utd

Former Hammers central defender turned pundit Tony Gale disagrees with manager Sam Allardyce that this is not a good time to meet Manchester United.

Allardyce has made it clear that he wants to hear no such talk as the Irons squad head for Old Trafford.

But Gale clearly isn’t listening declaring: “It’s a terrific time to meet them but what we musn’t do is sit back and defend because we have two excellent guys up front.

“Enner Valencia and Diafra Sakho  are not 6ft 4 in strikers – they have real pace and can cause big problems.

“Luis van Gaal has some real troubles and West Ham can go up there with a real chance.”