As West Ham United go into their last day encounter with Leeds, few Hammers fans have genuine expectations of Premier League survival: As they say “it is the hope that kills” and having been on the Claret and Blue roller coaster for most of the season, there’s a sense of exhaustion with the whole business that leaves most supporters resigned to the worst…
With just enough of a whiff of ‘possibility’ to keep us glued to our screens at 4pm tomorrow.
Jarrod Bowen has already had to endure the disappointment ament of being left out of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad, whilst other international Hammers are yet to discover their fate. Amongst them Crysencio Summerville.
The Flying Dutchman will be hoping his early 2026 form- prior to his calf injury -will have been enough to cement a place in Ronald Koemans’ Netherlands World Cup squad, due to be announced on Monday. Summerville has been below his best following three games out, but the signs were there against Newcastle that he may be about to hit his straps once again.
One last chance- Summerville ‘showtime’ could still seem him head off to the World Cup
Sunday’s game gives Summerville one last chance to impress his Dutch manager, which adds further spice for the young winger who will be coming up against his former club Leeds United in any case.
Repeating something akin to Taty Castellanos’ wonder goal of last weekend could still secure Summerville a trip to the biggest tournament ever.
Tomas Soucek is already ‘on the plane’, as is El Hadji Malick Diouf : West Ham fans will be hoping for another helping of ‘Summerville showtime’ tomorrow to cement their own Premier League status against all the odds, and get Crysencio Summerville in front of the biggest TV audience – and quite possibly the biggest market place in the world in which to showcase his talent ahead of a summer move – a few weeks later.
The odds are not so awful…
Provided that we win.
Everton are quite capable of beating Tottenham but that would be of no use at all if we do not beat Leeds.