Two weeks that have seemed like a lifetime are about to come to an end with our trip to Selhurst Park for the 5pm Saturday fixture. Perhaps a rest was what the team and the fans needed but the international break has been like the death of a thousand cuts as the media have taken pot-shots at West Ham.
Anyway, onwards and upwards with hopefully a couple of players returning to bolster our under-performing team. Will Cresswell start, will Zaza play up front and will Noble be dropped to make way for Obiang are just a few of the topics discussed in our preview.
On the subject of Zaza I was on the phone to C&H’s Commander in Chief Hughie today and when the subject of Zaza came up he said . . . . . . “Ahhhh, Simone Zaza. So bad they named him twice”. I quite liked that although it does beg the question why our Besiktas loanee is not called Toretoretore.
I’m looking forward to the game and would love to see people get behind our players and encourage them instead of slagging them off. I remember how long it took for tevez to settle in but once he did and he felt the fans were behind him he was on fire. I feel some of today’s more fickle fans wouldn’t have given him the time.
Despite all of our problems I am looking forward to this, though a third 3-1 away win seems unlikely.