A must, must win if such a tedious handle existed for a game.
Whilst abject disappointment didn't reign freely post derby, the type of optimism that only a home win over Spurs and a win against ****e lower league opposition can only bring.
That said we are playing with a bit more confidence and the league is still very very tight so hope runs free.
West Ham are having a crap season, a crapper one than ours. Avram Grant has been read the last rites more times than Zsa Zsa Gabor. If he keeps on getting beat then he won't have a leg stand to stand on with the fans when he asks for more time as manager there, particularly with the rat like O'Neill supposedly sniffing about.
They did have a productive Christmas and at the heart of it was Scott Parker, a fine player who always seem to turn it on against us. One of them festive games was a one all draw at Upton Park, when we really should have done better against a team there for the taking. Not unlike the derby then.
We've something of a good record with West Ham at Goodison, enjoying decent wins more often than not. Save last season when it ended up in a disappointing 2-2 with them scrapping for their Premiership lives.
It wouldn't be a West Ham discussion without mentioning what massive tits Sullivan and the sex-offending-Santa lookalike Gold are. I wish them despicable beauts nothing but failure, which is unfortunate as I like the West Ham fans who usually come across quite well.
The 4-4-2 stalled a wee bit at Anfield as Liverpool's five in midfield gained the upper hand for some periods, notable when they were first to a lot of the second balls. West Ham may employ similar but you'd think that the 4-4-2 is made for games like this as home where we have struggled to kill of teams recently.
Anichebe and Beckford toiled well enough up front but I'd be happier with Saha returning who always seems to have a goal in him against West Ham. It's looking likely that the bad greedy Christian Pienaar will on pastures new so that left hand side poses a problem. Usually our most productive outlet, Osman didn't do much to stake a claim in the last game. Bilyaletdinov has looked a bit more confident in recent cameos so I reckon he'll start there.
Arteta continues to underwhelm so maybe there might be a change there. Jagielka should be back form injury so Moyes might have a selection poser as Heitinga has not really done anything wrong in the last couple of games.
In a season of stuttering and starting it's important than we gain some momentum with a couple of difficult games approaching after this. Too often we've failed to take three points from games we should be winning, hopefully this game will buck that trend.
Whilst abject disappointment didn't reign freely post derby, the type of optimism that only a home win over Spurs and a win against ****e lower league opposition can only bring.
That said we are playing with a bit more confidence and the league is still very very tight so hope runs free.
West Ham are having a crap season, a crapper one than ours. Avram Grant has been read the last rites more times than Zsa Zsa Gabor. If he keeps on getting beat then he won't have a leg stand to stand on with the fans when he asks for more time as manager there, particularly with the rat like O'Neill supposedly sniffing about.
They did have a productive Christmas and at the heart of it was Scott Parker, a fine player who always seem to turn it on against us. One of them festive games was a one all draw at Upton Park, when we really should have done better against a team there for the taking. Not unlike the derby then.
We've something of a good record with West Ham at Goodison, enjoying decent wins more often than not. Save last season when it ended up in a disappointing 2-2 with them scrapping for their Premiership lives.
It wouldn't be a West Ham discussion without mentioning what massive tits Sullivan and the sex-offending-Santa lookalike Gold are. I wish them despicable beauts nothing but failure, which is unfortunate as I like the West Ham fans who usually come across quite well.
The 4-4-2 stalled a wee bit at Anfield as Liverpool's five in midfield gained the upper hand for some periods, notable when they were first to a lot of the second balls. West Ham may employ similar but you'd think that the 4-4-2 is made for games like this as home where we have struggled to kill of teams recently.
Anichebe and Beckford toiled well enough up front but I'd be happier with Saha returning who always seems to have a goal in him against West Ham. It's looking likely that the bad greedy Christian Pienaar will on pastures new so that left hand side poses a problem. Usually our most productive outlet, Osman didn't do much to stake a claim in the last game. Bilyaletdinov has looked a bit more confident in recent cameos so I reckon he'll start there.
Arteta continues to underwhelm so maybe there might be a change there. Jagielka should be back form injury so Moyes might have a selection poser as Heitinga has not really done anything wrong in the last couple of games.
In a season of stuttering and starting it's important than we gain some momentum with a couple of difficult games approaching after this. Too often we've failed to take three points from games we should be winning, hopefully this game will buck that trend.
