One swallow does not a summer make but it certainly puts a spring in the step

If ever West ham needed a win it was this one – YEEHAR!!!. What a lift this has truly given the whole club and I bet the atmosphere in the dressing room at fulltime must have been tingling with electricity. I am so pleased for Zola what a relief it must be for him. He can now concentrate on our assault on Europe, alright, alright just kidding.

We now sit comfortably at sixteenth with four clubs below us – onward and upward, come on you Irons let's push on from here

“It’s a funny ole game Saint” as Jimmy Greaves used to say – we lose 2 of our best players in Cole and Ilunga and yet we go on to win a game against a reasonably in-form Aston Villa in a period when to all intents and purposes it looked very much like we are bolstering for a relegation dog-fight. The beautiful game it most certainly is; it’s the reason we are all so addicted eh, you just can’t predict or second guess it, can ya.


Parker played a blinder in mid-field and obviously made a massive difference – we missed him against The Black Cats, had he played it may well have been all 3 points at The Stadium of Light and not just the one.

Late goals against The Villains in both the first half and again in the second shows a newly found grittiness to keep going/fighting until the end and not giving up, plenty of character instead of heads down.

Zavon Hines what an impact, the new Cottee?

Congratulations to all concerned not least to Robert Green for that incredible penalty save. The amazing international penalty stopper does it again – are you listening Fabio?

I listened to the full live commentary on radio London 94.9 and I must say it had me on the edge of my seat, brilliant boys well done, both radio crew and The Beautiful Iron’s!!