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Friend or Defoe? They say that the second album is always the trickiest. Sequels never live up to the original. That once you’ve gone, you should never go back . Try telling that to Julian Dicks. Or Tony Cottee. Both outstanding players who after brief forays at opposite sides of Stanley Park, came back to Upton Park and continued in the same rich veins of form as their earlier careers. However, players with such natural ability as Frank McAvennie and Joe Cole have disappointed…

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Capital One Cup Draw As I settled down to watch the quarter final draw for the Capital One Cup on Wednesday night, I decided to myself that I was actually quite looking forward to the draw, as I’m sure many other West Ham fans were. After a brilliant win at Burnley, we found ourselves, for the first time really under Big Sam, in a draw for the latter stages of a cup competition. Despite only being the Capital …

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Well, that was the Plan…but what next? I’ll be honest; I never thought it would happen. Sam unveiled his spectacular Plan B, and it has worked. 4 points from the last 3 games is a fantastic return considering the opposition we’ve faced. Even the most optimistic of fans would have probably predicted just the one point. The old tactical genius that is Big Sam pulled a masterstroke against Spurs. It worked well against Swansea, but the notion of…

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Will The ‘False Nine’ Work? In our last two games, Big Sam has adopted a new formation to send out onto the pitch as a result of the failings of Modibo Maiga up front on his own, or at least the failing to make it work. The formation Sam chose was inventive to say the least. Drawing inspiration for the incredible Spanish national team, he decided the best thing to do once he failed …

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Fan expectation….Take a slice out of Kipling’s book. Suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue, we all have it. A newfound sense of optimism. Admit it – after the Hull debacle, I’ll bet you, like me were suddenly looking over the league table not with the usual early season glee, but in sheer desperation to find at least 3 teams that would be worse than us come what May. So it would …

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Last weeks result against lowly Hull is a season low, and it can’t get much worse. Again us fans can feel robbed, another bit of bad luck has cost us. A poor referee has stolen any points from us. After last week’s disappointing result at Hull City, what better way to pick ourselves up than a London derby with Spurs. We now have a tough few fixtures ahead of us and I without …

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