West Ham United FC v Sunderland

Wont again see this for at least one more season


Barclays Premier League

• Venue: Upton Park
  
• Date: Sunday, 22 May
  
• Kick-off: 1600 BST
  
• Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on
  BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website
  and mobilesTEAM NEWS West Ham first-team coach Kevin Keen will take charge of Sunday's game following Avram Grant's departure.
  

The Hammers will assess Scott Parker, who did not appear
fully fit when he made his return from an Achilles injury as a
substitute at Wigan last weekend.
Sunderland could welcome back striker Asamoah Gyan, who is back in training following a hamstring problem.
Defender Anton Ferdinand could also make his comeback from injury at Upton Park.
West Ham
Doubtful: Parker (Achilles), Stanislas (match fitness), Upson (leg)
Injured: Dyer (hamstring), Kurucz (knee), Noble (stomach), O'Neil (ankle)
Sunderland
Doubtful: Ferdinand & Gyan (both hamstring)
Injured: Bramble, Campbell, Gordon, Meyler & Turner (all knee), Cattermole (back), Richardson (calf), Welbeck (hamstring)
PREVIEW BY MOTD COMMENTATOR JOHN RODER



So where do West Ham go from here? Who is going to sign up as
their next manager? Plenty of questions, but not much in the way of
answers in a troubled week for the Hammers. It will be very interesting
being at Upton Park for the last match of the season - there's no
getting away from the fact that this game will mark the final appearance
in claret and blue for quite a few players.

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It would be a surprise if this match ends 0-0

Sunderland assured their Premier League future several weeks
back, but the effect of Darren Bent's departure to Aston Villa is clear
for all to see.
His last appearance for the Black Cats was against Newcastle
in mid-January. After the 1-1 draw that day Sunderland had 34 points; in
the 14 matches since then they've taken just 10 points. Yet despite
that run, Sunderland need only a draw to register their best Premier
League points total for 10 years.

PREMIER LEAGUE BOTTOM SIX


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• Blackburn P 37 GD -14 Pts 40
  
• Wolves P 37 GD -19 Pts 40
  
• Birmingham P 37 GD -20 Pts 39
  
• Blackpool P 37 GD -21 Pts 39
  
• Wigan P 37 GD -22 Pts 39
  
• West Ham P 37 GD -24 Pts 33
  

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Kevin Keen will be in charge of West Ham, and he has said this
week that he wants to be considered for the managerial vacancy. The last
time I was at Upton Park was the Hammers' most recent victory, over
Stoke in early March. Since then they have claimed only two points from a
possible 24. However, Sunderland have conceded 32 goals in their last
13 matches, so it would be a surprise if this match ends 0-0.
MATCH FACTS Head-to-head

• The Hammers have won their last six Premier League games against Sunderland at Upton Park.
  
• It is over a decade since the Black Cats' last top-flight win
  at West Ham - Stanislav Varga and Don Hutchison scored in a 2-0 victory
  on 13 January 2001.
  

West Ham

• The Hammers have taken two points from a possible 24.
  
• West Ham's collapse at Wigan was the first time they had failed
  to win a Premier League away game in which they led 2-0 at half-time.
  
• If this season's Premier League matches ended at half-time, the Hammers would be safe in 15th place with 42 points.
  

Sunderland

• The Black Cats need a draw to register their biggest top-flight points total for 10 years.
  
• They have dropped 23 points from winning positions this season - only Aston Villa (26 points) have fared worse.
  
• Sunderland have conceded 32 goals in their last 13 matches.
  

LEADING GOALSCORERS West Ham








Cole: 11 goals (5 league); Piquionne: 9 goals (6 league)
Sunderland
Gyan: 11 goals (10 league); Welbeck: 6 goals (6 league)
NB. Darren Bent scored 11 goals (8 league) for Sunderland before joining Aston Villa.
MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant referees: Simon Long & Ceri Richards
Fourth official: Andy D'Urso
LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS West Ham (L2-3
v Wigan, a): Green, Spence, Gabbidon, Tomkins, Bridge, Spector (Parker
60), Hitzlsperger, Collison (Keane 83), Piquionne (Cole 74), Ba, Hines.
Subs not used: Boffin, Upson, Sears, Da Costa.
Sunderland (L1-3 v Wolves, h): Mignolet,
Elmohamady, Onuoha, Mensah (Laing 87), Bardsley, Colback, Henderson
(Lynch 76), Riveros, Zenden, Malbranque (Noble 70), Sessegnon. Subs not
used: Carson, Cook, Knott, Adams.

Now play for the shirt and the colours tomorrow West Ham , do us proud

Shouldn't that read Upson (heart), (spine) or (guts)?

No, because he hasn't any to injure!!

Keen will not select want-away West Ham players today




West Ham United fans will get a indication from who will stay and who will leave this summer from today's team selection.Caretaker
manager Kevin Keen has spoken to each of them and vowed to only field a
team against Sunderland with players who are committed to the claret
and blue of West Ham."I have spoken to certain players. I will be
picking the team based on what I heard and what I have seen in
training," said Keen."There are several players whose contract is
up and may be leaving. We have had a chat about what they think. Some
will be playing and some won't."There are certain positions where
we are a little bit short and certain people may have to play but I
will pick players who desperately want to play."Those who have
got a great chance of being here next season have perhaps trained a
little bit more enthusiastically than those who have a chance of not
being here next season."I have watched young players train out there as if it's the World Cup final for a game that supposedly means nothing."I
am sure that if I put a West Ham team of 17-year-olds the fans would be
fully behind me because that is the ethos of this football club."

For some reason I,m looking forward to this game and I am looking forward to the new season in NPower , a new start a new manager , hopefully one that knows what he,s doing . I,ll have my shirt on today and there will be Bubbles LOUD through the speaking just before the game . WEST HAM TILL I DIE

feeling too sick to go :pale:

Have a good day everyone. At least the result is insignificant. party time. Im jealous
COYI

Whats up Suz ?

Geezer wrote:Whats up Suz ?

Long story mate, been feeling rough for a while...waiting for a few test results. Would love to go to the game today but I think its best just to put my feet up. xx

Hope you feel better soon darling . My plans got buggered up as well , problems at work put the kybosh on my trip over so will be watching it in sunny sweden instead

I hope we can all catch up next season Tony xx

We will Suz , 1st game of the season lets get a proper meet set up .

Trains are pear shaped again borrowed from kumb


West Ham supporters travelling to today's game by public transport face another long trek to the round.Fans
hoping to attend today's meaningless end of seaon fixture between West
Ham and Sunderland face another long walk regardless of the direction in
which they are travelling due to yet more disruptions.

Inevitably questions have been raised as to why the club have failed to
intervene and at least request provisional services be made available.

Barring the Manchestetr United fixture - for which services were
available - Hammers fans have been unable to access Upton Park station
on a match day since the beginning of March.

In stark contrast, those travelling to White Hart Lane to watch the
Tottenham v Birmingham match today face no such disruptions as
'additional trains have been arranged to call at White Hart Lane and
Northumberland Park stations '.

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Full details from TfL

No service between Tower Hill and Dagenham East, except between 1200 and
2030 on Sunday when there is no service between Barking and Tower Hill
westbound and Tower Hill and Upney eastbound.

Service A: between Canning Town and Tower Hill, calling at
Bromley-by-Bow, Bow Road, Mile End, Stepney Green, Whitechapel, Aldgate
and Aldgate East.

Service B: between Mile End and Barking, calling at Bow Road, Stratford, Upton Park and East Ham.

Service C: between Dagenham East and Barking, calling at Dagenham Heathway, Becontree and Upney.

will be rigging the laptop onto the TV for this

West Ham United's starting XI is Green, Spence, Bridge, Gabbidon,
Tomkins, Sears, Collison, Hitzlsperger, Boa Morte, Hines and Piquionne.
The substitutes are Boffin, Jacobsen, Kovac, Parker, Stanislas, Obinna
and Tombides. Thomas Hitzlsperger will captain the Hammers.

For those of you wondering where Demba Ba, Carlton Cole
and Manuel da Costa are. Well, the physio informs me that Ba has an
abdominal problem, Cole is nursing a neck injury and Da Costa is
sidelined with a knee injury.


A host of former West Ham heroes are here at the stadium today - Alan
Devonshire, Alan Taylor, Brian Dear, Ken and Kenny Brown, Keith Robson
and Phil Parkes have all been spotted.

Well well well , what the fcuk were they doing , 3 defenders doing tree [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] for their goal , story of our season .

WTF is LBM doing in the team.....

Just knicked this of the darkside

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] » 22 May 2011, 15:59



I dont think its been terrible, to be honest.
Had the best part of the play, just look clueless in front of goal. Need
some spending in the summer regardless of going down or we will be
staying there a while.

What game was she watching . Sunderland had the majority of play FFS we was crap they run rings round us , stupid cow

Tompka said that the moral was very very low , but the body language on that effort today tells it all. the players are lower than a rattlesnakes knackers
this is going to take some rebuilding over the summer or i can see us in lower mid table

I aint seen it yet.......there has been absolutely no mention of West Ham on the tele.....no streams online......

All I know is, I have had some bad seasons with West Ham....but this is undoubtably the worst.....I could cry, but at this moment can't be arsed.

It was painfull to watch as 3W said " the players are lower than a rattlesnakes knackers " , bad real bad , avoid it Jiggs if you can , wish I had

on the plus side the fans bloody well gave a lot ... even got a conga going in the 'run' .. Boos at the end were not what you would call over powering .. more Boos of total and utter deflation

Keen spend most of timeon his feet giving it some .. PG sat on his backside looking like a man that would not know what end of a screwdriver to hold .. all shrugs of shoulders and clueless

Geezer wrote:Well well well , what the fcuk were they doing , 3 defenders doing tree [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] for their goal , story of our season .

They have been watching CFC the original Tree.

I'm sure if I hadn't already been in hospital, that game would have put me there.

I didn't even bother waiting for us to come on on Match Of The Day

Well at least you wont have to put up with that sh*te next season blakey, will have to wait till midnight for the Football league show now

Blakey wrote:I'm sure if I hadn't already been in hospital, that game would have put me there.

I didn't even bother waiting for us to come on on Match Of The Day

Good call dave

My brother in law, a Lids fan, has already been in touch to say that he'll get VIP tickets to Elland Road for us, (meaning me and him), next season.

He's executive chef at the hotel in Leeds where Lids put their players up & has no problem getting tickets.

I'd love to reciprocate and take him into Chav Corner via the Supps Club and Nathan's, dunno whether he'd be able to keep his mouth shut though ;o)