West Ham United FC v Barnsley

That was close from the free kick , Come on west ham

Carew off for Sears , show what you can do now dude

Faubert clear favourite to win a ball but decides
to barge the player over instead ????

Potts seems to be doing ok , his old man must be proud on his debut .

The attendance is announced as 34,749 - the highest of the season by more than 1,000 over the visit of Portsmouth in September, which was the second highest at 33,465.

Danny Potts only needs one more goal to equalize with his old man

Should that of been another Pen and Big Sam is ordered to the stands to the ref is a

Yes! Very important win! Danny Potts!

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1 Southampton 21 10 1 0 28 8 3 3 4 16 15 21 43
2 West Ham 22 6 2 3 19 12 7 2 2 18 8 17 43
3 Middlesbrough 22 4 6 1 13 9 7 2 2 15 10 9 41
4 Hull 22 7 0 4 15 12 5 3 3 11 10 4 39
5 Cardiff 22 7 2 2 21 13 3 6 2 15 12 11 38
6 Leeds 22 5 2 4 15 15 5 3 3 21 15 6 35
7 Reading 22 4 4 3 16 13 5 2 4 11 9 5 33
8 Blackpool 22 6 3 2 17 8 2 5 4 16 19 6 32
9 Brighton 22 5 3 3 15 12 4 2 5 8 11 0 32
10 Leicester 22 6 1 4 17 11 2 5 4 12 14 4 30
11 Burnley 22 3 3 5 18 15 6 0 5 14 16 1 30
12 Crystal Palace 21 3 6 1 9 6 5 0 6 12 14 1 30
13 Barnsley 22 5 2 4 17 15 3 4 4 13 17 -2 30
14 Birmingham 19 6 3 0 13 4 2 2 6 13 18 4 29
15 Peterborough 22 6 1 4 26 19 2 3 6 15 20 2 28
16 Derby 22 5 2 4 16 13 3 2 6 10 19 -6 28
17 Portsmouth 20 6 2 2 16 8 1 3 6 7 14 1 26
18 Watford 22 4 3 4 13 16 2 5 4 9 14 -8 26
19 Ipswich 21 5 0 6 17 17 3 2 5 15 25 -10 26
20 Millwall 22 4 5 2 16 9 1 3 7 7 17 -3 23
21 Bristol City 22 2 3 6 9 14 3 3 5 12 19 -12 21
22 Nott'm Forest 22 3 2 6 11 19 3 1 7 7 17 -18 21
23 Doncaster 22 3 4 4 8 12 2 0 9 11 24 -17 19
24 Coventry 22 2 4 5 11 14 0 3 8 6 19 -16 13

17 Year Old Danny Potts: My Man of the Match
The potential banana skin was averted with a solid West Ham peformance. Diop's solid header on 6 minutes was a tonic: our forwards never really looked like cracking Luke Steele today, although they had several good chances. The official man of the match was Kevin Nolan; however, under 18 academy prospect Danny Potts was, for me, undoubtedly the star performer today. He came in at short notice for Faye and the back four had to be shuffled with Potts taking McCartney's place in the left back slot, and McCartney moving into Faye's tradional spot. And the debutant had a fabulous match with bursting runs, strong tackles and energy to spare: he will be one tired chappy tonight!

Barnsley came to the ground for a draw; they kept 5 men back at all times, made nothing except for a breif period where they had several corners in a row. West Ham did more than enough to derserve this victory. The scoreline should have been two or three to nil, the Hammers having missed a couple of sitters. It was an industrial peformance by the team, and just what we needed.

With 'Boro going to Cardiff and getting a result, they have moved into third place, 2 points behind West Ham. West Ham are currently tied on points with Southampton, and only if the Saints lose by 4 or more goals later will we go top. Fat chance :-). However, we can all sigh a breath of relief until boxing day's travels to Birmingham City, where we can pray for some recovery from the injuries we're carrying.

Given our circumstances right now, keeping a clean sheet against the Tykes is a very good statistic!

Got the victory that we needed but it was hard w**k at times watching Barnsley spray the ball across the midfield in the first half and then watch us lump it forward. First half Barnsley had so much space on our right because of the 3 upfront.

Im starting to hate Faubert again, he seems to have one good game then back to his old self of always looking to shove people off the ball and crap passing.

Barnsley manager Keith Hill:

"We were foraging for a point, but I won't go to direct, percentage football. It's killing English football and I won't resort to it."

Fankoo my darlings....something to read about another game I missed ...... facking job.

So glad we got the win

Big Sam says

West Ham United returning to winning ways with a deserved 1-0 home win against Barnsley that delighted Sam Allardyce.

The impressive Papa Bouba Diop's sixth-minute header, his first for the club, from Mark Noble's corner was all that separated the sides in front of a sold-out Boleyn but the match was also noteworthy for Big Sam being sent to the stands late on by referee Scott Mathieson.

The manager had seemingly reacted in the wake of an "outraegous" challenge on debutant Daniel Potts and then a foul on Freddie Sears as he broke on goal, having already been fuming when a first-half penalty appeal by Freddie Piquionne was waved away.

Despite his dismissal, the manager preferred to focus on the tremendous defensive display from a makeshift back four that saw Abdoulaye Faye limp out in the warm-up and 17-year-old Potts, who only signed his first pro deal this week, rising to the occasion.

"It was a fantastic win," said Big Sam. "What we had to cope with was not just Barnsley being a very good team but also a very potent striking force. They have won four out of the last five and they even scored three in the one they lost.

"They are on their best run of the season and I think that to have a back four like we had in the end - Henri Lansbury, George McCartney, Daniel Potts and James Tomkins - and get a clean sheet is great credit to the whole team. The lads in front worked so hard knowing that our back four was weakened."

Potts, son of club legend Steve, was a star turn at left-back, sending in some great crosses and standing up manfully to the challenge posed by the visitors. It was Kevin Nolan who was named by the match sponsors as the player of the game but few in the crowd agreed - with Potts seemingly the popular choice.

"It was a great debut from Pottsy, really very good defensively and in possession," said the manager.

"We had Daniel in the last couple of days in case Abdoulaye wasn't going to be fit, we played him in a couple of sessions with the back four. As in terms of training with the first-team squad, he has been doing that for a few weeks now. He has been used to coming and training with the senior players and of course to perform like that is great credit to him and his family.

"This is a 1-0 win that is very important to us on the back of the circumstances we come into the game. We had Injuries and suspensions before we started and when we did start, one player in the warm-up pulls up. It went from bad to worse to desperate but we still won the game and won well."

The manager confirmed that John Carew went off with a back spasm while right-back Julien Faubert could not finish the game because of a hamstring complaint. It meant Henri Lansbury returned off the bench for the first time since 18 October and had to fill in at the back, making the clean sheet even more remarkable.

Robert Green was a huge factor in that too and earned individual praise for a couple of outstanding stops, including one in the crucial early stages of the second half. Carlton Cole also led the line well and one twisting turning move had the Barnsley defence in knots and nearly led to a second Hammers goal.

"Arguably we should have been more up at half-time and more comfortable. The Robert Green save became a match-turning point just after half-time and I thought overall we deserved to win it.

"Everything was against us today and we have come through with a victory. I am really pleased for the boys."

Just had a vision of something that pissed me off on Saturday.

Greeno took a quick goal kick or free kick in his area that would have put CC clean through, only for dopey bollicks to be away with the fairies not watching the game.

Poor yourself a stiff drink dude and kick the cat