News emerging from Everton's Goodison Park, is that members of staff there have been told there is an extreme likelihood that their Barclays Premiership game, against West Ham scheduled for New Year's Day, will not go ahead due to the exponential increase in the new Covid -19 variant, a development that has seen many games in the top flight cancelled already, the most recent being Fulham's match away to Tottenham at White Hart Lane, which was cancelled just three hours before the kick off.

News that long term Butch the Dog from The Sooty and Sweep show impersonator, Diego Costa, has had his contract with Atletico Madrid terminated by mutual agreement, means that fans up and down the country are screaming out for their clubs to take a serious look at the Ex-Chelsea hitman

Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Redmond, Djenepo, Ward-Prowse (c), Romeu, Walcott, Ings, Adams Subs: Forster, Valery, Smallbone, Diallo, Vokins, Salisu, Armstrong, Long, Obafemi
West Ham: Fabianski, Fredericks, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice (c), Soucek, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Fornals, Haller Subs: Randolph, Coufal, Johnson, Diop, Noble, Snodgrass, Benrahma, Bowen, Antonio

No this is not some weird sponsored advertorial, rather an observation regarding the various media platforms Hammers fans are forced to use instead of being able to attend matches in person. Apart from the obvious loss of the camaraderie of being next to fellow fans and their families, many of whom you will have sat next to or near for years, there is the conundrum of how and where to watch in the most rewarding of ways.

In the far fetched cult movie 'Kelly's Heroes' about a spectacular heist behind enemy lines, Donald Sutherland, who plays a 'hippy' maverick tank captain, questions why his co-conspirator Clint Eastwood doesn't "get with the program" and "why the negative vibes man?". Having overseen an impressive start to the season, guiding the club through some appallingly difficult , some say deliberately arranged early fixtures, Hammers manager David Moyes seems to have suffered a 'lack of conviction' in his team selection for recent games.

West Ham: Fabianski, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Coufal, Soucek, Rice, Johnson, Bowen, Noble (c), Haller Subs: Randolph, Fredericks, Dawson, Diop, Snodgrass, Fornals, Lanzini, Benrahma, Yarmolenko
Brighton: Sanchez, White, Webster, Dunk (c), March, Bissouma, Lallana, Burn, Trossard, Maupay, Welbeck Subs: Steele, Bernardo, Veltman, Mac Allister, Gross, Jahanbaksh, Alzate, Propper, Zeqiri

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that Hammers manager David Moyes' patience has run out with the club's record signing, the misfit striker Sebastien Haller. Moyes didn't sign him, and perhaps the player himself would not have opted to move to the London Stadium had Moyes been in charge, either way the situation is a 'fait accompli' that suits neither party.

Having built up a very good relationship with Slavia Prague, West Ham United are now actively engaged in bringing Prague’s striker Abdallah Sima, to The London Stadium. The negotiations have accelerated due to 'sudden' interest in the young striker by fellow Barclays Premier League teams Manchester United and Arsenal.

What a year it's been, a year like no other, the whole football community as in other walks of life has been put on hold, we wish all fans, not just West Ham United fans all the best in the coming year. Stay safe and be lucky Orgers young and old- Ed

As we approach the beginning of the 'window that never was' for West Ham United, it is common knowledge regarding the lack of funds available, the club is currently borrowing large amounts of money just to survive during the Covid-19/20/21 Pandemic! So when rumours regarding an ex-tottenham and an ex-arsenal, now Chelsea, player began to circulate they were greeted with a fair amount of scepticism.