So sorry to hear of the death of Ugo at such a young age.
He was an immensely talented footballer and I'm sure would have gone on into management with equal success.
R.I.P. Ehiogu.

is it a monster well no its worse it is our nemesis Romelu Lukaku:-( now how does a man as big and powerful as him manage to stay fit and strong because he needs to tell Carroll who is ruled out yet again.Well I will be taking my nephew to his first game fingers and toes crossed mr Lukaku has an off day!

Zabaletta on a free and £80grand a week looked at sagna as well but decided not gooners releasing jenkinson so another r/b available on a free defoe on a free....well get used to these kind of rumours because we wont be investing the £100million needed to sort the squad out..the problem with freebies is without a fee players get higher than normal wages and a tasty signing on fee and with a squad that is apparently unhappy with the wages being dealt out to some and not others I think this summer will be a minefield for whoever is in charge both in recruitment and keeping established players happy.

Well the rumour mill already in full flow and though laughable I truly hope that these three players are given a wide birth..Kompany/Wilshire both injury prone we do not need anymore of those players thankyou and then that horrible john terry apart from being passed it and slow and chelski I worry when you hear bilic saying he would not say no if he was offered him,well I am sorry but I am sure a majority of fans wont have anything to do with terry it reminds me of when bfs tried to sign el hadj diouf he was close to it but because we fans kicked up such a stink over signing him that the deal was never made I think the same about terry is more than a possibility,so thanks but no thanks to those three players.

John Terry is leaving Chelsea, would you want him playing in claret and blue?

Ok the truth about sackho and training ground knock has proved to be a lie and the reason he was not involved in yesterdays game is because he refused to sit on the bench he wanted to start when that did not happen this mysterious knock in training came out...now as the manager what slav says has to go but with the constant falling out with some players you have to wonder is it a good thing? look at Randolph he has made more mistakes than Adrian has this season and yet he keeps his place why? I am all for strong management but when needs must surely playing sackho makes more sense,some here will say well he's not match fit and may get injured again and that could be true but that seemed to matter little when choosing to pick Antonio who was still recovering from little niggle and is now out for the season.

Well it may be because of the season we are having but todays game at sunderland is a banana skin and I think we will tread on it...sunderlands cause is a lost one and there players low on confidence but i'm afraid that we will just try some average attempt at keep ball which will not work sunderland will be up and at us for the first 20mins or so and in that time I have no faith in the defence to keep them out and I see us getting beaten 2 maybe 3 goals to1....my heart says it wont happen but on this seasons evidence I lack faith in the way we have been coached the way the players have performed and total lack of fight in the team...I just hope I am eating a large plate of humble pie this evening and I am proved very very wrong..

this is according to TALKsport. Well, I've checked the date and its not 1st April but someone looks a fool to take on this guy with a permanent contract! Interested to know what you folk think, I guess you know how I feel :o) I wonder just what Slav sees in him.

Assuming Carroll is still not fit to start, nor Sakho, how would you set up for Sunderland. For me: Adrian, Cresswell (not 100%), Collins, Fonte, Masuaku, Feghouli, Kouyate, Snodgrass, Lanzini, Fernandes and ... ????

Many happy returns Nev, I have slipped of the org radar in recent times but still appreciate all the work you have done with this site over many years. It has allowed me to hook up with fellow Hammers at games and out of that I have forged some good friendships. Keep up the good work and have a cracking day “old boy”