Its official - with the announcement of the latest provisional England squad set to go to the Euro's, it may come as absolutely no surprise whatsoever to see that not a single West Ham player features in the squad. The selection process has become such a joke, it bears more semblance to the Eurovision song contest than the European Cup - only with West Ham exiled to the 'nil pois' territory that England normally face amongst the slew of pithy Eastern-bloc pop muzak that takes the spoils. The whole appearance of Hodgson at our final game at the Boleyn gave me a faint glimmer of hope he was there to scrutinize the likes of Cresswell, Noble or even big Andy Carroll - but now its clear the real reason he was there was to see Rashford. Yes, Rashford a one season wonder who to be fair, possesses a lot of talent and could well prove to be a good future player for England, but is a massive gamble. Not one to shake things up too much though, expect to see Roy's favourite Tiny Tim Wilshere make the bench - where he has been prolific this season, still nursing an injury that he probably wont have recovered from by the time of the tournament, along with the usual 'boring' James Milner et all. We fans have all been harping on for long enough about the overlooking of our players for national selection - but you only have to go on the BBC website where the squad list has been announced to see the many comments from other supporters who are as incredulous as we are to see the omission of our standout players to know what the claret and blue specs might be slightly tinted but they still give 20-20 vision. The most criminally overlooked player for me though is Antonio. How can you take a chance with Rashford amd not do the same with Antonio? He has been the best English winger in the country this season. I will be watching the Euros of course and supporting England but I hope this is Roy's last competition.

Personally I don't believe much that's said on social media but rumours has it that Payet didn't travel with the team and is out of tomorrow's match.

We have all seen this lad play and you can clearly see how talented he is....not one to make comparisons but Rio Ferdinand in my mind is the last player we produced at a level that all the big guns were drooling over. So now with all these big clubs again circling we are in talks over a new contract with him....currently on seven grand a week(not bad for a 17yr old)reports mention that progress yet to be made....now I am not going to say what kind of deal should be offered that is down to the club but given this boys talent and age we have to be holding onto him....yes he is developing but just like rashford at manure you can clearly see the ability that makes both these players stand out from the "GOOD" players at either club....if we want to be considered a big club with ambitions to go further then as much as the headline grabbing 20/30 million pound players we are trying to sign we have a duty to secure the special players we unearth and develop because if we don't then we will always be chasing our tails in the transfer market paying big money for players with half the talent of this boy...mangala/de michelis/otamendi spring to mind now there is a scary thought...so I hope we can get a deal done for Reece as he clearly is someone we need to keep

live on the box and a win guarantees Europa league football how confident are we? because we will have to win as Southampton have a gimme with palace despite anything pards might say there minds will be set on the cup final.so stoke with nothing to play for should be easy? mmm doubt that...they have some very good players and its there last home game of the season so I think it'll be a draw and that will not be enough.

chelski have held talks with the LLDC about moving into the OS for 3years after being quoted £60million to use Wembley hopefully this is a ruse to get the F.A to drop there price but I have a feeling if not chelski we will end up sharing the ground and will be powerless to stop it.

he said, "the only threat by West Ham United was from set pieces". Now I really wish we had put away 3 or 4 of those golden chances in the first half.

The Final Farewell, The Last Hurrah..... 10th May 2016 ..... 36 years to the day West Ham United (then a 2nd Division side) triumphed over Arsenal to secure our last major domestic trophy. That memory all those years ago will be firmly etched in the memory of countless fans and some 250,000 fans after welcomed their all conquering heroes home. Fast forward 36 years and we had some 60,000+ supporters ready to bid a tearful farewell to a stadium that has been "home" for 112 years. The first match at the "Grand old girl" was v Millwall in the old Southern League and a resounding 3-0 win, 112 years later the final match saw a much closer encounter but a classic good old fashioned tie resulting in a 3-2 home victory that will long stay in the memory. The Boleyns 2,398th goal for the Hammers indeed the last goal ever to be scored at the Boleyn by ironically a defender .. yes Winston Reid ! I say ironically because surely West Ham Uniteds favourite son must be the mercurial Bobby Moore rated among his peers (Pele, Beckenbaur et al) as the greatest defender of all time. James Tomkins another Academy product made a cameo and how fitting that "local lad" Canning Town born Mark Noble another Academy product not only captained the side with aplomb with a coolness in his urgency was named sponsors Man of the Match. The celebrations went long into the night and a highly charged an emotional night though sadly there were incidents that earlier had threatened the mar the big day. With pubs licensed for all day opening some did not need a second invitation to "lap up" the atmosphere along with a copious amount of alcohol. The Manchester United team bus which should have been at the ground at 4pm was pelted by over emotional (and largely drunk) groups many of whom will purport to be "West Ham fans" this tinges the occasion with sadness as has pictures that are spreading across social media of seats being ripped out and signs torn down by some over zealous "souvenier hunters" ! The club has already issued 3 lifetime bans for incidents on the club concourse on Saturday and it looks like many more to follow. I doubt that many will have season tickets for the OS but those that do will become those that did. As a lifelong Hammer I have travelled the length of the country to watch West Ham whenever I can and one of those occasions it was a big thanks to ANTKB for that managing to get me a ticket when we beat Tottenham at home our last home game in the 2013/14 season, I have enjoyed the company of ANTKB and Ollie , Aycliffe, Roberto, JayK, Darvers, Tim and many others sharing a few sensible sherberts along the way. I have seen my heroes witnessed performances which would make "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" an understatement. I will still visit the area it is still deep in my heart "home".
While the media will no doubt cast a critical eye and comment over last nights ugly the very least is that the players turned in a performance that was a worthy of a last hurrah, a performance of pride, determination and passion. An audience that refused to stay silent even at 1-2! A support that roared as one, cheered as one and finally when it all sank in .... cried as one.
Though I tried I could not obtain a ticket and certainly was not prepared the pay in excess of a months wages to do so.
I watched instead on my lap top not quite the same ... my chance of a final goodbye never came this season but I will always remember my first and my two sons first games at the Boleyn, I still have the programmes from those games (well my boys have theirs) my friends and those I met along that journey I hope can all gather together at some point ... the banter, the laughs and lifting of spirits (not just the alcoholic kind) will long live on. A new generation will enter the OS and that will be for them "home" and will rely upon the memories of parents, grand parents etc about where we once lived. The club was here before me and thankfully for the David's and Karren as well as the team they lead the club will survive long after I have gone. The journey continues it's just the destination that's changed. I watched , I shed a tear but I am very proud none the less that the board and players paid homage to an institution that has played a part in so many lives. Thank you for your indulgence.

Nobbs asks every one to stay of the pitch at the end tomorow night ,special celebrations planned, really emotional, sorry i cant post it here ,i haven't a clue when it comes to this copying & pasteing shite but its on facebook

I think since we beat Liverpool in the cup Slav has been guilty of taking his eye off the ball. As good as he was before that game he has been as bad after it. Big mick a temp solution before that game is still at right back and with our worse defensive displays Slav still picks the same 4. Mick was terrorising teams in their attacking third not allowing opposition to get forward. So having him at right back effects us two fold! He also seems to have ditched players that could be doing a job for us, needlessly. We have a squad USE it ffs. Has he written off Collins, Tonka, byram, obiang and obrian this season? How can he justify this? I'm not saying sack him but boy is he making it harder for us. I'm baffled. IMO if he carrys on in the same vain we will finish 8th when it should at least be 5th. Both soton and poo look capable of winning the rest of their games but we do not. The only reason I can think of why he hasn't changed the right back situation is because he might want Antonio at right wing back next season and play 3 centre backs? He may never find himself in the position we were this season and he looks to have blown it for no sane reason I can see.

It befuddles me why Bilic persists with Antonio at right back. How many times does it take to realise that it doesn't work? He should be rotating the squad more and picking a more solid back line. Coilins or Tomkins are unable to get any play time. I don't think Reid and Ogbonna work. What will he do for the Manure game? Is Bilic stubborn or does he see something long term but our defence has been leaking goals at an accumulative rate lately. I have to say the big players today also underperformed- Payet, Lanzini really poor. Carrol got outmuscled most of the time though he had few crosses that came to him. Moses is shit lazy and good riddance. Bilic must tinker with this side to end the season on a high not a whimper. Defence is as important than attack though I wouldn't want to go back to an Allardyce situation. Com on Slav, get some self respect back. That performance was shocking.