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Having been vitriolic in our appraisal of Jonathan Calleri in previous articles, we at the Org are willing to eat 'umble pie when it comes to the South American's effort and disposition, especially on friday night against Tottenham when he worked his socks off and could have even had a goal or two with a bit of luck and a bit more composure.

West Ham: Adrian, Fonte, Reid, Collins, Fernandes, Kouyate, Noble, Byram, Lanzini, Ayew, Fletcher, Subs: Randolph, Cresswell, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Nordtveit, Masuaku, Calleri.
Tottenham: Lloris , Trippier , Vertonghen , Alderweireld , Davies , Dembele, Wanyama , Dier , Alli , Eriksen, Kane, Subs: Walker, Dembele , Sissoko Vorn, Son, Wimmer

Jonathan Calleri arrived at West Ham's London Stadium with a fanfare as a top south american striker, and indeed the stats proved that on paper he was the capable of firing goals in from all angles! Unfortunately since donning the claret & blue Calleri has had extreme difficulty in getting his angles correct, he did not help his own case with his ridiculous ill fated rabona attempt at Stoke's Bet 365 stadium.

Stoke City:Butland; Johnson, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Muniesa; Cameron, Whelan, Allen; Shaqiri, Berahino, Arnautovic Subs: Grant, Bardsley, Pieters, Adam, Diouf, Crouch, Ramadan
West Ham United: Adrian, Fonte, Reid, Collins, Fernandes, Kouyate, Nordtveit, Masuaku, Lanzini, Ayew, Calleri. Subs: Randolph, Cresswell, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Noble, Byram, Fletcher.

So Big Mich Antonio wants to leave West Ham United? On the face of it who could blame him, the board 'apparently' don't want to offer him a deal that would see the incredibly versatile player, signed from Nottingham Forest for what now appears to be a snip at £8 Million, achieve parity with recent signings Fonte from Southampton and Snodgrass from Hull.

Only West Ham United and Newcastle 'had their collars felt' in today's 'storming' of their respective offices by HMRC officers at a highly respectable 8am, they normally arrive a lot earlier! Given the nature of the action and it's potential to implicate and tarnish two of football's most disliked and resented hierarchy's in the form of Mike Ashley and David Sullivan, it is no small wonder that the BBC's Dan Roan has jumped on the story like a dog after a butcher's bone!

West Ham United moved clear of the drop zone after beating Swansea and drawing with Sunderland and Everton, those results seemed to have guaranteed Premiership survival, but the players cannot check out and plan holidays to Barbados just yet, with just four games to go football odds show we are now 100/1 to go down, so that is as good as safe, but we are not yet mathematically secure.

West Ham : Adrian, Collins, Fonte, Reid, Masuaku, Fernandes, Nordtveit, Kouyate, Lanzini, Ayew, Calleri. Subs: Randolph, Cresswell, Rice, Makasi, Holland, Sakho, Fletcher.
Everton : Stekelenburg, Holgate, Jagielka, Williams, Baines, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Davies, Barkley, Mirallas, Lukaku. Subs: Robles, Kone, Barry, Calvert-Lewin, Lookman, Pennington, Kenny.

What can we expect from the Hammers’ final few games?

Nine points clear of the drop zone with only five games left to play, it was would seem that a collective a sigh of relief is the order of the day down Stratford way, but should it have ever come to this?

With the season drawing to an end, transfer rumours abound despite the window not opening for months! Having endured a spectacularly disappointing season most West Ham fans are essentially looking for two things, survival in the short term and progress in the future. Assuming the primary objective of Premier League survival is achieved, which is by no means guaranteed it is widely accepted that wholesale changes need to be made which might even involve replacing Slaven Billic as manager with Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi.