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When match officials who have just overseen one of the worst set of decisions in the Barclays Premier League this season are seen laughing and joking with the hierarchy of the club that has just benefited from some really dubious judgements, then any neutral observer would assume that there has been a degree of collaboration. The fact that these 'events' will get brushed under the carpet is synonymous with the dual values applied to the League's 'top six' sides and the rest, it has become accepted that 'lower' teams just don't get the rub of the green from the officials in charge.

Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Dalot, Fred, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Martial, Lukaku. Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Rashford, Pereira, Darmian, McTominay, Greenwood.
West Ham United: Fabianski, Balbuena, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble, Rice, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Anderson, Hernandez. Subs: Adrian, Obiang, Diop, Fredericks, Antonio, Holland, Diangana.

At this stage of the season clubs like West Ham have little to play for except the finishing position bonus that they receive depending on how high up they finish, but this season could have ended differently but for a ridiculous injury list that at some points beggared belief and some lamentable performances epitomised by the loss to Wimbledon in the most open of FA Cups for 20 years!

The words brilliant, or magnificent, or exceptional are often banded around when people refer to football players who left a marked impression, not the sort of 'impression' that Billy Bonds might have left on an unsuspecting striker, more something of great significance.

The West Ham United team that takes to the pitch at the beginning of next season will be barely recognisable from the team that played most of this season, the injured will have returned and the 'lame' released as Manuel Pellegrini looks to take his team to that 'unicorn' of targets, a top six place in the Barclays Premier League. In the past, many have tried and in most cases failed miserably, although 'H' Redknapp did manage to achieve a top six finish once back in 1999!

Chelsea FC: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Emerson, Jorginho, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Hazard, Higuain Subs: Caballero, Barkley, Pedro, Kovacic, Giroud, Willian, Christensen
West Ham United FC: Fabianski, Fredericks, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Anderson, Arnautovic, Lanzini, Chicharito Subs: Adrian, Snodgrass, Obiang, Nasri, Diop, Masuaku, Perez

Those venerable purveyors of the truth, funded by Sky TV, Talksport, otherwise known as Talks***e by most fans, were very keen to upload the Premier League players who are most valuable. TS used 'data' from the CIES Football Observatory apparently using statistics to determine the most valuable player in every squad based on their estimated transfer value.

There are inevitably winners and losers as a result of relegation from the Barclays Premier League, as West Ham supporters know only too well! So the 'vultures' will be circling those clubs already relegated and those who are close to the drop zone, out of Fulham and Huddersfield, the two teams already confirmed as relegated, Fulham represent the best club to 'target' for 'bargains', not that there are any bargains available, merely a shift in price from the exorbitant to just extremely over valued.

Daniel Levy and the Tottenham hierarchy have been well pleased with themselves following the successful trial games played at their newly re-furbished stadium ahead of it's official opening, however their joy has turned to anxiety as a result of comments made by their manager Mauricio Pochettino. 'Poch' has said that the new stadium is brilliant and that it made him cry to see it, but crucially he has refused to confirm how long he will remain as manager.

West Ham United: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Obiang, Snodgrass, Lanzini, Perez, Arnautovic. Subs: Adrian, Balbuena, Masuaku, Noble, Diangana, Antonio, Hernandez.
Everton FC: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin. Subs: Stekelenburg, Baines, Jagielka, Davies, Lookman, Walcott, Tosun.