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News that struggling Premier League newcomers Nottingham Forest are keen to offload Jesse Lingard and cancel his contract in January has been greeted with joy and FEAR by the Hammers faithful, joy that his time at the City ground has been such a disaster as it was rightly or wrongly viewed that he only went there for the money and absolute FEAR or terror that Moyes might finally get his man in what might be one of his final acts as a manager of WesT Ham United!

It is just as well that Tottingham supporting Mayor 'Sadist' Khan ensured the Overground wasn't functioning for the West Ham v Palace game otherwise there may have been some unpleasant scenes as many supporters of both clubs would have had to share the same carriages home on what would have been a journey of paradoxcical highs and lows.

West Ham: Fabianski, Kehrer, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice (c), Paqueta, Benrahma, Bowen, Scamacca Subs: Areola, Coufal, Aguerd, Ogbonna, Lanzini, Downes, Antonio, Fornals, Emerson
Palace: Guaita, Clyne, Andersen, Guéhi ©, Mitchell, Schlupp, Doucouré, Eze, Olise, Ayew, Zaha Subs: Johnstone (GK), Whitworth (GK), Ward, Tomkins, Riedewald, Milivojević, Hughes, Ebiowei, Mateta

“I’m back and I’m ready.”

Ahead of today's crucial home tie against Local rivals Crystal Palace Hammers fans have been hoping for some good news and it seems as if they have found it in the form of Lucas Pacqueta's upbeat social media announcement of "“I’m back and I’m ready.”

Only five words but they mean an awful lot to a lot of people, none more so the Gianluca Scamacca who has sorely missed his 'playmaker from heaven'.

FCSB: Târnovan, Pantea, Dawa, Bouhenna, Radunović, Edjouma, Dulca, Oaidã, Cordea (c), Compagno, Popescu Subs: Vlad, Cretu, Coman, Stoica, D'imiter, Boboc, Olaru, Radaslavescu, Rusu
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Johnson, Aguerd, Ogbonna (c), Scarles, Lanzini, Coventry, Downes, Fornals, Mubama Subs: Randolph, Hegyi, Ashby, Casey, Clayton, Forbes, Swyer, Orford, Potts, Appiah-Forson

Irons go into this weekend's fixture at home against Palace knowing they really need a positive result against their London rivals, followed by an equally positive performance against Leicester City in the following game.

To many fans the whereabouts and contract details of Hammers keeper Darren Randolph are an absolute mystery, the Republic of shot stopper has occupied a 'unique' role during his second stint at the club which has quite blatantly been the vessel from which David Moyes delivered his transfer 'desires' to the club's hierarchy. For many games Randolph has been named in the match day squad AND on the bench for the first team.

Man U: De Gea, Shaw, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Casemiro, Eriksen, Fernandes, Elanga, Rashford, Ronaldo. Subs: Bishop, Dubravka, Malacia, Fred, Sancho, Pellistri, Van de Beek, McTominay, Garnacho.
West Ham: Fabianski, Cresswell, Kehrer, Zouma, Dawson, Rice, Soucek, Downes, Benrahma, Bowen, Scamacca. Subs: Areola, Johnson, Coufal, Fornals, Antonio, Lanzini, Ogbonna, Coventry, Emerson.

There are many mysteries that remain unsolved in the Universe, somehow just trying to comprehend them can result in a head ache or merely total confusion, we accept this state as part of our existence and see no reason as to not proceed along our merry or not so merry paths. However one 'Mystery' we continuously ask ourselves at the Org is 'why Sky?' whenever a Hammers game is screened live on Sky, which is EXTREMELY often.

West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Johnson, Aguerd, Ogbonna ©, Emerson, Lanzini, Coventry, Fornals, Antonio, Benrahma Subs: Randolph (GK), Hegyi (GK), Zouma, Kehrer, Cresswell, Souček, Potts, Rice, Downes, Appiah-Forson, Scamacca
Silkeborg: Larsen, Østrøm, Salquist, Felix, Klitten, Þórðarson, Gojani, Klynge, Tengstedt, Jørgensen, Helenius © Subs: Hedvall (GK), Andrésen (GK), Mattsson, Kusk, Lind, Kaalund, A.Dahl, Adamsen, Oggesen, Calisir, Engel, Busch