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"West Ham are MASSIVE everywhere we go" is the self-deprecating chant that has become very popular among Hammers fans of late, David Moyes has managed to get his 'rag tag' band of players punching well above their weight in the Premier League AND in Europe.

Hammers ONLY striker Michail Antonio has NOT been called up to represent Jamaica by the Reggae Boyz coach Paul Hall for their forthcoming World Cup games as it is believed Hammers boss David Moyes 'intervened'. The games, which were ALL due to be played within 7 days, are essentially dead rubbers, as Jamaica cannot possibly qualify for the next tournament due to their poor earlier qualifying results.

Running out of puff can mean many different things depending on the environment and/or the precise situation and/or location. It could be ravers who have run out of comestibles, or and old steam train struggling to get up an incline furiously being stoked by 'sooty men', or in West Ham United's case a team of players who have literally run themselves into the ground.

Tottenham: Lloris (c), Romero, Dier, Davies, Doherty, Betancur, Højbjerg, Reguilón, Kulusevski, Son, Kane Subs: Gollini (GK), Sánchez, Royal, Rodon, Winks, White, Bergwijn, Lucas Moura, Scarlett
West Ham: Fabiański, Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Masuaku, Souček, Rice (c), Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio Subs: Areola, Fredericks, Diop, Noble, Král, Fornals, Vlašić, Yarmolenko, Perkins

Make no mistake, this Sunday's clash between East and North London is a whole lot more than a London Derby and it's commensurate bragging rights for a few days, the game's hosts Tottenham will be desperate to get a result because their entire season has essentially fizzled out from a competition winning point of view, the best they can hope for is qualifying for the Champions or Europa League Cup competitions via their final Premier League points tally.

Andriy Yarmolenko's heroic exploits of the last fortnight go some way to show how important the game of football can be through entire countries and communities, his home country Ukraine is still under remorseless assault by Mad Monk Putin's overwhelming but under performing military, football has now become a forgotten pleasure.

The old expression "you had to have been there" in order to have experienced a tumultuous game of football is an extremely hackneyed usage of the English language and a classic example of lazy journalism, which as you know is something we give short shrift to at the Org.

West Ham: Areola, Johnson, Zouma, Dawson, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Fornals, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio
Subs: Fabiański, Randolph, Alese, Diop, Fredericks, Masuaku, Chesters, Král, Noble, Vlašić, Yarmolenko, Perkins

Sevilla: Bono, Navas, Koundé, Gudelj, Augustinsson, Jordán, Delaney, Rakitić, Corona, En-Nesyri, Martial
Subs: Dmitrović (GK), Flores (GK), Montiel, Munir, Rafa Mir, Torres, Luismi, Carmona, Romero, Zarzana, Scotta, Salas

England's loss will be West Ham's gain during this year's 'Notion's Cups', as Gareth Southgate has NOT included Jarrod Bowen in the England squad announced earlier today, Bowen's name had been mentioned by many as a likely call up, but the England manager elected not to select the 25 year old, despite the Hammers forward's astonishing goals and assists this season.

The full extent of Manuel Pellegrini's profligacy while at the helm of West Ham is STILL coming home to roost, the Chilean sanctioned the staggering £45 Million acquisition of Sebastien Haller from Eintrecht Frankfurt among other disastrously expensive and ultimately useless signings.