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As ever David Moyes played his cards extremely close to his chest in his pre match presser ahead of the visit of Watford on Tuesday evening, it is often what Moyes doesn't say that is as important as what he does say. So when referencing Michail Antonio's availability, with the player having travelled a truly ludicrous amount of miles and played three ultimately pointless games for Jamaica, the Irons manager merely stated that Mich was fit and available, but with the caveat that the club were unsure as to whether it was wise to play him so soon after his return.

We at The Org campaigned long and hard to let Issa Diop be given a chance to prove himself alongside Kurt Zouma, in the firm belief that the once monstrously talented player would rediscover his form under Zouma's tutorage, well he got his chance on Saturday against Kidderminster and put in his WORST performance EVER for the club.

Something is not right here, you would have thought Diop would have grabbed the opportunity to prove himself, instead he looked like a rabbit in the headlights and even made the normal owner of that title, Ryan Fredericks, look calm and relaxed!

Fans won't have to wait too long to either be put out of their misery, or breathe a huge sigh of relief regarding Kurt Zouma's availability for tomorrow evening's game against Watford and Sunday's game against Leicester and possibly beyond. The Hammers defensive king pin will undergoing a 'reveal' scan today, with the results and analysis available as early as midday today (Monday 07.02.2022).

Hammers reward for embarrassingly scraping through to the next round of the FA Cup is a 5th round tie away to Southampton at St Mary's, with all the round' games being played during the week commencing February the 28th, although fixtures are subject to change as a result of broadcasting needs.

The draw for the 5th round of the FA Cup, or last sixteen if you want to ramp up the numerics, takes place today at around 11:45 am on ITV, just ahead of the Liverpool v Cardiff tie. Hammers are number 9 in the ball selection, the other main numbers to look out for are: Chelsea number 7, Everton number 8, Tottingham number 11, Liverpool number 12 and Man City number 15.

Paying attention to fitness issues is a permanent part of being a West Ham fan, let's face it you have to! Hammers fans are close to being medical experts such has been their exposure to players who are in constant need of treatment! However there is fitness to play, which should not be confused with fitness to wear the shirt, after Andriy Yarmolenko's horror show yesterday the club really should be looking at cancelling his contract.

There are growing fears that Hammers current record signing at the club, Kurt Zouma may have sustained an injury that might be worse than first thought during yesterday's FA Cup 4th round tie. After the game against Kidderminster David Moyes said “I think he’s okay. I was a bit worried. Obviously, the plan was not to play him as long but we made changes to try and get ourselves in the cup and stay in the cup so unfortunately, I was not able to bring him off earlier.”

As Hammers players left the pitch of the incredibly compact but aptly named 'Agg'borough Stadium, they made a point of congratulating their stoic opponents Kidderminster Harriers, who had become the Nation's favourites, as the plucky underdogs. They nearly pulled off the biggest FA Cup shock in living memory, but failed at the last hurdle, well last two hurdles actually.

Kidderminster: Simpson, Penny, Richards, Cameron, Austin ©, Carrington, Morgan-Smith, Hemmings, Sterling, Bajrami, Preston Subs: Emery (GK), Lowe, Montrose, Foulkes, Martin, Lissimore, White, Bastable, Redmond
West Ham: Areola, Fredericks, Diop, Zouma, Johnson, Král, Noble ©, Vlašić, Benrahma, Yarmolenko, Bowen Subs: Randolph (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Dawson, Alese, Rice, Souček, Fornals, Okoflex

David Moyes knows only too well that a gigantic banana skin awaits his West Ham team as they take on 'non league' heroes Kidderminster Harriers, in this lunchtime's televised FA Cup 4th round fixture that is being shown by the BBC in the hope of another cup upset, Kiddy having seen off Championship side Reading in order to earn their place in the tie.