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Having watched their players drop like flies of late, West Ham fans will breathe a small sigh of relief in the knowledge that Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney will not be fit enough to play in this Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash at Old Trafford. Think of him what you will, but Rooney has an unfortunate knack of playing well and scoring against West Ham, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera are also injured ahead of the game.

Following on from Dimitri Payet's injury and that of Enner Valencia's, the last thing Hammers manager Slaven Billic needed was for the prognosis of Diafra Sakho's injury to be bad. Unfortunately it seems that Sakho has a severe muscle tear that will rule him out for much of the season if not all! There is no point in West Ham fans cursing their luck, the old curse is still around and many are of the belief that the move to the Olympic stadium cannot come soon enough, but putting aside the 'gipsy' curse aspect, are things really that bad?

West Ham United: Adrian, Jenkinson, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Kouyate, Zarate, Lanzini, Moses, Sakho.
Subs: Spiegel, Tomkins, Song, Cullen, Antonio, Carroll, Jelavic.
West Bromwich Albion: Myhill, Dawson, Evans, Olsson, McAuley, McClean, Yacob, Fletcher, Morrison, Sessegnon, Rondon.
Subs: Lindegaard, Chester, Gardner, McManaman, Berahino, Lambert, Anichebe

West Ham United's forgotten young star finally gets a game! Leo Chambers has represented and indeed captained England at youth level, great things were expected from him, he made the bench a couple of times and just before he was about to make West Ham's starting line up while the club was still managed by Sunderland's Sam Allardyce, he received a quad injury that kept him out of the frame for an entire season. Further complications meant that Leo was unable to feature in any game at any level for what must have seemed a life time for the Brixton born player.

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris,Walker, Vertonghen, Rose, Ali, Dier, Dembele, Eriksen, Son, Kane, Subs: Mason,Vorm,Trippier , Townsend, Onomah, Carroll, Davies
West Ham United: Adrian, Jenkinson, Cresswell, Reid, Tomkins, Kouyate, Noble, Moses, Lanzini, Sakho, Carroll, Subs: Song, Zarate, Ogbonna, Jelavic, Antonio, Spiegel, Oxford

England take on France at Wembley this evening, all decent minded human beings are being urged to sing La Marseillaise tonight.
Here are the words, belt them out loud! -Ed

La Marseillaise

Allons enfants de la Patrie (Arise, children of the Fatherland)

Le jour de gloire est arrivé! (The day of glory has arrived!)

Contre nous de la tyrannie (Against us tyranny's)

L'étendard sanglant est levé (Bloody banner is raised - repeat)

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes (Do you hear, in the countryside)

Dimitri Payet has been ruled out for three months with ankle ligament damage, the France international suffered the injury to his left ankle after a horror tackle from Everton's James McCarthy in the first half of Saturday's 1-1 draw at the Boleyn Ground. Payet has been Hammer's main man since his £10.75 Million arrival from Marseille in the summer and will be sorely missed while he recovers from the surgery that he now requires.

West Ham United: 13 Adrián 12 Jenkinson 05 Tomkins 19 Reid 03 Cresswell 08 Kouyaté 16 Noble 28 Lanzini 27 Payet 20 Moses 09 Carroll Substitutes:01 Randolph 10 Zárate 11 E Valencia 39 Cullen 21 Ogbonna 26 Jelavic 30 Antonio
Everton FC: 24 Howard 23 Coleman 05 Stones 25 Funes Mori 32 Galloway 16 McCarthy 18 Barry 19 Deulofeu 20 Barkley 09 Koné 10 Lukaku Substitutes: 01 Robles 04 Gibson 11 Mirallas 12 Lennon 14 Naismith 21 Osman 30 Holgate

West Ham United have revealed their financial figures for the year, which while full of positives also confirms the absolute necessity of staying in the Barclays Premier League ahead of the move to the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. Karren Brady as much confirmed this in a press statement, and a closer look at the figures show just how much the board have pushed the boat out to ensure survival. All talk of reaching the Champions League will be put on hold until Hammers have reached the 40 points believed to be required. -Ed
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Sakho, Reid and Song Back To Face Toffees