Spammer In The Works! Villa

Eventually the 'good luck' bubble had to burst, in recent games all of Hammers' relegation 'brethren' have floundered, achieving only four points between them since the Barclays Premier League project restart. That all started to change with Watford's victory over Newcastle, but was bought home to rest with Aston Villa's 2-0 home victory over a Palace team that looked and performed as if they were already on the beach.

Conspiracy theorists might think Palace lost in order to put extra pressure on West Ham's relegation woes, in the vague hope of finally getting hold of Michail Antonio at a bargain price should the Irons get relegated. Either way Villa's victory possibly portents the dreadful thought of having to play them on the final day of the season in order for David Moyes' team to survive in the top flight.

If Bournemouth get a result this evening, there will be a lot of bottom squeaking and anxiety spreading across fans who fear the stress levels might be too much to bare, and the candles will be burning in Theydon Bois as well! Being positive, relegation or not is still firmly in West Ham United's hands and as such the club is not currently reliant on other teams doing the club a favour.

Two games against fellow relegation strugglers will define the season, the Manchester United match will probably see Moyes regress and go for damage limitation, however if the result against Watford is a negative one he may well be forced to alter his approach. Everything is still up for grabs in the 'basement' of the division, and it will be a case of who dares probably wins. - Ed