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Playing an ageing forward on his own as part of a 4-2-3-1 line u is Dino Moyes' only option when he sets his team up apparently, either Michail "I can't stop falling over" Antonio or Danny "I look older than your Uncle" Ings are his 'go to' players. The Hammers manager has managed to absolutely destroy the confidence of Gianluca Scamacca, just as he did with Sebastien Haller, which has seen the £35 Million summer signing pick up a series of 'niggles' and viruses since his arrival.

With Scamacca virtually unavailable ALL season Moyes has plodded on with his one up front Dinosaur tactics which other teams 'susssed' out ages ago, Dino's reluctance to change has impacted throughout the team, not just those who are supposed to attack!

"Try playing two up front" occassionaly has been the cry of fans and pundits alike, their voices falling on deaf ears! "We don't have ANY more strikers available" is Dino's bulk standard reply, well what about Hammers youth prodigy Divin Mubama?

The 'Drogbaesque' Mubama put Hammers ahead on 11 minutes with a clever finish at the near post for the first of his HAT TRICK in the U-18's 6-1 win over visitors Southampton in the Youth Cup semi final. The emphatic victory shows what a depth of talent there is just waiting to be unleashed, but will Moyes use the prolific Mubamba? Will he heck!

Perhaps Dino should remember how old he was when he was given HIS senior debut? - Ed

Hammers fans who are normally notoriously 'robust' when it comes to dealing with the fall out of under performing managers were in no laughing mood Yesterday evening, despite their usual gallows humour they were finding it very hard to laugh.

Their journey back home was miserable and devoid of hope, only anger at Moyes for still being there and the Board for keeping him! Hammers were really poor and Toon really good, the visitors utilised the vastness of the ground completely to their advantage and played as if they were the home team who had just been given a new enlarged pitch!.

At 2-0 to Newcastle there was a break in play and Howe was furious at his players for their mistakes! Home fans will have been thinking "should have got him when he was available!" and so the club should have! West Ham players will admit that many of them had a 'howler' and that the defence that was still relatively unscathed thus far this season got a real battering.

It was a case of the Toon playing really well and Irons playing poorly, bereft of any real confidence. Coufal was made to sit on the bench and watch Kehrer have an absolute mare, he got more skinned than a Herring factory on a busy day and was culpable for one goal and a string of very poor decisions, constantly out of place and exposing gaps on the flanks that Newcastle fully exploited.

When Zouma scored before half time there was a small amount of hope of a comeback, those hopes were quickly extinguished as the Toon cut Hammers apart within THREE minutes of the restart. From then on oit was essentially game over. Moyes's men huffed and puffed bit to no avail.

Pushing for the game provided the visitors with even more opportunities to score, which they took with aplomb. Some would say the eventual 5-1 scoreline flattered the visitors, whereas others might suggest Hammers got what they deserved!

To many of the thousands leaving Stratford in the rain last night, the only person who DIDN'T get what they deserved is David Moyes, who of course deserves the SACK! Surely the Board must pull the trigger ahead of Saturday's crunch game at Craven Cottage? Get Mark Noble in and Craig Levine along with Stuart Pearce, keep Chicken Kiev and then watch the team take off, without such actions the club doesn't stand an earthly- Ed