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The Broadcasters of West Ham United's final game of the Barclays Premier League project restart have finally been named as BT Sport, the announcement ends the confusion there had been regarding this crucial fixture, the significance of which may have slightly waned for Hammers fans, given their team's confirmation of survival following their 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Wednesday evening, but it is a game of massive importance for the visitors!

Bt were always going to broadcast this fixture, which will be on BT Sport 2, essentially because they are based in the Queen Elizabeth Park or whatever it is called now, their offices are actually connected to the London Stadium and access to their studio is gained via the tunnel that runs under the Stadium itself.

Many fans will be relieved at finally being able to watch a game that doesn't have a fear factor involved, they will also be joyous that the match commentator will not be Alan (I hate West Ham) Smith, his hatred of all West Ham and his whining about the club's players would be the perfect platform for him to 'gush' about Jack Grealish and Villa's other 'fine' players, unfortunately Watford or Bournemouth fans will have to endure his vitriol.

This Sunday's game will be of acute interest, obviously to the Villa fans desperate to see their team pull off a miraculous relegation 'great escape', but also to David Moyes, the Hammers hierarchy and to the fans who will be watching the 'new look' West Ham. The recruitment of young and hungry players has become David Moyes' mantra, one which the club's owners love to hear, finding talented lower league players has always been one on the Iron's manager's best traits, and he has made it clear how he intends to proceed.

There may well be one or two players under the microscope, players who don't fit the Moyes template who will find themselves for sale to the highest bidder, Anderson, Yarmolenko and even Seb Haller could find themselves with e new club as soon as the beginning of the transfer window, there is interest in all three players with Haller being the most likely as Monaco hover. You might ask your self how it is that tiny Monaco always seem to acquire superb players and then sell them on, usually for a large profit? The reason is very simple, because the principality is tax free for high earners, Monaco can lure players by offering salaries that are essentially double that can be earned anywhere else in Europe due to no tax or national insurance being deducted.

David Moyes already knows he will have to sell in order to buy, but the Covid-19 financial fall out will make teams think twice about large expenditures, the £45 Million laid out, most of it in one massive hit, for Sebastian Haller now looks eye wateringly high, the club may have to retain him in order to wait until the market becomes more favourable to sell, unfortunately he has hardly set the world on fire since his arrival from Eintrecht Frankfurt and looks like a player worth only half the amount paid.

Sunday should have been a celebration in front of a packed crowd, all of them wearing claret and blue for one reason or another, hopefully the lads will put in one final performance on a par to the recent run of superb results, and ironically if Bournemouth win and Watford don't get three points Hammers would be in the unique position of having 'relegated' all three teams that go down, starting with the demolition of Norwich, followed by the game that essentially sank Watford. Victory over the Villains would more than likely send them down, who would have thought that both Aston Villa and West Ham would have been in a relegation dog fight, given the vast amount of money both clubs spent in the transfer market. - Ed

The phrase 'mathematically safe' can now be erased from the memory of West Ham supporters, at least for now, as the team held on for a well deserved draw away to a resurgent Manchester United at Old Trafford. Paul Pogba's leaping salmon hand ball from a Declan Rice srtike was the cue for 'big mick' Antonio to step up and take the penalty that was awarded. Many Hammers fans watched on with trepidation as Mr West Ham, captain Mark Noble, ceded the penalty taking role that he has made his own over the years in order for Antonio to reach double figures for this season's goal scoring.

A Noble gesture indeed! After a nervy start where the home team had almost total possession, David Moyes, returning to the 'scene of the crime', will have felt great satisfaction with how his players rallied to the cause to such an extent that it was sometimes difficult to know which half of the pitch was the away team's and which the home team's.

Having coped with Manchester United's expected onslaught, the Irons took more and more control of the game, ultimately leading to the penalty earned just before half time. The second half saw the home team throw everything they could at West Ham, eventually scoring through their 'wonder kid' Mason Greenwood, but rather than buckle as usually happens when teams come back at them, Moyes' boys dug in and blunted the Red Devils repeated attacks.

Both teams could have scored towards the end of the match, and it is a pity West Ham were unable to do the double over Manchester United who deserved to lose because of their propensity for fouling Bowen in particular but generally anyone that made them look stupid, which happened on numerous occasions.

Indeed if Captain Mark had adopted the Manchester United ethos of playing, he would have dropped like a stone when 'head butted', he could easily have got the opposition player sent off, but chose to remain on his feet, and be a MAN! Rolling around on the floor pretending to be seriously hurt would not enter his psyche in any way shape or form, thank heavens.

The Irons go in to this weekend's home game against relegation threatened Aston Villa with the shackles of fear removed,and hopefully can 'do a job' on Villa, who would already have been confirmed as relegated had VAR not mistakenly awarded them a goal that should never have stood in their recent game against Sheffield United, a club who themselves may miss out on a place in Europe because of the two points they 'lost'.

Sean Beanbag and his media cronies will be all over the 'miscarriage of justice', and you know how much they love to sue people in the courts, their litigation department must be licking their lips and dusting of the judgment papers from when they successfully sued West Ham over the Tevezgate affair. It is difficult to be unbiased, especially as Chris Wilder come across as a decent fellow, but it couldn't happen to a more apt team, we hope they spend a fortune, maybe in the region of £24 Million, on legal fees with no reward, it's called Karma!

The West Ham team that played at Old Trafford bears absolutely no resemblance to the insipid displays that were witnessed during last weeks of Manuel Pellegrini's regime, Hammers are safe and give Moyes credit, they did it with style following the Barclays Premier League restart, survival with style. - Ed