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For the players the days off between last Saturday's lunchtime dismantling of Norwich City FC and the crucial Friday night so called £100 Million shoot out against fellow strugglers Watford have been warmly welcomed, not so for the West Ham United fans though. The eagerly anticipated Friday night confrontation will go a long way to decide whether either or both clubs survive or thrive in the fight to stay in the Barclays Premier League.

It's not Panto season, but it is definitely "look behind you" time, inevitably fellow 'losers' Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Watford all rallied to the relegation cause and won their games this weekend, only Norwich lost and we know what happened to them! Unfortunately although destiny is still in David Moyes' team's hands, other results are starting to have a dramatic effect.

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.