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Hammers transfer supremo Tim Steidten is juggling with the limited finances and assets available to him in order to facilitate as many as TEN signings, both in and out of the club. Whether the deals can be got over the line before February the 1st is debatable, but he seems determined to give it a good try!

Those attending the 'viagra and acid' rave down at Stockley Park were 'well impressed' by the lavish spread laid on by Robert Jones enterprises who specialise in 'elite' VIP parties for privileged footballers and Z list 'soshall' media celebrities.

" The light show was fantastic " said one female party goer who was still able to string a cohesive sentence together, but he friend summed up the party atmosphere by saying Jones's body make up stole the show!

Once an ever present 'sparky' adopted 'Cockerney' who lit up the pitch while wearing the Claret & Blue, Pablo Fornals has descended into a shadow of the player he once was. His performace today against Sheffield Utd was truly woeful and followed on from his previous awful performances against Bristol City and Brighton.

Gone are his bursting runs and Duracell bunny running from box to box, his eye for a goal has completely left his repertoire, instead being replaced with a sideways or backwards pass that invariably puts a team mate in trouble.

Sheffield: Foderingham, Ahmedhodzic (C), Robinson, Trusty, Bogle, Souza, Hamer, McAtee, Brereton Diaz, Brooks, Osula Subs: Amissah, Brewster, McBurnie, Archer, Norwood, Osborn, Norrington-Davies, Seriki, Buyabu.
West Ham: Areola, Mavropanos, Zouma (C), Emerson, Coufal, Fornals, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Cornet, Bowen, Ings Subs: Scarles, Cresswell, Marshall, Johnson, Mubama, Casey, Fabianski, Orford, Ogbonna

Back in the day, it was not uncommon for a certain player to run on the pitch at the Boleyn to be greeted with a chorus of "you're not fit to wear the shirt" within a couple of minutes of taking to the field.

Of course over the years the player's name changed but the sentiment remained the same, wearing the Claret and Blue was an absolute honour and one that a player had to be well and truly proud of!

Bristol: O'Leary, Tanner, Vyner, Dickie, Mccrorie, Williams, James (C), Pring, Gardner-Hickman, Mehmeti, Conway
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma (C), Mavropanos, Cresswell, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Benrahma, Cornet, Ings. Subs: Areola, Anang, Johnson, Ogbonna, Casey, Scarles, Mubama, Marshall

What is it with West Ham? Past serial offenders in the transfer market, the club look to have finally turned the corner with the appointment of Tim Steidten to oversee transfers, hoping to NEVER repeat the sort of deal that brought 'uncle' Danny Ings to the club in a deal that still sees the Aston Villa board opening each of their meetings with a 'rousing cheer' for the 'operative' who set the deal in motion!

West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Mavropanos, Emerson, Soucek, Alvarez, Fornals, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Bowen. Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Mubama, Ings, Cornet, Benrahma, Coventry, Johnson, Ogbonna
Bristol: O’Leary, Tanner, Vyner, Dickie, Pring, Williams, Gardener-Hickman, Bell, Knight, Mehmeti, Conway

Any member of the Org wishing to attend today's FA Cup game should log in and apply. We have a pair of tickets to give away. First come first served basis only! Happy belated Christmas and New Year from Ed and the boys. - Ed

West Ham: Areola, Johnson, Mavropranos, Ogbonna, Emerson, Alvarez, Soucek, Fornals, Ward-Prowse, Benrahma, Bowen Subs: Fabianski, Casey, Cornet, Coventry, Cresswell, Ings, Mubama, Laing, Oxford.

Brighton: Steele; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Webster, Estupinan; Buonanotte, Gross, Gilmour, Milner; Welbeck, Pedro. Subs: Verbruggen, Dahoud, Lallana, Moder, Baleba, Ferguson, Samuels, Baker-Boaitey, Kavanagh.