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Having failed yet again to 'join the top table', many Hammers fans are finding it difficult to understand why their team constantly falls at the first hurdle. If West Ham had beaten Crystal Palace, the club would have been in the top three ahead of the International break, we at the Org reckon that if Manuel Pellegrini had managed to navigate the gap, fans might have become delusional with their expectations.

A week is a long time in football, and with over 3/4 of the season remaining we ask, how many more top class 1st choice goal keepers will receive long term injuries and whether it is a 'Karmic' event or pay back for bouts of schadenfreude among Barclays Premier League clubs supporters?

West Ham Utd: Roberto, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Yarmolenko, Noble, Lanzini, Anderson, Haller. Subs: Martin, Balbuena, Zabaleta, Snodgrass, Fornals, Wilshere, Ajeti.
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Cahill, Van Aanholt, Zaha, McArhur, McCarthy, Kouyate, Schlupp, Ayew. Subs: Hennessey, Tomkins, Dann, Meyer, Townsend, Benteke, Camarasa.