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Last time we at the Org remembered, Barclays Premier league football was a game played between two teams each comprising of eleven players with three substitutes available to be used from the bench, the game is played on a pitch, not paper and usually the visitors supporters out sing the home crowd for much of the match. To read some of the pundits and fans comments there seems little point in West Ham even turning up to play all conquering Manchester City at the Etihad for this evening's fixture.

West Ham: Fabianski, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Noble, Antonio, Rice, Snodgrass, Anderson, Hernandez. Subs: Adrian, Arnautovic, Carroll, Lanzini, Obiang, Nasri, Fredericks.
Fulham: Rico, Sessegnon, Odoi, Chambers, Ream, Nordveit, Bryan, Seri, Cairney, Babel, Mitrovic. Subs: Fabri, Ayite, Vietto, Le Marchand, Christie, Anguissa, Markovic.

Arnautovic, Lanzini and Nasri on the bench?

Hammers returned from their 'warm weather' training session in Spain to find the temperature not far off back here in 'Blighty', however the team bonding excercise seems to have been worth it judging by the Instagram snippets shared with the media of the team celebrating Manu Lanzini's birthday. There are some observers who frowned upon hearing clearly drunk West Ham players singing Bubbles at Manu's birthday bash, but they weren't doing coke in the toilets or 'roasting' young girls in their hotel, nor were any of them caught breaking curfew by sneaking out for a late night binge!