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West Ham: Adrian, Tomkins, Ogbonna, Collins, Cresswell, Song, Zarate, Noble, Kouyate, Antonio, Carroll
Subs: Randolph,Valencia, Jenkinson, Obiang, Jelavic, Oxford, Cullen.
Stoke: Butland, Johnson, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Pieters, Whelan, Cameron, Afellay, van Ginkel, Arnautovic, Bojan
Subs: Bardsley, Joselu, Wilson, Adam, Diouf, Walters, Haugaard

Finally common sense prevails, West Ham United manager Slaven Billic has seen the writing on the wall and confirmed what just about every West Ham fan on the planet already knew, Chadwell Heath is a training ground from the dark ages and that the club need to move their training to Rush Green, home of the development and youth teams! Based on real experience of the place, we can confirm that Chadwell is like a cast iron leaf spring compared to an adjustable carbon ceramic damper when it comes to location and facilities.

Just when West Ham fans were hoping for a festive respite from injuries, comes the news that saturday's man of the match against Manchester United, Winston Reid, is going to be unavailable to play until the beginning of February next year due to a hamstring injury sustained in training. It does beggar the question, what on earth are they doing during training? Have they invoked some anglo saxon gladiatorial challenge ethos whilst out on the already treacherous training pitches at Chadwell?