Sunderland match,I did not see it live only on MOTD.just highlights.Now I did not see any long ball fromWest Ham only from Sunderland as well as 2 penalty shouts which are regularly not given,but advercrap implied we use the long ball tactic and they could not play football (which is why they are 4th bottom).Please tell me what happened did we or not ?.

On Newsnow we're apparently linked with "Superstar" striker Adebayor and a deal is close to completion for the summer. So to whoever is sanctioning/persuing this deal here's my question. Are you (expletive) serious?

So Stevie G has apologised for his stamp (would he have done had it not been seen and he was not ordered from the field of play?) Skirtel stamped on De Gea erm hello SKY no mention of that one eh, I hope they both get the book thrown at them ... Skirtel has got away with thuggery for ages , Slippy as we all know is well past his sell by date and how on earth did he win over 100 England caps is English football really that bad? I hope teams in the States have shin guards tied to the goal posts because they will need them.

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/the-best-sunday-league-quotes

made me laugh....

A way must be found to stop the clubs with almost infinite amounts of cash from simply buying up all the best players. I watched Man City v West Brom yesterday, and the gulf in class was ridiculous. Admittedly the Baggies had a man sent off early, but it was like watching a practice game: defenders against attackers. West Brom, literally, barely even got out of their own half, and had one chance in the whole game, City had 26 chances in the first half alone!

Refereeing decision are getting ridiculous. We all witnessed the abysmal performance of the ref in our match yesterday but other matches had the same ridiculous decisions. In particular the Palace game where Palace were given a penalty even though the keeper didn't foul the attacker who should have been booked for high feet anyway.

This was the answer to the goal scoring problem Westham were experiencing last season,the appointment of Teddy Sheringham to work with the forwards.A top striker who has played at the highest level and who knows a thing or two about scoring.This was Sullivan's comments on the appointment:

West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan insists Teddy Sheringham's arrival as attacking coach does not undermine the position of manager Sam Allardyce - but admits the club must target a top-six finish.

The Irons' board backed Allardyce following showdown talks in the summer sparked by a campaign which ended in 13th place, but only after a late pull clear of the relegation scrap.

Sullivan believes 48-year-old former England international Sheringham, who enjoyed a three-season spell as a player at Upton Park, can bring a cutting edge to the team and work well alongside the manager, who sustained a third campaign in the Barclays Premier League following promotion via the 2012 play-off final.

"Yes, we suggested the idea, but Sam liked it. We didn't undermine him at all," Sullivan said in the Daily Mirror.

"We had a lot of people approach us to become our attacking coach and Sam picked the one he wanted.

"I think he has analysed the performance of the team last year and agreed that we would like to score more goals. It was a weakness of the team and he has brought in an expert to try and improve that.

At present Westham are the 8th highest scorers in the league with 40 goals..Of that number 29 goals were scored in 17 games before Christmas,but only 11 goals in 13 games since then.Over that same period Westham conceded 18 goals in 17 games and 19 goals in 11 games.It was looking very bright up until Christmas, Westham were playing some of the best football fans have watched in a long ,long time and then it all starts falling apart,the results ,the performances apart from a few exceptions,and the slide down the table.So what has gone wrong ?

I knew I'd seen the name Lee Mason in the headlines before ! He made a horrendous decision in sending off Gabriel Agbonlahor, which was immediately overturned, and he's one of 4 referees who have been said should be axed by former top class referee Keith Hackett as not fit for purpose.

Just thinking that next season the chances are we will have Maiga back. Now i'm not his biggest fan and if a decent bid comes in I think we should let him go, but does anybody reckon we should give him a 2nd chance next season and give him a chance to work with sheringham? Because its clear that he has some ability but has often been mis used and low on confidence. My biggest problem was his work ethic but could Maiga come good under sheringham and the diamond tactic we now employ?

Ive posted this to death that i neither like or dislike sam & that im in the be carefull what you wish for camp.But is it me & has the position of being in 4th spot earlier in the season for a while gone to our heads a bit?Dont get me wrong, i was there in the old chicken run screaming at the top of the my voice "Barcelona we,re coming for you"!But as a fan of 45 years & entering my 50th year,like every other hammers fan this was sung with just a slight hint of cynicism!Yes its great that we held 4th spot with our fantastic signings but i think we all knew it wouldnt last!ok the football aint pretty at times but like darren says we have our best squad probably ever in the prem.We dug out a victory today (& apart from scandalous refereeing) it could have been more...With or without sam the future is bright,(sakho,valencia,cresswell,kouyate,jenkinson if he signs! to name a few)one more season in the Boleyn (what a wrench its going to be to say goodbye to the old girl!) then we will be in the olympic stadium...more investment will produce more funds to buy even better players..i for one am looking to the future & am a very happy hammer...