Tuesday evening's game against Blackpool shouldn't have been heart racing as it was, it should have been a simple 2-0 win for the Hammers, but as usual with West Ham it's never simple.
For almost all of the first half, West Ham were dominant, creating chances left, right and centre, they were rewarded with a goal from a free kick after 28 minutes and Nicky Maynard doubled the lead on the 32 minute mark. Things were going well for West Ham until Kevin Phillips scored for Blackpool and that looked like changing the game completley, Blackpool are a lot better in 2nd halves and the worry for West Ham must have been that if they didn't get the next goal, it could have been curtains.
The second half was quite boring until the 53rd minute when Robert Green fouled Blackpool player Roman Bednar outside the penalty area, thanks a lot Greeno. However, many teams would have capitualted if they went down to 10 men with an outfield player in goal, but this was no ordinary team - this was Sam Allardyce's West Ham United, a team who had played the majority of the last two games with 10 men.
After the sending off, Blackpool seemed to fall apart. It sounded as if they rushed to score an equaliser and ended up not really testing stand-in goalkeeper Henri Lansbury. Blackpool were fragile in defence as well and allowed West Ham to score two more goals to leave the final score 1-4.
West Ham's last 3 games sum up exactly why they're top of the league. Not many teams would be able to get 7 points out of 3 games in a row in which they had 10 men for all 3!
I now have no doubt that West Ham will be promoted automatically.
COME ON YOU IRONS!
TB 2012.
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