Thursday, May 04, 2006
Ashton to be fit for final?
It's looking like Deano might be available for May 13th after a scan on his hamstring showed that the strain was only slight. They reckon it'll only take him 10 days to recover, so it'll be close but he might make it.
In other news, Alan Pardew, like all West Ham fans, still wants the Irons to beat the Yids this weekend and confirm a top-10 Premiership finish. "We have been up there all year so to fall out of it right at the end because of the pressure of the Cup final would [be] disappointing. We have now almost secured that place in the top 10 but I know how important it is to our fans to put in a good performance against Tottenham."
Doing so would also give Arsenal a second chance - aside from beating Barcelona - to steal the final Champions League slot from their rivals.
As our resident prophet Beex said, prior to the start of the season, "Got a funny feeling that we're gonna be ok this year (finishing 8th)". He may well be proved exactly right if we beat Spurs and Bolton lose to Birmingham.
On the other hand if we beat Spurs 8-0 and both Bolton and Newcastle lose, we'll end up seventh... A hat-trick each for Marlon and Zamora, and one each for Anton and Yossi should do it!
P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 37 51 91
2 Man Utd 37 34 80
3 Liverpool 37 30 79
4 Tottenham 37 16 65
5 Arsenal 36 33 61
6 Blackburn 37 7 60
7 Newcastle 37 4 55
8 Bolton 37 7 53
9 WEST HAM 37 -4 52
10 Wigan 37 -5 51
11 Everton 37 -15 49
12 Charlton 37 -10 47
13 M'boro 37 -9 45
14 Fulham 36 -10 45
15 Man City 36 -1 43
16 Aston Villa 37 -14 39
17 Portsmouth 37 -23 38
18 Birmingham 37 -21 34
19 West Brom 37 -27 29
20 Sunderland 36 -43 12
whubris said...Word on the street is that Matty's injury was just a slight knock and that he should be fine for the Spurs game.
