Wolves Disaster

West Ham fell hard at the Boelyn to Wolverhampton on Tuesday losing 3 to 1 in a discouraging manner.

The Hammers never got going in the match after giving up a first half goal to Wolverhampton's Kevin Doyle in the 28th. Then the Irons were pushed away in the second half with two goals in three minutes shortly following the re-start. One from Ronald Zubar in the 58th and the next by Matthew Jarvis in the 61st.

The Irons only goal came from Guillermo Franco in the 93rd, giving the Hammers some consolation.

This lack luster display from West Ham gave Wolverhampton some breathing room from relegation and pushed the Hammers down farther into the pit of relegation.

No one was angry then new Co-Chairman and Owner David Gold, who wrote an open letter to the fans on the official site, www.whufc.com shortly following the match. In his letter Gold called the Hammers play against Wolves "Shambolic," he also went on the say that the side gave, "Wolves too much space so that they looked more Manchester United."

While the statement about Wolves may be true, one must question the motives of Mr. Gold. Is he trying to force Gianfranco Zola out? Was he trying to inspire the players to be angry at him and rally to win like they did when he first put Zola under the microscope? Only time will tell.

Come On You Irons!

Hammers Win First for the David's: West Ham 2 Birmingham 0

A great victory for the Irons. As the chorus of "Bubbles" was in the air of Boelyn Ground. West Ham United wins their first match for the new owners David Gold and David Sullivan.

Today at Upton Park the Hammers took care of business against Birmingham City. A sweet revenge for the new owners seeing as Birmingham was the duo's former club. With a timely goal from Alessandro Diamanti just before halftime, and the demoralizing second half header by Carlton Cole, the Irons get a well deserved full three points.

Coley was elated to get his first goal since coming back off of his knee injury. Saying after the match "I am just so happy I got on the scoresheet." and "It was a massive win for us." courtesy of www.whufc.com. Cole now has this goal under his belt to move on with confidence and notch as many more as he can for the rest of the season.

This victory was the best match West Ham has played since the two to nil victory over Portsmouth at Upton Park in December. Against bottom-feeder Portsmouth it was expected, but not when playing the very strong side of Birmingham City.

With this "massive" victory the Hammers are in 14th place on the League Table. with their minus eight goal differential being a key factor in their desperate fight to stave of relegation from the Premier League.

West Ham goes on to face Hull City in two weekends. The Tigers are playing well of late and the Hammers will be fighting for another home victory to get some comforting cushion from the bottom three.

Burnley Blow! Shocks Hammers

West Ham should have come away with at least a point in the match but just couldn't. According to www.whufc.com Manager Gianfranco Zola said after the match , "To be honest, we deserved something out of the game." And the Hammers did.

Though their play wasnt superb in the first quarter of the match, the last three quarters the play picked up and was very inspired.

Carlton Cole and Benni McCarthy were very close on the chances they had to score. With McCarthy's play beating Burnley Goalkeeper, Brian Jensen, and getting the shot off to an apparently empty net. Only to have it kicked out by a sliding Leon Cort.

Mido and Ilan (pictured), West Ham's last two members of the new trio of strikers they now possess., and played well enough for Zola to be pleased with their work. Ilan scored the Iron's only goal in the 81st minute on shot following a deflection off of the hands of Jensen's stop of Coley's shot, and Mido's second attempt. Sometimes it's just the third time that's the charm.

This all wasn't enough to get any result out of Turf Moor.

After the disappointing loss. West Ham falls into the bottom three and the relegation zone. Standing in 18th now, the home match on Wednesday at Upton Park against Birmingham City holds a crucial need to win.

With new owners David's Sullivan and Gold being the former owners of Birmingham City it will be their first match with their new club against their former club. Creating an interesting new rivalry for the Hammers.

Tune in Wednesday for the match, a story with the result will follow

West Ham till I die!

McCarthy, Mido, and Ilan- Hammers Score Three Strikers

All three strikers and their signings were confirmed Monday at Boelyn Grounds, and by the official West Ham site.

The Hammers are now well backed in the last third and these moves, especially the move for Benni McCarthy, should help Carlton Cole generate some firepower for an anemic out put from the forward position. With the new depth, players like Freddie Sears and Frank Nouble will now see more time on the bench and in reserve action.

The new owners of David Sullivan and Gold came through on their promise to bring depth to the Striker position. Hopefully in the years to come they can come through again on their other promise, and ease the huge debt the team has tagged to the team.

With the match against Wolverhampton postponed again due to Wolve's involvement in the F.A. Cup, the newly aquired Hammers will get a little more time to build some chemistry with their new teammates.

Look out for the match on Saturday as West Ham tries to double up on Burnley. It will be an important one in the Irons fight against relegation.