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Play live fantasy football to Liverpool game tomorrow

Sam H — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:47:57 +0000

I know I’ve mentioned these guys before, but as they’re covering the West Ham v Liverpool game tomorrow night I thought I’d let you all know.

The game is called Picklive and it works like this:

- You stick a quid in the pot then pick three players that are on the pitch (say Parker, Noble and Carragher)
- Then for 7 and a half minutes, you score points based on the actions that your chosen players complete:

- For example: Parker makes 50 completed passes (+50 points), Noble makes 10 clean tackles (+30 points), Parker also scores 3 (+60 points), Carragher scores and own goal (-20 points) and gets sent off for constantly complaining and having a red face (-20 points)

- The scores are tallied up at the end of the time (we’re on +100 points) and then the top three players win a share of the pot.
- You then pick three more players and go again!

The game is quality fun and I’d certainly recommend you give it a try just to see what all the fuss is about!

And to be nice to you, the guys at Picklive have also said that all WestHamProcess readers get three completely free rounds so you can suss it all out. Very nice of them. CLICK HERE or the banner below to get going

I can’t unfortunately play tomorrow as I’m at the game but look out for me when you’re next online, my username on there is quite simple: West Ham United.

IRONS!

Comparison stats [Part II] – better goal difference this year

Sam H — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:29 +0000

Last month I put together a ‘take-this-with-a-pinch-of-salt’ comparison piece outlining the head-to-head history of all the sides we had played till that point in the season (HERE) Although, like I say, you do have to take the results with a pinch of salt, it was interesting to see how we usually fair against certain sides. One lesson learned was that we should never expect points against Bolton (although each and every year, without fail, I look at that as potential to gain three points)

I’ve put together a slightly different comparison this time around, highlighting how we fared in the exact same fixtures played this year compared to last:

Seaon 08/09 fixtures compared to 09/10

Fixture	Last Year	Points	GD +/-	This Year	Points	GD +/-
Spurs (H)	0-2	0	-2	1-2	0	-1
Blackburn (A)	1-1	1	-2	0-0	1	-1
Wigan (A)	1-0	4	-1	0-1	1	-2
Liverpool (H)	0-3	4	-4	2-3	1	-3
Man City (A)	0-3	4	-7	1-3	1	-5
Fulham (H)	3-1	7	-5	2-2	2	-5
Stoke (A)	1-0	10	-4	1-2	2	-6
Arsenal (H)	0-2	10	-6	2-2	3	-6
Sunderland (A)	1-0	13	-5	2-2	4	-6
Villa (H)	0-1	13	-6	2-1	7	-5
Everton (H)	1-3	13	-8	1-2	7	-6
Hull (A)	0-1	13	-9	3-3	8	-6

Totals:	8-17	13	-9	17-23	8	-6

So from that, a quick few summary points:

- We have scored 9 more goals compared to last year
- But, conceded 6 more

- We earned 5 more points in the corresponding fixtures last year.
- We have seen the same results against Spurs, Blackburn, Liverpool, Man City and Everton
- Last year we beat Wigan, Fulham, Stoke and Sunderland, whereas this year we only managed 2 points from the same fixtures.
- We have improved on the Arsenal, Villa and Hull results compared to last year.

I produce these stats table to simply put the data out there and hopefully make it easier to interpret. My opinion on the whole lot is quite simply this…our urgency to secure the services of a new striker during the summer has clearly paid off. We’ve scored significantly more goals. However…it is obviously been at detriment to our defence (selling Collins was a massive mistake).

I am however confident that once our defence settles into the same four each week for the best part, we will soon see a climb up the table. Although our goal difference is actually better this year we are shipping goals like there’s no tomorrow. Sort that, and we’ve got the makings of a side that can still achieve something this year.

Love too know your comments

IRONS

Sam

Liverpool fans. Awful

Sam H — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:36:08 +0000

I’ll keep it short because I’m at the game, but it baffles me everytime when play Liverpool that people thinks they have good fans.

They are awful.

They sing at the beginning, and if they score.

Didn’t even bring any flags today.

COME ON YOU IRONS!

Was there a sniper at Anfield last night?

Sam H — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:41:43 +0000

Before we review the video footage of the sniper at Anfield last night, can I quickly mention how impressed I was (once again!) with the performance of our boys last night.

Like Sunderland, it was always going to be a tough place to go and get a result of any kind. The defence once again stepped up the mark and played out of their skins which obviously had a lot to do with it, but the general attitude of work rate and desire as a team was really what stood out to me.

If we can now work on what we have seen these last few games and move on to converting the chances that we do get, there is not doubt in my mind that we have the potential to move on to a UEFA cup spot. Everyone seems to be writing us off at the moment saying how we are so close to the relegation zone and that Zola just isn’t cutting it. There was even an article in the Liverpool programme saying that had Zola lost last night, it may have been his last game in charge….

What a load.

Anyways, back to this elusive sniper….here’s the video evidence, make of it what you will:

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Something Interesting at Lunchtime: All-Time Premier League Table

Sam H — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:15:47 +0000

I thought this was quite an interesting inclusion on Wikipedia and thought I’d post it here for and statistic buffs out there. I just stumbled across it accidentally, it’s an all time Premier League table, charting the total points, goal difference etc etc for every club that has ever played in the top-flight. How encouraging to see that out goal difference for all 13 season we have been in the Premier League is -108!

Obviously the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool up up at the top. It’s a shame to be below a couple of clubs, but at the end of the day apart from Leeds we have been in the top-flight for less seasons than all the clubs above us.

Here is the link:

All Time Premier League Table

Hope somebody finds a use for it!

Do you think we could raise enough money on here to get my blog on the front of the West Ham shirts, instead of that stupid claret(ish) patch?! I’m thinking our board would bite my hand off for a couple of hundred quid!

Sam

We May As Well Be Watching The London Masters [opinion]

Sam H — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:04:39 +0000

According to Sky Sports and the Sunday Mirror newspaper, West Ham are ready to ship off Anton Ferdinand to Aston Villa for £10m and get in Kevin Doyle from Reading for £7.5m.

As a hammers fan, I am totally outraged by this “potential” move. We should not be shafting out the youngsters the club want to build a future on, they should be trying their hardest to bring in young players who can take the club forward.

Let’s face it, last season was not an enjoyable season, it was satisfactory… mid table, Quarter finals of the League cup, beat Man Utd and Liverpool at home, then losing 4-0 THREE times on the spin… and how are we going to improve on that?… “we’re selling Anton”

Curbs, do us a favor and bring in some quality talent, someone with flair like Benayoun and Di Canio once gave us. Kevin Doyle is OK but west ham can bring in bigger and better, we have done it before and why should we stop.

If I wanted to go watch some oldies play for west ham, I would go to the London Masters.

So Alan we want talent, we want a future, with the players we got, it looks like our future is only going to be 2 years long, Neill, Ljungberg, Bellamy, Bowyer… that was the dream team… but of the 2000 season, its 2008/2009 now, we are 8 years behind every club. Whereas in 2006/2007 (yeah we only just escaped relegation, but those players are quality) we had the team of 2008, a year in front, maybe we thought too far forward. BUT, where are they now? playing UEFA Cup football for another team in claret and blue, helping Liverpool get to another semi-final and helping Man Utd win the Champions League…we saw 5 ex-hammers feature in the final… that should be us!!!!

Respect and keep up the west ham faith!

Adam

NB: This post is purely representative of one ardent fan’s opinion. If you would like to get your voice out there, please get in touch with Sam on whu9105 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk, and I’ll see what it can muster.

Sam