Will West Ham survive the drop?

Space Coyote

Yes. Sunderland, West Brom and Bolton are down.

LizardKing

Di Canios Back, Kanoutes due back they won last nite , will probably beat POOL at weekend , they'll avoid the drop ....

Washout

I agree with Space_Coyote.

They are a better team than Bolton.

hussey

Yeah I think they are just too strong, I believe they stay

Bolton, west Brom, and m...hopefully sunderland

Waylander

I think so, but then again I thought Ipswich would last year!

Thanx 4 The Fish

I think they will, a few six pointers coming up though and it will all depend on their performances against the rest of the teams down there fighting with them.

Hopefully class will tell and they will be the first team at the bottom at christmas not to go down.

Galvatron

I hope West Ham stay up their the only team in the bottom four who try to play good attaching football (but their defence is fair crap)

Waylander

After the game at the weekend everyone was saying they were sh*t and definitely going down. Funny how a few days can change things!

Pepe LeFrits

I thought at Xmas that they weren't going down. I still don't think they are.

yop

Considering the squad they have they "too good" to go down but no team is too good to go down.

They should make it but that may leave the likes of carrick, kanoute, cole, defoe available in the summer if they get relegated

Pigman II

West Ham are in big trouble because when (there's no IF about it) they get relegated their squad who are 'too good' to go down will also be the same squad who are 'too good' to play in the first division.

Predict widespread defections from Upton Park in June (the likes of which would make Leeds look stable) and a decade of football in the Englands second league to look foward to hammers fans.

KdjaCL

Im not sure about widespread deflections.

Look at the teams who have gone down they kept all their stars Ipswich still have some great players in their team ,Leicester also.

People assume the best players will leave but in most cases the players dont leave.

kdjac

tHE vAGGABOND

Im a regular at Upton Park, as its dead easy to get tickets for..

Sometimes this season West Ham have been briliant (Arsenal and Man Yooooo at home being too good examples)..

Both times (and every other time) the defence has let them down, and they either drew or lost games that last season they would have won..

But either or both A or B have to start immediately..

a) If Repka ,Schemmel (and *cough* breen) and the rest start playing like they did last season (when the hammers were 6th (ish!)) they will. There are a couple of good young wing backs that should come into the team so Winterburn and the OAP's can fcuk off and let young players, with pace and guts have a go..

b) If Bowyer develops a good relationsip with any two of DeFoe, DeCanio, Cole or the reemerging Kanote and they start to drag the team kicking and screaming with them

But it does not look like it will happen..

tHE vAGGABOND

note: I think my pre season bet of Fullam, Sunderland and West Brom going down is still quite a good bet that may pay for my summer holidays yet

Sterile Fish

yup, and leeds are bound to be ****ed now!!

ManWithThePlan

I like the hammers. I hope they stay up!

But as for today.. COME ON THE 'POOL!!

Bounty Hunter

if they do go down bowyer will be back at leeds for sure hes still only on loan there and would not like Div! football at all

mike65

I just posted NO in the poll, then listening to FiveLIve I've just heard its WestHam 0 2 Liverpool.

Can I change my vote?

West Brom are doomed, Sunderland are just awful and I'm not convinced dispite yesterday that Bolton can escape a second year in a row.

Mike.

byte

And the game finished

WHU 0 - 3 Liverpool

Yaay! G'wan da 'pool!

Space Coyote

nice win indeed. heskey's on a roll now !

for once they can't blame Gaz Breen, the sac wasn't even playing !

YNWA

Waylander

if they do go down bowyer will be back at leeds for sure hes still only on loan there and would not like Div! football at all

He is not on Loan. West Ham bought him from Leeds, but he would only sign a contract to the end of the season so he can leave if they go down.

Ronan|Raven

I voted yes.. dont ask me why but I have a strange feeling they will survive but by a narrow narrow margin.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Think they will have to learn to defend corners if they want to stay in the top flight.

dragon heart

i think they will!!! they just need a few players to start playing well again!!! they will win 2 or 3 games on the trott and they will be out of the danger!!!

fisifan01

I still believe that west ham are strong enough to stay up. All they need is a decent run of form the played superbly against Blackburn and were unlucky not to take the full 3 points home from their match against newcastle at upton park. My candiates for relegation are sunderland bolton and Westbrom. If fulham are`nt carefull they may fine themselves in trouble too.

Waylander

I have changed my mind on this one. They need about 20 points from 12/13 games. I do not think their defence has that kind of form in it. Sadly I think they will be going down.

Chippy Brady

Birmingham can go down as well you know!! They haven't won in 7 games.

Waylander

I think they will come good. Dugarry will do for them what Djorkauff did for Bolton last year, all their new signing just need a bedding in period.

Bateman

No, they don't have the class to get the wins that are necessary.

Makaveli

I reckon they'll go down.
I dont like Glen Roder (sp?), I want to see him crash and burn.
West Ham, West Brom and Sunderland to drop.
Hopefully Bolton and Birmingham will go next season.
As long as 3 of the 5 above teams go I'll be happy.
Then hopefully Villa, Blackburn and Leeds can go too.

West Ham do have a good squad, but I can see a lot of them leaving if they drop. Sinclair, Cole, Carrick, Bowyer, Di Canio (maybe, maybe not, he's pretty loyal), Kanoute, I reckon most of them will go.