And
so it ended all square, even Stevens, and level pegging at the magnificent
Hawthorns stadium on Sunday. For the courageous Hammers squad, the final
whistle came as something of a relief after they endured a torrid time in the
second half as the Baggies launched wave after wave of attack, but without
being able to breach the steadfast Hammers defence.
Entering
in to the game the Hammers squad was so beset by injuries that they were forced
to exhibit a ‘fabricated’ substitutes bench that included a number of suspicious
looking emergency recruits including the previously unheard of 'G Fawkes' and 'S Crowe',
rumoured to be Paraguayan Internationals, but in this case definitely NOT owned
by an illegal third party.
That dodgy Subs bench |
Never
the less, the threadbare Hammers side held firm to snatch another vital point
in their campaign for European football next year. On the down side, poor Guy Demel may be a
doubt for the next match after being substituted with a severe case of vertigo
induced by trying to keep up with the twisty trickery of Peter Odemwingie.
James Tomkins, who came on in replacement fared a little better but was said to
be ‘pukking his ring up’ on the team bus travelling back through the foggy West
Midlands
Big
Sam, however, was particularly pleased with the result, boasting how he had
managed to make a single piece of chewing gum last the whole 90 minutes. He was
also delighted with the impressive number of muscular Row Z clearances
attributed to the hammers back ten, which was supplemented by James Collins
managing to kick the ball over the stadium roof and onto the neighbouring road
with one particularly hefty clearance.
Ooooh...they'll never retrieve that one!
Dejected Shane Löng, a
former Tipperary hurling starlet now slumming it with the Baggies, is said to
have remarked that he had got’ worse service than a Clare hurler in a trophy
shop’. Moreover, in scenes reminiscent of the World’s greatest ever film, Zoolander,
Winston Reid and James Collins held a 'dance off' competition where they marked
the Irishman so close that they managed to remove his underpants without the
referee noticing.
And so the Hammers march on to face off dour David Moyes grim Everton
outfit next. Big Sam has organised for specially designed kick boxing headgear
to minimise the risk posed by poorly executed head butting manoevres from the truculent
toffees.
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