Sunday, 1 February 2009

I've never seen West ham work so hard

West Ham's 0-0 draw at the Emirates on Saturday was their third clean sheet in a row - following Hartlepool and Hull.
The effort which went in to Saturday's stalemate at Arsenal was incredible.
West Ham's players closed down Arsenal as if their lives depended on it and they did it with structure.
Steve Clarke and Gianfranco Zola have clearly been working on the defensive side of the game and the players have bought into it.
They hunted in packs, going fromplayer to player as Arsenal passed the ball looking for a way in.
I don't know what Arsene Wenger's training is like - and i have a lot of time for the way Arsenal play - but you could see some of their players were almost offended at the amount of effort the Hammers put in.
Like it wasn't fair somehow to try so hard to stop your opponents.
Awesome stuff and probably just as important in West Ham's resurgence as their return to slick passing football.
it really is a great time to be a West Ham fan at the moment - after years of what can only be described as a kind if shame - i'm rpoiud to be a Hammer again and i thank Zola, Clarke and the players for that.
Man U up next but in a way the pressure is off. Let's enjoy it and try and give them a game.

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