Following Sunday's game against Spurs, this Saturday sees the Hammers involved in another local derby when we visit Chelsea at lunch time. Whilst Spurs have taken over as our number one London rivals, there is still a great deal of aminosity between the two clubs, which inspite of the lunchtime kick off should still see a decent atmosphere.
Chelsea face Rosenborg tonight and hopefully Terry and Drogba can pick up a knock that will see them out of Saturday's game. Not having a game midweek is an advantage for us and will give the recovering legs a few more days to get back into form. As for the team, not too many changes, the only things to consider could be Collins for Gabbidon, Parker for Noble and Deano for LBM. Of those, the one I'd most like to see is Deano for LBM. LBM frustrates me and one mazy run a game does not do it for me. Dean Ashton is a much more potent threat up front but it remains to be seen if he and Carlton Goal can play together, they may be slightly too similar, but I reckon Deano could play off Cole, who would play central with Dean making runs in from just behind him.
Chelsea are a good team no 2 ways about it and this will be a tough game. But I think they will be surprised by our resilience and we will give a good account of ourselves. With England's number one in goal and 3 of our back 4 performing strongly, we should be no pushover. Call me insane, but I fancy us for this one, we'll do them 2-0 and Coral will give you 33-1 for that for good measure. Again, I've got a free £10 bet offer with them, just click the image below and come on you Irons!
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