Starting 11 for West Ham David James 2. Tomas Repka 7. Christian Dailly 19. Ian Pearce 14. Wayne Quinn 5. Robert Lee 16. Kevin Horlock 12. Matthew Etherington 8. David Connolly 9. Jermain Defoe 33. Neil Mellor
Palace line up with 13. Cedric Berthelin 12. Jamie Smith 32. Darren Powell 7. Hayden Mullins 4. Danny Butterfield 15. Aki Riihilahti 17. Michael Hughes 10. Shaun Derry 8. Andrew Johnson 9. Dougie Freedman 11. Neil Shipperley
Sheff Utd 10 10 23 2 West Brom 10 7 22 3 Wigan Athletic 10 8 21 4 West Ham Utd 10 7 20 5 Norwich 10 5 20 6 Sunderland 10 7 19 7 Nottm Forest 10 4 16 8 Millwall 11 2 16 9 Cardiff City 10 7 15 10 Reading 10 3 14 11 Burnley 11 -2 14 12 Preston 10 1 13 13 Crewe 10 -5 13 14 Gillingham 11 -6 13 15 Walsall 10 1 12 16 Coventry City 9 0 12 17 Stoke City 11 -2 12 18 Derby County 10 -5 12 19 Ipswich Town 10 -2 11 20 Crystal Palace 10 -3 11 21 Bradford City 10 -8 10 22 Rotherham Utd 10 -11 9 23 Watford 9 -5 5 24 Wimbledon 10 -13 4 Next up, Derby, away I believe.
Here are the goals from last night. Defoe's goal is great. He runs onto an errant backpass from a CP defender. Instead of controlling the ball and trying to dribble around him, he dummies the ball and runs around the keeper to catch up with the ball and finish from a tight angle. http://212.240.183.133/wh_v_cp.mpeg
Was there any evidence of collaboration between Defoe and Conolly? It seems we kick the most ass when they work together and don't hog the ball. Is "hogging the ball"? a football term? I don't think so...
check out the second goal, Mellor's first. Who is that who's walking right by Mellor not celebrating with him. Mellor stands by himself with no one coming up to him.