Dark Days

English Premiership; Saturday, March 20, 2010;
Emirates Stadium, North London

Arsenal 2 West Ham Utd. 0

English Premiership; Saturday, March 23, 2010;
Upton Park, East London

West Ham Utd. 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3

English Premiership; Saturday, March 27, 2010;
Upton Park, East London

West Ham Utd. 0 Stoke City 1

Dark, dark, dark days, this being West Ham’s sixth loss in a row, a devastating collapse (not that we started off well either) that sees us in 17th position on equal points with Hull City (the last team we beat), with Hull having played a game less than us. Second-tier football is a decided possibility, and manager Gianfranco Zola is weighing up his future. The club says it is behind him, coded text that means he already probably has one foot out of the door. Old hands say what they always do at this point, that West Ham player legend Trevor Brooking will come back for the remaining few games and save the only club he ever played for, before saying that he does not want the job on a permanent basis. Why would he? He looked great when he has stepped into this role before, and then he walks away with his halo newly burnished. There are six games left, and we need to win three.