HT - West Ham 1 Tottenham 0 A Half of Two Halves!

What a fantastic first 25 minutes! We murdered them! Quicker, more athletic, more inventive, it looked like we had two extra players on the pitch at times! Noble was superb. He was everywhere, taking intelligent positions to keep the game flowing, dropping into holes, coming short to the player in possession to give him options, and pulling wide left to create space for others through the middle. I was impressed with him against Stoke too. He may just be back to his best! There was also one beautiful piece of defensive work, tracking back into his own box and blocking a cross!

In that opening twenty five minutes we were brilliant. Tottenham couldn't get a foothold in the game as a possession count of 61% to 39% showed. The trouble is, it only yielded one goal and, but for a brilliant save from Green, Tottenham would now be level. In fact Green has made 4 saves so far, more than he managed for the whole of last season! In one way, that's great news, but in another it shows the extent to which Spurs have come back into the game. The last 15 minutes of the half belonged totally to the Cockyfools which is going to make the half time team talks interesting. Has our bubble of surging confidence burst?

Second half, we have to close Van Der Vaart and Modric quicker. there is too much space in the ten yards just outside our box. Lennon also got past Gabbidon twice, sending over crosses which, on another day, would have led to goals. We have coped with Bale well so far, but he also remains a threat. And there is still Keane on the bench of course!

Our problem is that Tottenham have the extra man in midfield, and as well as Boa, Noble and Parker have covered, they are always a man short. Dyer is off, inevitably, so Barerra will have to be disciplined defensively if we are to keep a clean sheet.

Going forward, Piquionne has been superb and Obinna has looked lively, but he is still shooting from distance when he should be picking a pass. Once again we had a break, with Piquionne and Dyer running into space unmarked but the Nigerian blasted wide. He did look up a minute or so afterwards and played in Barerra - he needs to do it more often!

We could score on the break, Bale is ranging forward and Corluka and Bassong look vulnerable but we face a real battle keeping Tottenham at bay second half. Jacobsen has been superb, Upson and Da Costa have been good and Gabbidon has done okay, but second half Tottenham are going to come at us with 'Arry's wind in their sails. Can we hold out or press forward and score a second?

Boa is on a yellow!

Game on!