West Ham 2 Portsmouth 4

West Ham started with Walker, Katan, Dailly and Clarke. Mullins didn't even make it to the bench.

West Ham were over-run in midfield from the start. On the 18th minute Matthew Taylor crossed for LuaLua who scored from the centre of the penalty area from 6 yards. Davies scored the second seven minutes later, again from 6 yards out, from a cross by Brian Priske.

It took West Ham half an hour to get going. On 32 minutes Reo-Coker managed to get a shot on target from a corner, only for Taylor to clear on the line. A few minutes later, from 25 yrds, Sheringham bent a free kick round the wall but just wide of the post. A minute later Teddy managed another shot, which was saved by Kiely.

However, with West Ham beginning to create chances, on 43 minutes Portsmouth broke forward and Mendes scored Portsmouth's third.

For the second half Clive Clarke was replaced by Yossi Benayoun and Yaniv Katan was replaced by Marlon Harewood.

On 68 minutes Teddy Sheringham got a goal back after a Konscheshy shot from 20 yards cannoned back off the post and Sheringham shot home from 12 yards. However things only got worse from there. On 75 minutes Ferdinand was injured and replaced and then Todorov scored for Portsmouth after 77 minutes. In injury time Benayoun got a second for West Ham.

Conceding four goals in consecutive league games and Ferdinand injured, luckily we have an easy away game at Man City in the cup three days away.

West Ham vs Portsmouth

West Ham have named the same squad, except for Walker in for the injured Hislop, as for the Bolton FA Cup match. However with West Ham to face Man City on Monday it is practically guaranteed that Pardew will make changes for today's game. I expect Zamora and Teddy to start but after last Saturday's heavy defeat it is difficult to predict what other changes Pardew will make. Personally I'd like to see Katan given a chance.

This is Redknap's first return to Upton park as an opposing manager and he is expected to play Argentian D'Alessandro just behind strikers Lomana LuaLua and ex-Hammer Svetoslav Todorov.

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West Ham vs Portsmouth

With a number of teams in the relegation zone openly voicing their concerns that West Ham will play a weakened team tomorrow the Hammers are set to make a forced change. Goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has been ruled out of Saturday's Premiership clash against Portsmouth and is a doubt for the FA cup quarter final against Man City. The veteran shot stopper has a hamstring problem, luckily Jimmy Walker has recently recovered from his injury in last year's play-off final and has a couple of reserves games under his belt.

West Ham vs Portsmouth - Hammers to Rest Players

With West Ham progressing to the FA Cup quarter finals and now set to play four games in nine days (including the two already played against Bolton) Pardew's decision to rest players on Saturday has been justified. West Ham were heavily defeated by Bolton on Saturday but it is obvious that Pardew prioritised last night's game and banked on a home win against struggling Portsmouth on Saturday.

However with West Ham having to play extra time last night and Pardew reporting today that, "Four players suffered from cramp and I have got some guys struggling in the changing room" the Hammers will also probably have to rest players in the Portsmouth game.

West Ham 2 Bolton 1

West Ham started the game well, retaining possession and looking the better side. The early pressure paid off after nine minutes when Harewood crossed low from the right wing and Nicky Hunt, under no pressure, kicked the ball against Jaaskelainen and saw it rebound into his own goal.

After the goal Bolton began to exert more pressure. West Ham seemed to concede space in midfield and on the half-hour Reo-Coker lost the ball on the half way line. The ball was quickly passed forward to Kevin Davies who was in yards of space just outside the box. His shot was almost straight at Hislop but the keeper was wrong footed and the ball swerved just out of his reach to make it one each.

West Ham's best move of the half came just before half time when Benayoun played a one-two with Reo-Coker and shot from about five yards straight at the keeper.

Bolton started the second half brighter, West Ham, playing deep and conceding possession every time they got the ball. After 50 minutes Bolton coasted down the right wing and Gardner shot into the side of the net.

After 57 minutes West Ham came alive. In quick succession they carved out a couple of chances, which were snuffed out by the Bolton defence but seemed to give the Hammers some confidence. On 68 minutes, after good work by Harewood on the right wing again, the keeper spilled the ball to Etherington, two yards out, who couldn't dig the ball out of his feet in time to score a relatively easy goal. The ball was eventually deflected wide for a corner.

On 74 minutes Etherington crossed from the left wing but Benayoun's header went wide. A minute later Nolan in space just inside the West Ham box fired a shot just over the bar. On 82 minutes Etherington won a free kick just outside the box on the left wing. His free kick was headed by Harewood into the keeper's hands. A minute later from another free kick from the left Mullins glanced a header wide from six yards. Bolton then broke forward and Pederson just headed over from a couple of yards. Davies a minute later just got onto a dipping ball, but stretching just shot over.

Extra Time

Bolton started the brighter. After 3 minutes Pedersen headed over from one yard with only Hislop to beat. However on 5 minutes Etherington drifted in from the right wing in his own half, beat a player, knocked a lovely curving ball out to Benayoun on the right wing. Benayoun knocked an excellent cross into the box and Harewood on the front post knocked the ball past the keeper.

Pardew then substituted Reo-Coker, replacing him with Dailly. West Ham dropped deep. Om 11 minutes Davies shot over from just inside the box. On 15 minutes Davies shot hard from three yards. The ball hit Ferdinand and then a Bolton player before being cleared.

Second Half

Sheringham and Zamora came on for Ashton and Etherington. Harewood moved out to the right wing and Benayoun played on the left. On 21 minutes Scaloni had a long range shot saved by the keeper. On 24 minutes Nolan shot straight at Hislop from 25 yards. On 25 minutes Jaaskelainen rushed out of his area, mishit his clearance, Sheringham tried a long shot from about 40 yards, the ball was deflected by a Bolton player and Zamora failed to head in from a couple of yards out. However Zamora did well in the remaining minutes to hold the ball up when he received it and West Ham held out to win.

Two games to Cardiff!

West Ham line-Up for Bolton Game

Alan Pardew will revert back to West Ham's tried-and-trusted line-up for tonight's FA Cup fifth round replay against Bolton. Anton Ferdinand is set to move from midfield back into the heart of West Ham's defence, while rested trio Yossi Benayoun, Dean Ashton and Marlon Harewood are all in line to start.

Captain Nigel Reo-Coker has returned to training and is available in midfield after shaking off the effects of a bug.

Player for the Future - James Tompkins

A year ago defender James Tompkins became West Ham's youngest ever reserve team scorer at the age of 16 in only his second reserve team appearance. He has strength, physical presence and heading prowess with excellent anticipation and decision making that often snuff out trouble before it happens as well as excellent ball skills that see him easing away from challenges before setting up an attack with an admirable range of passing. He was amongst the goals again in the Irons' reserves 5-2 demolition of Leicester a couple of weeks ago, but can also be found playing for the youth side on Saturday mornings. He is seen as a defender in the mould of Bobby Moore, and the Ferdinands. Expect him to line up alongside Anton in a few seasons time.

Sheringham Goal Against Bolton

I know you would rather forget this game, but at least we got a goal.

Alan Pardew Defends Himself Against Wenger

Alan Pardew today responded to Wenger's "Is it coz I iz black?", racism jibe.

"In light of the media coverage surrounding my recent comments, I would like to make one or two things clear. When I said it was disappointing that there were no British players in the Arsenal team that went through to the last eight in the Champions League, I was not being racist or xenophobic, as Arsene Wenger has suggested.

A manager who is married to a Swede and has signed players from Ireland, Wales, Argentina, Israel and France, while giving trials to players from Japan and Poland, cannot be called racist. Our multi-cultural approach to our squad is something I'm proud of. But I care passionately about our game and will always give my views honestly and from the heart."

My view is that if we are to have strong British national sides - and success at that level boosts crowds and revenue in our domestic leagues - then we need to have young British players coming through."

Pardew Takes Responsibility for Defeat

Alan Pardew today admitted that he was at fault for yesterday's heavy defeat, "I made some changes thinking that they would make us stronger defensively, but it didn't work out like that. I thought that, with Anton protecting the back four, Shaun Newton on the right and Elliott Ward - who has done very well on loan at Plymouth - in defence, it would make us stronger, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Perhaps there were too many changes. I wouldn't put the blame at anyone's door individually - it was a little bit of this and a little bit of that in the team today and I have to take responsibility for that."

Hopefully by admitting that the defeat was largely down to his own tatical errors he can restore some confidence in the players after they suffered a 4-1 defeat, which if we are honest could have been far heavier.

Defoe Regrets Leaving West Ham

Jermain Defoe has apologised for the circumstances of his leaving West Ham.

"I was young, badly advised and made a mistake. I didn't have enough experience to deal with what I was being told. I wish I hadn't put the transfer request in at all, never mind biding my time. People say to me that I should have waited a week and then put it in. But I just wish I hadn't done it at all."

Defoe has spent most of this season on the bench at Spurs and consequently could well have lost the place in the England World Cup Squad that seemed almost guaranteed him a year ago. It looks like Defoe is now trying to wrangle another transfer. West Ham fans would not welcome him back and West Ham's current crop of young in form strikers means that it is unlikely we would bid for him. All Defoe can achieve through this statement is to alienate himself from Spurs fans, who will hardly welcome his confession that he wished he had never left the Hammers.

We Could Have Signed Drogba and Mpenza

Former West Ham scout Paul Montgomery claims that after West Ham finished seventh in the league Glenn Roeder lined up a number of transfers but was told by the board there was no money.

"For example, we had Didier Drogba for only £1.2m And Chelsea topped £20m to get him. Think of that. We also had his mate Maluda for almost £1m - he's now Lyon's top man and is worth £8m. Another was Emile Mpenza, who is now at Hamburg. He would have cost us £1m. Add Manziz, a Turkish international striker who was on a free transfer, and the bright young talent already there and West Ham would have had a Champions League team."