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Potter Pardew

Alan Pardew has revealed that one way he judges players has been borrowed from the pages of Harry Potter, in which JK Rowling's teenage wizard is terrified by beings with the power to suck out their victim's souls.

He said: "I surround myself with strong characters, winners and people who I like to think have good, sensible morals. I include all my staff and players in that, and if I don't see it in an individual, then I get rid of that person. I don't like people who drain my time and energy. If you've seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term 'dementors' - people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy."

Anton Injured?

West Ham returned yesterday from their trip to Dubai. On the club web site asisstant manager Peter Grant says the trip was just what the players needed. "It's been great. One thing you are looking for at this stage of the season is a spark - something to lift the players and push them on for the final period.

We've had a lot of games in a short space of time recently, plus a lot of travelling that has taken its toll, and at times we looked a little leggy against Charlton on Sunday.

"So it's good for the players to get away, have a bit of sun on their backs and spend some time together. They have worked hard this season, no-one can dispute that, and this is a nice gesture by the Club ... I'm sure they will all come back with a spring in their step."

However West Ham Fans Org claim West Ham arrived home with "an injured Anton Ferdinand." I can't find any comfirmation of this anywhere else and I hope it isn't true as I fear Joe Cole could run Scaloni ragged at right back tomorrow.

Dubai Break

West Ham are just the latest of a number of football teams to take advantage of the warm Dubai weather for a mid-season break. West Ham have been training at the Jebel Ali International Centre of Excellence, the sports training facility of Jebel Ali International Hotels.

The core of the sports academy at the Centre of Excellence is a grassed area under floodlights that holds two full sized football pitches and associated changing facilities. These incorporate two changing areas dedicated to teams and two treatment rooms.

In an interview with the Dubai press Pardew talked of West Ham's “high hopes of winning the cup”.

Let's hope the break has reinvigorated the team as they face a tough match on Sunday against the Chelski.

Chelski vs West Ham

West Ham visit Stamford Bridge for what could be a dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final. The champions have been faltering of late in their push for the league title, however the blue's home form remains solid. They have dropped only two points from a possible 48 at home, and have won the last four home games.

The last time we played at Stamford Bridge West Ham won 2-3 but Mourinho's men have already won 1-3 at Upton Park this season. Our history in the league is good against the Blues, West Ham have won 34 games, and Chelski 26. Since the start of the Premiership honours are even at 9 wins a piece.

Pardew Wants Ronaldinho

Pardew revealed today that the player he would most like to sign is Barcelona's Ronaldinho. So all we need now is to qualify for the Champions league and for Brown to cough up £70 odd million for the transfer fee.

West Ham Reserves Fifth Defeat in a Row

West Ham reserves lost 3-0 to Watford reserves to make it five successive defeats. The West Ham side contained some of the Under 18 squad. 15-year-old Jordan Spence, who signed his first contract with the club on Sunday, played in the centre of defence for the second half. The recent poor performance of the reserves does reveal the lack of squad strength at Upton Park.

Zamora to Everton and Anton to Arsenal

Today's transfer rumours are linking Zamora with Everton. Moyes is said to have been a fan of Zamora since his Brighton days. Zamora has been relegated to the bench since Ashton's arrival but with Teddy likely to play an even more peripheral role at West Ham next year it is likely Zamora will stay and fight for his palce at the club he has always supported.

Arsenal are rumoured to be considering a £10 million bid for Anton Ferdinand. Arsenal could probably only afford that figure if Henry is sold and their young defence seems to have bedded in since West Ham beat them at Highbury. So a bid seems unlikely from the Gunners.

The Times West Ham Special

In today's excellent Times West Ham special the paper reveals some more interesting inside stories from Upton Park.

Club doctor Ges Steinbergs was hauled away from the West Ham dugout by security men at Upton Park during West Ham's game against Manchester United in 1996. West Ham United had just equalised and Steinbergs "gleefully hammered at the dugout and stuck two fingers up at Alex Ferguson." Steinbergs claims he was just relaying the 2-2 score to the Manure manager.

Suffering concussion, Ian Pearce, the defender, was lying in the bath at Maine Road when 16 players came in for a shower. “He didn’t recognise one of them and had a panic attack,” Steinbergs said. “When I told Harry Redknapp that Ian didn’t know who he was, he said: ‘Tell him he is Bobby Moore and get him playing next week’.”

The players are forced to wear tights to assist muscular recovery after matches. “We had all the usual ‘oh, you look nice in yours’ at first, but not one of the boys protested,” Niall Clark says. “Some keep them on in bed at night, but I don’t know what their wives think about it. And, no, they don’t have to wear high heels and suspenders as well.”

Pardew Criticises Reo-Coker's Consistency

Nigel Reo-Coker has come under fire from some West Ham fans for his recent form. In The Times West Ham special Pardew acknowledges that Reo-Coker has to become more consistent,

"We lack a little bit of smartness and knowledge, but we are gaining that. Nigel Reo-Coker has lulls. I tell him that to be a top player he has to produce every week. He tends to produce against the best teams, but against some of the lesser teams he is not as effective. If Roy Keane was playing against Colchester he would be the best player on the pitch. Nigel needs to get that mentality."

At only 20 years of age the West Ham captain is obviously at the beginning of his career and can only get better. Personally I'd like to see him improve his final ball and shooting.

Pardew also reveals in The Times his vision for West Ham, which stems from watching Andrei Kanchelskis and Ryan Giggs rampaging down the flanks for Manchester United in the early 1990s. “I want us to be exciting, to play with exuberance,” he says. “I want people to say, ‘Aren’t West Ham good — they are all about winning, (but) they are trying (to play attractive football) and having a go.’ We have produced that on sporadic occasions.

Pennant and Johnson

West Ham and Spurs are both rumoured today to be after Birmingham's Jermaine Pennant and Chelsea's Glen Johnson. If Birmingham are relegated Pennant could be allowed to leave for around £3 million and Johnson, who has hardly featured in the Chelsea first team this season, could also cost around the £3 million mark. West Ham are continously linked with Johnson in the press and with Scaloni seemingly out of favour it seems likely West Ham will be looking for a new right back this summer.

The Times Hammers' Special

The Times are this week running a week-long behind the scenes look at West Ham. Times' reporters spent last week at Upton Park with the West Ham players and staff and are reporting about it all week in the paper. This exclusive access has resulted in some unique insights into the club.

In today's installment kit man Eddie Gillam reveals “Julian Dicks used to put a Mars bar down his sock to nibble during the game and we used to throw Alvin Martin chocolate from the dugout.” They also reveal how at Old Trafford "A United official ... sweeps a device over the clothing and equipment, checking for bugs." The other exclusive insight reveals the difficulties faced when Geordie, Michael Carrick arrived at the club, “He couldn’t understand us and we couldn’t understand him."

It is hard to know how much of this is tongue in cheek.

West Ham in Dubai

West Ham have taken the players off for a break in Dubai this week. After our tired performance against Charlton this mid-season break looks to be well timed. Let's hope the players are nicely rested for the tough game against Chelsea on Sunday. Chelsea have looked tired themselves in recent games but after Manchster Utd gained ground on them over the weekend we can expect them to be even more determined to get a result against West Ham.

Pards Attacks Referee

Alan Pardew has attacked Rob Styles' handling of the West Ham vs Charlton game, believing the referee allowed Charlton to time waste,

“I went to see Rob and we had a discussion about the responsibilities of all of us to put entertainment on. I felt he didn't encourage Charlton to get going today. Not once. In the second half we were attacking the game and trying to force the goal. There were goal-kicks and throw-ins and he could have encouraged the game and helped the fans as well. He didn't make a single gesture towards that and I just made that point. I think he accepted my argument. It was a nice conversation."

Personally I think it was Charlton who ruined the game. They had two shots all game and obviously came to defend, but that's hardly against the rules. Charlton have made a habit of 0-0 draws recently. After their mid-season slump Curbishley obviously believed that shoring up their defence was his priority.

Whilst Charlton were tedious yesterday I don't remember any excessive time-wasting and West Ham seemed flat themselves.

Other News Tottenham and West Ham are both rumoured to be interested in young Leyton Orient central defender Gabriel Zakuani. The nineteen year old Congolese player has played a big part in Orient's good form this year and despite being under contract until 2008 he is believed to have attracted the attention of a number of clubs.

Pardew Praises Defence

Alan Pardew looking at the positive from the Charlton game has praised the West Ham defence,

"It was a very tight game and the defenders were terrific today against strikers who have been terrific all season."

Coliins has looked at ease since replacing Ferdinand in the centre and Scaloni seems to be out of favour at right back. Scaloni has often looked off the pace in the Premiership and Ferdinand may now be forced to play in a position he isn't fond of.

West Ham 0 Charlton 0

West Ham started with their normal line-up, except for Ferdinand replacing Scaloni at right back and Collins keeping his place in central defence. Ashton had an early chance from a long throw, hitting it over from three yards. A few minutes later Harewood had a shot from outside the box defelcted just wide. On the 22nd minute Ashton had a header on goal, from a Ferdinand cross, but was too far out to really trouble the keeper. On the 40th minute from the left of the penalty box Ferdinad just shot into the side of the net. Then two minutes later Harewood struck a sweet volley from the edge of the area but straight into the keeper's hands.

On the 44th minute Charlton managed their first shot, Darren Bent shot from a long way out on the left wing, and missed by a few yards. Neither side dominated the half and both defences looked secure. West Ham edged it though on the few chances they managed to create.

Teddy Sheringham started the second half on his 40th birthday in place of Ashton. Three minutes after the restart Benayoun began a move on the half way line, played a nice one-two with Harewood and shot just wide. Charlton then managed to create some pressure for the first time in the game and won a number of corners in a row. West Ham defended these well and then, on the break, won a free kick thirty yards from the Charlton goal. Collins smashed the free kick just over the bar. On 67 minutes Hughes had a good chance for Charlton from a corner, but shot wide from a couple of yards out. On 71 minutes Benayoun pulled a ball down out of the air in the box but his snap shot went wide.

West Ham created their best two chances of the half from corners. On 78 minutes Zamora had a header headed off the line from a corner. Four minutes later from another corner Sheringham has a shot saved well by Myhre. Benayoun nearly got through twice right at the death. Kishishev blocked his first shot and then a couple of minutes later Benayoun headed over from a corner.

Both sides seemed a bit flat in this game and the crowd seemed strangely muted. In the a draw was a fair result for both sides.

Pardew Picks the Pocket

West Ham have been linked with a number of right backs this week. However it seems that the Hammers won't be splashing out too much this summer. Alan Pardew has revealed that the £7.25 million acquisition of Dean Ashton will affect the club's transfer budget this summer.

Pardew says that the money spent on Aston came from this summer's transfer budget, "I don't think anyone will be surprised to know that the acquisition of Dean Ashton in January was partly funded by using some of next year's money. We haven't got a massive pot for the summer as things stand at the moment. However, we will have sufficient funds to improve the squad, and just one or two additions could make all the difference to this team."

Other News West Ham schoolboy defender Jordan Spence will sign his first full-time contract with the Hammers today. Spence is captain of the England under-16 team and can play as a central defender or midfielder. He has already made a number of appearances for the under-18 side this season.