A Small Matter of Life and Death

Gianfranco Zola claims that West Ham will give their all in the remaining games of the season. Zola said yesterday,

"I wouldn’t say the last five games are a matter of life or death but it is very close. We know what football is like. We are determined to fight until the end."

However West Ham will start the five game run-in without talisman Scott Parker. Parker is suspended for the game against Sunderland on Saturday and the trip to Liverpool on April 19. The official West Ham website says that the club is hopeful that Diamanti and Behrami will both have recovered from knocks to be available on Saturday.