Colin Lee returned to the dug out, while Ritchie, Corica, Wrack and Wales were replaced by  Roper, Matias, Taylor and Birch. The only change made by choice was Birch coming in for Wales upfront. 

No one gave us a hope in hell of getting anything from this game, but the Saddlers proved everyone wrong.

Kris Taylor had 2 good efforts on goal, one a long range effort which had Bywater worried and another which had the Hammers keeper beaten but hit the post. 

The key was going to be containing the lively Connolly, Reo-Coker, Zamora and Harewood who have bags of pace and cause plenty of defences  in this Division problems

The Hammers had more chances than the Saddlers and on another day the could have won by 2 or 3 goals, but the outstanding Jim Walker and some poor finishing by Zamora and Harewood meant we came back home with a well earned point.

The first chance of any kind didn't come till 20 minutes when Nolan had a long range effort on goal. Most of West Ham's effort were from the edge of, or outside the penalty area, as Connolly and Zamora all failed to break the deadlock. 

Things got tense in the second half as the Saddlers started playing one upfront and packing the midfield with players. McAnuff, Harewood and Carrick all went on to have goal attempts in the last 10 minutes but to no avail.  

Positives from the game are a clean sheet, an away point where we didn't expect one, a good performance from Kris Taylor, and another impressive cameo performance from the young Matty Fryatt who got on towards the end of the game. 

Sorry, Mr Pardew, but you duffed out on your revenge for Cardiff yet again!

Full Time - West Ham 0-0 Walsall