Barnsley v West Ham United

:00:50. > :00:53.Good afternoon, welcome to Oakwell, where today Barnsley take on West

:00:53. > :00:56.Ham United. The Londoners had spent most of the season looking like

:00:56. > :01:01.they will bounce straight back up to the Premier League, but in

:01:01. > :01:11.recent games the bubble looks like it has burst. Are the Hammers about

:01:11. > :01:28.

:01:28. > :01:38.That is what it means to the We are in a really good position.

:01:38. > :01:49.

:01:49. > :01:59.Can we hold our nerve and can we Can I ask you a question? What is

:01:59. > :02:03.

:02:03. > :02:13.The essence of this football club is to go out and win a game of

:02:13. > :02:22.

:02:22. > :02:25.It is the play-offs which could be this is why. Coming into today's

:02:26. > :02:32.match with just one win in seven, West Ham are out of the automatic

:02:32. > :02:35.promotion spot. Look at the Gatt, six points to second place.

:02:36. > :02:39.Barnsley, nine defeats in 12, they will be looking over their shoulder

:02:39. > :02:43.at the relegation places, so plenty for both teams to play for.

:02:43. > :02:53.Alongside me, two men will have watched the season unfold at more

:02:53. > :03:05.

:03:05. > :03:15.What a touch of class, this Mick McCarthy. What a good match Mick

:03:15. > :03:23.

:03:23. > :03:33.McCarthy had. At least one of them What a superb goal! Trevor

:03:33. > :03:35.

:03:36. > :03:39.Yes, very much looking forward to seeing how this match unfolds in

:03:39. > :03:42.the company of Sir Trevor Brooking and the man they would call Sir

:03:42. > :03:46.Mick McCarthy appear, such is their love for the man who started his

:03:46. > :03:51.career and was born in Barnsley. Welcome arm, a typical spring day

:03:51. > :03:56.here! We have been enjoying beautiful sunshine a week ago, then

:03:56. > :04:00.six inches of snow, now just freezing cold, normal service!

:04:00. > :04:05.Welcome home. It is not just a lovely old ground, it is amazing

:04:05. > :04:11.what you pick up, I have a lovely old programme from 1978 introducing

:04:11. > :04:16.a 19-year-old Mick McCarthy. You look about 39! I am looking better

:04:16. > :04:21.now! That is a stick-on moustache, I used to wear it to scare centre-

:04:21. > :04:25.forwards. For those of the wandering, he says he enjoys Elton

:04:25. > :04:30.John and Stevie wonder. Is that still the case? I would say it is,

:04:30. > :04:36.yes, I avoided the punk and the Rat and all that stuff. Trevor, lovely

:04:36. > :04:40.to have the wit as. 18 of the 24 teams in this division have been in

:04:40. > :04:43.the Premier League at some time. It is much easier to slip into the

:04:43. > :04:48.Championship than get back out of it, and recent results for West Ham

:04:48. > :04:52.have shown that. Yes, from their point of view, their home form has

:04:52. > :04:58.been the Big Issue, Jake. We have got to say that if they win today,

:04:59. > :05:02.I think it would be a record, 12 wins, and looking up the run-in,

:05:02. > :05:07.the way games you would expect them to get results, and the home form,

:05:07. > :05:17.particularly the Reading game, which was so crucial last week,

:05:17. > :05:17.

:05:17. > :05:21.just to keep the pressure on the top two. You took both Sunderland

:05:21. > :05:26.and Wolves out of this division, is there a trick, something you manage

:05:26. > :05:30.to unlock in your time as manager of the clubs? If there is, I'm not

:05:30. > :05:34.going to tell everybody! It is a matter of keeping your nerve at

:05:34. > :05:39.this time of the season. We went 11 games without winning at the end of

:05:39. > :05:43.the season. I remember losing to Reading and Birmingham, our closest

:05:43. > :05:46.rivals, and they were hopping and hollering in the tunnel as if they

:05:46. > :05:50.had won the League. We hunkered down at just knuckled down and got

:05:50. > :05:55.results towards the end, we had a really good finish and won it. It

:05:55. > :05:59.is a matter of keeping your nerve. Not giving any secrets away, but

:05:59. > :06:03.perhaps by watching how Brian McDermott's Reading are playing at

:06:03. > :06:07.the moment, we can see how success works in this division. They have

:06:07. > :06:13.won 11 out of the last 13, and today they are still Leeds. You can

:06:13. > :06:16.say all the action from this match at half-time today. The rest of the

:06:16. > :06:26.results in the Championship today, a big day up and down the League

:06:26. > :06:33.

:06:34. > :06:42.The result for Reading East the pressure on Sam Allardyce and the

:06:42. > :06:48.fans. Reading have won, did you follow the game? Does it make any

:06:48. > :06:52.difference to your approach today? A few of the guys have got sky on

:06:52. > :06:57.their phone, we knew it would be difficult when we heard Leeds went

:06:57. > :07:02.down to 10 men, but it was to be expected. We know we have got to

:07:02. > :07:07.win to get back to the four-point gaffe. We have got to do the

:07:07. > :07:11.business tonight. Is it just a question of trying to get six wins?

:07:11. > :07:15.Will it take that? I think the way Reading are playing at the moment,

:07:15. > :07:19.probably Southampton, and I know they meet each other very shortly,

:07:19. > :07:24.but you have got to focus on each game at a time. The most important

:07:24. > :07:28.game for us, the most important game this season is to play

:07:28. > :07:31.Barnsley and stay in touch with the automatic promotion push. If we do

:07:31. > :07:35.not win tonight, it would not all be over, but it would be very

:07:36. > :07:41.difficult. We have got to try to break the club record and get the

:07:41. > :07:45.12 away wins. It has been great away from home, very good form, so

:07:45. > :07:49.I want to see that form tonight, I want to see that performance, and

:07:49. > :07:53.hopefully I will see three points. Sam Allardyce acknowledging what a

:07:53. > :07:58.big game this is for West Ham, but not just picking up the results is

:07:58. > :08:01.important to West Ham fans, it is the way you do it as well. You were

:08:01. > :08:05.one of the exponents of the beautiful game. Can you understand

:08:05. > :08:10.the frustration with the way they have played this season? It has

:08:10. > :08:13.only really cropped up over the last month, to be fair to Sam. Once

:08:13. > :08:18.you start not getting results... When they were in the top two, they

:08:18. > :08:21.were happy with the style. They have been at the bottom in the

:08:21. > :08:25.Premier League. At present, like he said, it is holding your nerve. If

:08:25. > :08:30.at the end of the season they can reflect on where they are, if they

:08:30. > :08:33.have got into the top two, great, but Sam is probably saying it in

:08:33. > :08:38.the dressing room, it comes about confidence if you're going to pass

:08:38. > :08:42.the ball like everybody wants the old West Ham to do. But as Nick

:08:42. > :08:47.said, in the Championship, you cannot play that way all the time.

:08:47. > :08:50.Sometimes you have to grind out results. The waveform has been OK,

:08:50. > :08:53.the home form is where the frustration has come out. If you're

:08:53. > :08:58.not getting the performances at home, season-ticket holders get

:08:58. > :09:01.frustrated. They really got behind the team against Reading, even

:09:01. > :09:05.though they lost, and that is what they have got to do in the last

:09:05. > :09:09.handful of games. If they go to the play-offs, let's say, let's reflect

:09:09. > :09:12.at the end of the season. The play- offs, not something that the fans

:09:12. > :09:17.want to be put through. The away fans are being very loud at the

:09:17. > :09:20.moment. One striker up front, they have got five with Premier League

:09:20. > :09:29.experience of earning a decent amount of money, but they come into

:09:29. > :09:34.this game with what looks like an All that about the fans, I remember

:09:34. > :09:40.being with Wolves singing Four Four Two, and we were getting our best

:09:40. > :09:44.results playing 4-4-3. We were not getting beaten. This is an

:09:44. > :09:49.attacking line-up. With Nolan, Trevor says he's going to play on

:09:49. > :09:52.the left, it gives them a licence to get in the box. There has been

:09:52. > :09:57.nobody better than him to score vital goals in a box. Home and away

:09:57. > :10:03.fans will enjoy watching Ricardo Vaz Te, not just because of the

:10:03. > :10:08.haircut, but because he was sold to Barnsley for just �500,000. He has

:10:08. > :10:13.done the same for West Ham. He has had a couple of muscle injuries,

:10:13. > :10:22.unfortunately. He has given them the cutting edge. I inky and Taylor

:10:22. > :10:25.either side, really Nolan will get forward slightly from the left,

:10:25. > :10:30.with Mark Noble, O'Neill on the right of him. You need to get

:10:30. > :10:35.midfield players into the box. Sometimes that is what happened,

:10:35. > :10:42.they have been isolated. Attacking away from home, they have got the

:10:42. > :10:46.numbers in. Sometimes they are isolated, they have been frustrated.

:10:46. > :10:54.If one man knows how to control Vaz Te, it will be Keith Hill, the

:10:54. > :10:59.Barnsley manager, let's see how he Just how big a test is is ahead of

:10:59. > :11:04.West Ham. It is the biggest test, one of the biggest of the season.

:11:04. > :11:10.It is a 90 minute game, and we are ready for it. I use safe yet?

:11:10. > :11:13.definitely not. We are nine points clear, the bottom three teams would

:11:13. > :11:17.prefer to be in our position, but we have still got points to get on

:11:17. > :11:23.the board. A season of progress? Progress that most people will not

:11:23. > :11:26.see. It has been a difficult season, losing games, but it is an interim

:11:26. > :11:31.season, a progressive season. Hopefully we can get ourselves next

:11:31. > :11:34.season. Good luck. I'm sure the managers are always going to say

:11:34. > :11:38.they are not safe until they are mathematically set, but was it a

:11:38. > :11:44.good move to come here from Rochdale? It is a fire-fighting job

:11:44. > :11:47.against teams like West Ham with a lot of money. Like all the managers

:11:47. > :11:51.in every League, some teams have money, and I would imagine West Ham

:11:51. > :11:56.are lost more money this season and Keith Curle has had to spend. He is

:11:56. > :12:00.doing a particularly good job, and one win will make them safe.

:12:00. > :12:05.Ricardo Vaz Te is interesting, I saw him score the fastest goal of

:12:05. > :12:10.the season here, but he will be targeted. When he turned up with

:12:10. > :12:15.that haircut, he will be targeted even more! He will be a marked man

:12:15. > :12:19.today. We have already discussed your dislike of Twitter, shock and

:12:20. > :12:25.cuts and that is, but for each season, Barnsley would start each

:12:25. > :12:29.year saying, survival is what we need to achieve. The Heath they

:12:29. > :12:33.went through a sticky patch earlier in the year. They have struggled to

:12:33. > :12:37.score goals. That is part of the resources that you have in this

:12:37. > :12:40.league, the goalscorers, like Ricardo Vaz Te, signed at the end

:12:40. > :12:44.of January. There was not enough time to bring somebody else in, and

:12:44. > :12:49.that will be the challenge until the end of the season, can they get

:12:49. > :12:54.goalscorers? That has been Barnsley's problem. What can we

:12:54. > :12:59.expect from Barnsley today? To be honest, to watch them every week?

:12:59. > :13:05.No, I don't, and it is interesting talking about the shape of systems.

:13:05. > :13:08.People are saying to me, they cannot play that way, so it will be

:13:08. > :13:12.interesting. Interesting how they deal with West Ham. They are going

:13:12. > :13:15.to have to get into their faces, because West Ham have got better

:13:15. > :13:20.players on the pitch, and if they are allowed to play, I think they

:13:20. > :13:24.will win. One of my mates has been shouting 4-1, I think he meant for

:13:24. > :13:30.Barnsley. It is not the first time they had a big game against West

:13:30. > :13:35.Ham. Way back in 1997 it was a big day for Barnsley and a big day for

:13:36. > :13:45.a certain Frank Lampard. It is a lovely atmosphere on a special day

:13:46. > :13:54.

:13:54. > :14:01.which offers a blend of mystery, of of the first goal for Barnsley in

:14:01. > :14:11.the Premiership. West Ham are looking to be the party-poopers.

:14:11. > :14:15.

:14:15. > :14:19.That equaliser has been on the start with a defeat. I wonder

:14:19. > :14:24.whatever happened to that young midfielder! Apparently Trevor makes

:14:24. > :14:28.a great cup of tea, so we are going to enjoy the first half. The

:14:28. > :14:33.commentators are in position, Mark Bright and Guy Mowbray. Give us a

:14:33. > :14:40.wave! The commentators are in position, the players are in the

:14:40. > :14:50.tunnel, live on BBC One and BBC One HD, live football on BBC One,

:14:50. > :15:00.

:15:00. > :15:05.weekend has got off to a good start. Time to watch two sides whose

:15:05. > :15:09.seasons need to finish well. Reading's 2-0 win over Leeds this

:15:10. > :15:12.afternoon has put seven points between them and West Ham. They are

:15:12. > :15:17.six behind Southampton and they really must win this if they are

:15:17. > :15:21.going to even keep thinking about a top two finish and automatic

:15:21. > :15:26.promotion. For Barnsley, a few weeks ago they were as close to a

:15:26. > :15:30.play-off place as they were to the bottom three, but one win in their

:15:31. > :15:34.last nine games has seen them sink. Although nine points breathing

:15:35. > :15:40.space sounds comfortable, they might need more points on the board

:15:40. > :15:43.from six really difficult games to come off to ensure they stay in the

:15:43. > :15:53.Championship. The eagle eyes of Dickie Bird will be tracking

:15:53. > :15:58.

:15:58. > :16:03.exactly what happens at Oakwell the first half of the season and he

:16:03. > :16:13.is still Barnsley's top scorer with 12 goals. He has added another four

:16:13. > :16:19.

:16:19. > :16:22.sides met at Upton Park in December. A goal from Papa Bouba Diop. Sam

:16:22. > :16:26.Allardyce was sent to the stands for kicking out at some bottles and

:16:26. > :16:30.a cat ran onto the pitch! Let's hope for the same level of

:16:30. > :16:36.entertainment today. This is the Buckley's side -- Barnsley side.

:16:36. > :16:38.One change from last week. Matty Done pulled a hamstring at Portman

:16:38. > :16:43.Road so in comes Kallum Higginbotham for his first start

:16:43. > :16:49.and home debut. David Cotterill scored his only Premier League goal

:16:49. > :16:53.for Wigan against West Ham five years ago and he has only scored

:16:53. > :16:59.Barnsley's only goal in the last six games. West Ham have made three

:16:59. > :17:03.changes. Her Faubert and Faye have made way for Demel and Winston Reid.

:17:03. > :17:08.It is only Demel's third game of an injury wracked first season at the

:17:08. > :17:17.club. Reid has been out since the end of February. Carlton Cole makes

:17:17. > :17:21.way for Nicky Maynard. Craig Davies has got six games without a goal,

:17:21. > :17:26.but since Ricardo Vaz Te departed, he is now Barnsley's top scorer

:17:26. > :17:32.with 11 goals for the season. He banged them in for Chesterfield in

:17:32. > :17:37.the last campaign. Various Ricardo Vaz Te, three goals in his last

:17:37. > :17:42.four games. -- there is. 14 starts for Barnsley in the first half of

:17:42. > :17:46.the season, he scored 12 goals. Sam Allardyce did not hesitate when the

:17:46. > :17:56.chance going to sign him, the man he brought to English football from

:17:56. > :18:05.

:18:05. > :18:14.the captains. Next to me, on the end of the commentary position,

:18:14. > :18:21.Mark bright. Good afternoon. I saw West Ham against Reading. 422, an

:18:21. > :18:25.incredible game. -- 4-2. West Ham dominated for 40 minutes and

:18:25. > :18:29.readings called two quick goals before half-time and the whole

:18:29. > :18:35.thing changed. Very surprised to see no allow there today. He left

:18:35. > :18:39.the pitch with what we were told was up thigh strain. -- surprise to

:18:40. > :18:43.see Mark Noble. Sam said after the game in the press conference, they

:18:43. > :18:49.would need to win every game until the end of the season to have any

:18:49. > :18:53.chance of automatic promotion. did. I heard West Ham ledge and

:18:53. > :18:57.Tony Cottee saying he looked at the Reading and Southampton games and

:18:57. > :19:02.he thought maybe one draw and the rest wins we do it. But Reading

:19:02. > :19:07.winning this afternoon cranks up the pressure. We heard Keith Hill

:19:07. > :19:12.say Barnsley are not safe yet. Nine points sounds a lot, but the gap

:19:12. > :19:19.between themselves and the bottom three over the last few weeks has

:19:19. > :19:23.got narrower. Kevin Nolan, 10 goals this season, six of those away from

:19:23. > :19:33.home. That is where West Ham have been picking up most of their

:19:33. > :19:37.

:19:37. > :19:41.points recently. Barnsley hoping to get one more win to make sure they

:19:41. > :19:51.stay in the Championship next season. West Ham looking to win the

:19:51. > :19:57.

:19:57. > :20:03.think we all know that West Ham's home form has been the undoing.

:20:03. > :20:07.They have drawn six of the last 10. Away from home they have been

:20:07. > :20:17.superb and fans often look to why that is. Sometimes they play with

:20:17. > :20:43.

:20:44. > :20:47.more freedom and also there's less and it is a Barnsley throw-in.

:20:47. > :20:52.Nicky Maynard has already scored a winning goal here this season, for

:20:52. > :21:02.Bristol City at the end of October. A good record against Barnsley,

:21:02. > :21:07.

:21:07. > :21:10.five times he's played them, five impeded, but the referee Tony Bates,

:21:10. > :21:20.who is the most experienced referee on the Football League list, begged

:21:20. > :21:30.

:21:30. > :21:37.stress how magnificent fans have been in the last few home games.

:21:37. > :21:44.There have been claims from the club of misleading reports saying

:21:44. > :21:54.the manager had accused the fans of talking absolute tosh. He feels

:21:54. > :22:12.

:22:12. > :22:21.some of the criticism is unfair and Tottenham, his fourth Barnsley

:22:21. > :22:31.appearance. Regular No. 1 Luke Steele is out injured and regular

:22:31. > :22:38.

:22:38. > :22:43.No. 2 David Preece is also out Winston Reid. Amazing. Amazing. You

:22:43. > :22:50.saw Reid turn away, accepting he had made a foul. The most

:22:50. > :22:55.experienced referee on the Football League did not feel the same way.

:22:55. > :23:05.He is a referee who likes to lead the games go. He has not issued a

:23:05. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:10.single red card all season. George McCartney moving freely again. He

:23:10. > :23:12.had a bruised foot from last weekend, the game against Reading.

:23:12. > :23:17.Immediately after the game Sam Allardyce thought he had broken his

:23:17. > :23:22.metatarsal. Before Wayne Rooney did it a few years ago, we haven't

:23:22. > :23:27.heard of that bone. Wasn't Beckham the first one? Might well have been.

:23:27. > :23:37.It was just called a broken foot in the old days. West can get a throw-

:23:37. > :23:54.

:23:55. > :24:04.McCartney has been on loan from Sunderland all season. His second

:24:05. > :24:11.

:24:11. > :24:21.already been at Leyton Orient and Doncaster. This is his 11th spell

:24:21. > :24:28.

:24:28. > :24:31.away from Spurs as a borrowed could hear the reaction of the home

:24:31. > :24:35.fans who don't think there's anything different from the Winston

:24:35. > :24:45.Reid challenge a few minutes ago. Craig Davies did ever so well, he

:24:45. > :24:48.

:24:48. > :24:53.Barnsley. They have strong a few passes together. They have pushed

:24:53. > :24:59.West Ham back a bit. They won their last home game begins Peterborough

:24:59. > :25:09.a fortnight ago. They have lost all of their last seven away. Almost

:25:09. > :25:17.

:25:17. > :25:25.Good play from Nolan. No question Button made the right decision to

:25:25. > :25:35.come out. He slightly overran it. A good defensive challenge from

:25:35. > :25:43.

:25:43. > :25:48.Stephen Foster. Nolan! West Ham much the first time West Ham have

:25:48. > :25:52.threatened. The first shot at goal. The one thing you want to do as the

:25:52. > :25:59.home team is to have the first shot, the first corner. A little smile on

:25:59. > :26:05.the face of Sam. They didn't deal with it. They didn't do with the

:26:05. > :26:09.first one at the near post. Nolan on the goal line by the goalkeeper.

:26:09. > :26:14.Inevitably the ball fell to him. He is now their leading goalscorer

:26:14. > :26:18.with 11 goals. Poor defensive clearance. You have to attack the

:26:18. > :26:24.first ball at the near post. came off an unsuspecting Craig

:26:24. > :26:28.Davies. 11 goals for the season for the West Ham captain. The last time

:26:28. > :26:33.he spent a full season at this level with Newcastle a couple of

:26:33. > :26:39.years ago, he scored 17 times, including goals home and away

:26:39. > :26:47.against Barnsley. Any midfield player who get into double figures

:26:47. > :26:50.is worth his weight in gold. They need to help out the strikers. West

:26:50. > :26:56.Ham do have seven or eight strikers on the books and Carlton Cole is

:26:56. > :27:03.their leading goalscorer with 10. He changes them around a lot, Sam.

:27:03. > :27:13.Kevin Nolan got a dozen in the Premier League last season. He

:27:13. > :27:30.

:27:30. > :27:40.averages better than one in six at worst possible start as far as they

:27:40. > :27:52.

:27:52. > :27:59.are concerned? Reid stayed in front Maynard. A good run from Maynard,

:27:59. > :28:03.just pulling off the shoulder. Diving in behind, Golbourne.

:28:03. > :28:08.most difficult thing for Barnsley in recent weeks has been scoring a

:28:08. > :28:13.goal. They only have one in the last six matches, two weeks ago,

:28:13. > :28:23.David Cotterill against Peterborough. Andy Gray has gone

:28:23. > :28:31.

:28:31. > :28:37.nine games since he last scored. points away from the bottom three,

:28:37. > :28:41.is there a danger you can sink into that sort of mentality? Always.

:28:41. > :28:47.Players at this stage start looking at results. People around them and

:28:47. > :28:53.they start looking at the fixtures. You have to just take care of

:28:53. > :28:58.yourself. There's no better game for them today. They are live on

:28:58. > :29:03.the television, one of the top teams in the division, it usually

:29:03. > :29:09.lift the atmosphere, the players should perform. Not the best

:29:09. > :29:19.clearance from Rob Green. Davies had a go! Queen macro got across,

:29:19. > :29:23.

:29:23. > :29:28.I'm not sure it was on target. -- Davies. Poor clearance from Rob

:29:28. > :29:33.Green. Now a free-kick for West Ham. Tony Bates is going to have a word

:29:33. > :29:40.as well. I think it was McNulty. It will be a booking. He was pulling

:29:40. > :29:48.Maynard back. A great strike. I don't think and Rob Green could

:29:48. > :29:53.take any chances. He had to push it away. A little sniff of what he is

:29:53. > :29:58.capable of doing. When you haven't scored a goal for a while, you prop

:29:58. > :30:08.-- probably hesitate to shoot from that distance. But it shows he has

:30:08. > :30:12.

:30:12. > :30:22.confidence. Was that the booking? season. Hit game for Nolan. A gold

:30:22. > :30:22.

:30:23. > :30:29.number-one priority on set-pieces to mark. They drop a little bit

:30:29. > :30:39.early for Mayo. It comes of the defender's head. Almost a gift,

:30:39. > :30:49.

:30:49. > :30:53.isn't it? Got one and nearly double Tomkins, didn't he? We saw Tony

:30:53. > :31:03.Bates a fortnight ago, the referee for the Johnstone's Paint final.

:31:03. > :31:26.

:31:26. > :31:31.did not notice them that day. one. That is OK, though. He

:31:31. > :31:35.snatched, that is all. The opportunity was there, deflected.

:31:35. > :31:39.He just pulls at the shot a little bit. He mentioned the word

:31:39. > :31:43.confidence in relation to Craig Davies, six games without a goal.

:31:43. > :31:48.He has had goals in bursts, twice he has gone eight games without a

:31:48. > :31:52.goal. That is a long time, but as long as you get them at the end of

:31:52. > :32:02.the season. It is nice if you can space them out, or if they come in

:32:02. > :32:03.

:32:03. > :32:08.But what they do not have, Barnsley, his players running in behind,

:32:08. > :32:13.trying to stretch West Ham at the back. Everything is in front, and

:32:13. > :32:23.they can say that they were just nipped in front and make it

:32:23. > :32:58.

:32:58. > :33:08.difficult. They need to stretch and West Ham, that switch was on, good

:33:08. > :33:08.

:33:08. > :33:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:33:49. > :33:52.O'Neill was waiting, and he should have done better. No question, he

:33:52. > :33:57.started off the move as well. O'Neill started the move, good

:33:57. > :34:07.overlapping play, a bit of a decoy, good ball from Vaz Te, and it does

:34:07. > :34:11.

:34:11. > :34:15.A golden opportunity. Take a part in his early career, Barnsley, he

:34:15. > :34:25.scored his opening goal for them. He played his first league game

:34:25. > :34:28.

:34:28. > :34:32.against them for Portsmouth as a career at all after he injured his

:34:32. > :34:42.ankle against Aston Villa. It was fifty-fifty whether he would play

:34:42. > :35:01.

:35:01. > :35:06.again. He is now, four games in man who scored a lot of goals for

:35:06. > :35:16.Barnsley in the first half of the season. You do not understand the

:35:16. > :35:33.

:35:33. > :35:36.football fan, Guy! I do, I do, I not get the throw-in. West Ham's

:35:37. > :35:46.midfield players are working really hard out of possession, just

:35:47. > :36:05.

:36:05. > :36:15.covering in front of them, more injury which forced him off at

:36:15. > :36:16.

:36:16. > :36:26.As soon as he plays at all to anybody, it starts to move forward,

:36:26. > :36:49.

:36:49. > :36:54.prey, stout defending by Winston Reid. It is the first chance we

:36:54. > :36:59.have seen, Higginbotham running with the ball. He does ever so well,

:36:59. > :37:09.holding on the edge of the box. Andy Gray was a little deeper, Reid

:37:09. > :37:27.

:37:27. > :37:31.does well to get in front of him. referee, well, he agrees with you

:37:32. > :37:36.that it was a foul, but which other parts does he agree with? If it

:37:36. > :37:41.looked like a two-footed challenge. Tomkins jumped over the challenge,

:37:41. > :37:48.he was not happy. The referee giving himself a little time to

:37:48. > :37:53.think there. There is going to be a card of some description. You said

:37:53. > :37:57.that he had not issued a red all season. I think it is going to be

:37:57. > :38:07.yellow, by the body language. He has got a smile on his face. If he

:38:07. > :38:10.sees it as a two-footed challenge, it is a red. The yellow is out. Two

:38:10. > :38:17.in the boot for Barnsley, Stephen Dalton joins the name of Jimmy

:38:17. > :38:21.McNulty. -- Stephen Dawson. shape of a hand, the apology. I do

:38:21. > :38:26.not think it was for the second one, I think it was for this one here.

:38:26. > :38:31.No question about it! The referee did not see it as clearly as we did.

:38:31. > :38:35.He was close to the action. He is saying he won the ball. He is

:38:35. > :38:39.outlawed, they are trying to get rid of it from the game, and I do

:38:39. > :38:43.not understand why players challenge like that. You normally

:38:43. > :38:47.slide with one leg and sweep with the other. To me, you do that if

:38:47. > :38:53.you are frightened to get hurt, you're kind of protecting yourself.

:38:53. > :39:03.That is a red card for me. A lot of them are still saying, I won the

:39:03. > :39:22.

:39:22. > :39:28.ball. It does not matter, it is when he touched him from barely one

:39:28. > :39:33.yard out. Barnsley have at two players caution since then. Vaz Te

:39:33. > :39:43.going for the spectacular! Not quite a proper connection. No, but

:39:43. > :39:43.

:39:43. > :40:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:40:44. > :40:49.forward and when a corner for West Ham. Good play. Good play in the

:40:50. > :40:54.midfield, Cotterill giving away the ball unnecessarily. Look how West

:40:54. > :41:03.Ham are pressing all over the pitch, that is the left-back there, having

:41:03. > :41:13.a shot. I saw him score his goal last year, McCartney. A East caught

:41:13. > :41:36.

:41:36. > :41:40.at Cardiff at the start of last point out to us before the match

:41:40. > :41:50.that won more away win would be a club record, 12 away wins in a

:41:50. > :41:59.

:41:59. > :42:06.in the Championship. It is just at home where they have struggled to

:42:06. > :42:12.get points in recent weeks. What a good shot that was! West Ham double

:42:12. > :42:20.their lead, and Nicky Maynard continues his run our scoring with

:42:20. > :42:23.a 100% record against Barnsley, six in six. Barnsley 0, West Ham 2.

:42:23. > :42:28.said before, they had had a good his sequence of passing, a combined

:42:28. > :42:31.really well with Nolan, O'Neill and Noble, and there has not been

:42:31. > :42:37.enough pressure on the ball from Barnsley. It is too comfortable,

:42:37. > :42:47.and it all culminates with a beautiful finish. So accurate with

:42:47. > :42:59.

:42:59. > :43:03.a shot, it is not the power, it is Nicky Maynard has double figures,

:43:03. > :43:08.his 10th goal of the season, only his second for West Ham. He joined

:43:08. > :43:16.them from Bristol City at the end of January, eight goals for winning

:43:16. > :43:21.a kits not dissimilar to Barnes's Lee at the start of the season. --

:43:21. > :43:25.Barnsley's at the start of the season. It is a good goal for him,

:43:25. > :43:31.and he has struggled for goal since he moved to West Ham, in and out of

:43:31. > :43:41.the team, San changes it around. You would like to play all the time,

:43:41. > :43:50.

:43:50. > :44:00.you get a rhythm going as a striker. last England cap, last of seven,

:44:00. > :44:07.

:44:07. > :44:13.Yes before -- yes, I said before, not enough pressure, far too much

:44:13. > :44:23.praise for Noble to push it around with O'Neill, as I said. -- far too

:44:23. > :44:29.

:44:29. > :44:34.early, using his arms on the Ford's back. We need a bit of a response

:44:34. > :44:44.here from Barnsley. They do not want to go into those last five

:44:44. > :44:44.

:44:44. > :45:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:45:32. > :45:37.games on a good hiding, it will not pass it between themselves.

:45:37. > :45:41.Tompkins went along, but that is not what West Ham fans like to see.

:45:41. > :45:51.I'm not sure if that was the diagonal he was going for.

:45:51. > :46:06.

:46:06. > :46:10.everything is going against them. The biggest difference between the

:46:10. > :46:20.teams is when they are out of possession, West Ham, they chase

:46:20. > :46:20.

:46:20. > :47:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:47:23. > :47:28.and harry. I don't think Barnsley uncomfortably. He said before the

:47:28. > :47:32.match, we are not safe yet, we don't think we are. This is the

:47:32. > :47:36.worry, people are saying one more win will do it for Barnsley. Five

:47:36. > :47:43.games left after this, they have Blackpool away, Cardiff or home,

:47:43. > :47:48.Hull away, Brighton to finish. Bristol City away is the only one

:47:48. > :47:54.against teams around them. Where is that win going to come from?

:47:54. > :48:04.are not wrong! But there are always some funny results at the end of

:48:04. > :48:05.

:48:05. > :48:15.the season. We have seen that Leeds 2-0. Burnley beat Birmingham

:48:15. > :48:15.

:48:15. > :48:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:48:57. > :49:07.has hardly been in the game. I do not remember him at Arsenal. Yes,

:49:07. > :49:30.

:49:31. > :49:37.in 2000/2001, but did not make an McCartney and it means a Barnsley

:49:37. > :49:42.corner. Cotterill putting the cart me under pressure. He left him for

:49:42. > :49:46.pace. Cotterill on the right hand side and Higginbotham on the other

:49:46. > :49:56.side have shown that if they get the service, they can put West Ham

:49:56. > :50:04.

:50:04. > :50:14.for it. He felt he was being impeded. Another corner. I think

:50:14. > :50:14.

:50:14. > :51:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:51:18. > :51:22.Nobody with him. Maynard getting say at half-time that you have to

:51:22. > :51:32.get tight. You have got to put on pressure across the middle. Look

:51:32. > :51:42.how many passes they have had here, West Ham, and Barnsley no windier.

:51:42. > :51:46.

:51:46. > :51:56.much respect. In the end, they didn't win the ball, West Ham gave

:51:56. > :51:56.

:51:56. > :52:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:52:40. > :52:47.George McCartney, he didn't look up. A bit of an argument going on now.

:52:48. > :52:57.Nolan is giving him a bit back! Nolan has only just stopped giving

:52:58. > :53:16.

:53:16. > :53:20.him words of wisdom. You are 2-0 up Matthew Taylor hasn't. There is an

:53:20. > :53:30.overload on this side and that is where the space is. Nicky Maynard

:53:30. > :53:49.

:53:49. > :53:59.think so. Vaz Te wants to score himself. Finally he went for the

:53:59. > :54:02.

:54:02. > :54:09.there was an opportunity when he went past the first offender to get

:54:09. > :54:16.an early shot away. Button lost it! It is a wonderful goal from Mark

:54:16. > :54:25.Noble! Nightmare moment for the on- loan Barnsley goalkeeper. That is a

:54:25. > :54:29.great finish from Mark Noble. His last nine goals have been penalties.

:54:29. > :54:34.Easy from 12 yards, not so easy from an angle like this, but he

:54:34. > :54:38.made it look easy. You look at West Ham and all they have done in the

:54:38. > :54:42.first half his work so hard when they haven't had the ball. It is

:54:42. > :54:48.only because of Nicky Maynard's pressure that David Button makes a

:54:48. > :54:52.poor decision. He tried to tap it around Nicky Maynard and made a

:54:52. > :54:59.mistake. But it is an excellent chip from Mark Noble, you have to

:54:59. > :55:06.be so precise. He might as well just come towards the ball and put

:55:06. > :55:11.his arms up. A great finish. I know Dickie Bird is hit today, but it

:55:11. > :55:21.will end up a cricket score if they are not careful. Well done! Thank

:55:21. > :55:49.

:55:49. > :55:55.you, I'm here all day. We still from Taylor, a teasing ball. They

:55:55. > :56:00.have got two or three people going in. It was just a little strong.

:56:00. > :56:05.They have got a great away record and if Sam wanted a reaction after

:56:06. > :56:13.that 4-2 defeat at home, obviously that hurt, and he has got more from

:56:13. > :56:18.his players today. A big job at half-time for Keith Hill. He must

:56:18. > :56:27.just want them to get out there and compete, start challenging, stay

:56:27. > :56:37.with your runners and just start showing West Town less respect. --

:56:37. > :56:38.

:56:38. > :56:46.right. Scoring goals from 30 yards is not really his strength. He is

:56:46. > :56:56.apologising, they are free up and playing well. -- 3-0 up. Getting on

:56:56. > :57:33.

:57:33. > :57:38.for 200 games for Sunderland, never really got it. It was only McNulty

:57:38. > :57:43.that stopped him. An excellent example from a forward who gave the

:57:43. > :57:53.ball away, he wasn't happy just to watch what happened, he chased

:57:53. > :57:53.

:57:53. > :58:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:58:57. > :59:02.a good game of football and don't mind what the result is would want

:59:02. > :59:12.a Barnsley goal before the break otherwise it would seem to be over.

:59:12. > :59:19.

:59:19. > :59:29.end! They certainly are. Barnsley could do with getting a goal to get

:59:29. > :00:05.

:00:05. > :00:09.10 years in Germany or told. -- Guy Demel. He plays at international

:00:09. > :00:19.level for Ivory Coast. This is only his third game, he Azad or all

:00:19. > :00:48.

:00:48. > :00:56.problems with injury all season pit our space a few times for

:00:56. > :01:04.Barnsley. -- a bit of space. I can only reiterate what I have said,

:01:04. > :01:08.the midfield, Noble, Nolan, O'Neill, working really hard. Taylor, Vaz Te,

:01:08. > :01:18.chasing and harrying, making it easier for the defence. They have

:01:18. > :01:28.never really penetrated the West and -- West Ham defence. That is

:01:28. > :01:40.

:01:40. > :01:45.why Barnsley have not been mistakes for the third goal? He had

:01:45. > :01:55.an opportunity to deal with it, lash it down the field, but he

:01:55. > :01:55.

:01:55. > :03:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:03:08. > :03:18.pressure on Rob Green, but he was realised that he was not going to

:03:18. > :03:22.

:03:22. > :03:27.get there. A good run, the space minutes to go that they had a

:03:27. > :03:32.complete collapse last week. It does not look like that is on the

:03:32. > :03:42.cards today, the defence looked a lot better. It was about this time

:03:42. > :03:47.

:03:47. > :03:52.in the game, wasn't it? He is, and under any threat whatsoever. --

:03:52. > :04:02.they do not look. It was a relaxed conversation there that we saw with

:04:02. > :04:16.

:04:16. > :04:23.this is Cotterill. Green had to come a long way for it, and that

:04:23. > :04:28.his wife. Excellent. When they finally get around the back of West

:04:28. > :04:33.Ham, could pull back, Reid at the near post. That is the most

:04:33. > :04:37.dangerous Barnsley have looked in his first half. It was a nice

:04:37. > :04:47.thought, it kind of order on the offside. When he got to the byline,

:04:47. > :05:04.

:05:04. > :05:12.he should have sat it up to the far right place for West Ham. If good

:05:12. > :05:18.positional sense, he read the cat back. -- cut back. An excellent

:05:18. > :05:24.turn, this one. Reid knows exactly what he is trying to do. He

:05:24. > :05:30.anticipates it so well. It is his first game back since the end of

:05:30. > :05:36.February. He has been out with a head injury then a heel problem. He

:05:36. > :05:46.had a concussion after going away to play for New Zealand. He was

:05:46. > :06:01.

:06:01. > :06:08.born mayor, grew up in Denmark. -- undone, he is usually giving begun

:06:08. > :06:11.a good workout at this stage as well. I think West Ham feel I have

:06:11. > :06:17.had a bit of an unfavourable press, 24 games they were in the automatic

:06:17. > :06:21.promotion places, and then they just slipped out. I think it is the

:06:21. > :06:31.pressure, the wage bill as well, the expectation of going up,

:06:31. > :06:45.

:06:45. > :06:51.because they have been there for so at Oakwell, and that will do nicely

:06:51. > :06:55.as far as West Ham United and Sam Allardyce are concerned, 1-0 up

:06:55. > :07:00.thanks to Kevin Nolan very early in the police, it became two when

:07:00. > :07:04.Nicky Maynard scored at Oakwell for the furls successive game here, and

:07:04. > :07:07.Mark Noble rounded it off in the 35th minute. West Ham needs to win

:07:07. > :07:12.is to keep up with Reading and Southampton in the chase to finish

:07:12. > :07:21.in the top two, and it would be a miracle if they do not win it now.

:07:21. > :07:24.I am sure the two men alongside me will agree that stranger things

:07:24. > :07:28.have happened than West Ham throwing away the lead, but that

:07:28. > :07:32.was a great first half for your team Trama, and we said that the

:07:32. > :07:37.home fans had been moaning about the way they have been playing, we

:07:37. > :07:41.have not seen one long ball. comes from confidence, the passing,

:07:41. > :07:44.and you are probably saying, do not give them anything for the first 10

:07:44. > :07:48.or 15 minutes, let's put them and the pressure, because their

:07:48. > :07:53.confidence can be fragile. But it did not happen, they did not

:07:53. > :07:55.pressure them, they gave them space, and the goal was a soft goal.

:07:55. > :08:00.Throughout the half, West Ham grew in confidence and kept possession

:08:00. > :08:05.because they never got the pressure. They actually pressurise did

:08:05. > :08:12.themselves and won the ball back quickly. You had to get your noses

:08:12. > :08:18.in front. There is no fire and there. The game started OK, there

:08:18. > :08:21.was nothing, West Ham are desperate to win this game and get back in

:08:21. > :08:25.the promotion hunt, Barnsley for different reasons. There was

:08:25. > :08:31.nothing in the game, I didn't think, but whatever Keith Hill has done, I

:08:31. > :08:37.am absolutely certain he will have said to Mark Nolan from corner

:08:38. > :08:41.kicks. From then on, there is no fire. West Ham are playing 4-3-3 or

:08:41. > :08:45.42, Craig Davies cannot really drop in, and they are getting played

:08:45. > :08:50.around. The second goal comes from that. I do not know how many passes

:08:50. > :08:54.they had before it. I have been in positions like that, you cannot get

:08:54. > :08:59.close to them because they are keeping the ball, sucking you in

:08:59. > :09:05.and playing around. Is it a case of making changes, or is it too late?

:09:05. > :09:09.A difficult job for the home manager. We will have a go at them

:09:09. > :09:15.now, push Jo midfield players up, let Nolan stay in behind, have a

:09:15. > :09:19.right go at it. You could get done five or six by doing that, leaving

:09:19. > :09:24.also wide open. But he might get one back early on, and then you

:09:24. > :09:28.might get something. I don't think they will, to be honest. Let's have

:09:28. > :09:37.a look back at a first half that has put a big smile on your face,

:09:37. > :09:44.a corner in the first place. have got to go with Kevin Nolan, it

:09:44. > :09:48.comes off his foot. Does it come off Nolan? Even then, slowed down,

:09:48. > :09:52.you can just about see it, but the referee has not gone that too well

:09:52. > :09:57.at his disposal. It is a tough decision. You got away with that,

:09:57. > :10:02.and then you have got to mark. two not know if it is Craig Davies

:10:02. > :10:06.who tries to step up. -- I do not know. But he is on his own. You

:10:06. > :10:11.have got to be marking him. The manager put all his tactics

:10:11. > :10:20.together, but it is a great delivery. I think it goes through

:10:20. > :10:24.the defender's legs here. Oh, dear! Not a nice moment. When he tucks it

:10:24. > :10:29.in, you think Nolan is offside, but when the cross comes in, he is not.

:10:30. > :10:34.That is why he is not marked at the time, but it was a double soft goal,

:10:34. > :10:39.to have given the corner away, to allow Nolan into the penalty area.

:10:39. > :10:43.The game was nothing. He delivers a great set-piece, Matty Taylor.

:10:43. > :10:48.Fabulous. We will talk later about how you are enjoying the gardening

:10:48. > :10:52.at the moment, but it was not long ago that he was standing out there

:10:52. > :10:55.yourself moaning about referees. If you were the West Ham manager,

:10:56. > :11:00.would you have had a moan about the fact that this Zheng man is still

:11:00. > :11:07.on the pitch? Talking about two- footed tackles, but looks like

:11:07. > :11:12.Stephen Dawson is lucky to be there. At the time, I... For on that angle,

:11:12. > :11:19.it does not look so bad. He jumped in. I do not think he put the

:11:19. > :11:24.player at risk. He booked him for it. He jumped in with two feet.

:11:24. > :11:27.Well, I have seen them both. card? I don't think so, I do not

:11:27. > :11:33.think he was anywhere near the player. If he had made any contact,

:11:33. > :11:37.I think he was getting the red card. It is so silly for a player now,

:11:37. > :11:40.make, because you are left in the hands of what the official decides

:11:41. > :11:45.on the day. You do not do anything like that, because he could not

:11:45. > :11:50.quibble if he got a red card. He was low down by the time he got to

:11:50. > :11:55.the ball, but you cannot take two ft off the ground. Would he have

:11:55. > :11:58.gone off in the Premier League? Could well have done. It depends

:11:58. > :12:02.whom he is tackling! Have we mentioned at the start at one of

:12:02. > :12:06.the issues is that Barnsley in the middle, they cannot close their

:12:06. > :12:10.opponents down, because they have not got the men to do it, and it is

:12:10. > :12:15.indicative of their next goal. can hear Mark Bright saying that

:12:15. > :12:19.they need to get close, but they can't get close. Maynard and Nolan

:12:19. > :12:24.have great interplay, but the second centre-half ought to be

:12:24. > :12:31.nailing them. Is not going to run past them. There was no contact at

:12:31. > :12:35.all. They just sat in him. Nolan and Maynard have changed places. He

:12:36. > :12:40.comes in on his favoured foot as well. Sending him on the inside,

:12:40. > :12:45.you know he will shoot. That was a mistake, but it was a great finish.

:12:45. > :12:49.For that, it is a great finish. You could blame Barnsley, but what

:12:49. > :12:54.about the football that West Ham have played, a fabulous finish,

:12:54. > :12:59.great goal. We have talked about a goal related to a refereeing

:12:59. > :13:04.decision, a two-footed tackle, and we are undecided whether it was a

:13:04. > :13:09.red card... 3-0! You can discuss this one. Should the referee have

:13:09. > :13:14.given a free kick? If he has apologised for the foul, and sorry,

:13:14. > :13:19.it is a free kick, do not book me! The Barnsley should have dealt with

:13:19. > :13:23.that better. They are bad mistakes, decisions, the referee has the

:13:23. > :13:28.first one, an awful decision not to give a free-kick. They have got

:13:28. > :13:32.away with it, this is a bad decision. The goalkeeper makes a

:13:32. > :13:40.bad decision. If you cannot market, side-foot it out. I think, if he

:13:40. > :13:45.did, Maynard would be in trouble. But what a finish, Noble. Trevor?

:13:45. > :13:50.He catches... He has put his hand up, sorry, do not book the. But

:13:50. > :13:54.play goes on. Mark Noble has done really well, he is right in the

:13:54. > :13:58.corner. A lot of teams would have got back. He puts him under

:13:59. > :14:05.pressure and made the opening for himself. Really good, he keeps a

:14:05. > :14:10.clear had, Sam will be delighted. They have worked and pressed really

:14:10. > :14:15.well. The dilemma is, when you play in the hole and you get these days,

:14:15. > :14:19.they find it difficult at home to get in those little holes, because

:14:19. > :14:23.sides sit back at Upton Park, and that is where they have struggled.

:14:23. > :14:28.On the counter attack, they have played it perfect. They can press

:14:28. > :14:32.on Barnsley because Craig Davies is quick, trying to drop into the hole,

:14:32. > :14:38.Peter Number Ten, but Andy Gray is playing on his own up front. He is

:14:38. > :14:42.not going to run away, and West Ham can play our on top of him, and it

:14:42. > :14:46.has suited West Ham, they have been able to press with comfort.

:14:47. > :14:49.Fantastic first half for West Ham, the home fans and spend most of the

:14:49. > :14:54.time taking photographs of you through the window. Time to show

:14:54. > :15:04.you how their rivals for automatic promotion, second-placed Reading,

:15:04. > :15:26.

:15:26. > :15:34.got on against Leeds. Dan O'Hagan for Thompson. Red card! Because of

:15:34. > :15:41.this. Studs up, both feet off the deck. His manager is absolutely

:15:41. > :15:51.livid with him. Reading have taken an amazing 34 from the last 39

:15:51. > :16:01.points on offer. Ian Harte's cross against the post! It almost became

:16:01. > :16:11.

:16:11. > :16:21.a lot more for Reading and Ian Federici. A rare chance for Leeds.

:16:21. > :16:25.

:16:25. > :16:33.league goals inside the last 10 minutes of matches this season. --

:16:33. > :16:40.it's -- their last 16 League goals. Adam Le Fondre! It is a massive

:16:40. > :16:44.goal. Colossal for Reading. The man side to fill the shoes of Shane

:16:44. > :16:54.Long has maybe scored a goal to propel his team closer to the

:16:54. > :17:07.

:17:07. > :17:16.going top. No question now. A goal West Ham will curse and Southampton

:17:16. > :17:22.will rue. Two goals in six minutes from super sub Adam Le Fondre.

:17:22. > :17:26.Promotion looms large for Reading. Many games have been won in the

:17:26. > :17:30.last 10 minutes. We have faith in the players, they have faith in

:17:30. > :17:33.themselves and they know what is themselves and they know what is

:17:33. > :17:43.required. We have done it and it is a great win. A great win indeed and

:17:43. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:27.fantastic momentum at the moment mean they would be three points

:18:27. > :18:37.

:18:37. > :18:40.Whoever ends up going up, they will be looking to make an impact on the

:18:40. > :18:43.Premier League might Swansea have. They have been in action against

:18:43. > :18:48.They have been in action against Newcastle this afternoon. It is

:18:48. > :18:58.currently two-0 Newcastle. This is at the Liberty Stadium. Papiss

:18:58. > :18:59.

:18:59. > :19:01.Cisse has both goals. You can see that game and 70s -- Saturday's

:19:01. > :19:09.seven other matches on Match of the seven other matches on Match of the

:19:09. > :19:13.Day. There was a time when you were taking control of the West Ham team.

:19:13. > :19:17.How impressed have you been with the job Alan Pardew has done this

:19:17. > :19:24.season? It wasn't expected after all of last year's turmoil. It was

:19:24. > :19:29.a difficult time, taking over after Chris Hughton. He was a surprise

:19:29. > :19:34.appointment. I have got a lot of time for Alan Pardew. We approached

:19:34. > :19:39.Reading and took him from there. He did really, really well. He got us

:19:39. > :19:43.up second time around in the play- offs. We had a great first season

:19:43. > :19:50.where they got to the cup final and I'm sure any West Ham will tell you

:19:50. > :19:56.about Steven Gerrard's last-minute equaliser. It just went wrong for a

:19:56. > :20:04.variety of reasons and he left. As a coach, man-manager, he is very,

:20:04. > :20:08.very good. It hasn't surprised me. Demba Ba was always going to be a

:20:08. > :20:12.snip for whoever picked him up. Cisse was one and their scouting

:20:12. > :20:16.system has to be really good because they have brought in some

:20:16. > :20:21.very, very good players. At the moment, they are in the competition

:20:21. > :20:27.for the top four. When you on a role like that, you just feel you

:20:27. > :20:31.can beat anyone. Brendan Rodgers in the dug-out today. How impressed

:20:31. > :20:37.have you been with him? He is in the short list for manager of the

:20:38. > :20:42.year. Paul Lambert as well. So he should be, and Steve Kean as well.

:20:42. > :20:46.Brendan Rodgers has done a fabulous job. The way they've played. I

:20:46. > :20:50.think they have had 70% of possession again. Party has done a

:20:50. > :20:55.remarkable job. They have had a wonderful season. Always keeps

:20:55. > :21:00.surprising. There's a packed weekend of sport ahead on the BBC

:21:00. > :21:07.with something for everyone, starting tomorrow lunchtime.

:21:07. > :21:11.Every chance I get to play, I try to impress and that is all I can do.

:21:11. > :21:20.I was more pleased with the Arsenal performance because that is what it

:21:20. > :21:24.was, it was a top-class Premier League performance. What a goal!

:21:24. > :21:34.get the technique right, you have a good chance of scoring. I practise

:21:34. > :22:04.

:22:04. > :22:09.Imagine you're in the Barnsley dressing room, reliving memories,

:22:09. > :22:12.what would you be saying? There's only one thing you can say. The

:22:12. > :22:16.fans have turned up to watch and you have to give them something to

:22:17. > :22:22.shout about. If they get a goal, they will be behind them and we

:22:22. > :22:26.will get a great atmosphere. They got spanked and the first half.

:22:26. > :22:30.were not impressed with Vaz Te's haircut, but we have been impressed

:22:30. > :22:32.with the team. Rob Green will hope to have a quiet half. This could be

:22:33. > :22:38.a big day for West Ham. All they a big day for West Ham. All they

:22:38. > :22:41.have to do is get the results, starting today. Southampton and

:22:41. > :22:45.Reading have to play each other. Southampton are at home to

:22:45. > :22:49.Portsmouth tomorrow. Anything can happen. They have to pick up the

:22:49. > :22:59.points and see what happens. Time for the second half with West Ham

:22:59. > :23:07.

:23:07. > :23:14.second half started. Work to do to reduce the deficit if they can, and

:23:14. > :23:17.restore a bit of self Yorkshire pride. Absolutely out played

:23:17. > :23:23.throughout the first 45 minutes. Except a bright spell in the first

:23:23. > :23:30.five. West Ham United are just 45 minutes away from a new club record

:23:30. > :23:35.12 away League win since -- wins in a season. Quite an appropriate

:23:35. > :23:44.place for that record to be set today. Their first ever away league

:23:44. > :23:54.game was on this ground, Division Two in 1919. Barnsley won 7-0!

:23:54. > :23:58.

:23:58. > :24:02.Contrary to belief of some, Dickie has been enough for promotion. They

:24:02. > :24:11.are still on target to get that. Reading and Southampton will have

:24:11. > :24:18.to slip up somewhere. Trevor just fed, a South cast -- South Coast

:24:18. > :24:23.derby tomorrow. You're hoping more than anything for the teams around

:24:23. > :24:32.you to make mistakes. Southampton go to Crystal Palace next week.

:24:32. > :24:42.They will get a draw! Reading are at Brighton. A couple of injuries

:24:42. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :25:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:25:29. > :25:35.backwards from the throw-in, all during the half-time break. Whether

:25:35. > :25:39.they have any effect, we will see. Can you see West Ham going for more

:25:39. > :25:43.or will they he's off a little bit and make sure they don't get hit?

:25:44. > :25:48.don't think you can change now. Some will have said, excellent

:25:48. > :25:54.first half, can't ask for more, clean sheet, three goals. I expect

:25:54. > :26:00.a response from them at the start of the second half. Expect a little

:26:00. > :26:04.flurry for 10 to 15 minutes. Just sit a little bit and leave Nikkei

:26:04. > :26:07.Maynard up front with Vaz Te and then we can start to ease away in a

:26:07. > :26:12.game full Park -- Nicky Maynard. I would expect them to be under

:26:12. > :26:18.pressure at the start of this half. Barnsley need to work harder.

:26:18. > :26:22.Pressing and closing. You don't have to be talented to do that.

:26:22. > :26:28.just saw David Cattrall -- Cotterill, is their best bet from

:26:28. > :26:38.the flanks? I think so. In a race he has the better of McCartney. But

:26:38. > :26:38.

:26:38. > :27:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:27:38. > :27:45.-- O'Neil swung it in. As soon as the ball gets wide, he is off.

:27:45. > :27:52.Taylor was behind Nolan. If he had left that... It is difficult to

:27:52. > :28:02.score from that kind of distance. Tomkins put his arms around Andy

:28:02. > :28:02.

:28:02. > :29:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:29:53. > :29:57.new contract, his deal runs out in the summer. West Ham had been

:29:58. > :30:04.linked with Kilmarnock's canny bell. They want Rob Green to stick around

:30:04. > :30:08.if he possibly can. Going up might be a major factor in that. He has

:30:08. > :30:18.got himself back into the England set-up, he should beat in the party

:30:18. > :30:56.

:30:56. > :31:00.to go to the east of Europe in the end Barnsley in the opening seven

:31:00. > :31:04.and a half minutes? I just wondered whether Higginbotham was trying to

:31:04. > :31:12.make three up front, but he did not, he dropped back into his left side

:31:12. > :31:18.position. Still playing 4-4-2, and you have to apply pressure and go

:31:18. > :31:28.together, the midfield have to work together. They are outnumbering

:31:28. > :31:37.

:31:37. > :31:44.West Ham in midfield, but they very nearly kept it in. That was

:31:44. > :31:49.close. A mistake by Button, he did not take any chances. If they can

:31:49. > :31:53.get this guy into the game a little bit more, as we have said, with the

:31:53. > :32:03.way that West Ham were so well, under pressure he has to give it

:32:03. > :32:14.

:32:14. > :32:20.back for turnaround and goes flat. exchange. Button palms it away, but

:32:20. > :32:30.Vaz Te is in to tap home against his home club. 4-0, West Ham, it

:32:30. > :32:37.

:32:37. > :32:41.really is all over now, and Ricardo back, and you have got to say, look

:32:41. > :32:45.at the Spacey Has down the right hand side. Where is Wiseman? This

:32:45. > :32:51.looks like it is going in, but the reaction of Vaz Te, just a little

:32:51. > :32:57.bit quicker. He has so much space, selling us of far too early, Cottle.

:32:57. > :33:02.You need your defenders to help you out. An easy tap-in. No celebration

:33:02. > :33:06.against his old club. The player who scored a dozen goals for

:33:06. > :33:14.Barnsley in the first half of this season has now scored a 4th West

:33:14. > :33:21.Ham goal against them on this very Good Friday if you are a hammer.

:33:21. > :33:31.Barnsley 0, West Ham United 4, and West Ham will stay in pursuit of

:33:31. > :33:31.

:33:31. > :34:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:34:29. > :34:39.can hear all around Oakwell now. The substitutes are getting

:34:39. > :35:03.

:35:03. > :35:13.on the ball than anybody else. positional sense, keeps it going,

:35:13. > :35:13.

:35:13. > :36:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:36:02. > :36:12.Maynard, and he nearly foundered, brilliant! Button was beaten, and

:36:12. > :36:17.

:36:17. > :36:20.second of the game, the ease with which she comes off the defenders,

:36:20. > :36:26.are allowed to turn, no pressure, sweet strike, excellent strike. He

:36:26. > :36:31.was very unlucky. Here is the substitution. Why a strike that was

:36:31. > :36:35.from Nicky Maynard. He has scored the last four times that he has

:36:36. > :36:42.played here. For Bristol City and now for West Ham, and that would

:36:42. > :36:48.have been the pick of the bunch. The change sees the Mall replaced

:36:48. > :36:52.early. Danny Collins is on. George McCartney is going to switch across

:36:52. > :36:58.and play at right-back. He does not look too happy about it, George

:36:58. > :37:08.McCartney. We have seen that he has got a sweet right-foot! Yes, he can

:37:08. > :37:43.

:37:43. > :37:51.show you what is happening in the away end at Oakwell. The West Ham

:37:51. > :37:58.fans are doing the conga. Think back to one week ago, the mood as

:37:58. > :38:02.Reading won 4-2 at Upton Park. Many of that lot would have been there.

:38:02. > :38:12.I have seen a lot of West Ham this season, and this is the best I have

:38:12. > :38:24.

:38:24. > :38:27.seen them play. Not to be outdone, has put it wide. I am not sure he

:38:27. > :38:33.expected it to come to him. It looks like it comes off the heel.

:38:33. > :38:38.Once again, good play, a great delivery. He just tries to cushion

:38:38. > :38:46.it into the back of the net. Look at that behind David Button, the

:38:46. > :38:52.Barnsley fans are having their own little Congo. -- conga. A Barnsley

:38:52. > :38:57.substitution, Lee Collins is on. He is taking the place of Scott

:38:57. > :39:07.Golbourne. He is on loan from Port Vale, and a permanent move will

:39:07. > :39:08.

:39:08. > :39:12.next season to come pretty quickly now. He has got to make sure our

:39:12. > :39:20.safety this season first. It has been difficult for him, trying to

:39:20. > :39:30.cut the wage bill. Still try to compete and get promotion. There

:39:30. > :39:48.

:39:48. > :39:53.are some big spenders in this Well, he has only just come onto

:39:53. > :40:03.the pitch. It is just a basic slip, he was under a little bit of

:40:03. > :40:39.

:40:39. > :40:44.right foot. The corner has been of play. -- lips that one. Backing

:40:44. > :40:50.up, backing up, and in the end he changes his mind. You get caught in

:40:50. > :41:00.between. As you say, when you are 4-0 up, that is OK. Four goals in

:41:00. > :41:15.

:41:15. > :41:21.aren't you, in the run-in? Two last couple of games. Ricardo Vaz

:41:21. > :41:24.Te, I have got to say, Barnsley's drop in form has coincided with his

:41:24. > :41:28.departure. Jacob Butterfield injured as well, he is the captain,

:41:28. > :41:38.making a move to the Premier League but out for the rest of the season

:41:38. > :42:01.

:42:01. > :42:05.substitution. David Perkins is going to come on, Jimmy O'Brien is

:42:05. > :42:14.going to come on as well, both making their way back from injury.

:42:14. > :42:18.Smith is one of the numbers up. And Gray Davies is coming off as well.

:42:18. > :42:23.Perkins is back from a knee injury, he has been out since mid-February.

:42:23. > :42:27.Jimmy O'Brien came back last weekend from a groin problem. Craig

:42:27. > :42:37.Davies is off. I'm sure I was calling him Craig David, he did

:42:37. > :42:59.

:42:59. > :43:03.something else on a Friday if I improvement from recent weeks.

:43:03. > :43:13.Just give the fans something to cheer about. They have not put West

:43:13. > :43:23.

:43:23. > :43:27.better of it. Maynard was closer last time when he hit the bar.

:43:27. > :43:32.excellent pass from Kevin Nolan, quick glance over the shoulder,

:43:32. > :43:42.that is an excellent pass, he teases the goalkeeper. He does not

:43:42. > :44:16.

:44:17. > :44:26.free kick, it is Kevin Nolan, and I think he is going to get a caution.

:44:26. > :44:32.There is no doubt about it, it is a booking, isn't it? He will first

:44:32. > :44:42.explain to Noble and then Kevin Nolan will take his fracas. Giving

:44:42. > :44:55.

:44:55. > :45:05.potential chance for a break. They won the ball. He fell over in to

:45:05. > :45:12.

:45:12. > :45:22.him! He got there as quick as he They have got Jimmy O'Brien to

:45:22. > :45:33.

:45:33. > :45:43.Always a difficult one, heading towards your own goal, you know you

:45:43. > :46:07.

:46:07. > :46:10.have to head it up in the air and annoying. You can't put West Ham

:46:10. > :46:15.under pressure and then you get an opportunity to keep them under

:46:15. > :46:20.pressure from a set-piece and you put the ball out of play. It was

:46:20. > :46:30.not even close! It is too much for some Barnsley fans to take. There

:46:30. > :46:31.

:46:31. > :46:39.were some real moans and groans. Henri Lansbury. A good opportunity

:46:39. > :46:44.for him to play. 4-0 up away from home. By all accounts, he scored a

:46:44. > :46:54.cracker in a development squad game on Tuesday. The reserves. Against

:46:54. > :47:01.

:47:01. > :47:11.QPR. I watched the next generation! when their left-back is flagged

:47:11. > :47:43.

:47:43. > :47:48.offside! -- West Ham know they are Gary O'Neil will go off. He has put

:47:48. > :47:58.in a good shift. No complaints, worked really hard. On comes Henri

:47:58. > :48:06.

:48:06. > :48:10.QPR on Tuesday night. They won 2-1 and Lansbury scored from 30 yards.

:48:10. > :48:14.He is the player West Ham fans wanted to see come on against

:48:14. > :48:18.Reading last Saturday. Sam Allardyce put Danny Collins on

:48:18. > :48:28.instead. I think they will be happy with how he has managed the team

:48:28. > :48:30.

:48:30. > :48:37.until the end of the season, I'm sure. That is what fans want, a

:48:37. > :48:47.little bit of hope. The stats say fifty-fifty possession, but the

:48:47. > :49:20.

:49:20. > :49:25.attempt on goal spare -- tell the against any top eight side. They

:49:25. > :49:30.haven't kept a clean sheet against any top half team this season, and

:49:30. > :49:39.so it goes on. Just to reiterate, four of their last five games will

:49:39. > :49:43.be against top half teams. They will have to buck that trend.

:49:44. > :49:53.Winston Reid has barely put a foot wrong. He has been impressive. As

:49:54. > :50:02.

:50:02. > :50:12.at full stretch. Once again, Perkins was just shouting. What is

:50:12. > :50:12.

:50:12. > :50:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:50:52. > :50:57.going on down the right hand side? taken it over the touchline. --

:50:57. > :51:06.Foster thought the West Ham Manor. All of the games are coming quickly.

:51:06. > :51:10.They play Birmingham on Monday. it up by Lansbury. It is whether

:51:10. > :51:14.you have enough players to change the team, especially with the

:51:14. > :51:21.strikers. One player I have been impressed with his James Tompkins

:51:21. > :51:31.at centre back. Composed, good with the ball at centre-back. He has

:51:31. > :51:35.

:51:35. > :51:40.dominated air really today. -- area midfield. West Ham fans have not

:51:40. > :51:50.been happy about that. Yes, as a holding midfield player, but it

:51:50. > :51:52.

:51:52. > :52:02.O'Brien will want to do better with this than with his last effort.

:52:02. > :52:02.

:52:02. > :52:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:52:50. > :53:00.it. Lovely strike. Not easy to do. The ball comes across your body. He

:53:00. > :53:35.

:53:35. > :53:43.was easy enough for Rob Green once the field, West Ham have reasserted

:53:43. > :53:53.their dominance. He plays further forward than Mark Noble. He likes

:53:53. > :54:09.

:54:09. > :54:19.to play off the front. Kevin Nolan Mark Noble. The ease with which he

:54:19. > :54:25.

:54:25. > :54:31.got that far, virtually from the one coming from West Ham. Tomkins

:54:31. > :54:40.had a go at! I was giving him a glowing report about his composure

:54:40. > :54:44.in possession and his awareness. Exam looking nice and comfortable.

:54:44. > :54:50.David Sullivan and David Gold absolutely delighted that they made

:54:51. > :55:00.the trip up the M1. Or maybe they took this -- took to the skies.

:55:01. > :55:19.

:55:19. > :55:24.is very good on Twitter, David Gold. what they want. Pass the ball

:55:24. > :55:29.around, keep it. Yes. Get a clean sheet and go home with the points

:55:29. > :55:39.and get ready for Birmingham on Bank Holiday Monday. Get ready for

:55:39. > :55:50.

:55:50. > :55:57.the run-in. Birmingham, Brighton, former player to come back and

:55:57. > :56:00.score. What has been your favourite goal? Are you thinking? Ironed tea

:56:00. > :56:05.in you up to tell us about something you did on this ground

:56:05. > :56:09.ones. I did score the best goal of my career on this ground. I was

:56:09. > :56:16.reminded by one of the directors. It was a screamer, honestly. I will

:56:16. > :56:26.tell you about it afterwards. have talked about it before! I can

:56:26. > :56:34.

:56:34. > :56:44.available. Rapper Dudar -- Papa Bouba Diop will come on imminently.

:56:44. > :56:51.

:56:51. > :57:01.One of the press guys said they had Portsmouth in the past. Just a big

:57:01. > :57:27.

:57:27. > :57:34.converged around Higginbotham. shirts. A good example today from

:57:34. > :57:37.West Ham, working hard. A long trip up on Good Friday. Well worth it.

:57:37. > :57:47.There will be plenty that live locally, they have fans all over

:57:47. > :57:53.

:57:53. > :57:58.the country. Hammer's? Yes, quite a of West Ham fans as well. Main

:57:58. > :58:05.Ida's offside. It won't count. -- Maynard. I thought Lansbury was

:58:05. > :58:15.going to strike it when he got to the edge of the box. Maynard goes

:58:15. > :58:20.

:58:20. > :58:24.quite gone the distance. We didn't think he would play at all, he went

:58:24. > :58:30.off at half-time last week, but he has lasted 80 and making his first

:58:30. > :58:35.appearance since January, Papa Bouba Diop. A Yes, when I saw Mark

:58:35. > :58:45.Noble was in the starting line-up, I was staggered. He had a thigh

:58:45. > :58:45.

:58:45. > :58:50.strain, I was told. I thought he would be out for four or five weeks.

:58:50. > :59:00.There's a difference if you have a tightening of the muscle. We are

:59:00. > :59:21.

:59:21. > :59:27.told he had a groin injury. to some kind of consolation.

:59:27. > :59:34.Higginbotham! Nobody could get a decisive touch. Well, excellent

:59:34. > :59:40.delivery. A lovely touch as well at the near post. I thought he was

:59:40. > :59:45.offside at first, but no. The shape of the ball coming into the goal

:59:45. > :59:49.helps it into the back of the net. He is really unlucky. It is one of

:59:49. > :59:55.very few opportunities Barnsley have created in the second half.

:59:55. > :59:59.Higginbotham is at Barnsley because he found opportunities limited at

:59:59. > :00:02.Huddersfield, having only just joined them from Falkirk at the end

:00:02. > :00:07.of January. Simon Grayson joint and decided Higginbotham would not be

:00:07. > :00:11.used by him in the near future and sent him off straight away. Keith

:00:11. > :00:16.Hill was happy to have a player he knew well from Rochdale. He has

:00:16. > :00:26.done as much as he can today. I thought he started the game

:00:26. > :00:45.

:00:45. > :00:49.brightly. Just playing off the take the throw-in. He has done ever

:00:50. > :00:59.so well, the games I have seen him playing for West Ham. He played

:01:00. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :01:18.very well when they lost 4-2 last to do it. The only thing that

:01:18. > :01:41.

:01:41. > :01:51.Perkins was going to do was head kept it away from Higginbotham.

:01:51. > :02:08.

:02:08. > :02:18.Barnsley corner. West Ham had six a good covering from right-back by

:02:18. > :02:18.

:02:18. > :03:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:03:01. > :03:05.Scott Wiseman. Excellent on that this do to Barnsley, their 6th

:03:05. > :03:10.defeat in seven games? They have lost eight of 10 now. Though

:03:10. > :03:14.statistics speak for themselves, but the man of the defeat, too.

:03:14. > :03:18.was too easy, just too easy today. I know they are playing one of the

:03:18. > :03:23.top teams in the division, but they did not compete in the first 45.

:03:23. > :03:30.They allowed West Ham far too much space. It strains confidence on the

:03:30. > :03:35.run-in, when they need another few points. Like many people, they go

:03:35. > :03:39.to Blackpool on Bank Holiday Monday. On the basis of what we have seen

:03:39. > :03:43.today and the fact that Blackpool won at Watford this afternoon, I do

:03:43. > :03:53.not think they will have a pleasant day out. Needs must, Blackpool

:03:53. > :04:26.

:04:26. > :04:31.charging into the play-off division. Crystal Palace. Did he tell anyone

:04:31. > :04:41.anything useful? He is a good coach, actually, one of the old Crazy Gang,

:04:41. > :04:51.the original. Story to tell, I am sure. Not are there! -- not on

:04:51. > :04:57.

:04:57. > :05:02.Barnsley will not want to see any time added on, and West Ham will be

:05:02. > :05:12.happy if the board is blank as well. Above Bouba Diop has given it away.

:05:12. > :05:40.

:05:40. > :05:46.almost as if they had scored a goal. said that Stephen Foster was man of

:05:46. > :05:56.the match. Barnsley's man of the match. The centre-back getting

:05:56. > :06:27.

:06:27. > :06:32.suggest to me that somebody is not has given up watching. I don't want

:06:32. > :06:42.to tell them what happened at Headingley earlier, Kent got more

:06:42. > :06:48.

:06:48. > :06:54.than 500 against Yorkshire. He has on the run-in, it tease them up

:06:54. > :06:59.nicely for Birmingham on Monday. I said before, you want a positive

:06:59. > :07:09.reaction from the team. In many ways, the fans will be saying this

:07:09. > :07:35.

:07:35. > :07:45.is the performance they needed record against Vale as a manager,

:07:45. > :07:54.

:07:54. > :07:57.of what happens next season if West Ham do not go up. The board have

:07:57. > :08:06.stated that Sam Allardyce will definitely be in charge next season,

:08:06. > :08:16.or whatever. I think that was David Gold, wasn't it, on Twitter? West

:08:16. > :08:20.

:08:20. > :08:25.Ham have come close to getting a Dominant. They scored an early goal.

:08:25. > :08:32.Good travelling fans today. board has gone up, at least three

:08:32. > :08:42.more minutes for Barnsley to endure. That was a shot, believe it or not!

:08:42. > :08:47.

:08:47. > :08:49.performance than what I saw against Reading. I know they are promotion

:08:49. > :08:53.contenders, as opposed to a team trying to get away from the

:08:53. > :08:58.relegation area, but it is about how you play, and their football

:08:59. > :09:08.has been better, their passing, their movement, their defending.

:09:09. > :09:28.

:09:28. > :09:34.fantastic support from West Ham today, travelling up to watch, an

:09:34. > :09:44.historic moment, 12 away wins in the league. A new club record.

:09:44. > :09:46.

:09:46. > :09:52.got seven more points than they have at home this season. Too many

:09:52. > :09:56.draws. They have to do it on home turf on Monday when Birmingham City

:09:56. > :10:06.go to East London. It should be a big game for the people in charge.

:10:06. > :10:31.

:10:31. > :10:36.club's point of view, would you worry for Barnsley now, or is it

:10:36. > :10:42.just one more win? A couple of draws, that is what you might say.

:10:42. > :10:49.But listen, the teams around you, if they get a result, all of a

:10:49. > :10:53.sudden panic sets in. Keith Hill was a guest on a late kick-off

:10:53. > :11:03.programming Yorkshire and Lincolnshire a few weeks ago, and

:11:03. > :11:03.

:11:03. > :11:10.that at point they were poised to since. Coventry have found some

:11:10. > :11:16.form as well, haven't they? Millwall are hovering. Nottingham

:11:16. > :11:26.Forest have come up with a couple of big results as well. As you know,

:11:26. > :11:31.

:11:31. > :11:35.in football, you cannot rely on control right from the start up the

:11:35. > :11:40.match, and they have won comfortably. Your thoughts quickly.

:11:40. > :11:44.A big reaction from the 4-2 defeat against Reading, they knew that

:11:44. > :11:49.Reading and won today, they knew what they had to do, and that is

:11:49. > :11:54.all they could do. A clean sheet, 12 away wins, a good day for West

:11:54. > :11:58.Ham. Listen, there might be a few twists and turns in the tail yet.

:11:58. > :12:03.Problems for Barnsley, but for West Ham, Sam Allardyce said they will

:12:03. > :12:13.have to win all six now, and that is the right way to start going

:12:13. > :12:19.

:12:19. > :12:24.about that task. Easy for them So a decent awayday for those away

:12:24. > :12:28.fans, one win down, five to go for Sam Allardyce, and you can see the

:12:28. > :12:32.celebrations in the away end, but for the home side it was a team

:12:32. > :12:38.that know they are pretty much safe from relegation. I think they are,

:12:38. > :12:44.the others have got to win four to get above them. They have not 18,

:12:44. > :12:48.Keith Hill has got a team that he has got from lower leagues, that I

:12:48. > :12:52.would not swap one of the West Ham players for the Barnsley players.

:12:52. > :12:56.West Ham should come here and win, and they have done a professional

:12:56. > :13:01.job, a good performance, and they have took Barnsley apart. With the

:13:01. > :13:05.players they have One Show, they should do. Keith Hill will stay up

:13:05. > :13:10.with his team, without a doubt. haves against the have-nots in this

:13:10. > :13:17.division. To a certain extent. It was a game that I expected West Ham

:13:17. > :13:21.to win. What they have got to do now is try to take it, two home

:13:21. > :13:25.games, Birmingham on Monday, Brighton the following Saturday,

:13:25. > :13:28.and they are not won at home since the beginning of February.

:13:28. > :13:34.Psychologically, they have got to keep the pressure and transferred

:13:34. > :13:37.the good away form into winning at Upton Park. That is their big

:13:37. > :13:41.challenge. Sam has said they need to win every remaining game, is

:13:41. > :13:45.that a bit of bluster and the psychological tactics. They are

:13:45. > :13:52.only three points away from automatic promotion. It is sewing

:13:52. > :13:55.de-seed in the players' heads, why not settle targets high? If you say

:13:55. > :13:57.anything different, what response will he get? You have got to set

:13:57. > :14:01.out with that intention. Southampton and Reading are winning,

:14:01. > :14:06.I know they have got to play each other, but you have to set off with

:14:06. > :14:11.that intention. We can hear from the manager of West Ham United, Sam

:14:11. > :14:15.Allardyce. Imaginations, a terrific win, the reaction you were looking

:14:15. > :14:18.for after Reading last week. -- can write relations. He has, we broke a

:14:18. > :14:21.club record today, which I am really pleased about for the

:14:21. > :14:24.players and the fans who have supported us. We gave them

:14:24. > :14:29.something to cheer about all the way through, and we have been that

:14:29. > :14:34.good at all season away from home. It is just a shame that we cannot

:14:34. > :14:39.transmit that into our away form, our home form, sorry, and results.

:14:39. > :14:43.It is a terrific result, well deserved, played ever so well, and

:14:43. > :14:45.obviously pleased for the fans because the goals went in at their

:14:46. > :14:55.end. It is a long journey for them today, and we gave great

:14:56. > :14:56.

:14:56. > :15:01.Four very different goals. With the pick of them have been from Mark

:15:01. > :15:07.Noble? You have to credit the rest of the team on how well they have

:15:07. > :15:14.closed down Barnsley. The quality of the finish was outstanding. But

:15:14. > :15:18.I thought the first goal from Nicky Maynard was excellent. Vaz Te...

:15:18. > :15:23.All of the goals were good today and it was a great performance and

:15:23. > :15:29.an important clean sheet for top we've got everything right today.

:15:29. > :15:31.On we go to the next game. Does a result like that and a performance

:15:31. > :15:37.like that give you confidence that automatic promotion this Delyn

:15:37. > :15:42.site? It is still inside. We have extra pressure today because we

:15:42. > :15:46.knew Reading had won. I wondered if it would affect the lads and it

:15:46. > :15:50.affected them in the right way. They gave a performance with a lot

:15:50. > :15:57.of quality. I'm really pleased we got the wind and broke the club's

:15:57. > :16:00.away record for wins in one season. A well done. Thank you. We were

:16:00. > :16:05.thinking for a minute the record was the most numbers of tattoos and

:16:06. > :16:09.dodgy haircuts for Barnsley! 12 away wins in one year. They have

:16:09. > :16:13.had some criticism from their home supporters, but they've come here

:16:13. > :16:15.and got a result and performance. The goal from Vaz Te sums up the

:16:15. > :16:20.The goal from Vaz Te sums up the day for the visiting team.

:16:20. > :16:25.wonder if they can get a reaction at the start of the second half.

:16:25. > :16:34.Once you get the fourth goal... He knocks it well ahead of him and

:16:34. > :16:44.shapes to cross. Could he have pushed it wider, Vicky Barr? Vaz Te

:16:44. > :16:45.

:16:45. > :16:50.reacts and once you get the fourth, that is going in. It was this gay -

:16:50. > :16:56.- same scoreline that Reading had him last month. It get them back

:16:56. > :17:01.into frame on the goal-difference side. More than anything, the away

:17:01. > :17:11.form has been outstanding and in the Premier League, away from home,

:17:11. > :17:12.

:17:12. > :17:17.they were so fragile. They always conceded three if they scored two.

:17:17. > :17:22.Sam has sorted out the defensive side. At home it's a different

:17:22. > :17:26.mindset. Tim's turn up and they sit back and West Ham are expected to

:17:26. > :17:34.attack. It is a different mindset, a different way of approaching the

:17:34. > :17:37.game. The other teams sit back and catch West Ham on the break. I

:17:37. > :17:42.think they have just played exceptionally well today. It suits

:17:42. > :17:46.them, playing away. Why that is I don't know because West Ham can be

:17:46. > :17:50.an intimidating place when they are playing well and winning. It is a

:17:51. > :17:55.brilliant ground. The atmosphere is fantastic. But if they are not

:17:55. > :18:01.playing well and not winning, it can be a horrible atmosphere.

:18:01. > :18:06.expect and sea level... -- expectancy level. The tension comes

:18:06. > :18:09.and you can sense it as a player. and you can sense it as a player.

:18:09. > :18:11.That is when you need a couple of characters to get hold of the game.

:18:11. > :18:14.Perhaps West Ham enjoyed not being Perhaps West Ham enjoyed not being

:18:15. > :18:20.at Upton Park today. I'm not sure the Barnsley fans enjoyed being at

:18:20. > :18:24.Oakwell. A catalogue of -- a catalogue of defensive errors.

:18:24. > :18:30.thought Vaz Te would attack that really well. Somebody would have

:18:31. > :18:37.been designated to Mark Nolan. If anybody does it any better... This

:18:37. > :18:44.is great football. Talk about whacking the ball! They have been

:18:44. > :18:51.terrific. That finished his outstanding. He kept his head well,

:18:52. > :18:55.Mark Noble. They passed the ball well. Nicky Maynard dropped back

:18:55. > :19:00.into the hole. Mick was talking about central defenders pushing in

:19:00. > :19:04.and they were not doing that. At home, there is not that space

:19:04. > :19:08.because they sit as a four and the midfield four and there's no space

:19:08. > :19:13.for a striker or the midfield to get it and that is when they start

:19:13. > :19:17.trying to knock the ball longer. Didn't they let them off the hook?

:19:17. > :19:22.They let them off the hook with the first sign. We never saw if there

:19:22. > :19:26.were any signs of nerves from West Ham. They gave them a goal from a

:19:26. > :19:31.Ham. They gave them a goal from a corner. Well done to West Ham. A

:19:31. > :19:33.bad day for the home side. Some other big games in the race for the

:19:33. > :19:37.other big games in the race for the automatic promotion places in the

:19:37. > :19:41.Championship this afternoon. Leeds frustrated Reading for much of

:19:41. > :19:49.their game following the early sending-off of Thompson. Until six

:19:49. > :19:57.minutes from time when substitute Adam Le Fondre bundled home. He

:19:57. > :20:07.made sure of the points in stoppage time. 12 wins in 14 games for Brian

:20:07. > :20:36.

:20:36. > :20:40.Would you fancy West Ham in the play-offs? They've got the fight.

:20:40. > :20:46.They've got the experienced players as well. But Blackpool and

:20:46. > :20:49.Birmingham have had great seasons. The play-offs are fabulous for fans

:20:49. > :20:54.and people not involved, but as managers and players they are a

:20:54. > :20:59.nightmare. Trevor started shaking his head. The problem is, if you

:20:59. > :21:06.look at their history, the side that finishes third, they never go

:21:06. > :21:11.up. Somebody comes in late. Start shipping goals and go down to

:21:11. > :21:16.fourth or 5th! Birmingham are for fat the moment. West Ham have two

:21:16. > :21:17.big home games coming up. How much would West Ham love to have the

:21:17. > :21:21.would West Ham love to have the kind of impact in the Premier

:21:21. > :21:27.League that Swansea have had? They took on Newcastle today and this is

:21:27. > :21:37.how it finished. Cisse got both of the goals. This is how it leaves

:21:37. > :21:59.

:21:59. > :22:04.That will change tomorrow when Plenty of Premier League action

:22:04. > :22:08.this weekend and you saw a lot of it as a manager this season. I'm

:22:08. > :22:12.not sure what Wolves were planning for when they got rid of the man

:22:12. > :22:16.who delivered their best finish in the last 30 years, but it wasn't

:22:16. > :22:20.one point from the last six games. How has it been watching them?

:22:20. > :22:26.still very much involved emotionally because Terry, is a

:22:26. > :22:30.great friend of mine, a great coach. It has been tough for him. I think

:22:30. > :22:35.we would have stayed up with me in charge. Would I say anything

:22:35. > :22:39.different? We did have a bad run, I didn't want that. But you have to

:22:39. > :22:44.take it on the chin. It is one of the things about modern football

:22:44. > :22:49.now. You can't sack a player but managers get given no time. It has

:22:49. > :22:54.been difficult this season, some strange decisions in every league.

:22:54. > :22:58.It just seems to be, can you hold your nerve? Supporters get more

:22:58. > :23:02.vocal and you have the social networks where they have a debate.

:23:02. > :23:05.The owners then look at the social networks and they get affected.

:23:05. > :23:10.was the first time we dropped into the bottom three, on goal

:23:10. > :23:16.difference, all season. I can understand it because it was West

:23:16. > :23:20.Brom that we lost heavily to. It was a horrible, horrible day, but

:23:20. > :23:24.it was the first time we had been in there and we got out during the

:23:24. > :23:28.last game of the season last year. We were scrapping away but I still

:23:28. > :23:32.thought we would have done it. But it was not to be and good luck to

:23:32. > :23:38.them. There's another vacancy you might apply for. We still don't

:23:38. > :23:43.have an England manager. You're on the panel! Of the team going to be

:23:43. > :23:51.badly prepared with no manager in place before Euro 2012? I don't

:23:51. > :23:55.think so. Whoever gets the role, naturally, they can't get anyone

:23:55. > :24:00.together until the first warm-up game on May the 26. Yes, they would

:24:00. > :24:05.want to be looking at the opposition and doing the analysis.

:24:05. > :24:08.Everything is in place. But you could not get the group together.

:24:08. > :24:13.There are sensitivities so we always said we would leave it until

:24:13. > :24:17.the latter part of the season. You have little flurries of speculation.

:24:17. > :24:24.But nothing will happen until the latter part... You don't want to

:24:24. > :24:27.reveal anything right now on the BBC? No, no! Mick McCarthy is with

:24:27. > :24:31.the BBC for the European championships and it will be a good