In pod we trust

Received an emergency summons last night to appear on the podcast Stop! Hammer Time with Phil Whelans and Jim Grant. A tough job, but someone has to talk about West Ham after a pint in the Queen's Head. You can listen on the link to three blokes discussing whether they can run faster than Pablo Zabaleta and how Jonjo Shelvey is Voldemort. 

Interestingly James Collins was on the podcast a few weeks ago and said that he and Mark Noble used to have pretend fights on the team coach in order to gee up the other players. As Phil Whelans pointed out, we have a lot of mild-mannered number tens who look like they need some firing up. Maybe we should employ the Ginger Pele as a motivational coach?