Apocalypse now?

Amid all the coronavirus panic, one fellow season ticket holder has just speculated that it would be the most West Ham relegation ever if the league was finished early with West Ham in the drop zone after the next three difficult games (Wolves, Spurs and Chelsea), but before the much more winnable games against the likes of Norwich, Newcastle, Villa and Watford. 

With the coronavirus situation it's more likely that games will be played behind closed doors, but that would bring its own problems. We've already been discussing how to recreate West Ham's home 'advantage', if you could call it that. We'd certainly require some pre-recorded crowd noise of Matt haranguing Arthur Masuaku, Fraser moaning at Moyes for only playing three strikers, Michael shouting Shakespearian insults, myself threatening to reduce some of the player's ratings to nine out of ten and the away fans chanting, "You sold your soul…" . While Nigel's lucky banana would have to be smuggled into the London Stadium and left on his seat.

Meanwhile the game against Wolves on Sunday is looking a little risky. Several Arsenal players are in self-isolation after meeting the Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis, but those same players played against West Ham on Saturday. Meanwhile Sunday's opponents Wolves are playing at Olympiakos behind closed doors on Thursday. Latest statement from West Ham says the game is still on as planned. Let's hope our season isn't derailed by Plague, pestilence or the Four Horsemen of the Apocalpyse. Though knowing West Ham it probably will be…