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81 days and a few bad barnets

Thu, 05 Nov 2009

1,944 hours. Or 116,640 minutes. Or even 6,998,400 seconds depending on how you want to look at is around the time it took West Ham to record their second league victory of the season (and first at home).

Like all good things, we were made to wait. And suffer. And watch Alessandro Diamanti go through about every hairstyle possible.

And just when it couldn't get any worse; that old tube of peroxide blonde dye was found on the floor of the physio's room. Ashton was bad enough, but now Behrami and Jimenez...

Anyway, back on topic: After disheartening performances against 10-men Fulham and Sunderland I almost expected the worst when Habib Beye received his marching orders 6 minutes from time. The thought "please hold out for a draw" entered my mind more than anything else. But the lively and ever-buzzing Zavon Hines was in the right place to poke home an injury time winner with his first league goal for the club. A huge 3 points that pushes the Hammers out of the relegation zone and hopefuly sets them on their way.

Rather than rabble on about the match, the refereeing decisions and the injuries, I think I'll just savour the win. It's been worth the wait.