Birmingham City has gotten their first match back in the Premiership and their first home match back before West Ham travel to St. Andrews to meet them on Saturday. I think that is an advantage for West Ham, as I imagine that newly promoted teams are really hyped up for those two games. Birmingham appeared to be on their way to victory Wednesday night against Sunderland till Stern John equalized late for a 2-2 draw. Birmingham took its second lead of the game when Garry O'Connor scored eight minutes from time.
West Ham was scheduled to meet Liverpool Wednesday night, but that match has been postponed as Liverpool were away to Toulouse in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying tie. Liverpool prevailed 1-0, lining them up for entry to the group stages barring a shocking result at Anfield in the second leg. Former Hammer Yossi Benayoun made his Liverpool debut. John Arne Riise substituted for Benayoun in the 59th minute.
After Saturday's disorganized loss to Manchester City, it was fortunate for West Ham to have a full week of training. Of course, that probably means that West Ham will have a rescheduled match with Liverpool sometime when it is inconvenient.
The Guardian followed up the Telegraph's story yesterday about Kieron Dyer's transfer from Newcastle being back in play. The Guardian writes that Newcastle upped its demands from £6 million to £8 million because the club heard that West Ham personnel were bragging that they were getting the midfielder on the cheap. The report states that West Ham believe that they will nab their man for the original £6 million and will be able to spread the transfer fee over the course of Dyer's contract. That deal, the Guardian adds, is heavily based on incentives for the oft-injured midfielder.
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