A Scott Parker scarf
Expect to see plenty of Scott Parker scarves at the London Stadium if he gets West Ham promoted. Photograph: Lewis Storey/Getty Images
Expect to see plenty of Scott Parker scarves at the London Stadium if he gets West Ham promoted. Photograph: Lewis Storey/Getty Images
West Ham want promotion – so it’s time to call in an understated club legend

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HAMMER TIME

While Football Daily hasn’t actually seen much of West Ham this season, we’ve noted enough of their results to presume they were doing OK in their attempt to bounce back to the Premier League after relegation. Less than a third of the way through the Championship season under Nuno Espírito Santo, they’d already spanked six without reply past both Wrexham and Lincoln, while scoring three or more in wins over Wolves, Derby and Bolton. However, it turns out that of the 13 matches they’ve played in a league that is famously difficult to get out of (unless you were Sheffield Wednesday last season), they have actually lost three times and currently sit in eighth place, a whopping six points off leaders Middlesbrough. Given the context of such an unbridgeable chasm, it is small wonder West Ham fans woke up to news that Nuno had been unceremoniously bounced out of the London Stadium with a P45 in hand.