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West Ham United's band of internationals are readying themselves for a busy
week of friendly action
27.02.2010
West Ham United may have a free weekend, but the club's international stars
are set for a busy week of action across the globe. Robert Green, Matthew
Upson and Carlton Cole have all been included in England's 24-man squad for
the friendly international with Egypt at Wembley on Wednesday evening. The
match is a vital one for Fabio Capello as the Three Lions step up their
preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa.
Jack Collison has been included in the Wales squad for a friendly with
Sweden at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea on the same night, while Danny
Gabbidon has stayed behind as he works on his recovery from a hamstring
injury. Similarly Guille Franco will not go with Mexico for their match in
Pasadena, California against New Zealand.
Jonathan Spector is in the United States squad for a friendly showdown with
fellow World Cup qualifiers the Netherlands in Amsterdam. Remaining in
mainland Europe, Valon Behrami has been called into the Switzerland squad
for their home friendly with Uruguay in St Gallen.
At age-group level, James Tomkins is expected to start for Stuart Pearce's
England Under-21 side as they take on Greece in a potentially vital UEFA
European U21 Championship qualifier in Doncaster on Wednesday. Victory for
England at the Keepmoat Stadium will take them above their visitors into
first place in Group Nine.
Frank Nouble, on loan at Coca-Cola Championship high-fliers West Bromwich
Albion, has been named in England's U19 squad for a friendly meeting with
the Netherlands in Waalwijk on Tuesday evening.
Fabio Daprela has been included in Switzerland's U19 squad for a two-day
training camp and friendly international meeting with Poland in Renens on
Wednesday.
Reserve-team midfielder Daniel Kearns will link up with Republic of Ireland
U19s for the first time since switching his international allegiance from
Northern Ireland.
The Belfast-born 18-year-old previously represented Northern Ireland at U16,
U17 and U18 level, but will join in with the Republic squad for a five-day
training camp at Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire between 28 February and 4
March.
Finally, Academy right-back Filip Modelski has been called into the Poland
U18 squad for a training camp in Warsaw between 7-12 March. The camp will
act as preparation for Poland's UEFA European U17 Championship qualifiers
against Belgium (17 March), hosts Northern Ireland (19 March) and Spain (22
March).
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Filed: Saturday, 27th February 2010
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Noble backs Cole for World Cup
Midfielder believes goals are vital in battle to beat the drop
By Peter Fraser Last updated: 26th February 2010
SSN
West Ham midfielder Mark Noble has backed club colleague Carlton Cole to
earn a place in England's squad for the 2010 World Cup. The powerful striker
has enjoyed an excellent season and has scored nine Premier League goals for
a struggling Hammers side, despite spending almost two months on the
sidelines with a knee injury. England manager Fabio Capello is due to name
his squad for next week's friendly with Egypt on Saturday evening and Cole
will be in contention for a place in the party. The Hammers are not in
action this weekend, but Noble believes his team-mate's improvement since
his 2006 arrival from Chelsea should still have done enough to impress ahead
of Wednesday's friendly and this summer's World Cup. "He just seems to get
better all the time," the midfielder told skysports.com when asked about
Cole. "The difference between him now and when he first came to the club (is
massive). "We knew he had loads of ability, but, I do not know why, he just
wasn't showing it. "Now, he is one of the best forwards in the country. He
is fantastic for us and I'm sure he will continue to be. I'm sure a seat on
the plane to South Africa will be his."
West Ham are battling relegation and the goals of Cole will prove a major
factor in determining whether Gianfranco Zola's side survive or slip into
the Championship. New owners David Gold and David Sullivan agreed that as
many attacking options as possible were required following their takeover in
January. And as a result, Ilan, Benni McCarthy and Mido all arrived in the
winter transfer window to leave Noble delighted with his club's offensive
armoury. "When the new owners came in they said, 'we need bodies, we need
strikers'," he said. "Now we are lovely for strikers. We have probably got
too many now, but that is what you need when you are in the position we are
in. "You need firepower. You need to be able pluck something off the bench
or from somewhere to give us a helping hand."
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Sullivan concerned about integrity of results
By Harry Harris, Football Correspondent
ESPN
February 27, 2010
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan is deeply concerned about the validity,
credibility and authenticity of the rest of Portsmouth's Premier League
results now the club are in administration. Gold raised first raised his
concerns last weekend, and he even suggested he would loan Pompey £10
million to save them from the administrator. Sullivan is hoping, even
expecting, the Pompey players to be highly motivated against one of the
Hammers' relegation rivals Burnley this weekend. But he is also aware that
the situation could bring a negative effect. Sullivan told Soccernet: "I
hope Portsmouth don't cave in for the rest of the season, starting with
Burnley. I hope they rally rather than cave in. The players surely have a
big incentive, being in the shop window and hoping that a club will want to
sign them. They will want to show what they are made of. That is self
preservation, and greed. "However, it is equally true to say that they have
a ready made excuse if they don't do well. The truth is that they are
effectively relegated. Even if they won every game from now until the end of
the seasons it might not be good enough with those nine points deducted.
"The concern for a club like West Ham is that when you look at their run in
they are playing all the lowly teams, and it is easy to see why we should be
concerned."
West Ham, though, stand more to lose if the club went into liquidation and
couldn't fulfill their fixtures. Sullivan said: "We have four points to lose
if that happened which would reshape the league at the bottom, it would also
affect the league at the top." The Premier League will ensure, though, look
set to ensure that Pompey are able to fulfill their fixtures this season -
which would avoid the need to expunge their record.
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WEST HAM: Hammers trio make England squad
9:20pm Saturday 27th February 2010
Guardian Series
WEST HAM'S Carlton Cole has been included in England's squad to face Egypt
at Wembley on Wednesday. Robert Green and Matthew Upson were also announced
in Fabio Capello's squad of 23 for the final audition before the World Cup
in South Africa this summer. The surprise selection was the inclusion of
Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross. The Potters man joins John Terry, Wes
Brown, Joleon Lescott and Upson as the centre-back options for England.
However, Shawcross will do well to focus his mind on the task after he left
the field in tears having been sent off for a reckless challenge on
Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey, which left the young Welshman with a broken leg in
Saturday's late kick-off.
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West Ham upset with FA over Ashton compo dismissal
27.02.10 | tribalfootball.com
West Ham United are upset over the FA's dismissal of Dean Ashton's compo
claim. The Daily Mail says there is considerable upset at West Ham that the
FA have used a loophole to reject Ashton's personal claim over the
career-ending ankle injury he suffered while training with England. The
retired striker won't receive compensation because the incident happened
more than three years ago. The Hammers are pursuing their own £7m insurance
claim against the FA, which doesn't have the same time restrictions. But the
FA stance is that Ashton came back from the injury to play a full season for
West Ham.
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Son of a gun Moncur impresses on West Ham reserves debut
26.02.10 | tribalfootball.com
West Ham United reserves coach Alex Dyer was delighted with George Moncur's
performance on debut in their victory over Chelsea. Moncur is the son of
former Hammers favourite John Moncur and is a midfielder like his Dad. Dyer
told whufc.com: "Young George Moncur made his debut for the reserves and he
was excellent in midfield as was Jordan Spence at right-back. He was
breaking up and down the wing and he defended like a proper defender should
do."
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GREEN LIGHT FOR HAMMERS KEEPER EXIT
News Of The World
By Hugh Southon, 27/02/2010
WEST HAM will not stand in Robert Green's way if any of the Premier League's
top four move in on the England goalkeeper. Green has a year left on his
contract at the end of this season and could be offered a small rise on his
current deal. But a highly-placed source at Upton Park revealed: "We have no
rigid policy on Robert except that if any of the top four came in and he
wanted to move we would allow him to. "We may be in the business of offering
increases to our very best players despite the well publicised cost-cutting
exercise. "But we would expect plenty of interest in him and wouldn't stand
in his way if he wanted to advance himself." Speculation that Manchester
City's Joe Hart, currently on loan at Birmingham, will be on his way to West
Ham if Green leaves are "the product of a fertile imagination" according to
the Hammers source. "That theory came from the fact that the Hammers'
current owners took him to St Andrew's," he added. "His name hasn't been
mentioned. "Peterborough's Joe Lewis at £3.5million would be a far more
realistic proposition."
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