Yesterday's review of the current squad, took a look at the Newcastle defence, an area that this season we've been surprisingly strong in, given our poor reputation in recent years. Tonight looks at arguably the fulcrum of a successful team, the midfield, the place that could and should control a game and dictate the style of [. Click to continue reading...

Wenger takes his men on a short journey to east London.

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Scott Parker returns from a one-match ban for struggling West Ham, while Kieron Dyer (hamstring) could feature.

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In an appearance on Soccer AM last Saturday to promote his new cinematic masterwork Damage, professional wrestling luminary and football newbie Stone Cold Steve Austin was made to pick what was supposed to be his new favorite club out of a hat. He picked Bolton.

After delivering an inspirational message to the Wanderers, his hosts informed him that they had arranged for him to see his newly beloved club West Ham United as a guest of Kieron Dyer.

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Kieron Dyer, the former Newcastle player was unable to attend Bobby Robson's memorial service at Durham Cathedral last week, due to Carling Cup commitments with West Ham United. Kieron Dyer - while at Newcastle Kieron is often the player who was thought responsible for undermining Robson's job at Newcastle, because of the way [. Click to continue reading...

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West Ham's new Mexico striker Guillermo Franco only signed on Thursday and is unlikely to feature.
Alessandro Diamanti may make his full debut, while Kieron Dyer (hamstring) returns along with Herita Ilunga whose cheekbone injury has healed.

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West Ham travel to Ewood Park this Saturday to face Blackburn Rovers. Blackburn are pointless after the first three matches and will be tough to play against at home. The Hammers received a boost this morning when Zola managed to capture the signing of talented Alessandro Diamanti.
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With his reputation for being a playboy millionaire footballer, Kieron Dyer revealed the effect Sir Bobby Robson's death has had on him and other footballers.
You can see he had to fight back the tears, and Dyer would have gone up in a lot of people's estimation with this candid and honest interview! Click to continue reading...

Gianfranco Zola declared himself pleased with the side's 2-1 friendly win over Grays Athletic this afternoon. In the absence of established first-teamers Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Tomkins, Mark Noble, Valon Behrami, Luis Boa Morte, Scott Parker, Carlton Cole and Dean Ashton, academy products Zavon Hines and Cristian Montano scored the goals in a game that also saw the return to action of Danny Gabbidon. Click to continue reading...

As football's finest head to foreign beaches, OTP looks at the shenanigans they'll be getting up to 1. Las Vegas Make sure you don't... Get caught cheating on your fiancee, like Frank Lampard 2. Ayia Napa Make sure you don't... Encourage people to take pictures of you completely starkers except for a Budweiser label, like Don Hutchison; film a [. Click to continue reading...

"Footballers are stupid, give them a bit of responsibility and watch them mess up" -Brian Clough Clough was a manager who prided himself on discipline, he may not have been squeaky clean, but rarely would you see one of his Derby or Nottingham Forest players pick up a needless, or avoidable, yellow or red card. Click to continue reading...

Did you know you could get sent off for slapping your own teammate? Stoke's Ricardo Fuller didn't, but he does now. He gave his captain Andy Griffin a slap after Stoke conceding a soft goal following Griffin's poor tackles, only for the ref to show him red. Incredible stuff, but not a patch on my all [. Click to continue reading...

Injury-hit West Ham midfielder ruled out with snuffle West Ham midfielder Kieron Dyer's return from a 16-month injury layoff has been delayed after he picked up a bout of man flu. The ex-Newcastle man played 45 minutes of a reserve match last week but had to be substituted as the virus began to take its toll. Click to continue reading...

Sponsored by Joe Kinnear Click on Joe to open the 18th window. A thoughtful festive yellow card offence from Kieron Dyer Click to continue reading...

It's a joy to watch players evolve in the Premier League and become world-class footballers. A few examples include Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Theo Walcott. But for every starlet, there are also shining stars who seem to get worse each week and fail to live up to the promises they showed earlier on in [. Click to continue reading...

Unless you happen to be a really big fan of a player or his club, chances are you don't get too excited about footballer autobiographies. Some are still very good, yes, but most are just a bunch of stories about lockerroom bustups and threesomes involving Kieron Dyer and Rio Ferdinand. But Ian Rush, he of [. Click to continue reading...

We thought it'd be fun to pick our all-star injury football team featuring those Premier League players that always seem to be injured. Thanks to the EPL Talk readers who participated in last weekend's EPL Talk Chat for the idea. Chris Kirkland Gary Neville Mikael Silvestre Jonathan Woodgate Ledley King Owen Hargreaves Kieron Dyer Tim Cahill Craig Bellamy Michael Owen Louis Saha Subs: Andy Johnson Mark Viduka Tim Cahill Valeri Bojinov Emile [. Click to continue reading...

A player that Alan Curbishley has been chasing for a while just became a whole lot more likely! WEST HAM are considering a £6million bid for Ghana skipper Stephen Appiah. With Kieron Dyer injured again and Freddie Ljungberg off the payroll, the Hammers board are ready to sanction a move for the midfielder. Click to continue reading...

West Ham midfielder Kieron Dyer has given the Hammers a major boost ahead of the new season by kicking a ball for the first time in 11 months. The £6million signing from Newcastle suffered a double leg break shortly after his arrival at Upton Park , but resumed full training yesterday and is targeting a return [. Click to continue reading...

By JAMES CLARKAn occasional Pardew's Guardian feature leading up to the August 16th kickoff ...1) Will West Ham's Kieron Dyer recover fully from his horrific leg break? As you can see from the top photo above, the Hammers midfielder suffered a nasty injury in a League Cup match early last season, just as he was starting to make an impact for the East London side. Click to continue reading...

From the West Ham Official site: West Ham United can confirm that the club has received an approach from Fulham for the transfer of Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil. The club is looking forward to an exciting new season with a fully-fit squad including the return of Kieron Dyer and Craig Bellamy along with Dean Ashton secured [. Click to continue reading...

The Hammers are about as mid-table as you can get in the Premier League this season, despite splurging a load of cash on transfers last summer and during the January transfer window. While it's clear that they have been unfortunate with injuries, perhaps they should have considered that the likes of Craig Bellamy, Scott Parker [. Click to continue reading...

Craig Bellamy has been restricted to just nine appearances for West Ham since his £7.5 million move from Liverpool in the summer. The Guardian report that the striker won't get a chance to add to this tally this season due to him requiring an operation on both knee and groin. The Welshman has been injury [. Click to continue reading...

Kieron DYER is ready to move to West Ham United again, after Newcastle United brokered a £7M compromise agreement with the London club, as we reported yesterday. It is almost two weeks ago that Dyer passed a medical at Upton Park after the two clubs agreed a fee in the region of £6M. However, after a disagreement [...] Click to continue reading...

As we had half expected it looks like West Ham and Newcastle United have finally agreed a compromise deal over the transfer of Kieron Dyer, and the Daily Telegraph is reporting that a deal at £7M has been agreed between the two clubs. The transfer collapsed almost two weeks ago and we had expected that once [...] Click to continue reading...

We just read the Sunday Mirror's sensational story that says Kieron Dyer failed his medical at West Ham United. When you actually read the story, the Sunday Mirror in fact says they got the OK from a medical consultant to go ahead with the deal. The story they print does not support their sensational headline. Sorry to [...] Click to continue reading...

After yesterday's very satisfying win and a good 3 points to start the season it would be a good time to reflect on what Newcastle need now to complete their squad rebuilding before the end of August. Obviously the players that Sam has already brought in appear to be first class not least of which because [...] Click to continue reading...

The Independent is reporting that Kieron Dyer has been left out of the Newcastle United squad that takes on Bolton Wanderers today, which is a sign that Dyer's proposed move to West Ham, or even some other club, may be back on. It is being reported that West Ham would like a compromise deal in which [...] Click to continue reading...

The Kieron Dyer situation is in limbo right now with West Ham furious, Newcastle unhappy and Dyer upset at the events of last Friday evening when Newcastle pulled out at the last moment and demanded another £2M on top of the initial asking price of £6M for Kieron. But we still think the deal will be [...] Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce hit back at Alan Curbishley on Sunday evening over the surprise breakdown of Kieron Dyer's transfer to West Ham last Friday. Curbishley had harshly criticized Newcastle management when the deal collapsed at the last moment on Friday, saying he had never seen anything like it in football. The fee for the 28-year-old was increased by ₤2M [. Click to continue reading...

As we know Kieron Dyer's proposed £6M transfer to West Ham United collapsed on Friday night after sources close to the deal revealed that Newcastle inflated the fee to £8M at the last moment. Why Newcastle did this is still mysterious because ₤6M (₤5M up front and ₤1M based on performances) seemed a good deal for [...] Click to continue reading...

Luke Edwards of the Newcastle Journal is reporting that Kieron Dyer's transfer to West Ham United may be on the verge of collapse after a last-minute change of heart by Newcastle. We think Luke is a credible source so we'll take a look at this story and see what we can make of it. It certainly seems strange [...] Click to continue reading...

Kieron Dyer is expected to complete his transfer to West Ham today. With manager Sam Allardyce holding out for more money yesterday the fee is now said to be ₤6M which is a good price given all the circumstances. We could talk about what Dyer could have done under Sam Allardyce for weeks (we think he could [...] Click to continue reading...

As far as Kieron Dyer is concerned it's finally got round to the only London club that would take him – West Ham. Tottenham will not match the ₤80K/week he is getting at Newcastle and now Dyer is trying to get Newcastle to reduce the transfer fee below the reported ₤5M they are asking for an [...] Click to continue reading...

After the excellent win against Juventus this afternoon Sam was asked the situation regarding Kieron Dyer. Sam said no club has yet put in a realistic bid for Kieron Dyer. In fact no club has yet come anywhere near to Newcastle's valuation of Dyer. Dyer had been expected to leave Newcastle even this weekend with three clubs, [...] Click to continue reading...