West Ham United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3: compare report

By Jason Burt at Upton Park 645AM GMT twenty-four March 2010

One in the eye Matthew Jarvis scored the third and last idea for Wolves Photo REUTERS

It was maybe the finish of an epoch at the Boleyn Ground last night, the unwell days, surely, of Gianfranco Zolas reign as physical education instructor of West Ham.

They might well stay up, by default perhaps, with the 3 clubs next them looming unqualified of hauling themselves free, but it will feel hollow. This wasnt usually a defeat, it was a humiliation, a husky capitulation. Frustrated fans sang bitterly of players not fit to wear the shirt, of their hopes that the physical education instructor would be sacked in the morning.

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Its doubtful that co-chairman David Sullivan will be means to convince Straumur, the bank that still owns half of West Ham, to permit that - if it is what he wants to do - but Zola is a man who will have felt dejected by last nights events.

Will he walk? He wouldnt wish to but he positively appeared shot last night, a outlayed force.

There was annoy in his voice as he spoke thereafter and certified he didnt know - and seemed past caring - either he still had the await of the new owners.

Sullivan bears a little shortcoming since that his takeover has clearly annoyed a little instability. He did, after all, ask either Zola was "too nice" and questioned either the players were overpaid. At the same time he protested his love for the bar and talked about the errors of his predecessors. But thats usually piece of the story.

Sullivan cannot be blamed. This is a common failing. Theres as well most at interest to point fingers in one direction, nonetheless Zola has to shoulder a large cube of the fault, as he has done.

It shouldnt be lost that Wolverhampton Wanderers played with a hunger, a desire, a will and ability that embellished a design of a group that is unfortunate to stay in this multiplication and are expected to do usually that. No approach would they give up.

West Ham were unfortunate to win, but in a approach that recklessness smacked of a idea being drained. The boos rang prolonged and tough and indignant at the end.

And the goals rained in on West Ham. They as well demonstrated the disproportion in between the teams, the

lung-bursting ill temper of Wolves, the lethargic, doubt of a fearful West Ham.

Each idea was taken with cold-eyed aplomb, unerring strikes to kick goalkeeper Robert Green with defender James Tomkins so traumatised by his horrific blunder in the initial half, that authorised Kevin Doyle to score, that he was cold - nonetheless Zola after pronounced he was injured.

Wounded honour as well as a bruise feet perhaps. Behind Doyle, Wolves had, in David Jones, a midfielder with the enterprise and ability to succeed.

Wolves physical education instructor Mick McCarthy had embraced Zola at the begin and he probably felt similar to you do so again at the last alarm in a show of support.

This was no time to gloat, he knew that, it would appear sickening in the face of all this personal grief. But how well his group had played.

They were, as they say, "at it" from the begin with Kevin Foley using onto Doyles flicked header to clap the crossbar with a extreme pointed shot.

Surely that would offer as a notice for West Ham to whet up? It didnt. Soon after Jody Craddocks slight clearway ran to Tomkins. He had time to pass the round behind but he horribly miscued his back-pass. It fell to the onrushing Doyle who quietly kick Green with a low shot.

Doyle was swelling doubt via the West Ham counterclaim with his untiring presence, incessant suit and false pace.

Wolves zipped the passes opposite the territory and Jones should have had a penalty.

On the cadence of half-time there was a flutter of goal and it came from the returning Scott Parker, who picked up the round and barrelled in to the area to arc a low shot around goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. It struck the post.

Parker fast picked up the miscarry and from the tightest of angles shot goalwards, usually for Hahnemann to retard on the line. The round was hacked away.

It wasnt function for West Ham and shortly after Wolves had scored again. Again it due most to their determination, with Jones reacting fast to hold off Matthew Upson prior to he sliced the counterclaim detached with a low pass to Ronald Zubar.

Sprinting transparent on the right Zubar struck a deflected shot opposite Green, who was knocked about by the power. West Ham collapsed.

A prolonged round from George Elokobi was taken by Jones and, once more, he dissected the defenders with Matt Jarvis using onto the round to kick Green with a glorious low shot.

Substitute Guillermo Franco dismissed Valon Behramis pass in to the net late on, but it was no consolation.