Normal service has been resumed and West Ham are once again beaten away from Upton Park That's every league game since the first one of last season where we haven't won away. So consistency there, then.
The last time West Ham were relegated, I knew we were in trouble when, in the first or seocnd game of the season, we were beaten at home by Leicester. Leicester! They were one of those teams that we always, always beat, no matter how we were playing. Something like Blackburn now. Or like Sunderland - we never lose to them, we even won at their place in the fizzypop in September. But not today, not this season. And for all the euphoria of beating Man Utd last Wednesday, we're back to the bottom of the table and looking certainties for relegation.
Nobody I know expects to win the semi-final, but nor do we expect to win any games between now and then because we'll be concentrating on it.
And lacklustre performances like today's are just, well, to be expected.
As the old football saying has it, the table doesn't lie - and it doesn't even spin, unlike Avram, who will no doubt find plenty of positives in today's performance.
So, at least Carlos is suspended for next Saturday's visit of Man City and won't be able to get his usual ovation. But I can't see anything other than being beaten again, so at least false hope won't be given a twirl this week.
What's that about being bottom at Christmas? Good job we have a four-year plan, then. I just can't imagine that the way this season is going was part of the plan, so I'm not over-confident that the rest of the plan will be any good. Still, there's always cross your fingers and hope. It can't be any less effective a strategy than this one and perhaps the Premier Santa will give us a big bag of pressies against Blackburn, Everton, Fulham and Wolves. We shall see.
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