Midfield or more like Mid-fled

Third part of my analysis of West Ham United relegation. This part we look at the midfield category.

List of Players

Kieran Dyer
Scott Parker
Jack Collison
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Pablo Barera
Luis Boa Morte
Radoslav Kovac
Mark Noble
Junior Stanislas
Gary O'neill

The first I have to say is that Scott Parker deserve his PFA player of the year award because of his commitment, passion and his play personally on the field. If he had a little bit more help from his teammates, maybe just maybe, West Ham could have avoided the drop.

Here are the list of midfielders who I feel played well enough for the team

Scott Parker
Mark Noble (when he is not injured)
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Jack Collison

I believe this four are the best in the midfield in the squad whenever they played. Parker is our general not only in the midfield but for the whole team. He is the heart and soul of the team on the pitch. Mark and Thomas played quite well whenever they are not injured. Mark brings the same kind of passion and commitment to the team like Parker albeit a little lack of quality compared to Parker. Thomas has been Thomas, scoring screamers and playing the more central role with less roaming type. He played well enough but not very outstanding. Collison like Noble are from our famous academy played well enough. Great movement on the ball, can dribble, definitely can see the pass. I hope the team can hold on to him because he may be the future of the club in the midfield department. I presume the likes of Parker, noble and Hitzlsperger would be leaving for top flight football.

Well as for the rest of them, they kinda there and not there. Like Chips more cookies. Now you see them and now you don't. Players like Dyer, Boa Morte have well pass their prime and especially dyer are always injured. These players are paid first team wages and are not playing to that standard or even not playing at all. I'm very disappointed with Barrera. I thought he could bring the flair into the team. But he just failed to even exert himself i any game. Maybe the hype got to him. Junior is a wannabe. I fell he needs to find a niche for himself. He tries so hard to be a player he is not. He is trying to be like Ashley Young or even Cristiano but has not reached that standard yet. He has the potential but he gotta work at it. I fell all he needs to do is to keep it simple during games.

As for Kovac and O'neill they are okay players. The in between players I called them. They are fantastic players if they were to play in the Coca-cola championship but are just squad team players in the premier league.

Surprisingly, the midfield department of the club is kinda solid with Parker in it. Without him, the club would just another club waiting to get relegated without a fight.