West Ham Posts. What a fucking win

1. West Ham boss Alan Curbishley saluted Freddie Sears' dream debut as the teenager ended the Hammers miserable run of results by scoring the winner against Blackburn at Upton Park.

With a point each looking likely, West Ham boss Curbishley threw on Sears with a quarter-of-an hour left - and his goal came six minutes later.

"The goalkeeper saved it, but Freddie didn't stop - he carried on," said Curbishley.

"If you stop then it's lost."

Curbishley tried a formation in training for the Rovers game, with Sears starting in attack after the teenager had impressed against first-team defenders.

"He tormented them in training," Curbishley admitted.

Sears thought he was going to start and invited his mother and father to watch the Barclays Premier League clash - but Bobby Zamora took a pain-killing injection for his blisters and was given the nod instead.

The teenager's goal moved West Ham closer to the pack chasing European qualification, and also reminded Curbishley of a goal early in his career.

"I scored in my second game and was taken home because John Lyall didn't want me going back on the bus," he remembered.

"It's all change now, and Freddie will probably jump in a 'Hummer'.

"He's got a debut to dream about. Someone said the drinks are on him, but I'm not sure if he can get in the pub.

"He's been here forever. I saw a bit of him last year, and he's come on a bundle since pre-season and has been training with the first team. Everyone has to be given a chance."

2. West Ham United boss Alan Curbishey has defended his signings this season.
Curbishley rejected the men he signed had a history of fitness problems.
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He said: "You can't tell me Kieron Dyer was injury-prone. He played for 18 months solidly at Newcastle before he came here, got in the England squad and then he breaks his leg in two places. Nobody talks about that though - Eduardo does the same thing and everyone talks about it.

"Then there is Faubert, who ruptured his Achilles. Scott [Parker] took hits to his knee, Bellamy has never had this stomach problem before, while [James] Collins did his cruciates. Others have had wear and tear.

"We have had eight, nine sometimes 10 injuries per week. We have just been damned unlucky.
"While I don't want to keep using that as an excuse because it's disrespectful to the other players who have played, these are big players for us to lose."

3. Portsmouth and West Ham United are keeping tabs on Udinese midfielder Gaetano D'Agostino.

The 25 year-old could emerge as one of Gianluca Nani's first signings as West Ham's new technical director.

And some domestic news on our favourite little pedo:

EXCLUSIVE: It's understood former Sydney FC coach Branko Culina is on the radar of at least two clubs in Asia. The former technical director of Football NSW had been linked with the job at Gold Coast Galaxy until the franchise's bid for next season was rejected by FFA.

Culina's Sydney caught the eye in last season's Asian Champions League group stages with a surprisingly competitive campaign despite a difficult lead in. Culina took over from Terry Butcher just three weeks before the side's first ACL match against China's Shanghai Shenhua. Butcher had been sacked following season two of the A-League where the side exited at the minor semi stage. Culina inherited a squad down on confidence that had been playing an ugly brand of football under the former English international.

However, he managed to transform the side and in his first match against the Chinese side conjured up an impressive 2-1 away win in the club's ACL debut. This was followed by a 2-2 draw at home to eventual ACL champions Urawa Red Diamonds in one of the most entertaining games of the group. Sydney went on to push the J-League powerhouse and were only knocked out on the final match day in May after a gutsy 0-0 draw away to Urawa in Saitama. Culina was sacked midway through last season's A-League shortly after Andrew Kemeny was appointed club chairman. He subsequently appointed John Kosmina as coach. Sydney was knocked out of the finals by Queensland Roar at the minor semi final stage last month.