EXTRA TIME

I couldn’t watch the game yesterday afternoon. It was a situation as it could be described in Nick Hornby’s “Fever Pitch”. You’ve received visitors for a snack in the afternoon and there’s hardly a chance to get to know the result as you’ve got caught in the small-talk at the dining-table.
Eventually you’re able to absent yourself for some minutes. You drop out to the computer, type the BBC-sports-website, and get to know what???
The Hammers are 0-1 down and there are only 5 minutes left to play. But you can’t stay away for such a long time, can you?
Well, you drop back to the company of your guests and think about the faint possibilty of another Mark Noble penalty in the 93rd minute…
One and a half hour later you’re able to get a glimpse at the results of this Premier League round – just to find out that neither a penalty was awarded at the “JJB” nor Mark Noble has scored.
After Wednesday’s performance against Liverpool you had thought you were entitled to expect yet another away win at Wigan. But all that’s crossing your mind now are the lyrics of “Bubbles”: “They fly so high, nearly reach the sky, then like my dreams …”
You know, “they fade and die…”
Well, a win at Wigan – that couldn’t be, could it? Because it is after all West Ham we support. I suppose I should have known better.