He has plenty to ponder, including the impact of a 4-5-1 formation at the weekend that saw him rest Carlton Cole, who had not trained fully in the preceding week, and Alessandro Diamanti. Zola will hope Guille Franco will be back in contention next... Full Article at West Ham United

Ham manager Gianfranco Zola says there is no worries regarding the fitness of striker Carlton Cole. The 26-year old has been struggling with a knee injury in recent times and was used sparingly by Zola in the 4-1 loss to Chelsea on Saturday but the... Full Article at Tribalfootball.com

Ham coach Gianfranco Zola tried to take the positives from this mauling. He left England striker Carlton Cole on the bench until midway through the second half after the striker had barely trained all week, but insisted there is no long-term problem... Full Article at Mirror.co.uk

There was nothing he—or anyone—could have done about Scott Parker's first-half piledriver, which rocketed past him, and his only semitough save, off Carlton Cole in the match's dying minutes, was competently pulled off.That's exactly what you want from... Full Article at Wall Street Journal

They sit fifth from bottom and with another London derby at Arsenal on the horizon next week, it will not get any easier. “It was a difficult game for us and I think we defended poorly,” said Zola, the West Ham manager, who also explained that leading... Full Article at The National Newspaper

Gianfranco Zola had made four changes to his lineup with Mido spearheading a 4-5-1 formation in place of the rested Carlton Cole. A top-flight debut came at left-back for Fabio Daprela, in for the injured Julien Faubert, with Jonathan Spector reverting... Full Article at West Ham United

Spector bundled the ball past Ferreira, Mido crossed but Ilan failed to test Turnbull as he skied his shot high over the bar. Mido and Ilan, along with Dyer, were part of a completely changed front three selected by Zola as he attempted to inject... Full Article at Chelsea FC | Official Site

Drogba had a fine chance on 11 minutes, beating the Hammers back four but failing to control the ball and shooting aimlessly wide. West Ham, with Carlton Cole on the bench, seemed to have come to defend and counter-attack and, on 13 minutes, had just... Full Article at Footymad

We may not have been expected to get anything from this fixture but to start without out brightest talent, in the shape of Alessandro Diamanti and our most prolific scorer, Carlton Cole, does seem strange. More so when you consider that Ilan, a... Full Article at Vital Football