Losing your talisman to injury is never a great thing for a football team.<\/p>\n
But to be honest Marco Arnautovic has gone off the boil a bit at West Ham since his brother\/agent started angling for a massive pay hike last month.<\/p>\n
Arnie looks like he has been carrying a knock as well which means an enforced winter break might be a blessing in disguise.<\/p>\n
It’s a heady two wins on the trot for the Irons.<\/p>\n
And I’m backing a third against Crystal Palace on Saturday as Croydon’s finest make the short trip to Stratford.<\/p>\n
The Eagles had an absolute shocker on Tuesday going down 3-1 to ten man Brighton.<\/p>\n
West Ham beat Cardiff by the same score that night and it looks like things are starting to click for Manuel Pellegrini.<\/p>\n
West Ham fans of a certain vintage will tell you that sort of optimism is usually followed by a swift kick where it hurts as the team disappoints yet again.<\/p>\n
But this time I’m hoping things are different.<\/p>\n
The side are playing with confidence and in Felipe Anderson we could have a new hero in the making.<\/p>\n
You can get 5\/4 on a home win and I like the look of doubling that with Man City to beat a Chelsea side who are going backwards after a lot of early season promise.<\/p>\n
The West Ham and Man City double pays a shade over 3\/1 which could help with the Christmas bills.<\/p>\n
Running total of all bets to a \u00a310 stake for 2018\/19 season: +\u00a310.00<\/strong><\/p>\n