West Ham (h)

Gianfranco's West Ham come to St James' with a few familiar faces in the squad. Bowyer might have moved on to Championship high flyers Birmingham but Bellamy, Parker and Dyer may all make appearances. We hope that the old boys' heads are sufficiently turned by transfer talk to make sure they don't put a performance in.

Talking of heads being turned, we hope N'Zogbia is nowhere near the squad today. We'd bite someones arm off for two million or more for a player who doesn't score, crosses badly and seems to sulk at the drop of a hat. Losing Milner was a blow, but N'Zogbia (loved by many fans) would be less of a miss.

The patched up back four continues with Habib Beye's injury keeping him out for an as yet undetermined length of time. It will be a test for the back four, with Bellamy in particular likely to be trying extra hard to get one over on his former employers.