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Finally on track after a disastrous start to the season, West Ham United seek their first winning streak of the season Saturday when they host last-place Sunderland at Olympic Stadium. Cheap Air Max Shoes .After claiming just one victory from their first six matches, the Hammers (2-1-5) took four points on either side of the international break, posting a draw versus Middlesbrough on Oct. 1 before emerging with a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace last Saturday. Manuel Lanzini scored in the 19th minute for West Ham, who played the final quarter-hour with 10 men after Aaron Cresswell was booked twice in rapid fashion by referee Martin Atkinson.Im very happy and we needed the three points, Lanzini told West Hams official website. We were coming into the game off the back of some poor results and had made a bad start to the season.But we managed to get the win in what was a tough game and we have to carry on in this vein.Doing so at home has been a sore spot as the Hammers are transitioning from the cauldron-like atmosphere of Upton Park to their new London digs. After opening Premier League play in Olympic Stadium with a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth on Aug. 21, West Ham are winless in three (0-1-2) there while being outscored 8-3.But the creaky defence that shipped 14 goals during a four-match skid has tightened to concede just one in the last two matches. Manager Slaven Bilic feels the win has lifted spirits around the team, and that theyre ready to get back to showing the form that resulted in a top-seven finish last season.I hope that period for us is over now, Bilic said, referring to the losing streak. You can talk, you can analyse, you be positive but the thing that gets the confidence back is if you win a game, especially with a clean sheet in a London derby.Cresswells absence via suspension will cause some headaches for Bilic since fellow left back Arthur Masuaku is also unavailable due to injury.While West Ham appear to be putting their early season struggles behind them, the fall once more continues to be anything but kind to Sunderland (0-2-6). Rooted to the bottom of the table, this is the seventh consecutive season the Black Cats are entering the ninth matchday with two wins or fewer and the fifth straight with one or no victories.David Moyes team needs a draw to equal last seasons horrid start, which then required Sam Allardyce to extricate Sunderland from their annual lengthy flirtation with the drop. This time around, Moyes continues to struggle to find answers offensively as the Black Cats have a Premier League-worst six goals and were blanked 2-0 at Stoke City last weekend.But team chairman Martin Bain spoke to their official website and is giving his full backing to Moyes as the two try to rebuild a team with an eye on restoring the clubs identity over the long haul.I think its apparent to everyone that we have a journey to embark upon here, so when I first met David we obviously had to discuss a little bit about the past, but together, working as a partnership, its very much about how we cant change the past but we can certainly change the future, Bain said.We went to get back to the basics and we have a football club here that has to be very synonymous with its north-east identity, and I think the fans want that because -- this isntt to be disparaging to anything thats gone before -- I think its probably lost its identity, so therefore lets do the basics correctly, build and take a long-term approach.Moyes has yet to find a successful approach outside the Stadium of Light thus far, with Sunderland taking one point from four matches and only Jermaine Defoe scoring. The former England national has both road goals, and the Black Cats have scored just one goal in the run of play in those 360 minutes.Autumn struggles, however, have been the norm this decade rather than the exception. In the past seven seasons, Sunderland are a ghastly 1-14-16 in road matches spanning the first nine matchdays of each campaign. The lone victory being a 2-0 triumph at Bolton Wanderers exactly five years ago to Saturdays match date of Oct. 22.West Ham are unbeaten in their last six (3-3-0) against Sunderland since a 3-0 loss in the North East on Jan. 12, 2013. Like most teams, the Black Cats are hoping Olympic Stadium will bring better fortunes than Upton Park -- Sunderland have not breached the Hammers goal in London for the past 351 minutes, going 0-2-2 in that span. Air Max 2018 Shoes For Sale . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Wholesale Air Max 2018 . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. http://www.outletairmax.com/ . Aduriz headed home Markel Susaetas cross in the sixth minute to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium. He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat. West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui could make a surprise early return in next weeks AFL clash with Collingwood at the MCG.Naitanui has been grounded since undergoing surgery to remove the plantaris tendons from both of his legs on June 14.The procedure was designed to eradicate the Achilles tendon pain hed been experiencing for most of the season.West Coast initially pencilled in Naitanui to return for the Round 20 clash with Fremantle, or the Round 21 encounter against GWS.But coach Adam Simpson said there was a chance Naitanui would be fit to face Collingwood on Saturday week.Hes one or two weeks away, Simpson told Perth radio station 6PR.Hopefully we might see him around the Collingwood game. Or if not, it would be hopefully the week after.Hes one of our key players that wed like in our side.Eagles midfielder Luke Shuey said Naitanuis looming return wouldd be a big boost. Womens White Air Max 2018. .I was speaking to him (on Monday) morning. Hes feeling good, and hasnt had any setbacks, Shuey said.The most important thing is hes back for finals. We wont rush him back if hes sore. But I think hes had a pretty smooth run so far.Midfielder Dom Sheed, who was grounded earlier this season with a pectoral tear, is pushing for an AFL recall after making it through three WAFL games unscathed.Defender Eric Mackenzie and Lewis Jetta are others in the mix to return for Saturdays clash with Melbourne at Domain Stadium.Jetta was an unused emergency during last weeks scrappy win over Carlton, but Simpson said the out-of-form wingman may need to go back to WAFL ranks to build up more match fitness and form. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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