West Ham U vs Burnley Live Stream 21 February 2011

ROSS Wallace would rather be the hunted than the hunter – but that won’t stop him from chasing a cup scalp tonight.
In four years at Celtic he reached four cup finals, winning three.
“It’s a terrific feeling walking around the pitch with a trophy. It’s the best feeling in the world,” said the 25-year-old, who has found similar success hard to come by south of the border.
“When I was at Preston we got Chelsea and Liverpool early doors so that makes it kind of hard!” said the former Sunderland and North End winger, who is anticipating his first return to Deepdale next Saturday.
In the meantime he goes to West Ham United with Burnley tonight optimistic that the underdogs can pounce on the Premier League strugglers.

“When you’re at Celtic and Rangers in Scotland you’re the ones that everybody wants to beat. Now it’s the opposite - we want to get the big teams and pit our wits against them,” said the Scot.
“We’ve got good players at the club that want to get back into the Premier League so it’s up to the guys here to prove that we’re at that kind of level.
“As a footballer you want to be playing against the best players in the world and when you come up against Chelsea, Liverpool and these sort of teams, they’re great games for teams that play in the Championship.
“But we’ve got players here who want to play in the Premier League, so this is going to be a massive test for us to see where we’re at, and one we’re looking forward to.
“I think you’d rather be one of the teams that everyone wants to beat because it means you’re at the top of your game at that time.
“But a lot of players will have experienced being beaten by lower league teams before, and I think West Ham will be a little bit worried about us.
“It’s a horrible feeling when you get beat off a lower league side,” added Wallace, who was on the receiving end of one of Scottish football’s biggest cup shocks when Celtic were beaten 2-1 by minnows Clyde on Roy Keane’s debut in January 2006.
“The dressing room wasn’t a great place afterwards. He was quiet, which was the worst thing,” he said.
But he knows an away win tonight would not be regarded as a giant killing.
“West Ham will be favourites even though they’re not doing well in the league at the moment, but I don’t think this game’s like the Clyde one because there isn’t a massive gap between the two.”
However, after already knocking Bolton out of the Carling Cup and taking Aston Villa to extra time at Villa Park, Wallace feels the Hammers are right to be fearful of their claret and blue counterparts, especially now that the Turf Moor outfit are also beginning to banish their away hoodoo under new boss Eddie Howe.
“The away form’s not too bad with four points from the last two games, although I think the lads are a little bit disappointed it wasn’t six because for large spells of the game at Cardiff we were in control,” said the Dundee-born wide man, who has been restored to the line-up since Howe’s appointment and highlighted an upbeat mood in the camp.
“The main thing is getting a positive reaction from the fans towards the new manager. It’s been a breath of fresh air and the players have taken confidence from that I think more than anything because the last couple of weeks before Brian (Laws) left it was a bit negative around the place. It maybe rubbed off on the players.
“He’s more hands-on.
“He takes training and does all the tactics, and it’s been good.
“The shape of the team has changed a little bit, we’re using our fullbacks a lot more getting forward, and I think that’s the main focus of our team now.
“Ty (Tyrone Mears) and Foxy (Danny Fox) have been outstanding in the last couple of games.”
Howe, like Owen Coyle before him, is revered as one of the brightest managers in the Football League, but Wallace revealed that’s where the similarities end.
Raconteur Coyle was renowned for his bubbly persona, while Howe goes about his business in a much more refined manner, but still demanding the same positives results.
“He says what he’s got to say and doesn’t need to say much more than that,” said summer signing Wallace.
“Managers want their own sort of style and way of doing things, but the main thing for a manager is getting a team ready for a match because that’s what they’re going to be judged on.

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