West Ham v C Palace reaction

Last updated : 01 October 2011 By Team Talk

Tevez has been suspended by City and told he will never play for them again after his apparent refusal to go on as a substitute at Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

West Ham's initial enquiry about a loan deal for the player who saved them from relegation in 2007 was given short shrift this week.

But Allardyce has not given up hope.

"If he would like to join us and the chairman would like to pay for him then yes, why wouldn't you want a top-class player like that?" said the Hammers boss.

"I've worked with some world-class players in my time, they win you games when you least expect it.

"With a goal record like his why wouldn't you want him?

"I've had worse than him. I've had some bad ones in my time. Just keep playing him, that's the answer."

Palace led twice through Darren Ambrose and Glenn Murray at Selhurst Park only for the Hammers to hit back through Kevin Nolan and John Carew, with his first goal for the club.

Ambrose was allowed to prod the ball past on-loan Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia after West Ham failed to deal with a long goal-kick, and Murray swept home from the edge of the area from Wilfried Zaha's cross.

"It was shocking defending," added Allardyce. "We gifted the opposition two goals and that made life very difficult, in what was otherwise a very good performance.

"But we had to make a lot of changes due to injuries and to produce a performance like that is encouraging."

Nolan turned in his third goal of the season from close range and Carew, on as a second-half substitute, headed in George McCartney's cross 10 minutes from time.

The Hammers remain in fourth place despite picking up just one point from their last two games.

"We've got 18 points from our first 10 games, which is two behind what I wanted but I expect we will make that up if we continue to play like that," claimed Allardyce.

"It was disappointing to take only four points from three games this week but we are sitting quite comfortably."

Palace boss Dougie Freedman was on the bench the last time these sides met, in the 2004 play-off final which the Eagles won.

"I thought it was a fair result," he said.

"It was two teams playing very different styles.

"One or two of my players went into the game as young boys and came out as men. They are a powerful, experienced side who knock the ball long and you have to stand up against them, and we did."

Source: Team Talk

Source: Team Talk