Mutinous West Ham fight back to draw at Cardiff

The Scott Parker era at West Ham is not off to a glorious start.

Parker has been appointed with the clear logic that he has won promotion with three different clubs and West Ham would go into financial meltdown if they stay down. However, the overriding feeling is that the club have not learnt their lesson and everything remains short-term, with picking Parker solely about promotion.

At Cardiff, the atmosphere turned mutinous as the home side went 2-0 up and scored a third straight afterwards, with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt’ filling the night air. Parker hauled three players off at half-time.

West Ham then emerged with guts and drive, pulling two goals back quickly before the equaliser inevitably came from Max Kilman.

A dull first half saw the goodwill dribble away before Blackburn went straight up the other end and scored after a brief second-half flurry.