Frederic Piquionne saw one shot smack against the crossbar before having a goal unfairly disallowed with the last kick of the game as the Hammers came away from Molineux with a creditable draw thanks to Mark Noble's fiercely struck penalty after 53 minutes.

Quite what referee Mark Clattenburg saw - although TV replays suggest he couldn't have seen much - is likely to remain unknown but if Piquionne did use his hand to control the ball before netting in the last minute, then it is the most liberal interpretation of the body part I have ever seen. I am constantly amused by how far the hand now stretches upwards but, in this case, I'm intending to contact Medical Practitioners immediately as I seem to have a nipple on my 'hand'!

That last-second strike would have given West Ham an extremely useful and rare away win and would have been based almost entirely on a much-improved second half performance as, in the first half, it had been Wolves who made most of the running and who had gone ahead as early as the tenth minute.

Sadly, Rob Green's poor punch out will be seen as the cucial error that allowed Matthew Jarvis to volley home from Stephen Ward's cross but just as guilty are the Hammers players who failed to stop several passes around the penalty area that led to the eventual build-up and shot. A look at the Hammers goal conceded column will reveal that failing to deal with pressure like this is costing us dear.

Green, however, made amends after - dealing smartly with a Jones shot - and looked confident again rising above Stearman in a dangerous move. The Home team looked the slicker outfit at this stage and a second goal would have seen the back of West Ham, but the defence rallied and the team turned the game around in the second half when Mark Noble scored from the spot after Kevin Foley bundled over Victor Obinna.

The Match of the Day team had no problem with the decision but I'd be lying if I didn't admit I thought the call was a bit harsh; had it been given the other way I would have been very unhappy. As it was, it was the usual thing of the defender leaning on forward and the trailing leg clipping the player enough to send him over. It's no criticism of the referee per se, just a belief that if all such instances were give then most games would finish in double figures,.and there will almost certainly be a similar instance going the other way next week that won't be given.

Still, penalty scored, this was the signal for the Hammers to dictate play with Piquionne striking the bar and Dyer having a good opportunity with a shot that was blocked, the ball falling to Obina whose following drive was diverted away. Carlton Cole was introduced to try and get something from the game and he had an exellent opportunity when clear, but failed to control the ball.

It all came down to the last seconds when Fred's goal was ruled out and, to add insult to injury, the player was booked for deliberate handball. Or should that be 'Nipple ball'? A draw was a better result for the Hammers than Wolves, I'd guess, but I'm starting to get bugged by the fact we don't seem to be able to pull off the bottom even though common-sense says a win or two will move us to the top half. We need to start nailing teams and the longer we stay in the bottom three, the harder it will be later. All in all though, a reasonable day.