Over on www.kumb.com, I discuss how the start of West Ham's season could be effected by the injury to Craig Bellamy. The injury to the Welsh striker means that Alan Curbishley is left with only two senior strikers avaliable.

First of all, let me just say how disappointed I am for Craig Bellamy. The striker picked up a hamstring injury in a pre-season game against Ipswich Town and is set to miss the start of the Premier League season after being informed that he will be on the sidelines for at least a month.

Such an injury is the story of Bellamy's career really. Just as he is looking good and feeling sharp - there's the niggling injury that keeps him out of action for a few weeks. It's always one step forward, two steps back and that's why I feel sorry for him. He has said himself that he is 'gutted' to be missing the start of the season especially after what he describes as the 'best pre-season ever'.

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