Rigobert Song is likely to return to action against Everton at the
weekend insisting: There are no hard feelings.
Rigo was taken off at half time against Middlesbrough after - by his own admission - a mistake by him led to their second, and decisive, goal.
Sebastien Schemmel dropped to his right back spot after the break, and stayed there for the Newcastle game, for which Rigo was not even on the bench.
But he insists that, though he was disappointed not to be able to make amends for the error, he is not bitter.
"You cannot be happy when you are not playing because you want to do your job.
"But I am a professional and I don't have a problem; I kept quiet, and have respect for the manager - he has to make these decisions.
"Everyone can make mistakes, but I am not a bad man and I will wait for my chance.
"Sebastien Schemmel was put to right back at Middlesbrough for tactical reasons because we were two goals down, and I respect that.
"Glenn told me I am more of a defensive player and we needed to try to get the goals back."
With Tomas Repka suspended this weekend, however, Rigo can look to take out his frustrations on the Everton forward line, and he adds:
"I told Tomas he played well on Sunday - yes, he took my place, but everyone wants to play,
and it would be strange if you were happy when you weren't playing.
"The main thing is that the team won - I like the club, and I gave my congratulations to every player after the game, and before the match got the boys going.
"Tomas has done very well in the two games and I have a lot of respect for him; everyone will get their chance and the main thing is to have good communication.
"The thing is to look forward; we need to win every time because we have the quality.
"I think if we win at Everton we can get into the top ten but it is difficult to know what will happen tomorrow.
"Now we have scored and have won we need to keep it up; everybody was happy in training this week."
Trevor Brooking sees a parallel with the Middlesbrough game, insisting that it is crucial not to give anything away early on.
"As at the Riverside, the first 25 minutes will be critical; if we don't gift them anything, I am sure the scoring opportunities will come.
"I think we will reflect on that opening period whatever the outcome.
"And if you look at Middlesbrough you see how a couple of wins can bounce you up the table, so victory at Goodison could make a huge amount of difference."
History, however, would appear to be against the Hammers: in 48 visits, they have managed just nine wins, of which the last - and indeed only one the Premiership - was on New Year's Day, 1994.
Last season's 1-1 draw, in which Fredi Kanoute scored, ended a sequence of six successive defeats.
Rigo was taken off at half time against Middlesbrough after - by his own admission - a mistake by him led to their second, and decisive, goal.
Sebastien Schemmel dropped to his right back spot after the break, and stayed there for the Newcastle game, for which Rigo was not even on the bench.
But he insists that, though he was disappointed not to be able to make amends for the error, he is not bitter.
"You cannot be happy when you are not playing because you want to do your job.
"But I am a professional and I don't have a problem; I kept quiet, and have respect for the manager - he has to make these decisions.
"Everyone can make mistakes, but I am not a bad man and I will wait for my chance.
"Sebastien Schemmel was put to right back at Middlesbrough for tactical reasons because we were two goals down, and I respect that.
"Glenn told me I am more of a defensive player and we needed to try to get the goals back."
With Tomas Repka suspended this weekend, however, Rigo can look to take out his frustrations on the Everton forward line, and he adds:
"I told Tomas he played well on Sunday - yes, he took my place, but everyone wants to play,
and it would be strange if you were happy when you weren't playing.
"The main thing is that the team won - I like the club, and I gave my congratulations to every player after the game, and before the match got the boys going.
"Tomas has done very well in the two games and I have a lot of respect for him; everyone will get their chance and the main thing is to have good communication.
"The thing is to look forward; we need to win every time because we have the quality.
"I think if we win at Everton we can get into the top ten but it is difficult to know what will happen tomorrow.
"Now we have scored and have won we need to keep it up; everybody was happy in training this week."
Trevor Brooking sees a parallel with the Middlesbrough game, insisting that it is crucial not to give anything away early on.
"As at the Riverside, the first 25 minutes will be critical; if we don't gift them anything, I am sure the scoring opportunities will come.
"I think we will reflect on that opening period whatever the outcome.
"And if you look at Middlesbrough you see how a couple of wins can bounce you up the table, so victory at Goodison could make a huge amount of difference."
History, however, would appear to be against the Hammers: in 48 visits, they have managed just nine wins, of which the last - and indeed only one the Premiership - was on New Year's Day, 1994.
Last season's 1-1 draw, in which Fredi Kanoute scored, ended a sequence of six successive defeats.