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Fucking hell these cunts will stop us winning the league if this keeps up !
How are people saying Alli is not playing well, his doing fine and id is a part of almost every good attack we do
Sissoko 7/10 this season, sorry what? He is fucking useless week in week out. Any game he makes a few passes that find a white shirt people have a wank about it and go on about how good he was, when in reality Sissokos 'good' performances are still worse than any other squad members bad ones. The guy is just a waste of a shirt number and needs to be replaced.
It's beyond me too. I'm not one to just slam a player, but the Sissoko apologists truly baffle me. He's a shockingly poor player for his supposed talents. Can't control a ball, terrible touch, always plays it sideways never forwards, rarely takes a man on, has missed a series of one-on-one chances this season, etc, etc.
Agree about Aurier. Thought he was decent tonight and needs to play more instead of Tripps now.
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BBC call it a "West Ham defensive masterclass"
I'd call it the death of a football team.
I'd call it the death of a football team.
let's play find the differences
Shooting from range into a packed box is a very low percentage option. Nearly always blocked by the first man. As is putting crosses in to a lone striker, being marked by about 6 players.
You are relying on mistakes or deflections.
The whole aim of passing the ball about, switching play from wing to wing, playing one twos - is to force oposition players out of position and to lose runners, and some of our best chances came when this happened.
What we failed to do last night, as we have a lot of the time at home against teams that refuse to leave their half, was move the ball quick enough. We need to have the confidence to move the ball quicker without fear of losing possession. Predict runs and movement before they happen, and have the assurance to not need a second touch. When we did catch them on the break the times they did push up we didnt get the ball forward anywhere near quick enough. Son, as our quickest player, had a very average game until his goal.
I also agree that there was probably no need to start two holding midfielders in this fixture. Although in Poch's defense in our previous meetings when they were under Bilic their game plan was to press the shit out of us and stop us from playing the ball with their physicality. So perhaps he was preparing for that and wanted a little bit of muscle in the middle. Still if Poch has seen anything of Moyes's West Ham this year he should have known that they would be more pragmatic than that.
Moyes has got a very average West Ham team with alot of injuries organised and disciplined and before last night they had already beaten Chelsea, drawn with Woolwich and very nearly got a result against City.
You're right fella, well done for an amazing game, you showed the world what can be achieved, what they witnessed last night has sent shockwaves right the way around the Word, even an unknown team of part-time farmers call Astra Goo Goo are talking about the stunning draw you pulled off, truly phenomenal football, new style emerges from the East End, Moyes is God, Moyes should be knighted for his style of play, a football revolution is happening in the Lea Valley Leisure Palace. I've heard Pep and the gang have asked for private coaching lessons to learn to play this new style of the game that Moyes is inventing. Congratulations, I'm looking forward to the Biography's and the sounds of coaching manuals being ripped up around the world.
Mug.
You didn't/haven't fucked up our season though.
We dropped 2 points last night, how does that translate to your claim? We've taken 4 points from you this season, you've picked up 1 against us. Now maths might not be my strong point but given your current situation 2 points off the relegation zone I think we've got a stronger claim to absolutely stuffing your chances of staying up.
If we had beaten you last year we still wouldn't have won the league, so tell me how you fucked up our season, I'm missing something clearly and can't wait for you to educate me on what I'm missing.
Oh, let's also just throw into the mix Bilic, the hopeless twat that has given us much entertainment during his time Managing you lot, were it not for his and your best performance all year he would have been sacked, but seeing as he gave you a win, the only thing that matters more than staying up it seems, he kept his job. Think of it this way, WE DID THAT. We are the reason you didn't fire him, we are the reason why you are still odds on to go down, damage already done.
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Davies our worst player? Are you mad? He is probably our most consistent full back now that Walker is gone - Rose still has to prove himself back from his long time out, Aurier has shown very good moments but also very bad moments, Trippier is not good enough defensively but can put in a good offensive performance when given the space to play.
Davies on the other hand is always one of our best defensive players, very rarely gets beaten for pace which is a miracle for a bloke who isn't exactly lightning. Puts in last ditch tackles and covers CBs excellently. Going forward he is aware of his limitations and doesn't push himself to try and take people on down the outside so plays to his strengths and does inside overlaps where he influences the game and lets Son take an outside position to get one on ones. His crossing against WHam wasn't one of his best nights but he is actually very technically sound and can hit a good delivery - not to mention he gets into the box more and has more shots on goal than any of our other full backs.
Davies on the other hand is always one of our best defensive players, very rarely gets beaten for pace which is a miracle for a bloke who isn't exactly lightning. Puts in last ditch tackles and covers CBs excellently. Going forward he is aware of his limitations and doesn't push himself to try and take people on down the outside so plays to his strengths and does inside overlaps where he influences the game and lets Son take an outside position to get one on ones. His crossing against WHam wasn't one of his best nights but he is actually very technically sound and can hit a good delivery - not to mention he gets into the box more and has more shots on goal than any of our other full backs.
Davies doesn't get his due because he isn't a fashionable player that produces the spectacular and the media don't put his name up in lights , the fanboys just struggle to relate to him. Took years for a lot of people to realise how great a player Dennis Irwin was for similar reasons.
We're all shitting it because some crap team beat us in the Carabou.
We haven't forgotten that, we are on a role, and we are going to put the cunts back in the relegation zone where they belong.
I'm not even bothered, let them "turn up".....they're fucking shit
We haven't forgotten that, we are on a role, and we are going to put the cunts back in the relegation zone where they belong.
I'm not even bothered, let them "turn up".....they're fucking shit
That's the problem with West Ham, they would rather lose a game than Spurs win a game. They would take relegation over us winning the title.
A proper sad fanbase with nothing left to love, so they wallow in hate and envy
Obviously named after one of their finest seasons, where they came 12th and lost to West Bromwich in the league cup final.
Their young fans wistfully send in their crayon drawings of the first team squad photo and wish they could have been around in those halcyon days.
I know! I thought they were the same guy.Son and Sissoko on the pitch at the same time
Something about Sissoko "getting forward" or his "engine".
Useless in defence, midfield and attack. Cant pass, can't control the ball, can't make space for himself, can't shoot, can't tackle, can't see the wider game, can't hold the ball up, can't beat a man.
Can't.
But he gets forward. Sometimes. Sort of.
Useless in defence, midfield and attack. Cant pass, can't control the ball, can't make space for himself, can't shoot, can't tackle, can't see the wider game, can't hold the ball up, can't beat a man.
Can't.
But he gets forward. Sometimes. Sort of.
Tough result but another very strong Xmas period.
Honestly don’t think we were that bad. West Ham... that was the most pathetic, negative, boring, shower of shit, disgraceful, terrible load of bollocks I have ever seen. Embarrassment to football.
Still only 3 points off top four.. keep the faith!
Still only 3 points off top four.. keep the faith!