West Ham Utd 2-2 Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01/19)
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Crouchy = it wasn't as if those passes were to the non existent forward non movement.
they were either short or crossfield passes in the direction of Snoddy...
Stacker - just had a quick shuftie on Wiki
he only played 21 games in all of last year, think he is about that now which may underline your suggestion he's cream crackered...
they were either short or crossfield passes in the direction of Snoddy...
Stacker - just had a quick shuftie on Wiki
he only played 21 games in all of last year, think he is about that now which may underline your suggestion he's cream crackered...
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Yet another **** performance from the officials at the LS, it’s the shittest recurring joke
Less said about the football the better
Less said about the football the better
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Not disagreeing that he had a poor first half, but he had to often resort to long cross-field passes has he had nowhere else to goCuenca 'ammer wrote:Crouchy = it wasn't as if those passes were to the non existent forward non movement.
they were either short or crossfield passes in the direction of Snoddy...
Stacker - just had a quick shuftie on Wiki
he only played 21 games in all of last year, think he is about that now which may underline your suggestion he's cream crackered...
He livened up a lot second half IMHO, and was tracking back and winning the game deep into the game
i was amazed he didn't score though with that chance he had early second half, as that is the sort of chance he usually gobbles up
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
We're a weird team ain't we.
It's like we should be good but there's something holding us back. A curse of some sort.
It's like we should be good but there's something holding us back. A curse of some sort.
Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
I think fatigue had a lot to do with today.
I can see why he started Carroll on but it goes against everything we're trying to do.
We were much better with Noble and Antonio (Yarmelenko would do a similar job but better).
Cresswell was outstanding. Zab was not remotely match-ready.
We miss the general.
I would like to see Anderson central behind Arnie. Perez is a waste of time - unfortunately.
Nasri would have helped today. We had no-one going between the lines.
Lots of work to do....
I can see why he started Carroll on but it goes against everything we're trying to do.
We were much better with Noble and Antonio (Yarmelenko would do a similar job but better).
Cresswell was outstanding. Zab was not remotely match-ready.
We miss the general.
I would like to see Anderson central behind Arnie. Perez is a waste of time - unfortunately.
Nasri would have helped today. We had no-one going between the lines.
Lots of work to do....
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Seen a few players get stick but surprised not to see anyone comment on Cresswell’s performance negatively, thought he was awful and bottled a number of challenges as well as looked to get rid of the ball repeatedly ASAP. He gave at least two hospital passes to Anderson in the second half. Someone said (Soton game I think) that he was getting back to his best...can’t agree, thought today was one of his worst performances for us.
Didn’t win a single tackle, must have had close to 50% pass completion, every cross and long ball went straight to Brighton. Awful, awful.
Didn’t win a single tackle, must have had close to 50% pass completion, every cross and long ball went straight to Brighton. Awful, awful.
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Agree he wasn't good today, also think he came and hugged the touchline too far up the pitch when our centre halves had the ball and wasn't an option. When he did get it often put himself in dangerhammer1975 wrote:Seen a few players get stick but surprised not to see anyone comment on Cresswell’s performance negatively, thought he was awful and bottled a number of challenges as well as looked to get rid of the ball repeatedly ASAP. He gave at least two hospital passes to Anderson in the second half. Someone said (Soton game I think) that he was getting back to his best...can’t agree, thought today was one of his worst performances for us.
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Matthew Upson slating our defending on MOTD without a hint of irony.
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
crouchy
some of those were short stuff to Cresswell, Arnie, Obiang....
bit like his Soton performance imvho
rest him Saturday
some of those were short stuff to Cresswell, Arnie, Obiang....
bit like his Soton performance imvho
rest him Saturday
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
.hammer1975 wrote:Seen a few players get stick but surprised not to see anyone comment on Cresswell’s performance negatively, thought he was awful and bottled a number of challenges as well as looked to get rid of the ball repeatedly ASAP. He gave at least two hospital passes to Anderson in the second half. Someone said (Soton game I think) that he was getting back to his best...can’t agree, thought today was one of his worst performances for us.
Didn’t win a single tackle, must have had close to 50% pass completion, every cross and long ball went straight to Brighton. Awful, awful.
I am not Cresswell's biggest fan but thought he did well recently. However, we do lose attacking impetus when he is in the team instead of Masuaku as he just does not have the same ability to carry the ball forward and link up the play
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Upson was certainly not the best for us, but he is a surprisingly good pundit IMHOsendô wrote:Matthew Upson slating our defending on MOTD without a hint of irony.
His analysis of those goals was pretty spot on [albeit hardly rocket science]
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Shadow of the player he once was in that game Crouchy. He just wanted rid of the ball. I don’t rate Masuaku as a left back but would have him back in a heartbeat after that.
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Oh Crouchy you silly sausageCrouchend_Hammer wrote:Upson was certainly not the best for us, but he is a surprisingly good pundit IMHO
The fella is pure w@nk
Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Served up the first. Put Antonio through to create the second. We play better with him than without, though a number around me were moaning about his introduction.danski78 wrote:Mark Noble
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Nobes passing forward and moving into midfield space changed our game.
Anderson's cross-field passing in the first half was just awful. Thought the only person making any effort going forward in the first half was Cresswell.
Anderson's cross-field passing in the first half was just awful. Thought the only person making any effort going forward in the first half was Cresswell.
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
The trouble with Obiang, Noble and to a lesser extent Snodgrass they lack consistency
Noble wasn't great against Fulham or Watford so Obiang came back in against Southampton [after a decent sub role v Fulham] and played very well
He then sat out v Burnley and Noble had another relatively poor game
Therefore it did make sense for Obiang to come back in [and most people listed that in their team selections], but he wasn't at his best tonight [although not bad IMHO]
Snodgrass is more consistent but is just shattered, as is Rice IMHO
Noble wasn't great against Fulham or Watford so Obiang came back in against Southampton [after a decent sub role v Fulham] and played very well
He then sat out v Burnley and Noble had another relatively poor game
Therefore it did make sense for Obiang to come back in [and most people listed that in their team selections], but he wasn't at his best tonight [although not bad IMHO]
Snodgrass is more consistent but is just shattered, as is Rice IMHO
Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Brighton's goals were 1 in a hundred (especially that 2nd goal ). 5 wins and a draw from 8 is fantastic while still having 6 possible first team players out injured too. AC brings out the worse in us because he can't sprint any more so our forward momentum is non-committed. The only time we should use AC is if we have to play direct but that is not Pellegrini's style. I think Perez doesn't care anymore about playing in the PL as its obviously far too strenuous. Did you see him when they had the corner for their first goal, almost turning his back on play 10 yds from any Brighton player (what was he actually doing?). All in all , been a good few months for us and hopefully we can push on for a good cup run.
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
I’m probably getting boring with this now - in fact I know I am - but this 4-4-2 fetish is in danger of becoming Pellegrini’s Achilles heel.Burnley Hammer wrote:We need to go back to 4-2-3-1. The defensive midfielders are constantly looking for someone ahead and there's nobody so it predictably goes tp anderson every time. Anderson goes forward a bit and has nobody in support so he ends up attempting to pass long to the opposite side of the pitch, or backwards. In the absence of a proper attacking midfielder, I'd even play noble there for now. Just a central presence higher up the pitch. Or masuaku on the wing and anderson central. 4-4-2 is making us very predictable.
We’re essentially giving up control of midfield so that either Carroll or Perez can play?
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Brighton & H/A: Match Thread (02/01)
Three man midfield against Southampton. Two against Burnley (and tonight). Big difference.Crouchend_Hammer wrote:
Noble wasn't great against Fulham or Watford so Obiang came back in against Southampton [after a decent sub role v Fulham] and played very well
He then sat out v Burnley and Noble had another relatively poor game