03 Feb 2016 17:05:53
real winning teams sometimes play poorly but grind out wins.
04 Feb 2016 10:50:49
Absolutely and the sign of a good team is that they still get positive results when they play poorly.
West Ham Banter Archive February 03 2016
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03 Feb 2016 16:33:29
Hey lads. If anyone works for the club think its worth getting Leandro Damiao? he's on a free after legal struggle with Santos and could be a good back up striker? Remember was a beast on fm2012.
05 Feb 2016 16:14:33
gone off the boil since leaving inter 1 in 5 scored.
03 Feb 2016 14:36:22
Not much discussion today so I will set a quiz, not to hard so no internet help as its all a bit of fun. and i'm pi**ed bored at work
1) In 1980 Westham beat Everton 2-1 in the FA Cup semi final reply, who scored Westham first goal?
2) Which player scored a hat trick past 3 different goalkeepers in the same match?
3) Which foreign West Ham player was reported to live in a caravan?
4) Who was Harry Redknapp speaking about when he said " I didn't know whether to sign him or shag him"?
5)Who is Westham most Capped Player for the club?
6)Who did Westham beat in the 2006 Fa Cup Semi final, and who scored the winner?
7) Who did Westham appoint as Manger after the departure of Harry Redknapp
8) In a current squad, how many surnames begin with the letter "O"
9) Who is the oldest outfield player to play for Westham and what age was he?
10) What year did Bobby Moore make his Westham debut.
03 Feb 2016 16:01:36
You bored Warrington. How about we talk about West Ham's summer transfer targets.
Everyone raving about this centre forward from Marseille (No, not fletcher) but I watched him the other night against Montpellier and he was very ordinary. Gorkan Tore is another.
03 Feb 2016 16:30:31
id wait and see on the striker frnt to see how emenike does I think we need another winger though as moses will probably go back apart from that i'd say we are looking pretty good maybe invest in some younger players?
03 Feb 2016 19:19:12
1, 2, alvin Martin (that was my first game I went to on my own . was hooked after that lol ) 3, marco boogers 4,Dani 5,Steve Potts 6, man city dean Ashton 7, Lou macari 8,2 9, Billy bonds 10, 64
Let me know how I done Warrington there's a few guesses in there and I drew a blank on the first question ⚒.
03 Feb 2016 19:49:21
I think 7 is Glen roeder
no 5 if you mean international caps I'd say Bobby Moore he got 108 if you mean the amount of times played for the hammers got to be super phil parks
1 frank lampArd including corner flag dance lol.
03 Feb 2016 20:27:48
Lol robbo I should of remembered the lampard celeb⚒.
03 Feb 2016 08:36:16
Good Morning All
We eventually managed to break them down in the second half last night, and was comfortable in the end, but I must admit when they went down to 10 men I was getting so so frustrated. In the post match interview Noble said they practise a lot of 11 v 10 in training and how to break teams down. Really!, how come it a half time talk from Slav to point out how they should play, quite worrying if a team goes down to 10 in the second half, saying that Villa were compact in defence and defended really well
A few players I would like to point out which some may or may not agree
Although Song did break up a lot of play, I am still on the fence with him, I think his a scruffy clumsy player, he gets to close when shepherding players who have the ball which ends up in free kicks, and his passing although usually only a few yards is complacent and lazy, there was a point last night at 1 up when he was carded, I was thinking to myself get him off as I had a feeling he was going to get another yellow and even the game up. He is a good player no doubt but he so frustrates me.
I thought both Creswell and Tomkins were fantastic, they got forward on the flanks and that's when we started to cause problem.
Collins and Reed we also solid, I think I saw Ginge pass a 60 yard ball, brilliant, than he gives the ball away trying a similar pass ( don't get Cocky Ginge)
I wish Reed would wait until after the match before trying to grab the other player shirt, he does this constantly ( they all do) but sometimes its right in front of the ref in our box and I have palpitations
Noble passing was brilliant in the 2nd half, gave away a few silly passes but that's Nobs and he is 100% Westham.
Antiono for me could be a ledge at Westham, he gives 100% all of the time, constantly tracking back and pushing forward, and he scores goals, I hope we have him for a long time, you can see how much he wants to play football. He may not be the Ronaldo or Messi of this world but like Georgie Parris, he gives everything. and that all we ask for
COYI.
03 Feb 2016 08:46:54
I couldn't have put it any better. Song for me is a liability. He dwells on the ball to much and plays nothing but backwards balls which we all know NOBLE does. With him and noble in the team we are to negative and to slow.
Payet is no good out wide. He needs to be in the centre controlling the game.
Lets also remember that this SOLID defending was by 10 man ASTON VILLA (bottom of the premier league for a very good reason) .
03 Feb 2016 10:40:26
Hi Phil
Yes totally agree Villa defended well and organised, my point was we had from the 17th min in the first half to try create and break them down, I can't remember a clear chance although Villa defended well as said, we were to slow in passing the ball and seemed the players were unsure how to break through. As soon as the 2nd half started we created many many chances, obviously a pep talk from Slav.
Noble said they train on these scenarios all the time, well sorry Mark it did not seem that way, we were slow and clueless until the 2nd half. Maybe a lesson learnt that if we do get the man advantage, we should be able to switch into a different system, and everybody know what they are doing and the areas to attack
I may be being a little harsh, but I was tearing my hair out last night in the first half.
03 Feb 2016 13:58:44
So was I. This is possibly due to the fact that we expect more from our team these days.
We were very poor first half and against a better team could have got punished, but, its another 3 points.
I am still not convinced by SONG who to be truthful didn't do anything outstanding. Yes ok, when he plays it allows NOBLE more freedom but Obiang could just as easily do that and he is a lot cheaper.
I am going to be very interested to see how strong the team is that he plays on Saturday (again on TV) bearing in mind we have a cup replay against Liverpool (who I firmly believe we are a lot better than if we decide to turn up) the following Wednesday. With luck Lanzini will be back and we really need him.