West Ham banter 3

11 Apr 2024 23:10:31
We were playing a team better than us and every player gave a shift tonight. Could have done without the second goal but can’t wait for next week, we are going to have too raise the roof next week. Will be good to see Bowen run at these missed him tonight. Keep the faith COYI

12 Apr 2024 09:03:34
Totally agree CORBY and you would think that MOYES might learn something from tha performance, but I'll wager a fair amount of money he doesn't.

12 Apr 2024 09:31:04
Fabianski had one of his best games for us and made 4 or 5 world class saves so this could easily have been 5 or 6 and leverkusen were only in 3rd gear

12 Apr 2024 09:42:55
Will Bowen be fit by then? I doubt it somehow. Both Paqueta and Emmerson will be missed, and given our record sans Paqueta I think we’ll be struggling come next Thursday. Still, football is a strange game so who knows? DD can’t just sit back this time as we need goals. Maybe this outing will see Antonio and Ings both starting? Don’t hold your breath.

12 Apr 2024 10:30:16
I reckon knowing MoYES he will start with exactly the same tactics and try and pinch a goal or two and limit damage. I'm hoping we have a real go at them, and if we lose 5 or 6 then so be it, but at least have a go. And I reckon you can bully these into mistakes. On a side note, Boniface is the most ideal replacement for Antonio that i've seen, but younger LOL

12 Apr 2024 11:47:18
I thought something similar re Boniface, but I fear his next move will probably be to somewhere like Bayern or Real Madrid.

12 Apr 2024 14:00:42
I suspect Bowen will return for next Thursday. Ideally I'd like to see us go all out attack . But know under this manager it's about as likely as anyone on here winning the lottery jackpot on Saturday night. January has well and truly rodgered us up the wrong un .

12 Apr 2024 21:09:41
Hammer, a Leopard doesn’t change his spots and no he will play his boring defensive counter tactics as I he always, anybody that thinks otherwise is disillusioned!
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11 Apr 2024 22:03:12
The stats tell all 73% to 27% possession 33 shots to 1 13 shots to 1 on target. Another Moyes display of giving in before he even started

11 Apr 2024 22:13:24
Mercei how would you have lined up and what would have been your strategy for 90+mins?
What formation would you have gone with

12 Apr 2024 13:46:14
They are a team famous for scoring in the dying embers of a game. We should have gone at them from the start; attacked them and put them on the back foot, with a plan to close up shop in the later stages of the game. We didn’t. Instead we played the usual Moyes defensive game. We didn’t lay a glove on them and had just one weak shot. They are the first decent side we’ve played in Europe and Moyes was clueless.

11 Apr 2024 21:53:27
Boniface making the difference as I warned, good performance by us just couldn't get over the line, can't see us getting this back unfortunately, but we will give it a good go I'm sure

12 Apr 2024 11:49:16
Yeah, but with one hand tied behind our back.

11 Apr 2024 19:40:34
Would have thought Aguerd or Ogbonna would have been better options at lcb over cress, he had an alright 30 minutes against wolves but away to leverkusen different story needs to make up for frankfurt though.

11 Apr 2024 19:58:27
I have some thoughts on that line up.

That is all. ?

11 Apr 2024 21:02:59
Could have been 1-0 up after great run from Antonio
Then pass to Kudus who could have tucked it away. Antonio having great first half, love his physicality up front, bloody Paqueta could have been red carded wtf
Is the matter with him, misses home game next week!
Fab playing really well COYI⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️

11 Apr 2024 21:23:26
In the Dippers game, I do like the look of that Scamacca fella, looks decent.

We should make enquiries this summer.


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11 Apr 2024 21:27:52
I wonder who scored 2 goals for ATALANTA v the scousers tonight.SCAMACCA the one who was surplus to requirements by DD????⚒⚒⚒

11 Apr 2024 21:39:50
ANTONIO has constantly give the ball away tonight.⚒⚒⚒

11 Apr 2024 21:50:46
Not one player left anything out there. Every player gave everything.Plaudits must go to our team.

11 Apr 2024 22:13:34
Yeah, they did try hard and showed some real application especially Fabs, but Leverkusen were just coasting in all reality.

Moyes set us up to not even attempt to win that game, 1 feeble shot on target and 1 corner all game is testimony to that. I don't care about injuries etc blah, blah, blah. You reap what you sow and Moyes is reaping the rewards of a microscopic and sub standard playing squad all of his own making.

Let's be honest, we're probably not going to keep a clean sheet at home, so it's looking bleak. Especially when he sets us up again in his usual manner then is surprised when those pesky Germans just sit back and don't succumb to his masterful counter attacking tactical ploys.

11 Apr 2024 23:45:21
Well, I thought we were crap. Not the fault of the players. They just followed instructions. Fab saved us from coming away 4 or 5 nil losers. Still there was one hilariously funny high point during the whole evening. It was when the TNT match commentator, Ian Darke, said during his relentlessly boring praise for David ‘Clueless’ Moyes, “he’s had setbacks at Man Utd and Sunderland, but also many, many successes as well, especially during those 11 years at Everton.” Er, name just one of them Ian, you idiot. A prime example of how those in the media have invented a “successful” CV for their pin up boy. Totally undeserved, but funny all the same. I cannot wait to see the back of this undeserving incompetent buffoon. COYI!

12 Apr 2024 05:42:26
Moyes on current availability status: “it’s football isn’t it, there’s a chance you are always going to have injuries and suspensions at this time of year.” If that’s true ( it is) then why didn’t we strengthen during the transfer window?

12 Apr 2024 07:22:14
First of all, I reckon the team played their socks off last night, fighting and challenging for every ball, and in all honesty we were beaten by a much better team, which by the way, TS basically built. If memory serves we were really interested In ALEX GRIMALDO (who at the time was at BENFICA) and Jeremy Frimpong but David Moyes said No thanks! Big Mistakes. Although we tried hard Am not sure how we were set up last night was the best but, its difficult to judge unless your in that situation. In all honesty, we were setup to try and stifle them, but that didn;t work, it just encouraged them onto us and we got what we deserved. No Paqueta, Emerson and possibly no Bowen next week. Why did Cresswell start AGAIN. He is wayyyyyyyyy past his best buit we still play him. All in all disappointing and oh yeah, who was this SCAMACCA FELLA

12 Apr 2024 07:54:32
And as for DAVID MOYES commenst on injuries etc, YET AGAIN, He had the chance in the last window to strengthen us and all window all we heard about was this player and that player and what did we do, KALVIN PHILLIPS! Not being able to get the best out of players such as SCAMACCA! For me, this is one of the main reasons why DAVID MOYES has to go because of his STUBBORN, PETULANT Attitude when he can't have players he wants. We've seen how he treats players who are bought against his wishes, we've seen how he always sets up to DEFEND and hope for a goal against top teams, again and again we have seen his dour tactics and inability to change things mid game, its his poor decision making and poor substitutions ie 3-1 up at Newcastle, playing really well and he brings on PHILLIPS.Disaster! For all these reasons for me his time is up

12 Apr 2024 16:46:57
Tinlegs, one thing we weren't was crap. Sorry, you are talking out of your backside. EVERY player looked exhausted after that game, and every player gave everything. Surely, you must have seen that, or were you watching another game?

12 Apr 2024 17:50:00
Brooking. They were exhausted because leverkusen run them ragged.

12 Apr 2024 19:01:49
Therefore, they were not crap, and did give everything then!

13 Apr 2024 02:13:15
It is Mike! If you actually read what I said, it’s obvious I thought the TACTICS were crap, not the players. What part of this don’t you understand Brooking?
“Well, I thought we were crap. Not the fault of the players. They just followed instructions.”

13 Apr 2024 08:06:01
Unfortunately Tin, Moyes employed the exact tactics Alonso expected and Leverkusen have only conceded 1 goal all season to those tactics. QUARABAG in the last round had a real go at them and were minutes away from beating Leverkusen

13 Apr 2024 08:29:31
Agreed Osh. In other words, the tactics were crap. Moyes stuck to the only script he knows and we paid the price. No surprises there, but according to Mike, if you come off the pitch looking totally shagged, then a two nil defeat is ok.

13 Apr 2024 15:58:18
Brooking10, Sensible post totally agree can see you understand the game! Most want Moyes gone me included, but repeating it in every post???
Was in a Pub in the Cotswolds watching our away game at Newcastle, 4 Derby fans couldn’t believe that a lot us wanted him gone, then mentioned the Euro success and League position, I was able to tell them exactly why when Ant was subbed and Phillips on, the rest is history. Told them I knew he would bring subs on regardless of score around the 65 minute mark! ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

14 Apr 2024 05:41:56
??? At least it’s more relevant than your obvious relentless campaign to disagree with absolutely everything I say, no matter what. I find it funny. ???

11 Apr 2024 16:49:57
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new player profile about, Alexander Isak

10 Apr 2024 16:40:22
I was hoping that Boniface would miss the games against us, he may not be fully fit as yet , and that's our best hope, when he's on his game , he's a major problem, I know that WH supporters as a whole like Ivan Toney, and would be happy to get him, OK think Toney, but 4 years younger and quicker, so let's hope he's not up to scratch as yet, could not get a ticket so TV it is

10 Apr 2024 16:51:55
Don't underestimate our attacking threat either. We play in a far stronger league.

10 Apr 2024 19:59:04
No Bowen either due to thigh injury! ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

11 Apr 2024 20:26:18
Paq out for the return leg. Might be lucky to stay on for the entirety of this one if I'm honest.

08 Apr 2024 19:32:52
Seems Graham Potter is ready to return to club management and he his one option man utd are looking at if they replace ten hag. More recently Potter has turned down an opportunity to become the head coach of Ajax in the Eredivisie, a club currently experiencing one of the worst times in the club's history. I'd suggest if we are interested we move quickly!

09 Apr 2024 06:30:54
And if you believe what you read, Paqueta's agents have agreed personal terms with City ahead of a summer move to the etihad. Original Fee was believed to be around £70m but I suspect that figure may well have increased due to his performances this year. Kalvin Philips will be allowed to leave. West Ham must now find a replacement in the summer god help us (with MOYES at the helM)

09 Apr 2024 11:08:18
I think Pacqueta/JWP were Moyes pick/signings, whereas Kudus and Alvarez were TS signings. All 4 have been successful.

09 Apr 2024 14:38:42
I wouldn't exactly call JWP a success? Nor would I call Cornet, Aguerd, Phillips the list goes on and on. And its not just the players MOYES wants, its the positions he targets. Last window, no striker and no full backs or winger (after Benrhama left because of moyes treatment) . And yet, we brought in a DEF MID which really, was not a necessity. We then have the players who want out or have already left because of him, his tactics etc! TS wanted to bring in FOFANA, Moyes said No! How many more has he boycotted because he couldn;t get his own way!

10 Apr 2024 08:05:57
Aguerd has been excellent in patches. His form has dropped off, admittedly, yet he’s not been a bad signing. Whereas, Cornet HAS been an awful signing. Regarding, Philips, when we signed him most fans thought he’d be an excellent signing; a proven international, plaudits from all and appeared very professional. Yet, it has not worked out, that is no-one’s fault. Still been a pretty decent season; 7th -where I think we’ll end, still in Europe. We will NEVER crack the top 3 of City, Liverpool, Arsenal, the next rung will generally be Man Utd, Spurs n Chelsea. Leaving ourselves, Villa and Newcastle after the 7th place. I am a realist and know we cannot contend with the ‘big 6’, therefore, European runs are good. I am a happy Hammer and see good progress. This is our best premiership side/squad we’ve had, so celebrate it.

{Ed001's Note - how could Phillips have appeared very professional? It was well known he does not train well and is consistently overweight, out of shape and injured as a consequence. What is professional about that?}

10 Apr 2024 09:49:30
Most fans did not think Phillips would be a good signing. Totally false most fans thought exactly what has played out for a player that has hardly kicked a ball for two seasons.

10 Apr 2024 14:44:21
Both Ed and Boleyn Boy are absolutely correct of course. You have to forgive Brooking10, whatever name he uses. He lives in a delusional world of his own where being picked for the England squad by an incompetent idiot means you must be a top player. That repeated selection left most football fans scratching their heads, but not Mike.

10 Apr 2024 15:52:39
Agreed with all of you. Am not sure what brooking is taking but I'll wager a lot of money we don't finish 7th. Talks held woth fonseca I hear!

10 Apr 2024 16:33:12
Tinlegs, whoever you are. These are my views. Regarding my name. What do you mean? I am new to this site and found it by chance. Regards to Philips, I sit near the away fans and we ALL believed Philips would be a very good signing. This has proven to not be the case. Sorry if I have offended you and gone against your beliefs and obviously well informed information.

10 Apr 2024 21:35:44
Brooking,
Your comments strongly reflect another previous poster on here who regularly used various usernames, it is easy to imagine you are one and the same, especially as you first appeared immediately after that poster embarked on a period of quiet. I’m not entirely convinced. I assure you I am not offended and I encourage you to post your opinions as you see fit.

11 Apr 2024 16:56:57
Brooking10, welcome to the site mate?You are entitled to your opinion as is everyone on here! My Son in Law who is a Forest fan thought Phillips would be a great signing, I was unsure, saw your namesake play at the Boleyn on numerous occasions as went to every home game and was then living in Dagenham, so only a short run on the District Line, but not now due to age, health, travelling, but have been to LS 4 times since moving to Chelmsford, but that was about 2008/09! ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

11 Apr 2024 21:01:39
A good signing someone who has played 90 minutes in 2 years trust me if he was any good PEP would not let him go and I think that was to butter us up for PAQUETA going the other way I was amazed CITY signed PHILLIPS we were desperate for a striker and DD wanted another defense minded player I didn't rate him at LEEDS to be fair and he isn't playing at a level to get in the current LEEDS side and talking g about LEEDS there's 2 players I definitely take maybe 3 GNOTO SUMMERVILLE GRAY.⚒⚒⚒

12 Apr 2024 01:04:26
Well said Whorya48. Phillips has always been overrated.

12 Apr 2024 19:04:12
Overrated players don't represnt their country approximately 30 times!

18 Apr 2024 13:22:45
They do if the bloke picking the team is clueless!

07 Apr 2024 20:37:19
Liverpool and Sheffield did us favours today. We're flattered in 7th until those with GiH use them up. The Chelsea game will be a 6 pointer. Reckon we need Fulham, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Luton wins for 7th

08 Apr 2024 07:25:14
Flattered by 7th . Nope if we had a better manager and had more breaks with VAR I've no doubt we'd be challenging for 4th . Amazing isn't it one decision goes our way on Saturday. And the media are in uproar forgetting how unlucky we've been recently with them .

08 Apr 2024 16:15:12
We should be 4th wow! and there’s me thinking I sometimes wear rose coloured spectacles. Yours must be platinum!

08 Apr 2024 17:51:47
Has anybody else noticed the lack of traditional media coverage of West Ham both Sky and more particularly. Football Focus on BBC1 Have not had a West Ham feature of any note for the last 2 seasons despite winning a European Trophy MOTD seems to have an anti West Ham bias.

In our last 2 matches they did not discus at all the Philips/Gordon penalty situation at all but went on at length this week about the Wolves disallowed goal. In the Sky Saturday afternoon build up. Programme West Ham are never discussed at length and generally ignored on the Sunday Match day programme despite playing the majority of their games on a Sunday.

Does anyone else think the same or have an onput

08 Apr 2024 18:19:33
With respect merc I don’t think you are right in relation to football focus as even though they haven’t featured the whole team but have had articles about West Ham players. They had one about Zouma on Saturday and I’m sure there were some last season

I do agree they sidestepped the Phillips pen and a lot just rubbish our fans opinions of DM virtually without exception I did actually see someone agree with the fan’s criticism recently but can’t remember who it was

08 Apr 2024 19:17:45
I think 6th and 7th will be ourselves and Man Utd, in which order I have no idea. Our last game is Man City away, so we need all our points by then. Man Utd are away to Brighton for their last game.

09 Apr 2024 10:19:51
Mercerl, yes noticed that a long time ago, I suspect the future PM Lineker is the culprit personally, think he runs BBC? ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

09 Apr 2024 12:43:17
Hammer D thanks for yours and Chelmsford comments I must admit I record and fast forward through Football Focus because I find a lot of it absolute dross. Must have missed the Zouma segment. I think the pundit you are talking about re the fans/Moyes situation was Danny Murphy on Talksport

09 Apr 2024 18:22:28
Nice one Merc, DM yep that’s the one ?

06 Apr 2024 22:26:56
Just got back, took my time, bit of a messy game looking back, My own view Both the goals disallowed, should have been given, games gone crackers, with VAR. both penalties, well both where probably correct, so 2-3 instead of 1-2, correct scoreline, 1st and 2 nd half was like two different teams, as far as we where concerned, Antonio at times look real good, but he can't play 90 minutes any more, nobody touched the ball for JWP goal , windy very but not a fluke, I've seen inswingers go in before, Gary O'Neill said it's a one off he could never score another like that, sorry mate that's rubbish, on a day like today with weather conditions the same, with empty pitch, no players involved I would like to bet JWP. Could put in 3/4 goals out of 10 corner kicks, I like O'Neil but that's bad loser talk

07 Apr 2024 01:42:04
Am I on my own in thinking PAQUETA would be a better player if he didn't try to buy a free kick every time he's touched and its costing us as refs know about his reputation as an actor who fiegns injury, it's very annoying and I think its affecting his performances as he is waiting for contact to go down that said he's a fantastic footballer so doesn't need to do this.⚒⚒⚒

07 Apr 2024 04:07:25
He’s Brazilian! It goes with the turf.

11 Apr 2024 21:04:19
Agreed tinny but it's becoming ridiculous now as soon as he feels contact he rolls around as if a sniper has taken him out and it must affect his performances.⚒⚒⚒

06 Apr 2024 15:46:43
Well if we sit off a team with NO FIT SENIOR STRIKERS then we deserve everthing they get . Moyesball at its best, it's sickening to watch. Even my wolves mate says we are there for the taking based in this first half. Quite clearly targeting Thursday and the europa league.

06 Apr 2024 19:01:05
Good victory today. All wins are excellent - irrespective of who is playing for the opposition.

07 Apr 2024 04:13:00
Now where have we heard that before?