West Ham (A) 17/12: Build-Up & Match Thread

[Sniffer]

Coufal is an animal

 

[BeaverWolf]

Coufal going full Ben Thatcher....again.

Cunt.

Someone needs to sort Coufal out. Should have been sent off twice.

 

[Tredman]

This is on GON he set them up like this, he keeps playing tired players and bring dogshit like Doc on.

 

[Alan]

Fine going forward. It's defensively we've been awful. All their goals have been very basic.

Less "fine" and more "promising".

But as I say, if we never take the final step to recognizing the point of the movements we make, then none of it matters.

 

[Mel Evo]

Our overall play has been decent; patient and controlled. The worry is that we're still horrendously hesitant to exploit space when our movement creates it. Perhaps because they know that anything hit at Bentley will go in.

We're not far off being a good attacking side but that last step is a massive one and it doesn't seem to be getting better even by small degrees.

This is way too optimistic for me. We’re a team without a convincing plan or individual conviction. We seem to be going backwards rather than about to take a step forward. Granted, a bunch of poor mistakes has cost us, but that’s likely to keep happening.

 

[Tony Towner]

Bellegarde has a bit of the Gladstone Smalls about him

I was thinking Shaun Newton, in more ways than one

 

[MARKakaJIM]

This is on GON he set them up like this, he keeps playing tired players and bring dogshit like Doc on.

It's on everyone, no-one has played well and the managers just left it to burn.

 

[Alan]

This is way too optimistic for me. We’re a team without a convincing plan or individual conviction. We seem to be going backwards rather than about to take a step forward. Granted, a bunch of poor mistakes has cost us, but that’s likely to keep happening.

I don't even feel like I've been that positive about it.

"Close to good" != "good".

And we have clear evidence in front of us of what "close to good" gets you on the scoreboard at this level. Fuck all.

 

[Squeak]

Surprised at the Sarabia criticism, he's been our best player.

Suggest you watch that first half again...if you dare.

 

[Tony Towner]

Yeah once it had been freeze framed.

That's what I meant by naked eye ie without the lines. Unless you bin VAR completely then whatever version you favour that's being given

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

This is on GON he set them up like this, he keeps playing tired players and bring dogshit like Doc on.

Going 4 at the back is on him, it's fucking awful.

But having to play low end Championship keeper Bentley and not having Neto and RAN available certainly isn't.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Not sure how Bellegarde isn't in hospital after the attacks on him today, disgusting.

 

[Alan]

Also, Kurt Zouma can rot in Hell; it makes me furious how good a game he's had today.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Going 4 at the back is on him, it's fucking awful.

But having to play low end Championship keeper Bentley and not having Neto and RAN available certainly isn't.

The goals aren't on playing 4 across the back though, you can't setup a team to completely eradicate people having to defend 1v1, at some point you've got to back players to actually do their jobs and get the better of their opposite number.

 

[Templeton Peck]

That's what I meant by naked eye ie without the lines. Unless you bin VAR completely then whatever version you favour that's being given

Yeah I'm talking real time lino. Binning VAR completely not a major disaster for me.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

He keeps playing tired players and bring dogshit like Doc on.

The alternatives are really poor though.

 

[Tredman]

Going 4 at the back is on him, it's fucking awful.

But having to play low end Championship keeper Bentley and not having Neto and RAN available certainly isn't.

RAN’s on isn’t he? A more competent manager might have set up better to mitigate those inadequacies

 

[Tony Towner]

Going 4 at the back is on him, it's fucking awful.

But having to play low end Championship keeper Bentley and not having Neto and RAN available certainly isn't.

I'll save the response to this for the verdict thread

 

[Loki]

Cunha has been poor.

 

[The Bear]

I'll save the response to this for the verdict thread

You want me to close this bang on FT?