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HAMMERAMA 5:29 Wed Oct 31
Last night at Dagenham

Last night I witnessed one of the best team performances from a team in Claret and Blue.
Thinking about it I feel its down to 2 P's
Firstly I expected us to get done 5 maybe 6-0.
Why? Last year we were abysmal against Benfica and this was the same scenario ,a team that has won this European Cup Comp for the last 2 years,a team that plays in a competitive league,a team mostly aged between 21-23 years old and lastly with a crop of some of the best young Portuguese players with a good fair sprinkling of some talented Brazilian young players
Our team depleted by injuries,players out on loan,in the first team squad and a very congestive fixture list .
So with a very young side I expected the worse,how wrong was I ,they competed on every level obviously a class difference but what great organisation and the lads were very dangerous on the break which happened on numerous occasions.
It was only when I got home I thought what has made the difference. The standard of the players are the same as last year but the difference is in the management. Liam Manning is now number 1 coach,he comes across as an eloquent man with the usual jargon, he will be off in the next couple of years to Colchester or Ipswich and could be successful but the key person is Steve Potts he has organised the defensive side and this has made the difference. He obviously did this with the under 18's and now as they are coming to the next level there is definitely a new steelness to go with the flowing football which this squad are more than capable of.
The second P is Pellegrini ,he has got the young players training with the first team squad. You don't need to be a brain surgeon to realise that his style attractive football with good defending skills[Leicester game}is now working down to these younger players. Also as importantly he has created a footpath for these youngsters ,if you are good enough you will get a chance to play at the top level what a incentive.
Without blowing my own trumpet but on the 28/9/2016 I watched for the first time a 17 year old Declan Rice and stated he will be one of the best players we have produced for a very long time. Not only has that happened it is a fantastic carrot for our existing youngsters but maybe encourage other talented youngsters to our club knowing they have chance to get on the big stage.
I am going to stick my neck out again , tonight we saw another emerging talent Manny Longelo,watch his goal,very cool,he came on against Swansea and made an impression,last night he was dangerous the whole game.
As a postscript we played Swansea off the pich,4-0 up in 60 minutes took 3 experienced players off they scored 3 goals in no time but when we scored our fifth I was amazed by the outpouring of joy not just from the players on the pitch but from every single person on our bench.
Tonight when we scored the second watch the celebration,you will see the whole squad watching from the stands come down to pitch side and celebrate with Hector-Ingram.I think good things are happening at our club

Westham67 7:08 Wed Oct 31
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Thanks for that sounds like the academy is coming back, hopefully we will keep some of them this time

Hammer and Pickle 8:17 Wed Oct 31
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Cheers mate - is there a link to any footage?

The Stoat 8:30 Wed Oct 31
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Good to hear, let’s hope some of them become our stars of the future and are not sold off only to come back and haunt us

Sven Roeder 8:56 Wed Oct 31
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Good to hear
Would be nice to have a rundown on some of the players as to what sort of player they are if you have the time.

Agree that seeing players like Rice and Diangana progressing must inspire these kids when they see a route into the first team.

w4hammer 9:30 Wed Oct 31
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good to hear. Great to see a young player who is clearly destined for better things - im hopeless at spotting them ;-)

Kaiser Zoso 9:42 Wed Oct 31
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https://www.ngolos.com/videos/2018-10-30-westhamu23-fcportob

Looked like a lively game from these Portuguese highlights

gph 9:49 Wed Oct 31
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Who made the pass for Longelo's goal?

He's got to have big chunk of the credit.

Some nice save from our keeper, too

geoffpikey 9:49 Wed Oct 31
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Good news to hear. And a tidy goal.

Despite the success (so far) of Rice, we are really due some youth progression. There's not been half enough in recent years.

Far Cough 9:49 Wed Oct 31
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Kaiser, thanks for that

gph 9:50 Wed Oct 31
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Thanks, FC, for reminding of my manners.

Thanks, Kaiser

Eerie Descent 9:52 Wed Oct 31
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Come on, you can say the dirty words.

TERRY WESTLEY

A marked change in our youth set up since he was appointed. And fuck me, did it need a shake up.

Kaiser Zoso 9:53 Wed Oct 31
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You’re welcome gents, I just hope that link won’t work in Poland.

HAMMERAMA 9:53 Wed Oct 31
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It was Alfie Lewis pass for Longelo's goal

Hammer and Pickle 10:01 Wed Oct 31
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Cheers iwon, you sad little man (of course it works in Poland).

Kaiser Zoso 10:09 Wed Oct 31
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Yeah, I thought it clear I was joking, shit head.

Enjoy, anyway, no need to thank me.

Biggie Biggs 10:12 Wed Oct 31
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Thanks for the post HAMMERAMA your reports on the youth team are always appreciated

JLAP 10:15 Wed Oct 31
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Anyone else expect this thread to be about multiple stabbings and shootings in east London?

Takashi Miike 10:16 Wed Oct 31
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i really like Alfie Lewis, I hope he gets a first team squad chance soon

Biggie Biggs 10:18 Wed Oct 31
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Lewis always seems to go under the Radar a bit when the youths are talked about but i have heard loads of great things about him

LeroysBoots 10:35 Wed Oct 31
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Joe Powell and Connor Coventry getting squad time surely Lewis will soon

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