‚ö? SC Freiburg v West Ham - Official Match Thread

[charleyfarley]

". V Europa-Park Stadion Thurs 7th Mar 20:00 GMT Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP) Alejandro Hern?°ndez (ESP)(19) : 100 4 Atubolu, Sildillia, Ginter, Gulde, G?ºnter ¬©, H??fler, D?çan, Eggestein, H??ler, Grifo, Sallai Subs: M?ºller (GK), Uphoff (GK), Szalai, Wei?ühaupt, Keitel, K?ºbler, Adamu, Muslija, Philipp, Makengo, R??hl, Gregoritsch Fabia?Ñski, Coufal, Zouma ¬©, Mavropanos, Emerson, ?Ålvarez, Souƒçek, Ward-Prowse, Paquet?°, Kudus, Bowen Subs: Areola (GK), Anang (GK), Johnson, Ogbonna, Casey, Cresswell, Phillips, Earthy, Orford, Ings, Antonio, Mubama SC Freiburg 6/4: Draw 12/5: West Ham 13/8 discovery + /TNT Sports 2 ."

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"Freiburg West Hammed us in a way whereby we, this time, had the better chances to win but they weathered that and scored the only goal of the game. We still have a very good chance of progressing though. Here’s a thought, had the end of game handball incident been the other way around, ball to West Ham arm, do you think the ref would have awarded them a penalty?"

[boleyn8420]

"Firstly, the penalty call could of gone either way as the handball law is farcical. But can you imagine the media fucking breakdown if that decision had gone against the scousers. Fucking hell they would want a replay, ban the ref, day of mourning, an increase in benefits and Klopp to become the next Pope"

[Russ of the BML]

Rossal 10:51 Fri Mar 8 Indeed. There is much more to it. How long have you got?

[Eerie Descent]

Northern Sam Allardyce 12:30 Fri Mar 8 What's Peter Shilton up to these days? Maybe offer him a 3 month contract till the end of the season?

[Manuel]

"Rossal - They might upon up a little, but even at 1-0 they will likely play for pens. losing the first leg is never good, but at least it's not as bad as it would have been if the away goal rule was still in effect."

[bell]

I thought the subs were fantastic again. Antonio was great. Moyes really knows how to change a game.

[Russ of the BML]

"threesixty 11.47 Fri Mar 8 ""I dont think it’s worth moaning too much anymore. It’s like getting upset that a 90yr old keeps forgetting leaving the stove on...."" Comment of the day."

[Rossal]

"Agree Nick, think we need an early goal for them to open up a bit more The thought of watching us struggle and go sideways trying to break down 10 behind the ball isnt the most exciting prospect Paq and Kudus will have to be much better for us to have a chance"

[Northern Sold]

Ahhhh... you back on here you worm now we lost a game?? Typical wormy behaviour.... you sure you are West Ham pal??

[Joe C]

"I hope that stupid little cսnt in our end doing the Nazi salutes, and then calling on the West Ham fans telling him to pack it in, is suitably ashamed this morning. Doubt it though, looked absolutely thick as mince. Don‚Äôt really like seeing our own fighting, but he deserved every slap he got"

[Eerie Descent]

"Northern Sam Allardyce 3:56 Fri Mar 8 Quoting what teams did tactically in the 1970's has to be a new low, surely?"

[Sir Alf]

"Need a quality, agile and strong CB to replace Zouma. Ogbonna looke better than him now but a risk as he gets no minutes. Lack of pace and movement in midfield is a real issue. Tactically set up for slow build up and low tempo backand forth and the likes of Soucek and JWP are peripheral, Paqueta a show pony last night didnt help either. Steidten needs to get 2 fast, athletic midfielders in. The Moyes recruitment of almost exclusively slow players like the aforementioned along with not giving youngsters some minutes really hurting us again. No variation in our play. Season either falls away next 3 weeks or Moyes pulls off another Houdini act. Think Im erring to the former as so many gamesand just 13 or 14 players"

[Nick QQQ]

I don’t get the optimism on us strolling to a win next week. It will be a really tight and boring affair. I can see it going to extra time. Same players treading water because they are fucking knackered

[threesixty]

"If Bowen would have put his chance away, or pay scored that header people would be praising Moyes. The reality is yesterday we didn’t play badly as zouma suggested. We played exactly how we always play. Keep it tight and hope some moment of brilliance from our best players bails us out. Is it really any different to how we beat Brighton etc? I think we had 3 chances and scored 3 goals with 20% possession or something. We will probably batter Freiburg at home because Moyes hasn’t got a choice now. And then wonder why we cant play like that every week.. it’s mental torture really. I dont think it’s worth moaning too much anymore. It’s like getting upset that a 90yr old keeps forgetting leaving the stove on.. nothing will change. I’m just trying to enjoy what I can nowadays"

[scott_d]

How many times have we seen a game there for the taking and we just let it pass us by?

[Kaiser Zoso]

"Exactly the same schtick as when Allardyce was nearing the end of his contract. We were away at Man City, and the presenters couldn’t praise him enough before the game, be careful what you wish for was the prevailing sentiment. When the game got underway, and we had 28% possession, they couldn’t get enough of how feeble West Ham were compared to City. There was a massive gap in joined up thinking that didn’t occur to anyone on commentary."

[violator]

"What made me laugh were the usual media cheerleaders bigging Moyes up before kick off ""careful what you wish for"", ""what do west ham fans expect"" blah cunting blah...at half time they started to question the ambition, suggesting we need to ""step it up"", ""the players are chasing the ball"" blah cunting blah...and at the end they are saying ""its only half time in the tie"", ""they will get the job done at home""...blah cunting blah"

[violator]

"What made me laugh were the usual media cheerleaders bigging Moyes up before kick off ""careful what you wish for"", ""what do west ham fans expect"" blah cunting blah...at half time they started to question the ambition, suggesting we need to ""step it up"", ""the players are chasing the ball"" blah cunting blah...and at the end they are saying ""its only half time in the tie"", ""they will get the job done at home""...blah cunting blah"

[Moncurs Putting Iron]

Jazz hands is a natural arm position. #veryday is a learning day.

[Nagel]

Rossal 10:52 Fri Mar 8 JWP actually has a very limited range from which he's ever scored (or come close). The free kick needs to be taken somewhere between bang on the centre and up to about half way on the left hand side of the penalty area. This season I think he's had about 4 or 5 within that range.

[wansteadman]

"Michael Owen. ""Looks like West Ham were after a 0-0"". No shit Sherlock, if we played a team of blind people we'd still be trying to keep it tight"

[CanningTownWA]

"Agree Ron Eff, typical Moyse just going there and not trying to lose rather than going there to win. Then fucks it up by losing."

[Manuel]

"JWP was talking pre match about getting into the England squad for the Euro's. Fmob, I wouldn't even have him out in Germany cutting the oranges. Soton pulled our pants down."

[british is best]

The way Moyes set up last night was fucking shameful. Our biggest strength is our front 3 . But yet again they are completely isolated due to his brain dead tactics . In 40 odd years of watching football I've never seen a manager so risk averse. and it's exactly that which is causing all the issues . Both on and off the pitch.

[Tomshardware]

"Listened to the first half on the wireless, it was dull and the female co commentator had it spot on in asking why we weren't having a go. Will need a much improved performance if we are to progress, too many below par performances."