Man City vs West Ham United | PL | 4.1.25 | Predictions & Match Thread

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Match Centre:

Odds:
West Ham: 17/2
Draw: 6/1
Man City: 3/10

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[Leavemyarcelona]

Bloody hell Coufal taking a lot of flak

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Looking at the first goal, it looks to me like Alvarez completely misjudged the flight of the ball for his attempted headed clearance, then tried to clear the ball but pulled out because he would have probably given away a penalty and probably been sent off. I could be wrong, but it looked like bad judgement and decision making rather than bottling it.

It looks bad but I reckon he just fucked up ...
Not excusing him, he's  been abject all season..along with most of the squad.

Today was   a typical  WHU soft touch away from home bend- over   straight  out of the WHU bible .
dry - rogered by the local tramp.
All piss and wind
Lighter than my wallet
Spine of a frenchman
Etc etc

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

[Sir Alf]

Im still coming to terms with how ineffective and wasteful Kudus has become this season.

He can’t finish. 1-2 season wonder? The onecthing he had was physical strength. Even that looks to have gone missing. Maybe his entourage which is now his family? Are telling him he’s beyter than he is and he’s far too good for West Ham? If he wants to get sold to a decent team he needs to start performing again.  At this rate we wont get £20 million let alone £85

[cholo]

What's funny is Perry Groves of all people accusing a player of bottling it.

[Iron Duke]

Looking at the first goal, it looks to me like Alvarez completely misjudged the flight of the ball for his attempted headed clearance, then tried to clear the ball but pulled out because he would have probably given away a penalty and probably been sent off. I could be wrong, but it looked like bad judgement and decision making rather than bottling it.

[Alfs]

I was listening to Matt Lockwood on radio London accusing Alvarez of bottling a header in the lead up to the first goal.

He also said he couldn't believe none of the other players were calling him out for it.

I've not any highlights yet and its a shit radio station whose pundits often get it wrong but if true it speaks volumes about the lack of spirit and leadership in the team.


 

It is indeed true.  https://www.westhamzone.com/matchday/we ... ng-moment/

[Iron Duke]

Some seem to think that losing to Man City by 4-1 is not too bad a result, How Pathetic is that. !
Get Rid of Floppytegui and his team of assistants now.

Please point out which posters said this and when.

[El Scorchio]

Some seem to think that losing to Man City by 4-1 is not too bad a result, How Pathetic is that. !
Get Rid of Floppytegui and his team of assistants now.

Yup. Losing by that score when they were in their full pomp is embarrassing, let alone this fucking shadow of a Man City side who can barely buy a result lately. It’s a fucking disgrace. 

[Elpojohn]

Some seem to think that losing to Man City by 4-1 is not too bad a result, How Pathetic is that. !
Get Rid of Floppytegui and his team of assistants now.

[gpike]

They are right total bottle job from Alverez for the goal. 
Coufal is so slow he cannot get close to the winger to block the shot. For the first goal 
Kudus and Paq are show ponies
 

[Gary Strodders shank]

I was listening to Matt Lockwood on radio London accusing Alvarez of bottling a header in the lead up to the first goal.

He also said he couldn't believe none of the other players were calling him out for it.

I've not any highlights yet and its a shit radio station whose pundits often get it wrong but if true it speaks volumes about the lack of spirit and leadership in the team.

 

[El Scorchio]

Kudus' selfishness and lack of end product is doing my head in. 

Summerville was lively and really unlucky to have judged to have fouled their cb when he would've had a run at goal. I thought the ref wasn't sure so favoured the home side, cսnt.

I too thought Fulkrug looked half decent. A lot of pressing, some nice flick ons with both head and feet, tidy finish. Ran more in that one game than Haller and Scamacca did in their entire time here put together (not saying much I know).




 

 

 

Yup it’s like Haller and Scamacca on repeat. We just cannot play in a way in which a conventional centre forward can function. Fullkrug isn’t the problem. He’s a symptom of it. 

if you did a straight swap with Forest for wood, all of a sudden he’d look Fuckjng awful and Fullkrug would be  looking far better. Guaranteed. 

[zico]

Füllkrug would probably benefit with wide players on the side of their stronger foot so they can put crosses in for him rather than all this modern predictable cutting inside.  Yes you can still cross from cutting in but it's got to be spot on to stop it going straight through to the keeper and I don't think we have the full backs with the technical ability to put decent crosses in.  Plus we know that Kudus isn't comfortable on the left and thought Jimmy had a reasonable game there today.  Not sure what's going on with Kudus.  We know he is actually at his best when being selfish as he isn't a good passer but his end product is poor right now.    

[Ladysmith]

Shoreline was certainly not reflective of our dominance.

We move on and we go again with a top 7 finish that we should easily achieve

COYI

[Iron Duke]

There were a few pivitol moments. Kudus should have squared it early on instead of hitting the ball into the side netting. Coufal was a bit unlucky with the deflection. Then Aerola goes walkabouts and leaves an open goal to gift wrap Haaland the confidence booster he needed.

Like the Liverpool game, there was an air of inevitability about getting a heavy defeat. I can’t see Lop turning this around. 
 

[cholo]

Kudus' selfishness and lack of end product is doing my head in. 

Summerville was lively and really unlucky to have judged to have fouled their cb when he would've had a run at goal. I thought the ref wasn't sure so favoured the home side, cսnt.

I too thought Fulkrug looked half decent. A lot of pressing, some nice flick ons with both head and feet, tidy finish. Ran more in that one game than Haller and Scamacca did in their entire time here put together (not saying much I know).

 

[Hammer and Pickle]

Fullkrug is just a proper target man in the style of Lewandowski or Podolski. As such, he really isn't bad at all - you just have to know how to use him to his strengths. Now, if Soufal can be involved like he was in providing him with an assist, that's how I'd like to see both used.

[Maverick180180]

He hasn’t seemed involved much because we’re not creating anything for him 
As I said in my last post he’s very much like Chris Wood
except in Germany he’s been a better version
whether or not he can do that in the premier league remains to be seen, but unless we create chances for him he’s not going to do anything 
he’s not the sort of player to create something out of nothing 

[Lee Trundle]

Todibo limped off injured, it wasn't because he wanted to put the Greek tragedy on.

I feel for you. Your undying support of the bloke makes you blind to a simple joke.

[Hammer and Pickle]

Thought Fullkrug had a decent game 

he’s been written off far too early without been given any real chance by the majority of our fan base simply because he’s not the pacy forward we all wanted

but he’s still a class German international
if we played to his strengths like Forest do with Wood then I’m sure he’d be a success, trouble is we’ve got a madman at the helm

4 or 5 times today the ball was lumped up to Fullkrug on his own, having to challenge for a header and managing to win it and find a teammate 10-15 yards away
I don’t think there’s a single player in our squad capable of doing that, Soucek should but actually gets beat in the air quite a bit by people far shorter than him

He's given justified pelters because he's worth almost £30M on big wages and minces around the pitch like a fairy as the game mostly passes him by. For the money it's nowhere near good enough effort. 

You're actually calling a player out about mincing?

Oh please, please just give me some air!

[Massive Attack]

Thought Fullkrug had a decent game 

he’s been written off far too early without been given any real chance by the majority of our fan base simply because he’s not the pacy forward we all wanted

but he’s still a class German international
if we played to his strengths like Forest do with Wood then I’m sure he’d be a success, trouble is we’ve got a madman at the helm

4 or 5 times today the ball was lumped up to Fullkrug on his own, having to challenge for a header and managing to win it and find a teammate 10-15 yards away
I don’t think there’s a single player in our squad capable of doing that, Soucek should but actually gets beat in the air quite a bit by people far shorter than him

He's given justified pelters because he's worth almost £30M on big wages and minces around the pitch like a fairy as the game mostly passes him by. For the money it's nowhere near good enough effort. 

[Maverick180180]

Thought Fullkrug had a decent game 

he’s been written off far too early without been given any real chance by the majority of our fan base simply because he’s not the pacy forward we all wanted

but he’s still a class German international
if we played to his strengths like Forest do with Wood then I’m sure he’d be a success, trouble is we’ve got a madman at the helm

4 or 5 times today the ball was lumped up to Fullkrug on his own, having to challenge for a header and managing to win it and find a teammate 10-15 yards away
I don’t think there’s a single player in our squad capable of doing that, Soucek should but actually gets beat in the air quite a bit by people far shorter than him

[Mex Martillo]

It’s embarrassing isn’t it.
I was pleased to see us playing out from the back, but then we messed it up. What the hell, keep practicing.
Summerville was good.
Fullkrug nothing great, but fine goal to show with some supply he can score.
Kudus for all his brilliant ball control is just not delivering, starting to piss me off.
Brazilian kid did nothing, but still happy to see him getting a bigger part.
Too many players don’t seem to link up, obvious passes overlooked, why? Not team work. Coufal and Kudus an example of not playing well together.

 

[El Scorchio]

You just know that on motd tonight it’ll cut to Moyes at 4-0 and say “penny for his thoughts”.

And then the fans along with a ‘careful what you wish for’ kind of comment- or maybe they’ll save that one for the smug cunts in the studio to mention. Either way I won’t be watching to find out.