Villa vs West Ham | PL | 25.1.24 | Predictions and Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Match Centre:

Odds:
West Ham: 11/2
Draw: 7/2
Aston Villa: 4/7

Pre-Match Press Conference:
Official Press Conference

Tactical Preview: 
Babbling Irons

Watch-along:
Hammers Chat Watchalong

Streams:

SportHD 

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[stubbo]

As for Alvarez, it was a fantastic cross for the goal but he was lucky to stay on the pitch again with the way he goes about it. We should never have spent £35.4M and big wages (£100k) on him with his chequered disciplinary past, but then Steidten clearly doesn't do proper due diligence on players, so no surprise there. 

He flies in to far too many reckless last ditch challenges that will more often than not get punished in this fast paced League and he's also too trappy spoiling for a fight with either opposition or officials. I'd sell him and try to recoup as much of the big outlay we can as he just isn't learning or adapting with yet another booking and it could have been a lot worse again.

He had a massive 17 bookings last season for us and he had 16 and a sending off for Ajax the season before Steidten signed him, 9 cards before that season and 6 yellows and 2 red cards before that in Holland. Nice fella off the pitch but he's a Disciplinary nightmare.



 

Signed during the Moyes period. Identified by Mark Noble. Finances signed off by Sullivan, player signings signed off by Moyes (per his contract) and the fêted Moyes 'MOT'....but yes...this one is all Steidten. Behave!

[Massive Attack]

As for Alvarez, it was a fantastic cross for the goal but he was lucky to stay on the pitch again with the way he goes about it. We should never have spent £35.4M and big wages (£100k) on him with his chequered disciplinary past, but then Steidten clearly doesn't do proper due diligence on players, so no surprise there. 

He flies in to far too many reckless last ditch challenges that will more often than not get punished in this fast paced League and he's also too trappy spoiling for a fight with either opposition or officials. I'd sell him and try to recoup as much of the big outlay we can as he just isn't learning or adapting with yet another booking and it could have been a lot worse again.

He had a massive 17 bookings last season for us and he had 16 and a sending off for Ajax the season before Steidten signed him, 9 cards before that season and 6 yellows and 2 red cards before that in Holland. Nice fella off the pitch but he's a Disciplinary nightmare.

 

[Texas Iron]

Well done…

Great spirit and fight…

Keep it up…COYI…

[Massive Attack]

We did well in the end, liked a lot of the 2nd half where we could have snuck it at the death, but the opposite can be said about a poor 1st half with 0 efforts on target and fortunate that Villa's 2nd goal was also rightly ruled out for offside. Had that gone in after 10 minutes I would have feared the worst. However the players stuck in there and deserved a hard fought point which was the right result. Potter made the right changes 2nd half and did well with bare bones at the back. 7/10 all round performance. 

[Mex Martillo]

Guardian emphasising that Villa were down to just one CB after Mings went off, but no mention that we had that problem from the start! Poor reporting.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Does Carragher have a soft spot for us or something?
He had it spot on about us tbf
Hendrie's barnet is an abomination and an insult to manhood.
Is he in transition?
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[Monsieur merde de cheval]

That sort of  performance is all we ask for.
​​​​​​we could all see the difference..and we're all happy.
With a DRAW.

 The CFC lot would be moaning like fuck with a draw if that was them under Potter.

Not full  mast cock out yet..more a good  morning half mast 

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

That patched up regurgitated abortion of a starting  XI had no business performing that well. We might actually have a coach on ours hands here and after the Chelsea fiasco one who might not be tempted should one of those clubs come calling again.

And we have the  arse hunters up next...

[Sydney_Iron]

A tale of 2 halves for me, Villa won the first, we won the second!

Disappointed in some ways we didn't come away with all 3 points in the end but overall i feel optimistic the remainder of the season and going forward.

Also nice to see the Manager interviewed and talk and it all make sense, and you can understand them, Lopi was just a mess. LOL

COYI

[F 129 Row66]

Sky coverage:
1.Why don't they put in subtitles when Carragher is speaking?

2. When you want to see the goals after any game on the net you have to put up with that moron dancing in the We Buy Any Car indent

[El Scorchio]

Does anyone actually believe that under Moyes we would have got today’s result with the squad available.

He MAY have been able to grind out a horrible backs to the wall 0-0 but no way do we score unless it’s off a corner. Likely it’s 1-0 or 2-0 Villa. Under Lop we’d have been utterly raped. 4-0 or 5-0. 

[Gaffer58]

Does anyone actually believe that under Moyes we would have got today’s result with the squad available.

[dealcanvey]

That was a very good performance today from a squad that’s missing some key players. 

looking forward to seeing what we can do once Bowen and Summerville are back. 

[THUNDERCLINT]

That patched up regurgitated abortion of a starting  XI had no business performing that well. We might actually have a coach on ours hands here and after the Chelsea fiasco one who might not be tempted should one of those clubs come calling again.

[Nutsin]

Much better second half, for the first time in a while we looked the more likely team to win it.

Soucek should have scored, the ball was laid perfectly for him.

overall team performance much better AWB was the man of the match. Killman had a solid game.

Happy with the point, looks like Potter is making a difference, still too early to tell but promising signs.

Feeling a bit better about our chances after that.

COYI

[Keep dreaming]

I bet KD and Takashii are fucking gutted.

As will ladyboy/sad ferret

WTF are you on about? I bet you still got the hump for me calling you out with roller coaster support of Moyes?

We are under recovery with Potter, so back off you complete nutjob

[,]

I thought that we performed exceptionally considering we had a patched together defensive formation, due to being one centre back specialist short, and no recognised striker.

Potter came back to the UK with a reputation for building team spirit and the esprit de corps shown by the players today bodes well for the future. I do not accept the excuse of Villa being tired from their midweek exertions but for me they are not quite the team they were last year.

I expected a defeat and yet by the end was slightly disappointed we did not get all three points.

 

[ironsofcanada]

Some enjoyable bits there today.

Lacked quality up from or we could have taken 3 points. (Hopefully correctable)

Still too slow in midfield which showed even after they tired. (Hopefully correctable).

[Takashi Miike]

I bet KD and Takashii are fucking gutted.

As will ladyboy/sad ferret

Does COYI still post on here or did he run away to KUMB?

I’m sure he will reappear at some stage to say “ I told you so “

 

 

two dead braincells, you're not out on the beat now bullying the public. stop policing the site, you moronic fucking cսnt

[Ron Eff]

Seeing a lot of criticism of Paqueta for the incident with Digne. Another one from the absolute div Agbonlahor, but absolutely zero criticism for the attempted elbow from Digne. Weird logic. If he fully connected, he would have been off. The way football is, Paqueta has to go down to draw attention to it. 

Like I said earlier in the thread, I thought after the Pedro incident for Brighton, it was universally agreed an attempted elbow was a red card. 

[El Scorchio]

I bet KD and Takashii are fucking gutted.

As will ladyboy/sad ferret

Does COYI still post on here or did he run away to KUMB?

I’m sure he will reappear at some stage to say “ I told you so “

Next loss. Guaranteed 

[twoleftfeet]

I bet KD and Takashii are fucking gutted.

As will ladyboy/sad ferret

Does COYI still post on here or did he run away to KUMB?

I’m sure he will reappear at some stage to say “ I told you so “

[El Scorchio]

So much better watching this team under Potter. Feels like the start of something good.

Don’t worry, Sullivan will soon put paid to that somehow. 

[lowlife]

I bet KD and Takashii are fucking gutted.

As will ladyboy/sad ferret

Does COYI still post on here or did he run away to KUMB?

[Maverick180180]

Scarles has got to start 
the kids pure class everytime he comes on