‚ö? West Ham v Newcastle - Official Match Thread

[charleyfarley]

". ........... V London Stadium Sun 8TH Oct 14:00 GMT VAR Andy Madley Peter Bankes: (5) - 28 1 Areola, Coufal, Zouma ¬©, Aguerd, Emerson, ?Ålvarez, Souƒçek, Ward-Prowse, Paquet?°, Bowen, Antonio Subs: Anang (GK), Kehrer, Ogbonna, Fornals, Kudus, Cornet, Benrahma, Ings, Mubama Pope, Trippier, Sch?§r, Lascelles ¬©, Burn, Tonali, Longstaff, GuimarƒÅes, Almir??n, Anderson, Isak Subs: D??bravka (GK), Dummett, Targett, Livramento, Hall, Manquillo, Murphy, Ritchie, Wilson West Ham 2/1: Draw 13/5: Newcastle 23/20 ."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"For all the time on the ball they’ve been given, Toon surprisingly look really toothless and bereft of creativity. Their best player has been the officials by some margin. Great work for the goal of course."

[Any Old Iron]

"Geordies getting away with plenty of ‘tactical’ fouls, as do Man City. The ref is either bent or incompetent. We get two weak yellows and Guimaraes avoids a 2nd yellow for a blatant hack. That’s a clear error. Why don’t VAR intervene?"

[irisiris95]

"No doubt Newcastle will come out a different team 2nd half so we need to be switched on straight away. Surely the ref has to WAKE UP to the cynical Geordie fouls in midfield!!?? Antonio disappointing, looks like he's hobbling around tbh. Ward-Prowse looks up for it. I reckon we might see a rocket in the 2nd half. Bowen needs to get into the game. Been way too quiet. Paqueta very good. He looked like he was winding Guimares up so hoping for a silly lash out from the latter"

[Mex Martillo]

"Agree, El Scorchio 4:59 Sun Oct 8 Paqueta very exposed, doesn’t help him self going down easy, but cynically fouled every time he’s on the ball."

[nychammer]

"cant believe Newcastle wont come flying out of the blocks after a HT bollocking with our nemesis coming on from the bench at soem point, can help thinking we'll defo need another goal. Be good to see Kudus on around 60 mins as Antonio tires"

[LeroysBoots]

"At the game, observations Antonio is fucking useless Just a lump of shite They are getting too much joy down Coufal's side He keeps drifting in to centre backs leaving massive hole down the left side"

[El Scorchio]

The officiating has been an absolute joke so far. Ref had completely bottled 2-3 yellow cards for them. One of which would have been a sending off.

[nychammer]

ref has been inconsistently harsh and lenient . Missed the Almiron gesture and should have sent Guimares off.

[E3]

What a player Paqueta is so strong on the ball just toy's with them

[Keep dreaming]

"Ref has bottled 3 yellows, a red and an offside. Let's hope this doesn't bite us later ..."

[Helmut Shown]

Apparently all these phoney PGMOL rules dont apply to Newcastle

[nychammer]

pretty much perfect game plan from us so far. kept them out of it pretty much and managed to carry some real threat going forward. Paqueta is a delight.

[collyrob]

Paqueta is genuinely one of the most in form players in the world at the moment. A joy to watch

[Headtheball]

Newcastle committing loads of fouls in the middle of the pitch to stop us moving forward. Really frustrating.

[Headtheball]

Newcastle committing loads of fouls in the middle of the pitch to stop us moving forward. Really frustrating.

[irisiris95]

Great officiating again ..that wasn't offside

[Keep dreaming]

Almiron escaped a yellow card. What a cսnt this ref is

[violator]

Trippier should be in the book for that

[violator]

Trippier should be in the book for that

[E3]

Need to get Trippier back for that the C*nt

[Keep dreaming]

"The upgrade in midfield from Rice to Alvarez and Prowse is quite something. If we now can find upgrades on Coufal and Antonio, plus replacing Soucek with Kudus, we have a top 6 first XI"

[pdcwhu]

This is Wonderful

[E3]

I know it's a bit early but I'm Loving this

[claypole]

Ref bottles it. So if that Bruno fella scores the winner can we demand a replay?

[maverick180]

The most blatant piece of match fixing by an official you could ever see