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Match Centre: Odds:
West Ham: 2/1
Draw: 27/10
Fulham: 29/20

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COYI

Disappointing starting line up. Very negative with the 3 DMs, especially with Paqueta and Soler on the bench. First half performance was, quite frankly, a disgrace and was as turgid as anything tossed out under Moyes. As the DM's were slowly withdrawn we looked better and eventually with Paqueta, Soler and Summerville on the pitch we looked like a team that was there to win a game of football. Glad we got the point. But much to ponder on. 

On top of that Kudus might be a problem too, not just with the old WHO obsessed argument about a player being played out of position, but he was sulking on Saturday. While he is a very good player, he ain't fucking good enough to sulk, he's achieved nothing in the game, but now thinks he's Mo Salah? I think a bit of good press has gone to his head. Improve your goals/assist ratio, son, improve your final ball/pass, get your head up instead of running into blind alley's, and then you can throw your toys out.

I don't mind some of the players we've bought, as it goes.

But I'm really struggling to see how Fullkrug improves our striker situation, and having a right back fill in to play as a left back rarely works.

It's so frustrating knowing we've needed to do something in those 2 positions but haven't and now it could come back to bite us on the bum.

Yes, it is indeed a huge failure. As I have pointed out many times on this forum, the summer transfer window was an unmitigated disaster.

We've needed a striker and left back for so fucking long that it's blindingly obvious to anyone who has taken a passing interest in us over the last couple of years.

It's a huge failure that we're stuck in the same place especially after spending £150m.

Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑16 Sep 2024, 08:30 Imagine if someone in the summer said we'd be relying on Ings for the season.

Let's not forget he was a player the manager wanted bombed out.

I think Ings is a good striker if he’s in a side ready to play good football.

Imagine if someone in the summer said we'd be relying on Ings for the season.

Let's not forget he was a player the manager wanted bombed out.

Manuel wrote: ↑16 Sep 2024, 03:31 I'm not against Ings getting a start against Chelsea, but it probably won't work out, then what, give someone else a go for the next game, and on it goes. We still have the same problem with not properly addressing the number 9 role.

I don't care who starts up top

As long as it isn't antonio and soucek is not in the starting line up

West Ham “are a rally car being driven by a pensioner”

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/west ... rticle-top

 

I'm not against Ings getting a start against Chelsea, but it probably won't work out, then what, give someone else a go for the next game, and on it goes. We still have the same problem with not properly addressing the number 9 role.

Yeah, I wasn't criticising the decision to opt for Coufal, rather the fact that he had to

onsideman wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 21:54 Mavropanos is an accident waiting to happen
Antonio is, at best an impact sub
Soucek is a liability

Oh, and...

Cresswell is gone (so much so that he'd rather bring on a less than average right back and switch the incumbent as opposed to put him on)

You dont have to be a miracle worker 


 

Mavropanos is an accident waiting to happen
Antonio is, at best an impact sub
Soucek is a liability

Oh, and...

Cresswell is gone (so much so that he'd rather bring on a less than average right back and switch the incumbent as opposed to put him on)

You dont have to be a miracle worker 

 

I'm hoping to see Danny Ings start in the next match up top. Now he's got himself off the mark, I'd like to see him carry on until he plays himself out the side with Fullkrug to come back in from the bench after his recent injury. I think it would do them both some good, for Ings to continue where he left off at Fulham but also for Fullkrug to watch from the sidelines to get a better feel of the pace and what's needed in the Premier League. I don't want to see him chucked straight back in to the side especially after an injury to his achilles. 

Ings does have a wealth of Premier League experience and when in form is a decent Striker sniffing out chances in the box when in form and it was vintage Ings the way he scored his clinical effort late on. He will stretch defences if given the supply. Let Fullkrug have more time to settle in and come off the bench for the next game or so. 

Ings clearly believes in himself and probably doesn't feel he got a fair crack of the whip from Moyes, so he seems like he's got a big point to prove he's still got it as a decent Premier League Striker now he chose to stick around. 

Antonio has had his chance now and played his way out the Team so can't have any complaints. 

Judging by the highlights, the goal was on Mavrapanos. He was way deeper than the rest of the back 4 and played Smith-Rowe onside.

the fella cannot go 45min without gifting someone a golden opportunity.

BillyJenningsBoots wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 16:52

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 11:56

onsideman wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 09:59

I still don't agree we look to have bought well. As fans we knew we needed a new left back, a new right back (possibly 2), 2 new CBs (assuming Zouma and Aguerd were going) a commanding midfielder, a left winger and 2 young, fast centre forwards.

We got one right back, no left back, one CB who isn't being played, no midfielder capable of commanding a game, a left winger who isn't getting much game time, a German Danny Ings and a THIRD right winger who isn't even in the matchday squad. I mean, fancy spending £20m+ to buy an untried teenager who plays in the same position as your two best players?

We are the only club that repeatedly spends £100m and looks the fucking same 

 

Good to see that others are finally waking up to what I said all summer. The transfer window was a disaster as we didn't address the gaping holes in the squad. The signing of Fulkrug for £27 million is an absolute piss take.

I tink many fans got hoodwinked by the number of signings and the money spent but didn't criticially analyse the quality of signings. Chelsea have sgown in recent times that spending a fortunate doesn't guarantee success.

'Guru Tim' and 'loser Lop' are frauds in my opinion.

Relegation battle ahead.

No one is waking up to your way of thinking you cretin! The squad is infinitely better than when Moyes left....Please someone shut this idiot down... hes clearly on a piss take or some spursy troll.... 

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 11:56

onsideman wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 09:59

The harsh reality is that while we looked to have bought pretty well, we came up short which was no surprise as the squad left by Moyes was in a very poor state.  And not all transfers work out.  We still need 2 younger, strong central striker options ( 2 players each position ) , a better back up option for Wan Bissaka amd Emerson at right and left back and perhaps another quicker, ball winning, strong central midfielder?  

I still don't agree we look to have bought well. As fans we knew we needed a new left back, a new right back (possibly 2), 2 new CBs (assuming Zouma and Aguerd were going) a commanding midfielder, a left winger and 2 young, fast centre forwards.

We got one right back, no left back, one CB who isn't being played, no midfielder capable of commanding a game, a left winger who isn't getting much game time, a German Danny Ings and a THIRD right winger who isn't even in the matchday squad. I mean, fancy spending £20m+ to buy an untried teenager who plays in the same position as your two best players?

We are the only club that repeatedly spends £100m and looks the fucking same 

 

Good to see that others are finally waking up to what I said all summer. The transfer window was a disaster as we didn't address the gaping holes in the squad. The signing of Fulkrug for £27 million is an absolute piss take.

I tink many fans got hoodwinked by the number of signings and the money spent but didn't criticially analyse the quality of signings. Chelsea have sgown in recent times that spending a fortunate doesn't guarantee success.

'Guru Tim' and 'loser Lop' are frauds in my opinion.

Relegation battle ahead.

Swiss. wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 14:04 Missed the game as travelling. Saw MotD today and it looks like we were fortunate with a point. Wab Bassaka was at fault for their goal. 

On a positive note I really like Summerville.

I think he is gonna become a fan favorite, he looks tidy on the ball, makes good decisions, pretty quick too. Glad we got him.

Kilman too is showing his quality, solid defender all round, good at defending corners, looks comfortable with the ball at his feet, doesn’t panick and certatainly Isn’t slow or clumsy. Only criticism is he could be more dominant in the box when we have a corner.

Bassaka has to be the best addition to the team so far. I was calling out for a new RB while most were calling for a striker and a left winger. Glad we finally got ourselves one. He’s a bit too one footed, but he is a presence.

My first impression on Soler is a good one too, looks like he likes to get stuck in, once he acclimates to the pace of the Prem game he will be hard to keep out of the side.
So we have some very good additions, I’m looking forward to watching them play. 

Missed the game as travelling. Saw MotD today and it looks like we were fortunate with a point. Wab Bassaka was at fault for their goal. 

Missed the game as I’m in Bologna at the moment (highly recommended).

Sounds like the starting lineup was all wrong again and the performance was flat. I will give it until 10 or so games before making any judgement .


 

Really no excuse now for not giving both Kudus and Paqueta the freedom to roam behind a proper striker (Fulkrug or Ings) and ahead of Alvarez or Rodriguez. 

The worry is the football is still shit despite fortunes being thrown at him, and he's still picking players that should only be squad/bench options. To prefer a player in the key link (10) role that struggles to pass the ball, when he has two far better technical players on the bench is mismanagement. Arguably, he also shouldn't be using two defensive midfielders so we're back to a manager that doesn't trust his players, one of the jock bastard's biggest faults. He could/should also be using Kudus in one of those roles behind the striker rather than being buried on the left wing.