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Tomsdad wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 22:25 Did we really need a new keeper ?

Of all the problem positions we had, I didn't think goalkeeper was a priority.

 

southbankbornnbred wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 23:10

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 23:05 He’s been absolutely dreadful. Painful to watch. We literally cannot do right for doing wrong. 

It’s the classic chain we’ve talked about, isn’t it: terrible chairman appoints terrible managers, who buy terrible players, who play terribly. Except at West Ham it also happens in a terrible stadium.

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑22 Aug 2025, 23:05 He’s been absolutely dreadful. Painful to watch. We literally cannot do right for doing wrong. 

He’s been absolutely dreadful. Painful to watch. We literally cannot do right for doing wrong. 

Directly responsible for four or five of the eight conceded in his first two games. That’s quite a start.

The new Allen McKnight. He’ll be benched by September.

Fuck me play him in midfield as he is far better with his feet than his hands

Did we really need a new keeper ?

Of all the problem positions we had, I didn't think goalkeeper was a priority.

Never really saw the bloke play before but I knew he was gonna be shit the second I heard Potter rated him 

He looks too small and lightweight. Supposedly he is super athletic to make up for it? Not tonight with  crosses? He punches like many keepers do but missed 2 with one leading to a goal. Thaf said, we dont have a dominant aerial presence getting on the end of anything in and around the goal.

Will be imteresting to see if Mavros and Areola start the lge cup game and if they do any better? 

The modern day Allan McKightmare..

A classic relegation signing.

Looks like a 9 year old who can't reach the cross bar.

cսnt couldn’t catch COVID

All keepers have bad games, it just so happens he had one on debut. It only becomes a concern of it starts happening frequently, like Onana.

No reason to be overly concerned at this stage. 

fraser wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:45

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:36

fraser wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:31

No there wouldn't because he didn't know the defence had no pre season and was coming back from injury, anyone with half a brain would have understood that.. 
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There would be moaning. There's always moaning from somewhere. 

Of course, but it was the wrong decision. I fully expected Areola to start, but more fool me expecting that inept cսnt to get it right.

I was wrong even feet who has less than half a brain has worked it out  

I think picking him to play on Saturday was more a message for Areola. His days are numbered and he can find another club.
 

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:36

fraser wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:31

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:10 And if Areola had started and we'd lost, there would be loads of calls for why Hermansen didn't start and moaning about us buying people only to not play them like under Moyes.

Poor start, but I'll give him a few games before I write him off.

No there wouldn't because he didn't know the defence had no pre season and was coming back from injury, anyone with half a brain would have understood that.. 
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There would be moaning. There's always moaning from somewhere. 

fraser wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:31

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:10 And if Areola had started and we'd lost, there would be loads of calls for why Hermansen didn't start and moaning about us buying people only to not play them like under Moyes.

Poor start, but I'll give him a few games before I write him off.

No there wouldn't because he didn't know the defence had no pre season and was coming back from injury, anyone with half a brain would have understood that.. 
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I was joking by the way.

I think he’ll do alright for us but Areola should have started just so Mads could get up to speed, he looked dreadfully short of practice.

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 10:10 And if Areola had started and we'd lost, there would be loads of calls for why Hermansen didn't start and moaning about us buying people only to not play them like under Moyes.

Poor start, but I'll give him a few games before I write him off.

Hermansen had just one pre-season game at Leicester, two weeks ago, having not trained at all for 2-3 months after his surgery, and having carried a groin injury since December. Joins West Ham, has a few days training but no pre-season matches and then immediately starts in the PL. There's no way that this would have happened with an outfield player. We'd better hope that this was the cause of his poor performance anyway because otherwise we're even more fucked this season.

And if Areola had started and we'd lost, there would be loads of calls for why Hermansen didn't start and moaning about us buying people only to not play them like under Moyes.

Poor start, but I'll give him a few games before I write him off.

Just returned from a groin injury, shouldn't have started and we now have 2 keepers whose confidence is shot after Areola's would have been boosted after Lille .. Great man management from the bloke that has a degree in it... Most of his decisions are wrong, cost games last season with awful subs... He rarely gets anything right 

In a year to 18 months time we’ll all be moaning about the top class keeper from Parma we missed out on.

he seemed to me to have very slow feet moving sideways before diving, which is why he looked so stranded for the goals.