Match Thread | West Ham vs Man City (07/08/22)

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

grealish plays like he has internet problems in a game of fifa and every action has a 3 seconds delay

Lmao

 

[jollylescott]

A bit clunky but that’s to be expected being the first game and a hot day.

We controlled the game perfectly. Our players just got to figure out the runs of Haarland.

 

[SebastianBlue]

That was a crasp half. Erling won and scored teh goal from an overcooked pass from gundo in one of the only times he was played through...

Grealish useless, foden decent, kev nowhere, gundo frustrating....A whole lot of watching our defenders pass it around.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Total control without being at our best. Gundogan controlling midfield. Grealish final ball needs to improve.

 

[RayCTID]

Gtfo

I am being honest he is hit and miss.

 

[Keeper!]

Haaland's pace, power and technic is already world class, this kid is very, very special

 

[vicblueman]

Knob for doing that. At risk of being sent off now.

All his own doing ,hope pg gives him a bollocking for that gesture ,no need for it.

 

[Brewster's millions]

If we get a second early doors we’ll do them four or five.

Need to sharpen up though - that free kick Cancelo gave away at the end is exactly what they’re looking for.

Ake looks good though at the back.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Good 1st half. Rodri, Cancelo and Aké the best for me. Foden looked very neat when he got the ball.

Gundogan ran the show

 

[Bluescholar]

Pep needs to look at subbing Cancelo, now he's picked up a card. Ake to LB, Stones into central defence. If he doesn't trust JWE with the job.

Pmsl

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

The card was for dissent and deserved. Stupid foul and then says twice the lino needs glasses. Stupid for both the needless foul and the dissent

I didnt think it was a foul.

 

[Blu1]

A lot of stick for Grealish but he has cancello flying past him. He can’t relax as he knows the left back has gone awol.

More cancello the issue for me not Grealish

 

[stan bowles]

West Ham are a joke. So defensive. No ambition. They have a decent team, it's the first game of the season and we're adjusting to a new system with new major players and yet they've offered nothing.

 

[kun]

Grealish getting pelters. He’s been far better and more involved than Foden.

Bunch of Gary Neville-ites here.

 

[DruntBlunt]

Good first half from the team, bluemooon flappers not so much.

 

[Summerbuzz]

I like this one.

Smile, blues.

 

[RayCTID]

Its the first game of the season!!? The first half infact and he is running out of chances. Bizarre.

He is not a new signing.

 

[21MCFC21]

I know we usually play with inverted fullbacks at times but at this point it seems we've just transitioned into fully having Walker and Cancelo as 8s. At one point you had both of our fullbacks on the same side of the pitch

 

[BlueBanger]

Take away erling winning that pen and what did we do?

 

[CityBluez]

He needs to be given a free pass until we sign someone who can overlap him. I don’t know what people expect from him when the team is not set up to get anything out of him. If he’s shit when the team suits him, then fine. But until then…

Pep is pissed at grealish. Meaning he is not doing something right. Excuses needs to stop. He is not making quick decisions. He is running with the ball , pausing for 3 sec like he is waiting to be fouled