West Ham (A) - EFL Cup R4 - Post-Match Thread

[KS55]

It had to happen sometime. C'est la vie. Quelle domage. Hard fromage.

 

[jimharri]

Quite a few seldom seen posters on here tonight. It would be great if we could see more of you guys. Go on; make the effort, please. You are allowed to post when we win as well.

 

[Revolver]

Hate City losing any game and have loved our League Cup “run”. However it’s not the most important trophy for us hence Peps team. Hope we can go further in the Fa cup now and of course Champs League.

Hope West Ham go on to win the League Cup.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

Congratulations to West Ham. Hope they go on and win it. Churlish to complain after 4 years.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Sterling is shite, seriously shite. If he was a youth player coming through I’d tell you he’d never make it big.
The defeat though is on the manager although I have no argument trying to rest players but in my mind it doesn’t feel like a defeat nor should pep be blamed even though that team doesn’t fit the brief

we played an incredibly strong team full of first team players. Only Cole Palmer was inexperienced and I thought he was one of the best players.

what’s the point in spending millions on players and not rotating the team

 

[Deleted member 77198]

hope WHU/Pool/Chelsea/Spurs get the draw against each other.

I hope they all stay away from each other and it’s a Chelsea v Liverpool semi final double header in January

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

A disappointing result, but in all fairness we've seen it all before. We dominate the game, have loads of chances, don't score and get nothing.

We've won the CC enough times that I don't feel too bothered about it if I'm honest. And, yes, I know that sounds pretty arrogant!

I just wish we'd bought a competent striker - Danny Ings - for games like tonight. We don't need Mbappe, Kane, Messi or Ronaldo all the time, sometimes we just need someone who can make the right runs and score goals. I do think that a striker would make a difference and give the opposition something different to think about.

Overall, it's a "meh" result and if it allows us a little more breathing space to go for the CL and PL then we'll not think too much about it in May.

 

[carlosthejackal]

I dont believe in throwing games away and I think Pep did.

Something like twenty chances created and wasted doesn’t strike me as throwing a game , he can’t put the ball in the net for them .

 

[Brewster's millions]

Not that disappointed to go out tonight to be very honest (would obviously have felt different if I had gone) but the manner of the defeat is a concern nonetheless.

For such a talented group of players our finishing is just horrendous and we don’t seem able to improve it - in 50/50 games it will probably cost us later in the season.

And unfortunately the malaise of Sterling and KDB seems to be continuing. These are two of our most highly valued assets and the club seems to be unable to reverse the rot. Surely it’s time to try something different with these two - i.e. take them out of the firing line for a bit - as whatever the approach has been for the past year obviously hasn’t worked.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Not the end of the world, and might actually help us later on in the season with the extra rest. But its a bit concerning that we are not able to score a goal (or even create many goal scoring opportunities) against West Hams reserves +3 regular starters. More than a few players are struggling to find form at the moment, KDB & Mahrez in particular. Dont count Raheem since I assume he is on his way out anyway and I have given up on that he would find form anytime soon.

It was nice to see Palmer get a start, best player from our side today.

What more concerning to me is the abysmal form of De Bruyne, Sterling and Mahrez.