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West Ham (A) - EFL Cup R4 - Post-Match Thread
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Might of won CL if Gundo had played in the position where he had been excellent all season too. Benefit of doubt because he is feeling his way back in.Why the benefit of doubt for Gundo. Apart from those 3 months when he scored a few tap-ins last season, he’s been rubbish for city. And pep’s penchant of playing him in big CL matches is the single reason we haven’t won the trophy yet. Every cl exit so far, be it tottenham, Liverpool, lyon or Chelsea, he’s been at the heart of it and it boils down to an inept performance in midfield by gundogun. If Fernandinho or even rodri had played in the final alongside Bernardo, we would have beaten Chelsea and won the CL.
carlosthejackal
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One things for certain we have a fair percentage of supporters with a huge sense of entitlement, we created enough chances to win easily, didn’t take them and lost on penalties, that’s football , onto the next game .
Wretched Vengeance
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Well, that's the quadruple gone for another bloody year.
MillisleBlue
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Always likely to be a tricky fixture. Add in rotation and the potential banana-skin was there for us all to see. Good luck to the Hammers, roll on Palace and hopefully back to winning ways.
One things for certain we have a fair percentage of supporters with a huge sense of entitlement, we created enough chances to win easily, didn’t take them and lost on penalties, that’s football , onto the next game .
Not really, 50,000+ plus attend matches, how many post on the forum?
Always likely to be a tricky fixture. Add in rotation and the potential banana-skin was there for us all to see. Good luck to the Hammers, roll on Palace and hopefully back to winning ways.
We lost on penalties
bobbyowenquiff
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Well done to the blues down there last night. You seemed to have left a good impression behind.
The West Ham fans were great as usual. Drinking with them at Hackney Wick beforehand and later in the hotel. They are very similar to our fanbase.
goalmole
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Shit happens.we where by far the better team, a goal or 2 and we would all have been saying dominant again. Not worried at all, fely robbed by a team playing for penalties in the cup at home. For a supposed up and coming london force thats crap. I do like west ham, i dont like moyes tactics. for their fans i hope they win it.
sterling, thanks for confirming you need to leave, next game fa cup.
KDB, some give him stick, he was lapse at times but better than last few games, he will come good.
Mahrez, put your shooting bots back on.
Gundo, you had good chances for 2 goals, what happened in the second half in front of goal, he looked like a defender edging it safely for the keeper !
beaten by PSG & now pens at west ham when we where the better team in both games. So not worried at all about our performance. Just a day we didnt convert chances and missed bernardo.
I still haven't got over Sunderland scoring a last minute winner against us on (I think it was) New Year's Day 2012 after being played of the park for 90 mins.
I found that defeat especially traumatic for some reason.
Del_Bosque
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There's definitely an argument (one that I subscribe to) that we play our best stuff without a striker, big PL games and CL games at full strength we have performed much better without one.
Games like this where we are disjointed because we have players coming in from the sidelines, youth team or back from Injury, that's where you need that strikers instinct.
We looked very flat but there's quality in all the attacking positions to provide the odd quality ball and a bit of movement and a decent finish would have been all required to win last night in normal time. Basically they bail you out when you're not playing well.
Away games where we are going to heavily rotate will be completely different to last season as the fans get behind a packed defence more and more as the game goes on.
Imo we should have got Ings or Daka they wouldn't have minded not being first choice.
Games like this where we are disjointed because we have players coming in from the sidelines, youth team or back from Injury, that's where you need that strikers instinct.
We looked very flat but there's quality in all the attacking positions to provide the odd quality ball and a bit of movement and a decent finish would have been all required to win last night in normal time. Basically they bail you out when you're not playing well.
Away games where we are going to heavily rotate will be completely different to last season as the fans get behind a packed defence more and more as the game goes on.
Imo we should have got Ings or Daka they wouldn't have minded not being first choice.