West Ham (A) Post Match Thread

[kippax4ever]

So fed up of after half an hour of a game gone, having 75% possession. zero shots on goal and 1-0 down. It happened most of last season. forgive my moaning the omens were bad today, it is my wedding anniversary.

Condolences

 

[mancity1]

We no longer have the players who can hold possession. We've always been susceptible to a breakaway if we lose control.

Surprised some still think we have the best squad least of the best starting eleven.

Its regressed significantly in the past couple of seasons as has the manager.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

I keep reading “knackered”, “no break”, etc.

What were players doing between March and June?

The problem is the manager complains then it filters down to the team.
They are paid thousands and thousands of pounds.
Just fucking get on with it.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Our only star asset is KDB and I worry he might jump ship if this decline becomes a slide. I wouldn't blame him at this stage in his career..

 

[Blue Llama]

Feels like we are stagnant.

why we can’t blow a load on Haaland I will never know. Sergio and Jesus seem permanently broken. Lacking the Leadership and drive of Kompany .

and fucking Mahrez , won’t even go there ...

I wouldn't say "stagnant". To me since the restart Pep's tactics if it is him that is pulling the strings and I cannot imagine that he would allow anyone else to dictate to the team.; are sterile. Not completely, but for around 80% of each game we are devoid of everything that has brought us trophies under Pep.

 

[bluemoon32]

Without KDB on top form we are just so average

 

[AkanjisAfro]

Been saying it for over a year now. Pep is done at city, too many people want to see the good in him too much. He has the club on strings. I find I’m stale and arrogant. Where are his public lessons on the pitch now or is that only when you’re beating some mino 6-0

 

[Woody13]

The problem is the manager complains then it filters down to the team.
They are paid thousands and thousands of pounds.
Just fucking get on with it.

It doesn’t matter what they’re paid, it’s a physical impossibility to perform full throttle as frequently as they’re currently being asked to with the fixtures and without a proper pre-season in them.

 

[OB1]

A lot of truth is spoken in jest !

Absolutely none but carry on.

 

[OntarioBlue]

The problem is the manager complains then it filters down to the team.
They are paid thousands and thousands of pounds.
Just fucking get on with it.

When I was in my late teens I used to play football Saturday morning, rugby Saturday afternoon and then play football again Sunday morning. I wasn’t even that fit and certainly wasn’t being paid. These guys are prize athletes in absolutely top physical condition, training
every day and looked after by teams of coaches, dieticians, doctors Etc but they can’t manage two games a week. Something just doesnt seem right to me.