West Ham (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[manimanc]

Do you think the first two substitutions were a good decision by Pep ?

I seen it as an opportunity to rest some legs.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

We were shaky defensively all game but once Walker and Gundogan came on we were a bag of nerves. Sadly Walker is done and Gundogan isn’t physically able to play as a 6.

Better in an attack poor without the ball.

 

[Franny 1234]

When big Joe Corrigon came out I was half expecting to hear Helen's bell sounding off.
Plenty of positives to take from today.
The atmosphere was poor.
Listen a wins a win and got to help with confidence. Keep the faith CTID

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I seen it as an opportunity to rest some legs.

Me too. We were 4-0 up too!

It’s often messy when we make a sub like that as it always involves players shifting positions. We should deal with it better than we do but the game as a spectacle for our fans was over at 4-0 as we went into player preservation mode. Fair enough but not always pretty to watch. The small squad is hammering us this season.

 

[Burtonblue]

Savinho needed that goal v Leicester
He will get stronger as his confidence improved
He has the potential to be as good as Mahrez.

 

[Dodge]

Some fans have lost the hunger and have become entitled. It happens. We thank them and move them on.

Rodri is obviously a huge loss but if anything it has highlighted those fans who have come to the end of the road with us.

Amended for you.

 

[wolviedinho]

Amended for you.

Let it go mate. I don’t agree with you. So what!

It’s boring zzzz.

 

[cleavers]

It’s often messy when we make a sub like that as it always involves players shifting positions.

It's the 3rd time Pep has taken Ake off (rightly managing his minutes) and completely shuffled the defence, when the simple change would be the young CB as a straight swap, and leave the rest as they are.

We weren't that great with Ake on the pitch (mostly not his fault), but to make 4 defensive changes when 1 would have sufficed is just madness.

He was actually going to bring S-P on, I saw him run back and get ready to go on, but when Kovacic took a knock he changed it to Walker, who was a complete dusaster area for 10+ minutes, he was so bad I'd have taken him off again.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It's the 3rd time Pep has taken Ake off (rightly managing his minutes) and completely shuffled the defence, when the simple change would be the young CB as a straight swap, and leave the rest as they are.

We weren't that great with Ake on the pitch (mostly not his fault), but to make 4 defensive changes when 1 would have sufficed is just madness.

He was actually going to S-P on, I saw him run back and get ready to go on, but when Kovacic took a knock he changed it to Walker, who was a complete dusaster area for 10+ minutes, he was so bad I'd have taken him off again.

I agree it should have been S-P for the above reason. Been a lot of muddled thinking recently.

 

[cleavers]

Savinho needed that goal v Leicester
He will get stronger as his confidence improved
He has the potential to be as good as far better than Mahrez.

He is only 20 still, today showed glimpses of how good he might become, but he needs to work hard on his support of the fullback for me.