West Ham - post match thread

Dax777 said:
Sadly too, it's not even a legitimate criticism
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Just how short is your memory ? when MP put him between the sticks for the league cup final half our supporters thought about putting a few quid on puddle to win.
Caballero is not a good keeper, below the standard of every other keeper in the premier imho, the fact he is willing to play how pep wants him to suit the system will not change that or make up for the lack of talent when it matters.

Yes every keeper can make a balls up of them now and again, but willie has never shown anything but blind panic on high crosses into the area.
 
blueonblue said:
Just how short is your memory ? when MP put him between the sticks for the league cup final half our supporters thought about putting a few quid on puddle to win.
Caballero is not a good keeper, below the standard of every other keeper in the premier imho, the fact he is willing to play how pep wants him to suit the system will not change that or make up for the lack of talent when it matters.

Yes every keeper can make a balls up of them now and again, but willie has never shown anything but blind panic on high crosses into the area.
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Before he came to us he was a very good keeper. Had a serious dip in form and confidence when he got the odd game for us, but finally proved himself in the final and has been good ever since.
That was an excellent cross yesterday. Dip, pace and bend on it.
 
Willie is a competent keeper but not of the required standard we need to be able to compete with Barca etc.
I don't think West ham goal was his fault although he doesn't seem over confident on crosses.
As the cross was very deep to the back post most keepers would struggle to reach it unless they were 6ft 6ish.
Cant believe that motd didn't highlight Silvas pas over the head of west ham player in 1st half...it was sublime and if it had been Xavi Iniesta or Messi they would have it on a fucking loop.
 
One of those rares games that I couldn't watch, in some form, as it happened. Having seen some post match Tweets, the second half turned out not to be quite the "horror show" I had read of. No tension when you watch makes a big difference.

City didn't play the bravura football on the first half but still gave WHU little sight of our goal. City did get a bit nervous after they scored and it is the team's collective and individual mentality that still gives me most cause for concern because there is only so much Pep can do about that. Hopefully though he will continue to have a positive impact on that front and the players will build their belief in their talent and his tactics. I also hope that Pep and his coaches will bring the players' fitness up even further. You can see the progress to date and we have Vinnie and three / four new major signings yet to appear.

Raz deserved his MotM; was pleased to see MotD guys highlight what a clever player Nolito looks to be and to see that they took a more sensible view of the Aguero incident than Sky. Hope the FA are in lenient mode!
 
OB1 said:
One of those rares games that I couldn't watch, in some form, as it happened. Having seen some post match Tweets, the second half turned out not to be quite the "horror show" I had read of. No tension when you watch makes a big difference.

City didn't play the bravura football on the first half but still gave WHU little sight of our goal. City did get a bit nervous after they scored and it is the team's collective and individual mentality that still gives me most cause for concern because there is only so much Pep can do about that. Hopefully though he will continue to have a positive impact on that front and the players will build their belief in their talent and his tactics. I also hope that Pep and his coaches will bring the players' fitness up even further. You can see the progress to date and we have Vinnie and three / four new major signings yet to appear.

Raz deserved his MotM; was pleased to see MotD guys highlight what a clever player Nolito looks to be and to see that they took a more sensible view of the Aguero incident than Sky. Hope the FA are in lenient mode!
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After conceding the goal at 2-1 it was nervous for the fans, but WHU didn't exert any more control than before. They had no control at any stage, they were just still in the game because of the scoreline. City just could not finish them off until the final minutes.

Nolito and Silva have formed a very good understanding. We opened them up continually in the opening minutes with the Nolito Silva combo. And as you say still got some very good players to come in. Will be interesting to see how we are lining up in September
 
Marvin said:
After conceding the goal at 2-1 it was nervous for the fans, but WHU didn't exert any more control than before. They had no control at any stage, they were just still in the game because of the scoreline. City just could not finish them off until the final minutes.

Nolito and Silva have formed a very good understanding. We opened them up continually in the opening minutes with the Nolito Silva combo. And as you say still got some very good players to come in. Will be interesting to see how we are lining up in September
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Thankfully, I didn't follow the second half (was too busy ensuring my daughters didn't get caught up in all the mayhem Asswipe Rocky caused at Reading Festival) so just got a final score text from Our Kid, to add to his HT report.

Still be interesting to see who stays / goes. I'm one of those that would prefer Nasri to stay.
 
Gaudino's Perm said:
Re-watched the match on Sky last night. It's amazing how much the nerves of viewing a game live, and the influence of the commentators comments, can affect how you feel a match is going at the time, compared to how it actually went when you get chance to view it back, knowing the result.
The first half was amazing, but we continued playing really well for the first ten minutes of the second half, we then conceded the goal, but then conceded only ONE more half chance, in the rest of the match, and that was at 3-1!
Yes, we lost a little control, and West Ham played slightly better, but we still dominated, played a handful of sloppy passes and looked slightly more hesitant, but continued to look slick for the majority of the time, and created about five clear cut chances.
If it wasn't for the almost flawless first half, the second half would have appeared excellent. However the commentators, at different points in the second half, described us as "wilting", and "coming apart at the seams"! You'd think we'd crumbled, and West Ham were all over us. The pundits in the studio continued this theme, without being able to show anything but City highlights (and the Aguero incident).
I guess Sky feel they have to keep the drama cranked up to the max, but it was amazing watching it back, how much a slight dip in our play, and a moderately better West Ham performance, created such a huge shift in the reporting of the match, and consequently must have influenced my nerves/frustration while watching live!
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We had a spare ticket yesterday and a mate of mine came. He's not a blue but has played football all his life. He's probably a Villa fan if anyone but just enjoys football and hates United so he's cool by me.

After the game we were saying how nervy we were and were not convinced we'd hold on as they were getting plenty of joy.
He pissed himself and said he thought we could score at any minute and West Ham were lucky to only lose 3-1.

He's not a blue, knows football so just sees things as they are, he thought we were exceptional. We may have a convert. One less "empty seat"...
 
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