West Ham United (A) | PL | Post-Match Thread

I think there is a balance to be struck. I don't mind adding a bit of chaos in parts of the game but we need to then tighten the control elsewhere. As fun as yesterday was their first goal kills you dead in the latter stages of the CL. Gives Pep plenty to work with though, and if we can get the balance right we can add to our game.

I can't believe that we have added another string or two to our now, and bedded a bunch of young exciting players in, the season after a treble.
Absolutely! This was why we kept losing in champions league with being caught in counter especially with high line. Grealish was missed for this and hopefully we can find balance soon.
 
I thought it was a much better performance than is seemingly being given credit for? Even across the media, closer than the score line suggests, city struggled to break them down, no creativity etc yet Erling should have had at least 3 , Areola made at least 4 top class saves and we had 30 attempts on goal?
 
have to laugh at the thick fuckers on the West Ham forum, clown after clown calling City boring, without one mentioning that their whole tactic is to defend deep with the whole team and then to try and hit the space in behind, and have done the exact same things for tears with little or no success
 
Absolutely! This was why we kept losing in champions league with being caught in counter especially with high line. Grealish was missed for this and hopefully we can find balance soon.
Think Ake and Stones will help a lot. Though honestly it feels like we've got a more diverse tool kit than last year. We can unlock a packed defence with more than Kev's right, which can't hurt. Exciting times.
 
I thought it was a much better performance than is seemingly being given credit for? Even across the media, closer than the score line suggests, city struggled to break them down, no creativity etc yet Erling should have had at least 3 , Areola made at least 4 top class saves and we had 30 attempts on goal?

People underestimate our performances all the time. I'm sure if I counted up how many games someone on here said we played shit it would point to a miracle that we won even won trophy let alone three.

Let's face it, around half our performances will be below average (we don't need a discussion on averages). Our standards are so high that I think people lose perspective.

Yesterday wasn't faultless. The goal conceded was very frustrating. The team will always have room for imrpovement but that's a challenge that Pep loves, that drive for perfection, which is impossible.
 
West Ham are this season’s early runners happens every season, they put on a good run for the first quarter of the season and then start to fade mainly because other teams adjust their tactics to counter, we played them at about the best they will be this season and beat them, it was a great result
 
I thought it was a much better performance than is seemingly being given credit for? Even across the media, closer than the score line suggests, city struggled to break them down, no creativity etc yet Erling should have had at least 3 , Areola made at least 4 top class saves and we had 30 attempts on goal?
The standards and expectations of this City team have become sky high, not just in the media but with our own fans. I suppose in its own way it's a big compliment, but it can be funny after away games like here and Sheffield United where we are excellent, dominate the ball, make a dozen good chances, reduce the opposition to a couple of chances, and everyone is like "we struggled to get out of second gear".
 

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