West Ham United (A) | Post-Match Thread

[glyntowen]

Have to say bowen looked good today, good touch, decent pace and composed finishing, can see why people linking him with a move to top 4

 

[stonerblue]

After a shcoking start i will take a point at was was always our toughtest game from the last four.
The team fought back well under intense pressure and could, should, have come away with all the points.
I don't give a fuck what the mickeys do, it's ours for the winning.

.............HE IS THE FUCKING MAN..

 

[Daz-Simp]

If beating Villa at home to secure the title is considered ‘hard’ then you don’t have the personality of a champion. Give me Villa at home for the next 30 years on the final day with the result being the top prize and I’ll die a very happy blue.

Some of you going on about Gerrard spoiling the party? My mindset is imagine we’re a couple of goals up and the songs going around the stadium about him and Liverpool. It will be a nightmare for him.

Well we couldn't even beat West Ham and it'll mean more to Villa to spoil it than it did to the Hammers today. We don't seem to have much bottle in this side.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

It was VAR that gave you the penalty chance to win the game.
The officials wouldn’t have given it.

and therein lies the issue we have with refs.

The default decision for on-field refs when it's in our favour is let VAR decide, and we ONLY get the VERY clear and obvious ones.

OTHER TEAMS ;) the ref gives them and they ONLY get the VERY clearly and obviously incorrect ones overturned.

There's a bit difference between the two.

What did you thing about our pen in the first half when it was still 0-0?
Don't tell me, you didn't see it ;)

 

[stonerblue]

Except for missing the two stonewall penalties

nailed on 2nd

 

[Shaelumstash]

When are we going to have a serious discussion about Ederson?

Try Twitter, mate

 

[Millo]

That was a good professional foul Jesus committed near the end on Bowen. He took a booking for the team there.

 

[Pedestrian]

Mahrez will score it ( away vsDortmund last season)

I think it’s safe for us all to say who the next penalty taker is. Hopefully he gives a couple of our lads a lift. A few are looking fucked.

 

[sir baconface]

Thought Antonio for such a big build bloke was pathetic. Falls over so bloody easily. And than slams his fists into the turf like a fucking 2 year old. How he wasnt booke for his piss poor behaviour is a joke.

Perhaps I have been watching to much cycling why the little blokes just get up after losing their skin on the tarmac.

He was substituted on account of acute bed sores.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

You mean the team that’s on the verge of winning 4 out of 5 league titles? Yeah, it’s a good job you’re no where near the team….or stadium.

I’ll probably be there next week pal.

We were 12 yards from the title 45 minutes ago.

And we couldn’t bag a penalty.

I’ll tell you what. No way do Liverpool not take that chance if it falls in their lap (as it often does).

It’s a shit penalty in a huge moment in the context of the season. Shoulder height for the keep, nowhere near the corner.

We wouldn’t have had to be on the verge.

We’d have been there!

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

Just a wank pen at such a saveable height, had no faith whatsoever he’d bag. Kev should have taken it.

Kev has missed before, Mahrez only ever missed one before. I would have preferred Kev to take it.

 

[HelloCity]

Well we couldn't even beat West Ham and it'll mean more to Villa to spoil it than it did to the Hammers today. We don't seem to have much bottle in this side.

“Couldn’t even beat West Ham”

You mean the team which had a free mid week, the team which are a European semi finalist, the team which beat Liverpool at home this season?

When you’ve got 3 of your 4 best defenders out it’s hard to go to places like this and rack up the wins.

 

[M Gaudino]

Ive been on this forum for 16 years under various names ( Brighton Blue & Samharris) and that for me is one of the worst posts ive ever read.
Shame on you.

he was an amazing central midfield player and id argue the main reason the 17/18 team was able to play 5 attacking players and get 100 points.

but he should have been let go last season as he has been useless this year. he was rubbish at centre back 2 years ago and things have deteriorated. the other options of a youth player at centre back would have (only in my view of course) been a much better idea

the defence is on the back foot, full backs playing conservatively and they are not comfortable as a unit. we could well have conceded 4 or 5 today.

as to my respect and language this is an internet football forum for chrissake. put your nappies on.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

On a different topic (but related) Chelsea women have just taken the lead after a poor defensive error by the City left back. Sound familiar ?

Central defernder actually

 

[smallsteve]

I'll take a point over none given but it certainly feels like a loss because he missed that penalty. It would have been so nice going into the last game not even needing to win. I'm not going to lie, the way we played defensively in the first half gives me a very uneasy feeling going into the Villa game. I think we'll probably do it but I could do without the stress tbh.

Can you imagine having to live with SG’s Villa effectively winning the title for that lot! Doesn’t bear thinking about.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I thought West Ham were a bit embarrassing. 11 behind the ball in your last home game of the season.

Is it not the case you have such a superior side that we’re always going to be on the backfoot ?

Despite the stats, I thought we gave it a propar go, and looked to counter at any opportunity - 2nd half was an onslaught as we were desperately trying to hold on. But I’m proud of that performance.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Home to a desperate Burnley playing for their premiership lives who will be out to batter them from pillar to post so I suspect a very different line up for Villa to the one that will take the field on Sunday.

About time Southampton did us a favour however having taken 4 points from us this season.

If they put out a weak side I hope the other clubs in trouble kick up a fcuking stink

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Saints and wolves won’t put up a fight villa will! We’ve got to go out there and blitz them from the off city! We’ll all play a part aswell loud as fuck next week blues!

And why is that?

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Well we couldn't even beat West Ham and it'll mean more to Villa to spoil it than it did to the Hammers today. We don't seem to have much bottle in this side.

Are you taking the piss with this? West Ham are playing for the Europa League places and it was their club legend's farewell game. Also, they are a much better side than Villa.

 

[East Level 2]

Positives - Good result with a patched up defence, away against a difficult team fighting for a place in Europe.

Negatives - The disgusting reaction of sadly what is a large number of idiots on here slagging off a team and manager that have given us the best days of our lives EVER following City, when things aren't quite going how they seem to think we have a god-given right to expect them to go.

Watching the team makes me proud to be a Blue. Listening to you lot makes me ashamed.

Please piss off with the "slagging off a team and manager that have given us the best days of our lives EVER following City," bollocks. It is a post-match thread, not a post-season thread or a thread about Pep in general.