West Ham vs Bristol

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West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Mavropanos, Emerson, Soucek, Alvarez, Fornals, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Bowen. Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Mubama, Ings, Cornet, Benrahma, Coventry, Johnson, Ogbonna
Bristol: O’Leary, Tanner, Vyner, Dickie, Pring, Williams, Gardener-Hickman, Bell, Knight, Mehmeti, Conway

Deluded Hammer

Sun, 7 Jan 2024 - 13:29

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Great opportunity to bleed some kids in, certainly Mubama. Disappointing to see only two youngsters on the bench as there is not many games these days where one can give them game time to find their feet.

but what’s the point of brining youth into the first team, they play an attacking game and are doing very well playing that way but under the dire tactics under Moyes they will only fail. The thing is when they played in Perth in the pre season they played 4-4-2 with Ings and Mubama up front and won both games with the youth looking really good. I know it was only pre season and the Perth Glory where’nt that good but they played the same way against Spurs and it looked good. Then they go back to Europe and Moyes reverted back to type sending the youngsters back to their teams. For me it shows he is too stubborn.

Everyone is saying the same thing why not start Mubama and Cornet and Ings give Cresswell a game.
But that is not the Moyes way and for goodness sake we are at home we are playing a champonship side that is not the best and not in good form if the answer is he does not want to risk them getting injured incase an offer comes in do me a favour why would offers come in for players not playing.
Right going to go to my seat now after a hot coffee probably the wrong thing as it will send me to sleep if the Brighton games anything to go by!

You should always play to win. None of this fringe player stuff. Obviously they will get their chance now there's couple injuries. That's how the system should work imo. Players can just as easily pick up injuries in training. You can't predict.

Moysball isn't his game Deluded ,he would be OK with a team with a high press ,the only one to come near playing Moysball is Ant and he's run out out of puff , betcha Mum would score loads of goals playing for a team that plays further up .
Our problem is our thin squad basicly a shite bench , I'm sure Cornay would be better given the chance.

essex boy

Sun, 7 Jan 2024 - 19:59

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Whats happened here....Hey......Look around,on the immediate 65 isnt around now,not very expansive talk is it.... just negativity,and many dont even live in this country,and go to the games.

Watched the whole match from my comfy couch and apart from our start it was a big let down! I really don't think the players were prepared for such a bruising (literally) encounter, the challenge on Mavropanos was ridiculous and Conway knew exactly what he was doing he had his eye on the player not the ball the whole time, for me Mavropanos going off changed the whole game. Alvarez booking was a complete joke. Yes we should have done better and yes Bristol City played some good football at times but they were also very cynical and the officials let them away with it, I really fear the replay not because I don't think we can win but no VAR could spell even more injuries we can't afford.

Looks like a very bumpy January think the technical term for it is F*$ked. I can see Danny Inngs staying forever a very good pro look at the contract he got! says today he dont want to play in the champion ship and wants to play in premiership who's he gonna go to, on 100 grand a Week? might get rid of him on loan but we will end up paying 80% of his wages. Then lets have a look at the homegrown situation Antonio- Crocked Cresswell -shagged out Inngs -Forget it, Zouma- carthorse. So the only way we can conform is to put youngters into the squad we must 8 homegrown players for a 23 man squad I can see 4, Bowen and JWP and 2 fringe players Johnson and Mubama
So it seems as though Moyes has to buy British Joe Worrel, Eddie Nkettia we have just won the Fa youth cup perhaps we can use Earthy or Scarles one things for sure we cant keep buying all these continental players thats why weve got one one of the oldest squads in the Prem and if something aint done it will cost us dearly