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A balanced view on the watford game

Submitted by fred149 on

Okay first things first. I have been to UP countless times and then yesterday was the first time I went to see us at the OS. The stadium itself is fantastic, I was sat in the upper east stand and I the pictures do not do it justice sight lines were quality and for 30 minutes of that game the atmosphere for just a standard game was better than anything at UP over the last 10 or so years IMHO it was absolutely superb and its starting to really piss me off at how negative some of fans have become (More social media then on here).

On to the game and the stands and its where it all started going wrong. Between the 30-35th minute sitting vs standing came in to fruition again and the stewards who were very and poorly timed kicked out about 15 people in the lower east stand now while the stewards were in the process of getting involved the fans decided to start chanting at the stewards and thole situation escalated which is why so many people got kicked out. Then what started as one stand booing the stewards turned to half a stadium booing the stewards for a good 2 or 3 minutes. Now I know some may not agree but for me this was the turning point in the game. As it looked like our players heads dropped for a couple mins then we were quickly stung with a deflected goal. After all you can't tell me that half a stadium booing isnt gonna affect the team they don't know what the fans are booing at all they know that there own fans are booing at 2-0.

After the first it was all downhill from there. After what a cracking start with some of the best football ive seen us play us and an incredible atmosphere to boot. It went downhill from that moment. Suddenlt we conceded and it was like a double whammy then for some unknown reason Collins decided to ignore Adrians shout and somehow didn't see him coming even though he was looking at him and decided instead of heading it out was gonna head it stupidly over adrian. 2-2 before half time the stadium went silent and the atmosphere went from incredible to hostile.

Second half we were plain and simply caught out on the counter and as we conceded a 3rd and 4th more and more fights broke out. Being honest why the stewarding has been poor. Unfortunately many of our fans are going to the game pissed up and looking to start fights and it needs to be sorted ASAP.

To finish off just some notes on a few individual players. Adrian is key to the way we play going forward and needs his best defence in front of him.

Collins, Reid, Byram and Kouyate were absolutely dreadful and apart from Byram the other 3 have been poor a few times. I don't know what has happened to Reid but since he came back against chelsea last season hes been awful. Alot of people will say Collins had the worst game but believe me apart from collins mistake Reid was absolutely dreadful. Lost count of the amount of times he lost his man and wasn't tracking his player, was constantly out of position and wasn't up for the physical battle at all. Byram was skinned over and over and Kouyate should be outright dropped for a few games because his passing like it always has been was dreadful he doesn't know how to win a tackle properly and his positional sense is awful and his workrate which used to be his best attribute is now non exsitent he was constantly strolling round the pitch and leaving noble (who unlike some i thought had a good game and our first coming from him winning the ball like he did so much all game) compltely overrun for the whole second half. I've long been of the opinion hes a center back playing defensive mid and its no wonder in my eyes that his best performances in a west ham shirt have been at center back. There were some positives and some negatives I do think we will get better but I do feel Bilic throwed in to many players who havent had enough game time together at once and didn't rectify the issue when Payet and Lanzini tired.

Sorry for the long post guys just needed to vent a bit! Hopefully you all read the whole thing!

New stadium..

Submitted by Hammers65 on

Thoughts on the new stadium??im throwing it out there to mainly the season ticket holders & others who have been to a few games...
I know its early doors,the team have been pretty dire & negative press regarding stewarding etc...
But do you really feel that its a good move??
Me ive only been once (& it pains me to say this) im in no hurry to go back!!ive never felt like this in 50 years of supporting the mighty hammers,lovely stadium & all that but is it westham??

best save you have ever seen

Submitted by mcbikeman on

mine was by phil parkes and it was against our opponents tomorrow Watford....we were a goal down I think wilf rostron(what a great footballer name) had scored it but tony coton let one squeeze through his legs and into the goal right in front of the north bank and then we went 2-1 up but john barnes took the game by the scruff of the neck and we were holding on for dear life when luther blisset hit an absoloute rocket heading for the top left hand corner of the net I turned to my mate on the north bank and said that's in when an arm appeared from nowhere to some how tip the ball over the bar...to this day I cannot believe how he managed to save what looked a nailed goal.....I was lucky enough to see him perform heroics in the 3rd round cup tie at wba when he got 10 out of 10 for a goalkeeping performance I doubt I will ever see bettered but even that could not compare to that save he made against Watford.

WORLD LEAGUE

Submitted by mcbikeman on

To be honest I heard something about this on the radio Thursday night but did not take to much notice and then this morning the papers had headlines screaming about world league and big clubs breaking away yawn....let them do it...like the champions league it will be boring......let chelski/manure/citeh/gooners other so called giants from across Europe leave there leagues......I wont watch it why should I as its only west ham that concerns me and every supporter from every other club in the leagues here and in Europe would probably agree the club you support is whats important in your life and those clubs fans who breakaway will soon get pissed off at not playing there traditional rivals... say Liverpool get called into it and that's the end of the Merseyside derby well the money men may not care because they have Madrid juventus benfica to promote so the fans will have to just get used to it!......football is not and never should be all about money but people who only care about that will soon see that sterile atmosphere in grounds where playing big clubs from across Europe is fun but it cannot and never will beat put one over your local rivals...who cares if you beat Barcelona or whoever you wont be going into work the next morning with the chance to dig out your colleagues over the result or the fear of knowing that you are going to get ribbed about getting beat it will take the fun out of it and these faceless people who are trying to create something just don't get that....I hope this world league does not happen but if it did I for one would be happy that we would not be involved..

I Don't Like Spurs But!

Submitted by nevillenixon on

I don't like Spurs, and probably have a disproportionate dislike for all things Tottenham, but I would appeal to anyone who knows a Spuds fan or if any read this: Would you please put your ear to the ground and help find this low life!

A 100-year-old woman was mugged outside her home after returning from a prayer meeting.
The centenarian was pushed to the ground by a man who stole her handbag, which contained between £250 and £300.
She had confronted the suspect outside the property in Sherboro Road, Tottenham when he claimed to be there to do electrical work.
Her grandson, who was at her home when the robbery happened on 23 August, chased the man but he escaped.
'Distressed and shaken'
The victim was taken to hospital but did not suffer a serious injury.
Det Ch Insp Luke Marks said the victim was "extremely distressed and shaken". He added: "This was a despicable attack on a very elderly lady who lived independently and is now fearful to return home.
"At 100 years old she had the sense and foresight to dismiss the suspect when he tried to con her into unnecessary electrical work but he then decided to mug her instead."

Imagine if this had been your mother/grandmother/aunt or just a neighbour?

Payet's position

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

the squad's had a makeover. with this in mind where is Payet's best position now? is it still wide left behind the front man or more central allowing him to get into the box more? i like the idea of payet, ayew, lanzini and antonio to choose a three from as theres a lot of goals in all of them. ayew and antonio are exceptionally good in the air too. ayew is out obviously for watford but payet and lanzini should be back. so payet, lanzini and antonio behind zaza then? we'll destroy watford.

Watford

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

anyone know if payet is fit for this one? don't know what to make of watford, not much seems to have changed for them apart from the manager who i thought was doing well last season. seemed a strange one to sack him and appoint Baldwin. they held onto deeney and ighalo but apart from that can't see too much to be afraid of, should bag the 3 points if we don't make any mistakes at the back.