Hammers post match thoughts

Just watched super 4 minutes 44 seconds of highlights on official West Ham website....:jimbo:
It was Donacien who made the super tackle on 13 minutes.
The coverage is very fair and showed Stanley in a positive light!
I don't know how to set up a link for you to watch it but I am sure one of you will know how to set it up?
 
Pages 32-36 of the hammers Knees Up Mother Brown deals with thoughts after the match, worth a read.:)
 
cashman said:
Pages 32-36 of the hammers Knees Up Mother Brown deals with thoughts after the match, worth a read.:)
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Very interesting read. Fans either totally p****d off because their team of 'foreigners' (their words) ONLY cost £23million (!) or claiming that just beating Stanley with a 96 minute free kick is 'the turning point' for their season.
Wow!
Kinda feel sorry for those Hammers fans who suspect 'their' club has become just another subsidiary of Corporate Soccer Inc.
 
cashman said:
Pages 32-36 of the hammers Knees Up Mother Brown deals with thoughts after the match, worth a read.:)
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It's Knees Up Mother Brown - West Ham United FC Online: Forum ? View topic - West Ham Utd v Accrington Stanley: match thread if anyone wants a look, though in fairness there's not a huge lot about Stanley on there - mostly our lot wailing and gnashing their teeth.

Same rules as here - other teams fans very welcome on KUMB if you behave (not suggesting that you wouldn't, just making clear that non-Irons are welcome)
 
Exile on Spencer St said:
Very interesting read. Fans either totally p****d off because their team of 'foreigners' (their words) ONLY cost £23million (!) or claiming that just beating Stanley with a 96 minute free kick is 'the turning point' for their season.
Wow!
Kinda feel sorry for those Hammers fans who suspect 'their' club has become just another subsidiary of Corporate Soccer Inc.
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To put that "only" into perspective, there's a lot of context around the largely hot air emanating from the board about their net spending. A couple of seasons ago, we would have considered that a lot as well.

Believe me, after conceding 11 goals in 3 games, a clean sheet against a team from 3 divisions below is a marked improved, even as poorly as we played for a lot of it.
 
Thinking after the event, WHY? when teams have a freekick from a scoring position do teams no longer seem to place a defender on each post? sure older fans will remember, that always used to be the case? for me that goal may have been prevented if we did it? not a criticism but an observation for future.;)
 
cashman said:
Thinking after the event, WHY? when teams have a freekick from a scoring position do teams no longer seem to place a defender on each post?)
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Professor Coleman did allude to the having a man on the post but that would then allow the opposition to stand in front of the goalie and not be offside.
Payet's world class at scoring from there. He runs hard and fast towards the penalty area and the opposing defenders with the express hope of being tackled. He has the skill and speed to make it difficult to defend, other than let him keep running and see if he's as accurate when shooting when him and the ball are moving.
Payet is at WHU because he seems to do it 9 times out of 10. Ryan was one of Stanley's better free kick 'experts' but, at League 2 level, it's more likely to be once out of ten.
 
Exile on Spencer St said:
Professor Coleman did allude to the having a man on the post but that would then allow the opposition to stand in front of the goalie and not be offside.
Payet's world class at scoring from there. He runs hard and fast towards the penalty area and the opposing defenders with the express hope of being tackled. He has the skill and speed to make it difficult to defend, other than let him keep running and see if he's as accurate when shooting when him and the ball are moving.
Payet is at WHU because he seems to do it 9 times out of 10. Ryan was one of Stanley's better free kick 'experts' but, at League 2 level, it's more likely to be once out of ten.
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True but a world class player like Payet is, i suggest it would be a much better tactic to employ?
 
Revived Red said:
We did seem to be tiring towards the end and I would rather we went out through a world-class free kick from a world-class player than to give away a couple of goals through fatigue in extra time and have individual players then regretting a mistake.
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Mind in fairness,they looked to be tiring towards the end of 90mins against Burnley? so perhaps its overrated how much fitter premiership teams are? makes me wonder.;)
 
Revived Red said:
We did seem to be tiring towards the end and I would rather we went out through a world-class free kick from a world-class player than to give away a couple of goals through fatigue in extra time and have individual players then regretting a mistake.
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Our players are professional football players and Coley and Jimmy get them 100% fit! I didn't think that they were, "Out on their feet", as one or two have suggested and I was relishing the prospect of playing extra time against 10 men after one of their lads limped off injured very late in the 90 + 7 minutes. I really believed that West Ham would not score a goal in 'normal play' against our excellent defence........ but Payet taking a free kick from 24 yards out?
......... History now!
 
Agreed cashy. I have been to two games this season: Donny at home and west ham away. The difference between the nervy defence that struggled at the crown and the immense performance away in front of close on 40k on Wednesday is unbelievable.

They are young and we will probably get tonked somewhere along the way, but they look to be gelling and the team spirit that Coley manages to instill year in, year out is showing.
 
The nervy defence against Doncaster was solely down to Chapman's complete nightmare in my opinion. The Don and Beckles looked class from the start I thought.

Keep this defence together and we'll win the league. They are all young, versatile and improving.

I think Vyner's only here til January sadly. Hopefully that can be extended. Beckles has a one year contract with the option of another year (I assume that's his option? Would be brilliant if it was the other way around). The Don has a one year contract and Matty P has two years.

The downside is that none of them are likely to be here next year. I can't see Matty P not being sold for a decent bucketload of cash. Think we may need to enjoy them whilst we can.
 
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