RM10
9:23 Tue Sep 5
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It’s unlikely we will get a point next two games, even the mighty Villa with a fantastic manager have been wiped out twice already.
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I.want.that.one
9:20 Tue Sep 5
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I surprise Vexed continues his diatribe against Moyes and the club in general, regardless of our fine end and start to this season. The kid can’t give any credit to anyone. Fucking idiot who obviously lives a sad and lonely life
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daveyg
9:01 Tue Sep 5
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"Arguably these games have come around too soon, would have been better once Kudus has found his feet in the side."
Here, you're saying he shouldn't be starting obviously.
Don't back track on what you have said.
He's an established player on form.
Put him in.
What the fuck he learnt by coming on for 6 minutes God only knows or you think that was clever
Good grief man
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ludo21
4:45 Tue Sep 5
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daveyg 4:23 Tue Sep 5 - where did I say Kudus shouldn't play against City or Liverpool... all I said was he will improve the more he plays with his new team mates... good grief man.
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ironsofcanada
4:34 Tue Sep 5
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We have scored 5 more goals than the other teams we have faced in the games we have played.
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Stevethehammer
4:29 Tue Sep 5
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We have started well there is no doubt about it and Moyes has clearly worked on something where we are far better off the ball than last year and I think that comes from having JWP in the team, he looks quality and a calming presence in the midfield, no playing for the crowd or the TV cameras flirting with other clubs and a price tag. Alverez has hit the ground running as I think he knows his place is always up for grabs especially with Soucek being Moyes's lovechild l
Problem I see is that Moyes simply don't and won't rotate the squad enough to keep everyone fit and in form. 5 minutes from the bench won't be enough to sustain a certain level of fitness. We need to keep the team fresh and heavily rotate when we can to give us the best possible chance of pulling up some trees otherwise come about March the team will out of their assets as Moyes would have run them into the ground, having 20% possession and chasing shadows will mean everyone needs to be at full fitness every week.
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daveyg
4:23 Tue Sep 5
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Ludo
You're disillusioned.
2 points against the 2 best teams in the league playing the way we do, no chance.
Bowen will watch on and think bloody hell I would have enjoyed that.
You say we need more time with Kudus.
Very Moyes speak because that's what he'll do/done.Not good enough that he got a hat trick in his last game. Can you imagine a progressive manager doing that ? Haland waiting a few more games to settle in. It's just so fucking typical.
Moyes may get lucky because Antonio is away on a 10 day holiday to the carribean and won't be back until late Wednesday.
A progressive manager would have bought when we were on the up and heading for EL glory. But Moyes screwed that up and we said goodbye to Rice.
We could have bought JWP to play alongside Rice.
Anyone who says Rice is not world class knows diddly squat.
He'll improve any team.
We have the best youth team in the country and not one minute has been played by any of them. Despite several excellent performances in pre season.
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Fifth Column
2:23 Tue Sep 5
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Various reasons:
Antonio looks interested again and is going through one of his purple patches. That won't last and anyone who thinks he's a long term solution or will finish in double figures in the league has a very very short memory.
Bowen IS on fire
Rice leaving has meant the team is more balanced
Alvarez and JWP were great buys and fit our structure perfectly
Areola playing very well
We've had some luck eg Chelsea missing multiple chances, decisions largely going for us
All of this means we're back to how we were playing 2 years ago where we were a genuinely counter attacking team that was good on set pieces. For the last 18 months we've not been good at counter attacking or set pieces, or much at all except grinding out necessary wins against shit teams.
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Hammer and Pickle
2:14 Tue Sep 5
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As long as we’re still in a position to challenge for the European cups next season, this has been a great start and all credit due to everyone involved
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ludo21
2:12 Tue Sep 5
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Next two games will tell all.... personally I reckon we will get 1 point from the games against City and Liverpool though I wouldn't rule out 2.
Anymore than that and we are in for exciting times as the team will only improve as the new players are integrated.
Arguably these games have come around too soon, would have been better once Kudus has found his feet in the side.
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Vexed
2:10 Tue Sep 5
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We've been a bit fortunate, we could easy be sat on 2-3 points and everyone recognising Moyes as the fucking muppet he is. But a few things have gone our way and he's a full blown genius apparently. We have made a couple of terrific signings in JWP and Alvarez which has made us completely forget what Rice supposedly did for us in midfield, we look a lot better without the cringeworthy rice pudding salesman cunt. Long may it continue, I do not see that it will though.
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greenie1
2:09 Tue Sep 5
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Great start to the season, but with various cup games, Europe, the league and no striker brought in, I am a bit worried.
So fingers crossed that this good form continues.
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RM10
2:04 Tue Sep 5
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Finishing 10th ish is on course, I really hope for a cup run and win if possible as I will miss being in Europe, unless spurs,villa Brighton Brentford flop.
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Lee Trundle
1:37 Tue Sep 5
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zico 7:17 Mon Sep 4
Cue Bowen appearing in a Liverpool shirt in 6/12 months time saying "I'm already seeing football in a completely different way" © Rice
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Cor Blimey
1:20 Tue Sep 5
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To piss off all those Spurs fans pretending to be Hammers who wank themselves silly over that Irish lad we sold to Arsenal.
Maybe.
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Nick QQQ
11:58 Tue Sep 5
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main reasons for me:-
- JWP and Alvarez have hit the ground running. Like they have been here for a year. Both fit our style of play
- We've defended very very well. Coufel looks fit and firing again, Areola is a great shot stopper and our CBs have been solid
- Finally we have the streaky Antonio playing well and Bowen has found his best form.
Can we maintain it, probably not, will we have a better season than last year in the league, definitely
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southwoodford
11:38 Tue Sep 5
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A great start - enjoy it while it lasts. Unless we sign a couple of decent strikers it's a mid table finish.
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zico
7:17 Mon Sep 4
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I found it interesting that Bowen said after one of the games that the deep defending counter attack style suited West Ham and their players. Might have just been saying that because as a forward I can imagine it's not much fund having 26% possession but at the same time Bowen is one of the few forwards who is pretty good at and probably relishes working at both ends of the pitch. For "Moyesball" to work you have to have certain players playing well and two of those are Bowen and Antonio and compared to last season early on they have been at it,. Wasn't a surprise really that Antonio wasn't at his best against Luton because it was a different game.
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swindon hammer
6:46 Mon Sep 4
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Daveyg, you could argue that instead my rose tinted glasses you are just looking at all the negatives instead of any positives when it comes to the Brighton game.
So far other teams aren’t creating 5 or 6 great chances against Brighton and they certainly aren’t scoring 3 against them. We did.
Yes they did have 10 shots on target but do we deserve some credit as well for having 7 shots on target away from home against an in form team or doesn’t it work like that?
Areola did make some great saves but most of them were when they were already 3-0 and 3-1 down and obviously trying everything to get back into the game in the last 20 minutes.
We could easily have gone 4 nil up in that game before that.
Obviously speaking hypothetically but if we had lost 3-1 at home and could quite easily have conceded 5 or 6 but dominated possession and had a load of chances ourselves, would you be claiming we deserved to win/unlucky to lose or would you be focusing on the negatives of the fact that the opposition were killing us on the counter attack ?
We deserved to beat Brighton.
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daveyg
5:53 Mon Sep 4
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Swindon
Rose tinted spectacles there mate.
10 shots on target is to many for a team to concede.
Areola made some great saves,won't always happen.
LG 1 Luton we had 3 shots. Terrible.
The Kudus sub was outrageous., again Moyes waiting to long.
He did it with Scamacca too.
He is lucky. Against Liverpool they'll score 6 if we play that way. Especially with talk of Soucek being missed.
Yes I think teams will go to Brighton and have a lot of chances
We need to be forward thinking after the break.
Moyes sets up cautiously in every game Swindon.
City will control the game we need players who can pass the ball to each other not a hoof anywhere.
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Side of Ham
5:42 Mon Sep 4
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I felt like we scored for fun in that Payet season….
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