Yarmouth 4:20 Mon Dec 8
What the fuck is happening!!?
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What the fuck has happened!
Like many, I’m not getting carried away with our current form, been a hammer since ’65 so have been let down so many times, but right now it is an absolute joy to watch our club.
Watching it on TV (sadly) here in Oman, Hoddle was a guest pundit in a show hosted by Keys and Gray (it’s a good show to be fair) and he summed up how you play Carroll in your side perfectly.
Cross balls from inside the 18 yard box line with pace and Carroll is a handful all night long and will score consistently, punt the ball up to him from short of the box line and he’s far less effective.
He’s not a holding player in that sense and can’t lay off as effectively as some other big strikers can.
So BFS or the coaching staff as a whole have found the answer – they brought in Song and two very good attacking full backs who can get wide and cross very effectively.
Song’s the key. Have you seen a finer player in a WH shirt apart perhaps Brooking or Devonshire in their prime?
He must be an absolute bastard to play against, he knocks you about, has tremendous balance, terrific with either feet and he’s got that skill of letting the ball go across him giving him space to play at his pace. Combine that with that 5 yard zip he has to simply brush past an opponent and we’ve got a truly world class player here.
Can we keep him – fuck knows – but I hope so.
Add to that Downing who has seemed to have found something in his game + about another 5 miles of running each game. What a difference the lad is making.
Sakho – well he’s just different class altogether. Where / how the fuck did we find him.
BFS got it tactically spot on in the last 15 by bringing Collins on – it closed the gate, class move from him.
Watching it on TV you get some obvious close up’s of the players reactions etc and the one thing above all else that struck me, that we haven’t seen for a long long time, was that they really seem to care if a move, a pass, a build up etc goes wrong.
Sounds fucking daft, but there’s a team spirit there we haven’t seen for donkeys. There’s a determination and a spark about the players and it’s fucking brilliant to see.
Should we have a go at signing the lad up front for Swansea, Bony? He’d make a great addition and give us even more options up front. I think he’d come if the price was right. The other big clubs (not saying we’re one of them right now) wouldn’t see him as a real value adding addition, but fuck me we would.
Went 1-0 down & we started scuffing it a bit for five minutes but then got re-composed and ending up stuffing them out of site. When was the last time a Hammer’s side was capable of that?
BFS? Deserving of a lot of credit right now. Has the backroom staff + Sheringham behind the scenes enabled him to turn our team around – obviously, but I’m starting to get a grudging admiration for him now.
COYFI!!
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claret50
4:49 Mon Dec 8
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Nicely summed up, Yarmouth.
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Joke Whole
4:59 Mon Dec 8
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Don't worry. Some scummy terrorist will soon set off a dirty bomb in our manor and we'll be banned from everything forever.
It's the West Ham way.
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normannomates
5:10 Mon Dec 8
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Yarmouth
I tip my hat.
Great post and agree 100℅. Cheers pal
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Coffee
5:11 Mon Dec 8
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Agree with all of that, Yarmouth, particularly about team spirit. The body language throughout the team is fantastic, and even BFS was unusually effusive in his goal celebrations. Telling also was the way Sakho thumped the third in, everything about that reflected confidence and enjoyment.
When Swansea opened the scoring, was there anyone on here who didn't believe - not just hoped, but expected - us to pull it back? I don't think so.
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normannomates
5:14 Mon Dec 8
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Coffee
Well actually yea..I thought we were fucked. Usual WHU missed opportunity. That's what's pleases me about this result.
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Coffee
5:17 Mon Dec 8
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Norman
You're living in the past.
Carpe diem.
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Private Dancer
5:27 Mon Dec 8
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Coffee - I think he thumped the third goal in as he was frustrated he missed the other two.
What I think could begin to work in our favour, if we mainain this lofty position, is that when we play the lower sides they will not look at the game as one of their 'win' games and may not approach he games iwth a lot of confidence, especially at our place. Much in the same way we surrendered games in the past against the top clubs.
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Banjo
6:54 Mon Dec 8
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Excellent post Yarmouth, I agree and I am smiling.
Just imagine strengthening the squad in January then again in the summer. If we can keep Song and Jenkinson that would sensational.
Happy times and much more ahead I do believe.
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Lovejoy
7:25 Mon Dec 8
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IF we can get Song that would be a huge statement of intent. Hope I'm wrong but can see him going to one of the big clubs unfortunately.
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Hermit Road
7:40 Mon Dec 8
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This is the first time in 30 years that we have had owners who actually invest in the team too. They look to add quality every year rather than strip it away. That means we are building a squad.
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Monk~koknee
7:48 Mon Dec 8
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There was just me and one Villa fan watching the game in the bar last night. (There was a Cardiff fan supporting us but he left at half time). The Villa guy kept asking how we managed to get Song. It still baffles me but whatever magic it was that got him here on loan let's hope that the genie grants a second wish to make it permanent.
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Mr Polite
8:20 Mon Dec 8
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Why are you not getting carried away with our form?
I fucking am?
We're 3rd in the league - in Dec-fucking-ember!!!
I'm sorry but I'm making the most of this and getting as carried away as decency laws allows.
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Private Dancer
8:27 Mon Dec 8
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We should stay in the upper regions of the league quite simply because we now have better players than the majority of the other clubs. The summer made all the difference. You don't have a 4 month purple patch, we are now a good side.
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Banjo
8:39 Mon Dec 8
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Lovejoy 7:25 Mon Dec 8
I reckon we are one of the big clubs and about to get bigger.
The OS will help cement that position. Imagine 54,000 people packed in there week after week, watching us turn it on.
We are bigger that half the clubs in the Premiership and in the shadow of just a few being Manchester clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool at the moment and that has the potential of changing post our move.
I love it!
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bondihammer
8:50 Mon Dec 8
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great post yarmouth. particularly your point about watching on tv. we get almost all west hams games in sydney and have also noticed the faces/reactions/expressions etc of the players. this season/squad are as tight as i've seen any team. it's fucking brilliant!!!
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Side of Ham
9:25 Mon Dec 8
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Glad to see the tears have dried up Yarmouth!
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dicksie3
9:40 Mon Dec 8
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Had about two hours sleep last night... Started drinking at 10 in the morning yesterday...
Farting, sweating and heart was racing all night...
Doing a big shit now as I speak...
I'm on the early Systems Support shift now at work...
CHEERS!...
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Cliff Richard
9:41 Mon Dec 8
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Mr Polite 8:20 Mon Dec 8
Spot on. I'm getting massively carried away with this and loving every minute of it.
I'll worry about the bubble bursting when it finally does.
"...then like my dreams, they fade and die..."
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Lovejoy
9:42 Mon Dec 8
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dicksie3 9:40 Mon Dec 8
Thanks for sharing.
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Cliff Richard
9:43 Mon Dec 8
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Cliff Richard 9:41 Mon Dec 8
Oops!
Hank Marvin says I'm a multiple personality cunt!!
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