Steve P
2:04 Fri Oct 23
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Having someone like Lanzini always looking to receive the ball gives Payet more scope. The two of them looked top notch together at Palace.
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Eggbert Nobacon
2:00 Fri Oct 23
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Slaven Bilic: No other player reminds me of Luka Modric as much as West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini
I have never seen a player who reminds me of Luka Modric as much as Manuel Lanzini. Luka is my favourite player. He is my prototype of a great midfielder.
I put Luka in the Croatia Under-21s and then in the senior team and we have a special kind of bond. But Lanzini has the same kind of qualities.
Not many people had heard of him here but we had known him for a while. He was from River Plate, playing in a massive league and under huge pressure. They gave him No10 — a special number — at the age of 20. I wanted to sign him for Besiktas but it didn’t happen because the club received a better offer and he ended up at Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates. But this time we got him at West Ham.
We have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season and we will see what happens. What I do know is he is making our other players better.
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Lanzini scored against Crystal Palace but his performance was good not for that reason alone. He always wants the ball. That’s why we put him in midfield.
He could play in a number of positions but his best is wherever the ball is. So he has to be central where he can have most contact.
He always makes himself available. If the players are in trouble, he comes and gets it. He does not look strong but some players can defy that physicality to impose themselves. Modric is the same and, like him, Lanzini is not afraid either. I am delighted with him.
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Pervy McBeer
1:52 Fri Oct 23
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'don't eat pizza's' ... so that's the secret to our success
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Northern Sold
1:41 Fri Oct 23
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Bilic
`At the top of Mount Everest, the sun is shining the brightest but also you must deal with the strongest wind`.
Allardyce
`It's a well known fact that 84% of balls delivered into the 6 yard box causes 100%potential problems to the opposition 64% of the time"
Thank fuck everything has changed....
* breathes fresh air *
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Texas Iron
1:41 Fri Oct 23
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Bilic...The Enlightened One
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Texas Iron
1:40 Fri Oct 23
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Very West Ham...!!!
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worm
1:27 Fri Oct 23
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I can't wait for tomorrow.
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One McAvennieeeeee
1:18 Fri Oct 23
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Let's hope so, Ludo son.
What we do not need is people fucking booing like against Leicester and Bournemouth.
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ludo21
1:17 Fri Oct 23
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It will be a superb atmosphere tomorrow... win, lose or draw we will show these ponces what a proper football club looks like.
FWIW, I reckon Mourinho is jealous of Bilic.... he knows what we've got.
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Sven Roeder
1:09 Fri Oct 23
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Chelsea beat us with an offside goal at Upton Park in what was probably our best performance after Christmas.
And Mourinho went away pointedly wishing Chelsea fans could create anything like the atmosphere we do.
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i-Ron
1:09 Fri Oct 23
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chim chim cha boo 12:57 Fri Oct 23
Spot on. People run away with how good they think we are sometimes. Good to see he's keeping every one grounded.
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Far Cough
1:06 Fri Oct 23
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WTF, who's diluting what's happening tomorrow, you said it will be the last time EVER that we play Chelsea, I just gently pointed out we COULD get them in the cup?
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Sven Roeder
1:06 Fri Oct 23
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He is right.
I still look at 17pts as 23 away from reaching 40.
Personally I want to see 5 or 6 teams adrift at the bottom and then will start looking up.
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chim chim cha boo
1:04 Fri Oct 23
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You know what I mean.
Don't dilute what's happening tomorrow.
'So chelsea tonked us in our last league game at Upton Park'.
'Oh well let's hope we draw them at home in the cup'.
Not the attitude needed here.
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Huffers
1:02 Fri Oct 23
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Hopefully not!
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Far Cough
12:59 Fri Oct 23
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Unless we get them in the cup?
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chim chim cha boo
12:57 Fri Oct 23
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That's a very good point he makes about Watford in the last sentence.
After beating Liverpool, City and Arsenal, as fun as it appears at the time I don't want them to lose another game against mid or lower table opposition as I don't want those teams to pick up any bonus points.
It's lovely to look up but you've got to look down from time to time too. We'll not repeat what happened in the second half of last season under super Slav but as West Ham supporters we've been especially conditioned to always be looking over our shoulders.
Whatever Slav says publicly I want him to be privately telling his players the importance and significance of tomorrow. It's the last time we ever play one of our most hated rivals at Upton Park.
I still find it hard to get my head around. The last time we EVER play chelsea at Upton Park.
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Buster
12:53 Fri Oct 23
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'We have a huge respect for Chelsea but we are not afraid of them.'
I simply love this man more and more each day.
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Sven Roeder
12:47 Fri Oct 23
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Perfect pitch from the manager.
Mourinho will love this sort of stuff .......At the top of Mount Everest, the sun is shining the brightest but also you must deal with the strongest wind.
Give him no ammunition and talk about our work and our ambition.
Without the defeatist bullshit from others who gave up games like this and ordered in an extra pack of chewing gum.
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One McAvennieeeeee
12:47 Fri Oct 23
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What a pleasure it is to have this man managing us.
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ludo21
12:46 Fri Oct 23
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Wanting Arsenal to beat Watford to increase our chances of staying up....... Slav sounds more the pragmatist than the dreamer!
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