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charleyfarley 4:07 Wed Dec 14
⚽ West Ham v Burnley - The Official Match Thread

WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER
KICK OFF 19:45



REFEREE: BOBBY MADLEY GAMES 12 - 55 0
ASSISTANTS: I Hussin M Perry 4th official: G Scott



Randolph, Reid, Kouyate, Ogbonna, Antonio, Noble, Obiang, Cresswell, Payet, Lanzini, Carroll. Subs: Nordtveit, Adrian, Ayew, Fletcher, Fernandes, Quina, Browne.

Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Arfield, Marney, Hendrick, Boyd, Vokes, Gray. Subs: Flanagan, Barnes, Kightly, Bamford, Defour, Robinson, Tarkowski.


BETWAY

• West Ham 4/6: Draw 3/1: Burnley 9/2


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kylay 5:13 Thu Dec 15
⚽ West Ham v Burnley - The Official Match Thread

cheers comma. I understand why he kept him on, and on his performance, I would have had a hard time choosing otherwise. maybe i'm just scarred from seeing him get injured so frequently, but I think his minutes should be strictly regulated and gradually tapered. he's been brought back too quickly on more than one occasion which is why I'm nervous for saturday. Also, Andy is never asking to come off unless he's injured which is great to have in a player, but all the more need to force baby steps with building match fitness.

SurfaceAgentX2Zero 5:03 Thu Dec 15
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Anyone that thinks ANY team in the PL is shit has their head up their arse.

Just saying.

, 5:01 Thu Dec 15
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kylay, listen to this especially at 3.30 in. Hear what Bilic says about Carroll.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38324105

SurfaceAgentX2Zero 4:56 Thu Dec 15
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Russ of the BML 2:45 Thu Dec 15

It was the quoting wot confused me - my apologies.

kylay 4:25 Thu Dec 15
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I'm slightly perturbed by slav's comments in this article about Carroll only being planned for 30 minutes:

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-boss-slaven-bilic-is-confident-of-finding-cure-for-bad-case-of-cramp-a3421146.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I can fully sympathise with needing the win and starting him, although with only 2 appearances and his injury record, I was a bit worried about him starting. I had thought surely he would get 60 minutes and then be subbed, particularly with a game 72 hours later. Leaving his sub until the 83rd minute almost tripled his workload since his last 2 outings. Given his performance, it's difficult to leave him out of his starting spot on saturday, but again the injury record. I'm also fully aware of our frailty in the 2nd half and Andy's defensive contribution. If Slav pulls him and loses the 3 points, he's crucified for it. The players and fans would be further second-guessing him. All's well that end well I suppose, but it certainly creates a difficult decision for saturday.

Hammer and Pickle 4:13 Thu Dec 15
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Yep, Flyshitstain definitely has a point there about the clear lack of balls on the blue-rinse mess.

Anyway, the point is about our lack of second half incisiveness and why we struggle to pick up points at home with poor second half performances against what appears on paper mediocre opposition. And however frustrating it might be, the lack of width and movement in attack, poor distribution, tendency to drop deep and loss of initiative is a malaise not about individual players. Neither is it about just attack, midfield or defence but of the whole team and I'd say above all a general sense of imperative to avoid picking up more injuries.

So I very much hope that with an injury-free run and a few more points on the board, we will start looking more like a Premier League side bossing relegation strugglers in the second half at home rather than being like fodder ourselves.

Texas Iron 3:17 Thu Dec 15
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The day after...

Forget the crap second half...

Forget Chesting...Headwounded Burnley...

Forget the Empty White Seats...

Savour and enjoy...THREE FUCKING POINTS...

Ho Ho Ho...

Johnson 3:10 Thu Dec 15
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Such rage comma, I bet you could crush a grape.

, 3:09 Thu Dec 15
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Johnson 2.20, trust a testosterone free, cojones lacking inverterbrate like melty to completely ignore the point I was making to piffle. Still what should we expect from the slowly deflating bag of methane?

Russ of the BML 2:45 Thu Dec 15
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero 2:17 Thu Dec 15

Er..........I was over the moon with three points.

What's your point? Are you pissed?

Alex V 2:27 Thu Dec 15
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No idea what that means.

SurfaceAgentX2Zero 2:20 Thu Dec 15
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Alex V 1:11 Thu Dec 15

This is what happens when you select players over the age of eighteen born outside the old County Borough of West Ham.

Johnson 2:20 Thu Dec 15
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Watching Thickle and comma go at it on a football thread is like watching two daddy longlegs fighting.

Neither of them can work out what they are doing and ultimately both are completely impotent and devoid of well anything really.

SurfaceAgentX2Zero 2:17 Thu Dec 15
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Russ of the BML 12:32 Thu Dec 15

When did 'being pleased with 3 points' mean the same as 'over the moon to get three points'?

Can you point to anyone who has said they are 'over the moon'?

Hammer and Pickle 2:13 Thu Dec 15
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Don't watch Chelsea games, Flyshitstain. But they seem to have gone six clear at the top so when do you think they'll stop flirting with relegation?

You wally.

gph 1:15 Thu Dec 15
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The only dictionary that seems to have griod is the Urban Dictionary.

Camel appears to be calling Payet a folding bigot.

Alex V 1:11 Thu Dec 15
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Our possession last night was really dysfunctional imo - as we all knew before the match, Burnley were going to sit deep and let us have the ball so what we did with it was important. Yet our plan A seemed to be long punts up at Carroll, which suits none of our ball-players at all. Noble also played so far ahead of the ball all night we basically had possession but with no real midfield to link up the play. And with Payet and Lanzini both coming into the centre all the time it was incredibly congested when we did get the ball on the deck in their half - little triangles of too-intricate passing that work once in a blue moon. But playing that so narrow robs us of width so Cresswell and Antonio weren't in the game enough either. So it was a bizarre mix of styles, none of which really fit with each other, and none working properly. Back to the drawing board on the training pitch imo.

, 1:09 Thu Dec 15
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I don't think that we will play much differently against Hull. Once again it will be the result that counts and another clean sheet would suit us down to the ground.

Naturally it should be the duty of Hull to lie down and let us walk all over them.

Texas Iron 12:53 Thu Dec 15
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SPANDEX 11.31

, 12:48 Thu Dec 15
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Piffle, do you mean like Chelsea did to Sunderland last night?

JustAFatKevinDavies 12:46 Thu Dec 15
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It would be great to dismiss these teams but looking around at the top of the table only Liverpool seem to be able to do that this season. Chelsea nicked a couple of 1-0 wins against WBA and sunderland, Man city struggled at home to Boro as well, Man Utd drew at home to Burnley. Its simply not that easy to dismiss 'weaker' teams at home these days, especially when out of form, and its not just us

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