The Official West Ham United Thread. Vol 2

[sjc]

And in 2 games we've already conceded 3 goals in the last three minutes.

[TCEvo]

sjc said:

And in 2 games we've already conceded 3 goals in the last three minutes.

Learnt nothing from last season. st defending, st game management, st discipline.

Shameful start to the season.

[TCEvo]

Strong starting XI and bench; Slav not fking around with this potential banana-skin.

Tonight will only be our second ever game against Cheltenham - vaguely remember being impressed with Ravel Morrison few years back at UP when we last met.

COYI!!!

[RichB]

Half an hour up and no score... Indeed, I think that corner is our first threat on goal?

[TCEvo]

Yep, very poor so far.

Sakho should've probably scored just then but decent save.

[TCEvo]

Diafra Sakho, He scores when he wants, he scores when he wants.

[RichB]

Ah well, as a 50+ years West Ham supporter that shows what I know

[alfie2244]

Not sure about Cheltenham's keeper but not complaining.

[RichB]

alfie2244 said:

Not sure about Cheltenham's keeper but not complaining.

With the first goal because of the flight of the ball he was expecting to be passed on the other side and was totally wrong footed. The second he had no chance Aywe simply side footed it past him. Bear in mind he stopped a humdinger only 5 mins before...

[TCEvo]

Win & a clean sheet, finally.

Thought Rice and Byram both excellent, Collins class as usual.

[bad company]

A win.

Cheltenham.

Apparently it's going to kick start our season.

[TCEvo]

Home to Bolton in next round - WB 18 Sep.

[TCEvo]

Utter, utter fking ste.

Useless s.

Seasons a pile of st already and we're yet to fking kick a ball at home.

Utter fking bks.

[AJB88]

Bilic has to go, I really like him but he has to go.

Di Canio is my favourite player but if it was Paolo in the dugout now I would be saying the same thing.

How can a defender not set up his team to defend.

[TCEvo]

Suspect today might be the final straw for D&S.

Can't carry on like this.

[bad company]

So if Slav goes who do we get in? Eddie Howe, Pardew, Mancini???

[RichB]

TCEvo said:

Suspect today might be the final straw for D&S.

Can't carry on like this.

Being realistic we could have expected nothing from Man Utd away, opening game of the season. Since then I would have hoped for a draw against newly promoted side but it's the nature of the defeats that more worrying. Three goals today and ten in the first 3 games is not acceptable.

[bad company]

RichB said:

Being realistic we could have expected nothing from Man Utd away, opening game of the season. Since then I would have hoped for a draw against newly promoted side but it's the nature of the defeats that more worrying. Three goals today and ten in the first 3 games is not acceptable.

Zero points from 3 games, 10 goals conceded, only 2 scored. So 0 points and a -8 goal difference. Bloody awful.

On paper we seem to have a decent team but the total seems a lot less than the sum of the parts.

[TCEvo]

RichB said:

TCEvo said:

Suspect today might be the final straw for D&S.

Can't carry on like this.

Being realistic we could have expected nothing from Man Utd away, opening game of the season. Since then I would have hoped for a draw against newly promoted wide but it's the nature of the defeats that more worrying. Three goals today and ten in the first 3 games is not acceptable.

Goes back much further than this season though.

Couple of results last season and ultimately the finishing league position, plus goodwill from last UP season and acceptance of difficulties with new stadium have glossed over just how poor we've been for ages.

See that Slav's 'under review' this evening.

[RichB]

TCEvo said:

Goes back much further than this season though.

True, apparently we've only manager 5 wins in the last 24 matches, I hadn't realised it's that bad!