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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sun, 10/09/2017 - 11:39

hoping to see Bilic play two strikers and be brave and have the players push on and get huddersfield on the back foot from the start and don't let up...the team owe it to the fans to put on a performance that gets the blood pumping and confidence coming back.....what i don't want to see is negative sideways and backwards passing and most of all stop using the keeper like an outfield player and pass to deep lying defenders......get it up field no pissing about around your own box....of course west ham being west ham we have no left sided player because of injury/suspension/and some just shite so like a few on here have said last season and already this play cressy there and put arthur at fullback....guess we will see. COYI

Blood & thunder like the old days,2 up front & take it to em...these players need to show some fight if not they will feel the full wrath of the mighty hammers faithfull!! said it before about playing cress & mas,especially with arnie out,though id play cress at full back & mas can crack on down the left wing...its time for these players to stand up & be counted & i hope every hammer going tomorrow gets behind them!!COYI

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ok we won and we played 2 up front and i am happy with that BUTTTTTT the lack of creativity in the middle of the park was so clear to see i am still worried as our only real plan seemed the punt up to carroll after that we were rather bereft of what to do..Antonio was the clearly the best player on the pitch and deservedly got M.O.M....so we have won but i do not believe we will win against wba playing like that...still prefer to have a flat back four to 3 cb's specially Fonte but i think slav will play the same players and formation which will have pulis rubbing his hands with glee...i would play sak and chicarito to start with because of there better movement makes us less predictable and carroll can come on from the bench but again i do worry about our lack of creativity we need lanzini back so badly but dont rush him back and injure him long term.

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Not sure where my post went? Anyway fonte was fine but our defence wasn't really put under pressure. Thought obiang was man of the match. We did lack creativity. We are told the formation was 343 and I'd expect bilic to call it that. I'd say it was more like Carroll upfront on his own with Hernandez and big Nick slightly withdrawn. Making it 3421. So for me still not 2 upfront at all. Hernandez threat was nullified by playing a bit deeper. Carroll won very little in the air and wasn't needed to hold up play as we were on the front foot. Sakho should have replaced him and both him and Hernandez should have played in a 2 on the backs of the 2 centre halves their speed movement and nous would have caused more mayhem. Car rolls 2 big assests are in the air and holding it up. More suited to when we don't have the initative. Bilic also hauled off the 2 wrong players!

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so if he'd have done what you think we'd have won 4-0? sorry mate I know you and a few others don't like him but the ground were signing Super Slav, so as for the paying fans you're in the minority. I think you're grasping a little bit. Talk about find a negative in a positive. Most of us are just received we beat a team who were 5th before the game and hadn't conceded a goal. Oiang was the worst player on the pitch for me, followed by Kouyate. If you look at his shot the ended up a goal it was as weak as cack. Kouyate's left foot shot first half look like a pass back. We just had 3 defeats in a row, he's about to lose his job and you expect more!? I'd have taken anything last night apart from a defeat. Our defenders didn't have to defend much, isn't that a positive? Isn't that the point? Horses for courses, Carroll suited yesterday he won everything in the first half and was a constant nuisance. I don't know what you guys are watching sometimes, maybe a dodgy internet connection ; ) just enjoy it, although I see were already written off against West Brom, ho hum

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No no Betty you got the complete wrong end of the stick here! I'm not saying we would have even won had he done what I said I was just looking at it from a different angle. No negativity meant, but a bit of reality too. Well I do expect more but not all in one go. Let's not get carried away with this performance tho. I was just happy we played better regardless of result. It's a step forward no doubt but that's all it was. It great we didn't have to defend that much any ideas why? I'd say obiang protected them well. Yes let's enjoy it we have been really poor, yesterday we were better and more watchable, but we still have a way to go to improve to where we should be. As for Slavs name being sung, I don't doubt it especially on his birthday, but wasn't he also booed when he subbed Hernandez? I'm also guessing it WASNT 50,000 singing his name either so it's just the vocal ones, so to imply the paying public support him is stretching limits a bit.

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It's also just vocals ones booing Ayew's substitution. I'm totally in agreement that it's a positive step forward and not much more. It does however put things into perpesctive that Huddersfield after 3 games had manager of the season and were flying and we were relagated with Bilic sacked already. In one game although I don't think we're anyway out of the woods I can see a team playing for a manager and a very average team just promoted and likely to be relegated, Klopp's mate and media darling or not.

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Betty that's exactly the message I was trying to portray almost word for word! Not out of the woods but was a performance we need to get some perspective on. Hear some of our comments ( not digging anyone out) reads like our performance has been over rated due to the previous performances being so poor. We seemed a bit conditioned to expect the sh1t gone before, and was such a release we hVe over rated our game. Having said that why shouldn't fans enjoy the win. For me it was more a relief.

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Regardless if huddersfield turned up or not,or we wernt that great - the general consensus at the game was of tremendous relief that we got 3 points in the bag,first win of the season that hopefully will build confidence...lets be honest if we had of lost the knives would be out & one thing i think is more evident imo the players are actually now trying their best for the manager..

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