West Ham United v Swansea City Team Sheets

West Ham : Randolph, Antonio, Cresswell, Reid, Ogbonna, Noble (C), Kouyate, Moses, Lanzini, Payet, Carroll.
Subs: Spiegel, Tomkins, Valencia, Obiang, Sakho, Collins, Emenike.
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Amat, Kingsley, Ki, Cork (C), Fer, Routledge, Barrow, Ayew.
Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Fulton, Britton, Gorre, Emnes, Gomis.

Comments

Looking ahead to Tuesday

Man U really struggled to beat an abject Norwich, we must not slip up here. COYI

Norwich

useless

COYI!

How on earth

did we concede FOUR goals against that bunch of toothless wonders ?????

Oh don't worry Bobby, the

Oh don't worry Bobby, the locals down here will have them down as world beaters tonight....I'll have a right old going over in work on Monday no worries - That's the problem of being in a minority of one of course.
As I've already said sometimes you've got to front it and take it on the chin.

Should be two or three up

We are playing and passing with such confidence, on this form we can beat anyone.

Lol ..

School Boy defending ?

Had a

feeling it was going to happen !

Hmm ..

Carroll and Moses off .. Sakho and Valencia on ?

oh dear -- did they think this would be easy?

Do they have enough in them to come back and win this? Will be difficult.

2 down... two easy goals

2 down... two easy goals given away... need to get our act together

Two nil is nothing. We will

Two nil is nothing. We will take them apart in the second half.

I hope you are right - it

I hope you are right - it doesnt feel like a comeback is on the cards right now! Can Bilic please get Moses off and put Byram on... Antonio needs to be playing further up!

byrams not even on the bench is he?

what's become of him?

I agree.

I agree.
Where are the decent crosses for Carroll to attack??

Oh yeah - looks like Byrams

Oh yeah - looks like Byrams been given the same treatment as Oxford. I trust Bilic has good intentions keeping them out the squad, maybe its to keep them grounded and not harm their development

We were

taking them apart for the first 25 minutes !! Antonio in defence just doesn't work.

Take Mosses off

bring on Tomkins and put Antonio back in his preferred position.

Just got home - what's going

Just got home - what's going on ? How well are we playing ?

Get Tompkins on

Play three at the back and push Antonio forward. Also Carroll needs better service.

First goal

was offside but when do EVER get those decisions in our favour???

Why is Moses anywhere near

Why is Moses anywhere near this team? Mainly totally pointless player. Glad to see we are going down to a Swansea second string with a whimper.

bad news fellas

not working tonight

This is a joke, we are doing

This is a joke, we are doing all the hard work - ours and theirs too!

the weird thing is

we could have scored four

Fabianski has been very good

Fabianski has been very good today. I don't want to blame Randolph for the gials conceded but i still think there is a big difference between him and Adrian

We are to ruthless or

We are not ruthless or efficient enough for champions league

Apart from anything else

Our goal difference is shot to hell!

Bye bye

Europe.

Normal service has been

Normal service has been resumed. 15 shots no goals

The great comeback is on

Well this is one way to

Well this is one way to remember the Boleyn! Hope the give us something better than this to remember this Tuesday

You mean Tuesday? Either way,

You mean Tuesday? Either way, rubbish result today

Bloody disgrace! Champions

Bloody disgrace! Champions League no chance,Europa League, touch and go.Still too many defensive frailties in the side ,not potent enough up front .Should never have dropped Sakho at the expense of Carroll,we needed pace today.Why Moses? Why not Antonio and have a proper full back in Byram at right back.There is a stubbornness about Bilic in his decision making that baffles me.We have had two bloody kicks in the teeth this last fortnight ,getting knocked out the cup by Man Utd and now this pathetic performance.End of season conclusion : good progress made but still a long way to go as far as consistency of performance.

Embarrassing! We are not

Embarrassing! We are not champions league yet in most positions. Got it wrong probably in all areas today. Conceded to easily and failed to score after so many shots. Unless you call it an own goal.

Essexhammer ..

Totally agree .. Good post !

totally agree with you.

Look at Leicester. I'd swear blind that they do not have more quality in their side than we do. But they go out every time and play with consistency. They defend well and they attack lick lightning. I will say this for West Ham v Swansea -- they started well (somewhat unusual for West Ham this season, really), but they got so carried away with themselves. I can still see Ogbonna missing that sitter and wondering why Ogbonna and Reid were so often in the box -- EVERYONE wanted to be on the score sheet and no one wanted to defend. Not sure how sorry I feel for Antonio. On the one hand he should be played in an attacking role, on the other hand -- he was our right back and he wasn't up to it. Slaven has to take a lot of the blame for this one, too; but I guess we have to allow for some learning. There is, as you say, a LONG way to go.

One again

we make an ordinary side look world beaters. Embarrassing !!!

I think Bilik got it wrong tonight

How the Fuxx he put Holy Mosses on is beyond me, Tomkins should have been on with Antonio further up field. Hope the Manu game is different and he realises the reason Chelsea keep loaning Mosses out is cause he is shit.

Yes, you are right

Antonio should be further up the pitch. Carroll should probably have given way instead of kouyate and lanzini. We missed some fabulous chances, but we miss COLLINS in centre half --for me Reid hasn't been great this season.

Ogbonna and Reid dont seem to

Ogbonna and Reid dont seem to be a great pairing - for some reason Reid doesnt gel like Tomka and Ginge do with Oggy. Used to think Reid was our vest defender, now im not so sure?

Well that was comprehensive,

Well that was comprehensive, we were awful - I think that the season has finally caught up with us.
Spare a thought for me though I live and work in Swansea for anyone that doesn't know...We have to take this on the chin, Swansea took full advantage of our back four shambles plus our midfield was non existent today.
Massive error in starting Moses plus Barrow on their left made Antonio look exactly what he isn't...A full back.
Far too easy for the opposition....

Our defence hasn't looked as

Our defence hasn't looked as good since Collins and Tonka were injured big mick should be on the wing why doesn't bilic change this back to when we werent conceding so many!

Agreed Red, Antonio was shown

Agreed Red, Antonio was shown up big time today so it is puzzling of why Bilic persists with him playing there. Match was made for Collins today looking at it as well.
Looking at us today though there was a lethargy in our build up play and a complete lack of urgency up front.

Blown it big time. gutted.

Well, otherwise it's not our

Well, otherwise it's not our West Ham if this does not happen! We have always been a roller coaster since I can remember but I'm absolutely satisfied with what we have achieved this season.

Heh that's true.

Heh that's true.
Definite progress made, I wonder if we've got it in us for two last big performances starting Tuesday night??

We got a wake up call. Still

We got a wake up call. Still a lot of work to do if both Wh. and Slav to be the real deal despite our hopes. Too many games have been dug out from an earlier mess in the game. Whether it's defence, certain players or bilic not getting it right or persisting with players like Moses or Antonio at right back. So now instead of players like lacazette or baty we will have to make do with a lesser player on our list benteke or bony maybe. Slav said we had too passengers but when did he change them? Bit stubborn or naive? Not a good trait as a manager.

very true

especially about the effects this will have on the quality of our signings. Let's just hope we don't have to fight a relegation battle in the OS. The EPL is so even that this could happen -- Sunderland played like world beaters yesterday, and came from behind twice to beat chelsea.