Live West Ham v Silkeborg Team Line Ups

West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Johnson, Aguerd, Ogbonna ©, Emerson, Lanzini, Coventry, Fornals, Antonio, Benrahma Subs: Randolph (GK), Hegyi (GK), Zouma, Kehrer, Cresswell, Souček, Potts, Rice, Downes, Appiah-Forson, Scamacca
Silkeborg: Larsen, Østrøm, Salquist, Felix, Klitten, Þórðarson, Gojani, Klynge, Tengstedt, Jørgensen, Helenius © Subs: Hedvall (GK), Andrésen (GK), Mattsson, Kusk, Lind, Kaalund, A.Dahl, Adamsen, Oggesen, Calisir, Engel, Busch

Comments

Dominate first half,

4 shots on goal but not enough class to beat the keeper. We where lucky with the penalty but for me Ant has to stop looking for the penalty all the time and get back to terrorising the backs. Our passing apart from a few has been really good with a couple of special passes which is an improvement and we are not letting them come at us to much.

Second time hes let them

Second time hes let them stay on together( Ant & Scama ) they don't seem to click ,absolutely no chemistry whatsoever ,perhaps they don't like one another .but once Ant went off Scama got more involved .

Give it time Burkie. I am

Give it time Burkie. I am sure they will develop a partnership to terrify defences

Substitutes

I realise its results business, but surely at 83m mark 1-0 up needing only a draw you don’t need Rice and Soucek coming on. Give the youngsters in the bench a run out (or hold 5 more minutes then do it).

If he'd done that and then we

If he'd done that and then we didn't win ? What would the comments be about then? This is serious business. Not playground kick around.

Fair point Mad Dog

One I acknowledged, but part of results over time is developing and managing a whole squad - keeping everyone firing, supported, built to a level with experience etc. How would you feel if one of those coming on did an ACL playing 8 dead minutes and blowed the season on all fronts. Or holding those subs for 5 more then getting them on. Always a balance of carrot and stick.