Not everyone's favourite but came on and looked lively. Could he perhaps be a decent player in the fast paced high tempo style? Under sam he was being asked (on few occasions he played) to be the hold it up player rather than the run onto the pass player. Thoughts?
Wow! What a result....does anyone give match reports these days....when I used to come on here, years ago and under a different name, you could usually get a poster with first hand reviews...Would love to know if performance was as good as result...all that you get off 5live and talkshite is how bad arse must have been to have been turned over by unworthy west ham.
What a debut by a 16 year old! I heard comparisons of him to Rio and laughed it off, as for me Rio was one of the best players that I have ever seen as a 16 year old in terms of composure and confidence on the ball. Today was like going back to all those years ago as I see what people mean now, a fantastic prospect not only for West Ham but for England and well done Bilic for giving him the opportunity. Allardyce wouldn't have played him this early so thank god for Bilic as he is clearly good enough so should play.
What a result, remember the team, remember the line up!
Arsenal: Cech; Debuchy (Alexis 67), Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin (Walcott 58), Ramsey; Cazorla, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Giroud
Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Chambers Booked: Ramsey
West Ham United: Adrian; Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Oxford (Nolan 79), Noble, Kouyate, Payet; Zarate (Jarvis 62), Sakho (Maiga 90)
Subs: Randolph, Collins, Poyet, Lanzini Goals: Kouyate 43, Zarate 57 Booked: Noble, Ogbonna, Tomkins
Ref: Martin Atkinson
Att: 59,996
our bench was weak today . we have a couple coming back to full fitness i know , but
Wow! What a brilliant and fantastic start to the season. I've just watched Slav's interview on BBC website and I thought it was one of the best post match interviews I've heard in ages. I loved the honesty about Arsenal being the better team in the first half and the fact the half time team talk was a tough one. I loved his almost father-like pride, and concern, for Reece Oxford. It was refreshingly, honest, heart felt, and, interesting. The icing on the cake for an amazing day really. So proud.
A 2-0 away win at The Emirates! let us all be honest who saw that result or indeed that performance coming, we were crisper, looked fitter and it looked like everyone was playing for each other. Only one game down and still a hard 37 to go but if confidence is built on results then this has to be a massive confidence booster as we have not won here since our first ever visit. Arsene looked well miffed but our lads were immense .... no lack of effort and even sitting deep we looked confident. Played the ball well out of defence , tracked back, got men forward ! Forget stats like possession or attempts it's the for and against goals column that counts and we scored the all important! Fantastic start and in particular well done Adrian, Payet, Oxford and Reid. I will go to work tomorrow with the biggest grin ever!
Well for all of us that doubted he has masterminded a great victory.i am so chuffed.coyi!
Great stuff! Great shape to the side and yes cech has been poor but this is great stuff
There has been some talk here about what formation we will line up in under Bilic. While interesting to see, I think the style of football we will play is of more interest and, dare I say it, of more importance.
With so many different teams playing, and some of our games not even televised or on extremely crappy streams, it's not been easy to predict how our first 11 will play. But a couple of the warm-up games did give a hint of what we might see in the PL.
The first half at home to Astra (before Collins's sending off, and Enner's injury ruined the game), and the game at Norwich, where a large number of 'first 11' players were on the pitch at the same time, gave us some idea.
It seems clear that the keepers and back 4 have been asked to try to find mid-fielders with shorter passing, rather than by-passing them too often. It seems the whole side have been asked to improve their movement, and to try to play at a higher tempo. A few players (Ginge for one) have yet to have these ideas sink in, and it will probably take a few games to play this way consistently, and especially play this way successfully!
I hope all this is not wishful thinking on my part, because these are all things I have been screaming out to see for a long while now. The game today against Arsenal will be a very difficult game in which to instigate these changes. COYI!!!!!!!!!!!
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