Now he's hatdky been bang in form of late and many fans have lambasted his current inclusion in the team but I felt he'd have helped us out today. Nolan would have added the organisation to the team as there was none to be had today. Especially at set pieces!!! He also would have added a bit of bite to the midfield too that merely let Puncheon, Bolasie and McAthur run riot.
How is everyone?
On the whole I think this season has been ok, we've played some decent stuff when Andy Carroll has been injured, unfortunately when he plays we go direct again, much prefer the pace and skill of a Valencia and Sakho combination, I think it gives us more options.
Unfortunately (or fortunately) I didn't see the game today, we still have results like these that make no sense at all, brilliant against Man U and Spurs and then we lose very winnable games, anyway onwards and upwards.....hopefully
Have you ever seen a more blatant attempt to injure another player when he tried to elbow sakho off the ball.Dirty b*stard!i hope he gets a lenghthy ban...
just dont believe whats happening , looking at that team today you'd have said not a lot wrong with that , same team that gave us all high expectations before Christmas , i cant begin to fathom out whats gone wrong , we had a striking partnership that was developing into one of the best in the prem , Song was seen as the best addition in a long time , the two full backs couldn't put a foot wrong , im sick of saying it why the f**k was Zarati let leave ? , i can see no other option now other than limp along till the end of the season and then get rid of Sam , maybe the life of a manger should only be two or three years at any club , with the exception of Fergie who else can say they've been a success, they players get lethargic and start to loose interest , new man at the top is the only answer
West Ham United: Adrian, Jenkinson, Reid, Tomkins, Cresswell, Song, Noble (c), Kouyate, Downing, Sakho, Valencia
Subs: Jaaskelainen, Nolan, Jarvis, Nene, O'Brien, Collins, Demel
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Bolasie, Zaha, Jedinak (c), Murray, Mutch, Delaney, Kelly, Puncheon
Subs: Hennessey, Hangeland, Gayle, McArthur, Ameobi, Ledley, Souare
Bookies have us to beat Palace 2-1 . Lawro has us to win 2-0. It is all over then. 3 points and smiling folks (I hope).
Unrelated to our great club but just thought I'd share my delight at seeing both the Spuds and the pooh exiting from the Europa league overnight. My no.1 and 2 despised clubs and hoping their seasons completely unravel from here. Congratultions Fiorentina and Besiktas!!
It's worth 14.5 mill over the 5 years and takes him to 33 years of age. Pity we can not tie down Reid as I think we are really going to miss him if he go's .
With only Diafra Sakho, Enner Valencia and the recently arrived Nene available as the club's strikers there is a paucity of choice up front in case there are injuries or suspensions. Elliot Lee and Mauro Zarate are out on loan to Luton Town and QPR respectively, so it is strange that Hammers are looking towards a Swedish teenager for the future. 18 year old striker, Robert Lipovac, plays for BK Hacken in Gothenburg, but his club have given him permission to visit West Ham this week where he is training with the club's U21 squad. The highly thought of youngster's representative, Linus Jacobsson, said: 'West Ham sent an official invitation to Hacken, who thought it was good timing and a good experience for Robert,so they released him for a week."
Could this young Swede be one of the 'topics' under discussion at the much talked about 'summit' of Chadwell Heath meeting the other week? It seems irrespective of whether Sam Allardyce is offered a new contract, which now increasingly appears to be unlikely, that future recruitment will be more under the guidance of David Sullivan and Tony Henry than by Sam Allardyce and Martin Glover!
In the end it will probably be Big Sam's inflexibility in the transfer market rather than the perceived playing style of his team and his insistence on being to loyal to past it players that will 'do' for him. Don't feel too sorry for Mr Allardyce, as he eventually wafts away from West Ham in his Overfinch Range Rover, he will be able to reflect and be proud of a job well done. He did exactly what he was very well paid for, and should he wish, would not be short of job offers, who knows, maybe he could replace Woy? -Ed
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