West Ham: Fabianski; Kehrer, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson; Soucek, Rice (c), Paqueta; Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma. Subs: Areola (GK), Cresswell, Coufal, Fornals, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna
Newcastle: Pope; Trippier (c), Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Wilson, Saint-Maximin. Subs: Dubravka (GK), Lascelles, Gordon, Ritchie, Targett, Isak, Manquillo, Willock, Anderson.
When Al Pacino took on the role of Sonny Wortzik, a man who decides to rob a local Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover's operation but he is forced to take hostages after the heist does not go as planned, the part was seen as a very brave choice. Dog Day Afternoon was critically acclaimed but didn't do very well at the Box Office initially.
Based on a true story, Wortzik's actions were both brave but foolhardy and didn't end well! As West Ham approach their own 'Dog Day After TOON', manager David Moyes cannot in ANY WAY be accused of being reckless or foolhardy, however he can be accused of NOT being brave.
What does it take to make him take a risk? Sunday's offering at the Stratford Stadium was hardly inspiring, the team won in spite of Moyes and NOT because of him. The beleaguered manager has an incredible reluctance to use players he 'doesn't fancy' relying on his old cohort of 'trusted' past its instead.
Sunday's extremely narrow victory over bottom of the table Southampton illustrated just how detached Dino's thinking has become. The game was screaming out for Max Cornet and or Gianluca Scamacca to come on, however Moyes elected to use neither of them instead.
Any other team would have punished Hammers, fans were very lucky it was Southampton who were visitors, the victory was very narrow indeed! Tonight The newly minted and slightly arrogant Toon are the visitors and on the face of it will chew Moyes's team into little pieces unless he goes large, will he?
Unfortunately the Dino is NOT for turning and a heavy beating could be on the cards, the fans will still turn up in force, but the 'dredge' they are forced to watch could test the most determined of supporters. Results last night went above and beyond what could be hoped for, it is a pity that there will be little or no hope for tonight's fixture! - Ed
Does anyone else feel a bit sorry for him ?, there he was happy trundling along with Brighton ,getting noticed by the big boys and all of a sudden Chelsea come a calling ,can you imagine what he would look like if he turned them down ?, he would loose a lot of cred ,you just don't give them the middle finger , he would have been called all sorts of a coward ,he must have known he would be way out of his depth ,now he'll be lucky to get a mediocre club in the chumps ,I've always prided myself with being a good judge of character , and he seems like a genuine good bloke to me , may not be the sharpest knife in the draw where football is concerned but he didn't deserve this treatment ,he's proberbly sitting at home saying to himself "Jesus, what have i done ", almost every club in the bottom half have sacked their maneger's this season ,except us ,our board are happy with sleepwalking us into oblivion .
Hopefully we stay up & Moyes parts company! Thank him for what he did but his tenure now must be judged on the last 12 months.We have debatedly our best ever squad of players.With the right manager ( I honestly don't know who that is!!) Bowen,Benny,Pac,Cornet,Emerson ,Aguerd,Scam (if played) could be a real force...Ants on the wing,Ings inside the 6 yard box could work also....Moyes problem is he's too defensive minded,plays an isolated striker on his own & refuses to try something different.He plays players that have been out of form for ages,everyone else can see it but him!There's still a lot of work to be done to stay up!
Fellow relegation strugglers Leicester City fired their manager Brendan Rodgers just before Hammers vital home game against bottom of the table Southampton, whereas West Ham filled their Stadium with \nervous' support sweeping to a victory that will ensure David Moyes' tenure at least until the end of this season.
Fine margins sometimes define outcomes and Rodgers will likely feel hard done by at getting the tin tack, a beleaguered David Moyes was able to 'smile a little' as he digested a 'good result', while at the same time sympathising with Rodger's fate which could well have applied to the fellow Scot.
As it is, the table doesn't lie and while Hammers are still in a really precarious position it seems as if the footballing Gods have smiled on Moyes and dumped on Rodgers. The new signings, particularly Emerson and Pacqueta were a cut above and deserved the standing ovations they received when Dino finally made some late substitutions.
Ings ran a round in Circles against his former club, but was mostly ineffectual, you play one up front and you get what you pay for. The game cried out for two up front, if that had been the case Hammers could have romped home, they weren't that good, but Southampton really WERE that bad!
A win against a struggling Southampton side means very little, but THREE desperately needed points does. Moyes DID ensure his defenders kept Ward-Prowse at bay and for that fans should be grateful, but he is currently the manager, isn't he? Perhaps he could maybe ask his players to forget all the negativity he has enshrined in the squad and get them to play forwards instead of sideways and backwards! - Ed
West Ham: Fabianski, Emerson, Kehrer, Aguerd, Zouma, Soucek, Rice, Paqueta, Benrahma, Bowen, Ings
Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Fornals, Antonio, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Ogbonna
Southampton: Bazunu, Perraud, Walker-Peters, Caleta-Car, Bednarek, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Stuart Armstrong, Mara, Elyounoussi, Walcott
Subs: McCarthy, Maitland-Niles, Lyanco, Aribo, Orsic, Onuachu, Sulemana, Alcaraz, Diallo
Don't and that is Don't give fouls away around our box thats inviting obvious trouble......start the game on the FRONT foot and with pace close down the opposition quick force them into mistakes and oh yeah how about two upfront! Naaaa i dont expect to see any of that but come on the results were not that bad yesterday so COYI lets have a big win today and fly us up the table
Now that the club are facing a six point deduction, Biill Kenright has decided to reappoint David Moyes as manager of Everton.
Recent financial regularities have made the Merseyside club vulnerable to investigation and evryone at the club fear the worst!
There will be no need for compensation as West Ham seem to have finally realised the extreme jeopardy of their own club while Moyes is still in charge!
He will be at home back where he started in the Premier League and everyone at West Ham wish him all the best in his latest managerial appointment.
Mark Noble is expected to take charge for the crucial game against Southampton on Sunday and can be guaranteed an enthusiastic reception IRRESPECTIVE of the result. - Ed
Ahead of the weekend's crunch game against visitors Southampton there has been much media speculation as to exactly why West Ham seem hell bent of self destruction, the Board's resolute support of beleaguered manager David Moyes has gone form 'Loyal' to 'Loony' progressively to the point that NO ONE in their right mind who is any good woud want to rock up at the as yet unnamed Lnndon Stadium.
The very fact that the Stadium naming rights still haven't been sorted out YEARS after the club moved from the Boleyn Ground is indicative of a 'disconnected' and destable club that is going nowhere fast! Only a complete fool would agree that a less than one in three win rate is acceptable, yet that is what the stats say and they DON'T lie.
The 'Con Cup' successes in Europe should be seen as diversionary 'pain relief' as opposed to any progress under David Moyes, wins against comparative minnows have helped the Scot stay in his job whereas he would normally have been overthrown ages ago!
Conspiracy theories abound as to why majority shareholder David Sullivan would watch his empire go up in flames while he 'twiddles' away! It is NOT in Sullivan's interest to see the club relegated in any way shape or form, but perhaps the untimely death of his partner in business for over 50 YEARS David Gold has had more of an effect than was first thought!
Moyes has 'smooth talked' his way to the brink and now he jolly well should 'pull the cat out of the bag' and acquiesces to the reality of a need to change things up, URGENTLY.
If Moyes persists with his 'my way or the highway' approach the only highway Hammers fans will be on will be the roads to Rotherham and beyond!
Support the team on Sunday, but give Moyes both barrels after the game if he continues his blinkered approach, at least that way the players will know it is not just them who have failed the loyal supporters who turn up home and way, but the dinosaur who is 'not for turning'! - Ed
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