Hammer Horror-Not Even Halloween Yet!
The 0-1 home defeat by Everton meant three losses on the spin, three woeful performances and another FOUR matches in quick succession that could ALL be potential Hammer Horror Shows and not the best of ways to start November, but it is probably more than apt for Halloween!
A young Hammers fan, a girl who was probably seven years old, bedecked in her newly acquired Betway shirt seemed to know a lot more than David Moyes appears to do by saying "don't pass it to Antonio" with only FIVE minutes gone in the game against Everton and she was right!
To single out Mikey Antono would be wrong though, because with a few exceptions the Irons were 'inadequate' to say the least! If criticism is due to be handed out, David Moyes MUST be included, how unmotivated the team that took to the pitch was plain to see. Perhaps Moyes needs to go on one of those 'motivation' classes so beloved by the Americans, a sort of managerial 'fight school'?
It beggars belief that a relatively expensively assembled team full of International players could collectively be so awful, in fact the opposite of a team, perhaps Moyes just can't handle 'top' players, instead relying on throw backs like Danny Ings?
In testimony to how dreadful Hammers actually were, the best home player on the pitch by a country mile was goal keeper Alphonse Areola! Had it not been for his intervention the scoreline of defeat could have been far more comprehensive, only Kudus, Alavarez and possibly Bowen looked even vaguely up for the fight.
Coufal put in a shift but ran out of puff and 'Pacman' tried a 'showboat' too far, too often. The rest of the team should hang their heads in shame, James Ward-Prowse had an absolute stinker, a CDM he is NOT! Antonio did his best 'Bamby on Ice' impression, repeatedly while the rest of the team looked completely disconnected!
Everton of course played the Ref like a salmon, there propensity to go down with 'head injuries' would have Harley Street specialists wringing their hands with glee in anticipation of a 'full house'. The Ref was crap, the football was awful and it rained and rained....thoroughly depressing and NOT want a fan or Press member wanted ahead of what is probably going to be a 'reral tonking' by Arsenal during Wednesday's League Cup match.
To add to Hammers woes, Lucas Paqueta and Edson Alvarez are BOTH banned for the away game to Brentford having picked up too many yellow cards in quick succession, but generally at least it shows they have 'fire in their belly's', unlike most of the rest of the team! - Ed
