What do these members of the coaching staf show the subs on their tablets befor they take the field ?.
What are those bra like things that some players are wearing.?
What happened to the drinks breaks ?.
And are the Tories finished,?,thank God .
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Johnson, Ogbonna, Cresswell ©, Emerson, Lanzini, Downes, Paquetá, Benrahma, Bowen Subs: Randolph (GK), Hegyi (GK), Dawson, Coventry, Rice, Fornals, F.Potts, Forson, Scarles, Souček, Scamacca
Anderlecht: Van Crombrugge ©, Debast, Delcroix, N’Diaye, Murillo, Arnstad, Diawara, Verschaeren, Amuzu, Esposito, Silva Subs: Verbruggen (GK), Coosemans (GK), Hoedt, Raman, Vertonghen, Ishaq, Sadiki, Stroeykens, Ait El Hadj, Sardella, Leoni, Stassin
Was discussing the upcoming World Cup & England's chances plus the concern of the frailty of our back line. In previous tournaments we were lucky to have the likes of Moore, Charlton, Watson, Butcher, Thompson, Adams, Terry to name a few. A luxury not afforded to us now. For me the best English Centre Half over the past 2 years has easily been our Craig Dawson. How he has not made the squad is a massive travisty. And who better to play alongside him? None other than Declan Rice. These 2 are much better than the current shower of Maguire, Stones, Coady, Dier, Mings and who else you care to name. Thoughts please Ladies & Gentleman.
This evening West Ham United have the opportunity of 'putting to bed' their qualification for the final group stage of the UEFA Conference League Cup, more commonly referred ro as the Con Cup by those within the football industry. Whether it has a joke name nor indeed whether it is a 'real' barometer of how a club is doing it is what it is and as such represents a route through to next season's Europa League as well as giving fans the chance to 'do Europe', albeit in a slightly Busman's holiday setting.
The much maligned competition also gives manager David Moyes the chance to 'fully' utilise the squad available to him which this season is vastly superior to last season's, on paper! Of course the game is NOT played on paper and it has taken an uncomfortable amount of time for the new signings to make their mark, but make it they will despite the injury to the 'key' defender signed that has seen him not play at all, Aguerd's injury was a major set back given the situation of both Dawson and Ogbonna at the beginning of the season.
Anderlecht are no mugs and will be smarting from last week's result on their home patch, realistically they have nothing to lose and as such will undoubtedly be naming the kitchen sink in their starting line up! However IF they go hell for leather they will be playing into 'Telegraph Dave's' counter attack trap, it is as old as the hills but it generally works, especially in competitions that are not decided on the night.
Moyes will go strong despite the impending ridiculously contested fixture schedule his team faces during the remainder of this month, Flynn Downes HAS to start and IF Big Mikey still has a cold or the Flu then one of the Youth or U-23's should be brought in instead of just 'tiring' out the ' Smiling Inkman' that is Gianluca Scamacca. Kurt Zouma looks as if he has been carrying a 'niggle' for the entire season and could do with a break, hopefully the Og can step up, as he did last week and be the calming influence the defence will need if it is to lock out the Belgians.
Anderlecht are a team bursting with talented youngsters, if they can nick a goal or two they could present formidable opposition, if however they go behind in front of a packed Queen Elizabeth Stadium then they could let their heads down and be on the receiving end of a real tonking! - Ed
David Moyes has wholeheartedly backed Angelo Ogbonna's return to fitness and welcomed the Conference Cup games as an ideal route for a player returning from a serious long term injury, particularly as the player in question has recently turned 33 years of age. Ogboona has been making excellent progress as he recoveres from his ACL injury sustained against Liverpool last season, Moyes alluded to the fact that Hammers were flying high in third place in the league when the Og picked up his injury, the results tailed off considerably when the Italian's presence was missing from the back line.
The Con Cup has come in for a lot of criticism, but it DOES give the manager the chance to bed in new players as well as those returning from injury as well as players from the U-23's and of course those from the youth set up. Thursday's opponents Anderlecht are no mugs and will put up stiffer resistance than they did last week, however IF Hammers can get this one over the line they are virtually guaranteed to progress to the next round of the Con Cup with games to spare which will allow Moyes to 'rest' certain players as well as giving others a run out they might not have had the opportunity otherwise.
The club DOES finally have some strength in depth, it does beggar the question as to where the club might have ended up last season if there had been one or two extra additions during the transfer windows. - Ed
Zouma looks to me to be unfit and plodding along at the back and unless it is an aerial ball into the box i am not convinced by him and have not been for a little while now...his performances seem to be lethargic and his ball control has gone out the window...is he carrying an injury or has the whole catgate thing affected him more than has been let on....thankfully we have plenty of cover at the back now so would you give him a rest try and lose a bit of timber? or would you soldier on with him?.
Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola said that his players were Exhausted after the match against Copenhagen i would ask really? do they know the meaning of exhaustion? whilst i understand that they are top level sportsmen they are in there prime and with the squads and rotation nowadays i just find that and excuse.
In my working life i used to work 12 hours a day for a meagre wage and walked to work that was around an hour or so and the same in the evening but you did it to provide for your family so to say you are exhausted after 2 maybe 3 games in a week i truly find laughable try living a real working mans life 6 days a week and for a lot nowadays 7 days and on wages that would not come close to an average premier league players weekly wage.Harold Macmillan once said "you've never had it so good" so please all these players an managers keep quiet about Exhaustion you truly do not know what that means.
Ever since Rob Newman joined West Ham from Manchester City we here at the Org have been banging on about the value to be had from Ligue Une ever since the collapse of the Bein TV sports deal that left all but the few seriously affected, the French government stepped in to temporarily keep the game going but their bail out has ended and for many it is sink or swim!
Usual a club that suffers from financial machinations West Ham were actually well placed at the beginning of the most recent transfer window to fully exploit the situation across the channel and have 'swooped' to fill key areas that needed urgent attention, none more so than club record signing Manuel Pacquetta. Pacman's signing along with that of Thilo Kehrer, Alphonse Areola and Nayef Aguerd show exactly how far down the 'Gallic' route Newman chose to go.
It has taken a while, but the seeds of the Iron's French Renaissance seem to have been well and truly planted just in the nick of time! Yesterday's performance against a very decent Fulham team WAS definitely edgy, especially in the first twenty minutes when the visitors could have been THREE goals to the good. The atmosphere at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium was also rather subjude because transport issues meant many had elected to sell their tickets on ticket exchange resulting in a lot of the dreaded 50/50 scarves!
At the end of the day the result looks comfortable, ON PAPER, but it was a stressful watch punctuated only by moments of beauty from Pacman and Inkman, not forgetting NFL's greatest Michail Antonio's 'cameo' goal in the closing stages!. Anderlecht on Thursday next swiftly followed by a visit to Southampton on Sunday, a team who love to mess things up for the Irons on a regular basis. - Ed
West Ham: Fabiański, Kehrer, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Lucas Paquetá, Fornals, Scamacca
Subs: Areola (GK), Ogbonna, Johnson, Coufal, Emerson, Downes, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio
Fulham: Leno, Adarabioyo, Ream (c), Robinson, James, Reed, Palhinha, Pereira, De Cordova-Reid, Kebano, Carlos Vinícius
Subs: Rodák (GK), Duffy, Wilson, Cairney, Onomah, Mbabu, Diop, Harris, Godo
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