West Ham United v Crystal Palace FC Team Sheets

A bit of fight at the end, But too little too late and they showed us how to see out a game

Is anyone else wondering just where our 40th point is going to come from?

just come back from the pub watched the hammers live really disappointed we don't get up for the small clubs like we do the big clubs

Complete pants. What was Song doing???

just come back from the pub watched the hammers live really disappointed we don't get up for the small clubs like we do the big clubs

Hello all, glad this site is back up and running... been lurking around on KUMB but unable to register and vent my weekly West Ham related angst.

What a load of crap that game was. We looked good when we were facing 10 men - that says it all. Cheating won today. The Palace fans and Pardew will be celebrating having collected a big London scalp and their defending to the end will be seen as heroic but Glen Murray first and foremost is a complete C expletive.

Only West Ham get fined for fielding an "illegible" player in Sakho during the Africa Cup of Shams fiasco and yet a player who repeatedly brought the game into disrepute this afternoon with terrible, cynical tackling, diving and gamesmanship was allowed to stay on the pitch before the eyes of an accredited referee and ensure his side a victory scot free.

To blame him alone for our poor performance would be naïve and attention must be brought to Alex Song. For about 10 percent of his tenure at West Ham he has looked like a world class player. The rest of the time he has bandied around the pitch like a prima donna spilling lazy passes and trundling into danger with the ball. I'm sorry Alex but come the end of the season if the board are sensible you will be long gone from here. If you can't be arsed to play for this club because you think you are too good then clearly you don't belong here. Mark Noble has just signed a 5 year extension to his contract and yet still gets slated by his own fans for lack of ability and yet every single match he has made a contribution on the pitch and given 100%. I would much sooner have 10 more Mark Nobles in my squad than Alex Songs. Palace had no skill today, they relied on complete guile.

In the last 20 minutes we looked like we might of come away with a point and credit must be given to the players who put in a shift - Valencia, Nobes, Jenks, Cress, Kouyate all exceptional.

Even Nene almost had a perfect debut bar the post and looks like he may well be of use to us.

I kind of feel like despite a few key moments from Reid today we would of benefitted with Collins in the back four as he would of slapped that cheating toe rag Murray down straight away and made him his salt wife. (game of thrones reference)

Given our Spurs draw (loss) last week we are looking like a very different West Ham from the start of the season. I truly feel for the loyal fans who pay each week to watch the games home and away and bow to them as an armchair critic.

In many ways, having tasted the glory of our great start this season the expectation and frustration has become a monster and I only hope we will get a win against Sunderland because at the moment it seems we play well - we lose or draw, we play okay - we lose, we play bad - we lose.

And has anyone seen Stewart Downing? He seems to have gone missing

they expected to win, then got pised off when things were not happerning, very disapointing, out played.

Careless and lazy on set pieces. Reid looking like his mind is elsewhere and Cresswell too. Lacked any sort of clue going forward; Song had a lot to do with that -- what's happened to him. Downing hasn't played well for a long time either. Noble and Nene hitting the woodwork and not scoring was unfortunate for us, but the bright sparks were too little and way too late. Valencia -- give him the ball! Jedinak is a thug and should have gotten a red card. And Murray should have been given his second yellow earlier, if not for a foul then for diving to earn Palace a second goal. Mike Dean was awful. But can't really complain about the result -- West Ham lacked any sort of flair, finesse, skill, fight until too late. I'd love to see the manager given his marching papers now so a new person has time to start putting things in place for NEXT SEASON. When was the last time we won in the league? When will we win again.

We are now ninth and only ahead of Stoke in tenth on goal difference. I can see another five or six teams below us catching us if we don't get a result soon.

What a shambles it was. Beaten once again by a team that reinstated a new manager. Pardew did his homework with his depleted squad and proved Lawro to get it all wrong. Who was to blame for this performance? All three goals were due to very poor defending, Adrian looked second best to the Palace keeper and should have been more visible especially at corners and set pieces. Cresswell was lost for pace and also responsible for the poor deflection that led to the first goal, Reid was not his aerially dominant self and also responsible for the second goal. Finally, Tompkins marking was poor for the controversially awarded set piece that led to Palace's third goal. All in all they really deserved their three points. We seem to have that grit in us against the top teams but somehow are looking second best against the lower teams. Look at the only game that we won since Christmas. Hull City dominated the first half and we only woke up in the second half to score 3 goals. No doubt the two shots that hit the posts on a luckier day would have seen us take a share of the spoils. Yes, Song did not look his normal self today and his passes were clumsy to say the least as were one or two of his tackles. Downing woke up late in the game to set up that great goal for Valencia, Noble although he puts in a great effort, does seem to lack pace. You have to give Palace credit as they did not give up tackling until they could steal the ball from our players. Also, we were outmuscled in all aerial balls, and someone like Collins might have been useful today, as he very rarely gets beaten in the air. Although Valencia was not very impressive in the first half it was good that he was not substituted as he seemed to have a good rapport with Nene, and scored a great goal. He was really unlucky not to get a second that was superbly saved by the Palace keeper. I am sure that Nene will have a lot more to offer as he gains his fitness and that would have been quite a spectacular chipped goal if it went in rather than striking the post. Finally Sakho and to a certain extent Kouyate were way below par today and both of them seem to have lost their stride. I am hoping that they can raise their respective games just like Valencia did. Surely it will be a bonus if Valencia can put in a performance against a team that is rumoured to be targeting him and does so by destroying them on Tuesday. LOL.

Summed it up great as usual toronto let's HOPE we can put the record straight v chelksi COYI

We don't have the class to beat Chelski at the moment. Costa will be all over us again. Still, Adrian is getting plenty of practice showing off his skills to be new Spanish keeper.