Given our injuries, the fact that we were mostly outplayed and Swansea could have had a penalty,
I'll take the point
An outstanding display from Collins in defence he made so many last ditch clearances,his blocking is second to none.Another solid performance from Adrian,he really is proving himself a top goalie.
We don't look like scoring at the moment and it is painfully obvious Westham need some pace up front.
Jelavic up front ,try as he did ,was about as effective as playing Carroll or Cole up front,it doesn't work..none of them have good movement to play that role....when will Bilic see this.We might as well be playing with 10 men a lot of the game,they look isolated.Thats no fault of these players ,its the style and set up doesn't suit these players.To me ,it seems Bilic isn't willing to change the system from a 4-2-3-1 /4-3-3.Why doesn't he make the best of what he has and use Valencia and Zarate up front ,not out wide? These guys are strikers for goodness sake,stick them up front .....The board have got to dip into their pockets and splash out on a quality striker with pace,because this long term injury situation is really going to have a negative effect on where we finish up the end of the season,cause Westham don't look like scoring from open play.
I'd like to see some of the young lads given a chance against Villa. Samuelsen(when he gets back from his loan spell)and Cullen might energize our midfield because there is not a lot happening going forward,only the predictable runs of Zarate and Antonio,who both done okay.Yet having said that they all did their jobs well defensively.
The first impressions I got with this game from kick-off was that Swansea were quicker ,their movement and pressing the ball, they were excellent at closing down,gave Westham very little time on the ball,which affected Westham's normal passing game,unsettled their flow.Thankfully Westham did finally wake up and start to take the game to Swansea.But the team is struggling without the likes of Payet,Lanzini,Moses and Sakho .Any thoughts?

The face of Match of the Day for many years and will be missed by many.
The kids of today will never understand the rub of the chin and the accompanying words Jimmy Hill, (your telling me a bit of a porkie.....)
RIP.

found this on you tube west hams 12 days of Christmas enjoy

https://youtu.be/CJQLSijwIaw

We all know it and despite those who harp on about quality and technical ability lacking I say keep it...look at spain you already no the results before they happen rarely and it is very rarely one of the big clubs slip up as in Germany even france etc but over here just look at the results every week you cannot pick them...and long may it continue it makes our league the most watched and talked about around the world its EXCITING and as a supporter its what you want....goals make games and atmosphere between fans not a technical 0-0 so give me a 2-2 a 1-0 3-0 3-2 1-3 1-2 0-4.....if you want boring tic tac footy go watch continental football you want in your face blood and thunder football stay at home its the best league in the world and we all no it......if you don't then I guess your Scottish!! only joking lol

If you do

My team tomorrow would be Adrian,tonks,ginge,ogbonna,cress song,nobes,kouyate,antonio, valencia,zarate...bit of a no-brainer really considering our injuries,but i feel this is still a strong,attacking side that will do the bizzo tomorrow-2-1 to the mighty hammers...COYI...

Not football related,but just wanted to mention-the last existing coal mine in great britain-kellingley colliery will close today.I know its a divisive subject but regardless how you feel about the closures,its a final nail in the coffin for one of our historic industries!The mines produced communities that will never be the same again,& for that reason imo its a sad day...Any thoughts?

no sooner had wwe wrestler triple h declared himself a west ham fan and pictured with the shirt than we find out he's injured...so he wont be our new right back then!

I posted last week on the subject of championship football and playing in half empty stadiums ,i was watching Hull v Reading tonight and im beginning to see the reason ,tha standerd compared to the prem is for me piss poor , its bordering on park football ,God forbid we ever go there again , i know not everyone will agree .
I cant help wondering about the future of football in England

Another game gone a decent point against stoke and another clean sheet with Tomkins at right back. Now while Tomkins wont offer you much going forward, he can defend which in my opinion is more important. Think I saw a stat saying we haven't conceded a goal this season while Tomkins is at right back. Now like Cresswell, Jenks loves to get forward now I see many people saying Jenks has just hit a bad run of form. What I cannot understand is how someone who has been given so many chances this season still makes the same mistakes every time he plays. The amount of goals that have been directly at the fault by Jenkinson this season almost hits double figures if it hasn't already. This all started from the Leicester and Bournemouth games where both our full backs has a torrid time. Now what irritates me most is since then you have two ends of the scale from both our full backs. You have Jenkinson who refuses to learn and Cresswell who in my opinion is getting better and better with every game and looks like Bilic has been working on his defensive side. So why can't Jenkinson also learn? Can he not learn? Or do you think Bilic isn't as interested in teaching jenks the basics. Tomkins at right back on saturday was a big statement by Bilic with reid injured. Is Jenkinsons time done at the club? One things for sure he needs to stop making the same mistakes otherwise his career will be short lived at this level.