miles wrote:That was the most balanced West Ham side I've seen in over two seasons. We have a decent team now.
Spot on.
That was the biggest plus for me.
Sure, there were a lot of good individual performances. In fact I can't think of a player who didn't do well.
But, for me, the biggest joy was watching a team with 2 proper full backs who can defend solidly, yet offer a different dimension when we're going forwards. I thought our flank play was excellent, not least due to the FB's pushing up and helping out when we were attacking. I never thought I'd experience such joy watching Wayne Bridge!!!
We were well organised, I thought Tomka was immmense, and Parker did a lot of good work in front of the back 4. And Keane's influence shouldn't be under-estimated. Although he did seem half a yard off the pace to me, his understanding of the game, and how to make the most out of space when attacking seemed to be passed on to our forward line.
Very encouraging overall