in general our set pieces and crossing has been abysmal..... shame. we gave it a bloody good go. did all was asked of them.... referee has been a complete joke...... Agree completely, ref has been pathetic. We gave it a bloody good go. 2nd goal at the end of the 1st leg gave us too much work to do.

German league must be dogshit for this mob to be unbeaten in 43 games.

Terrible miss by Frimpong.

Where is the ref from?

Looks Maltese or Cypriot but he’s way out of his depth tonight.

Great save again by Fabianski.

Blokes still brilliant at the age of 39,

Ogbonna on.

Ward Prowse is having one of his best games in a West Ham shirt.

No real easy teams left at this stage, but with Liverpool very likely now out it’d be a shame to exit at the quarterfinals. Saying that, even if we do go out tonight hopefully we can at least take a credible draw from the home leg. Those suspensions and a half fit Bowen will make it bloody hard thou...

Burnley Hammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:18 am Fotis Ioannidis is an old link... we were linked in January weren't we? or was it last summer?

January.

Up and coming striker, international caps and European experience for Panathinaikos.

Probably circa £20m - seems plausible.

Hope the poor lad is okay, recovers and can kick on next season.

This team needs breaking up in the summer, whoever is in charge next season.

And get one of the kids on for the last 15 mins, at least try and gain one positive from this match.

Childhood until the age of 11 seemed a simple time in the mid to late 80s - it probably was… Panini football stickers Garbage Pail Kids cards Spectrum 48k computer Kicking a football about down the rec with my mates - do people still call the local park the rec? Doubt it. Endless days in the summer ...

At this stage of the competition, those fine margins are what dictates games. If Kudus scores, we have them right where we want, and if they score both goals look forward to next week still in the game. We’re right up against it. But we cannot be wasting chances like the one Kudus was given. Didn’t...

Daniel1895 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:50 am Leverkusen are the best team in Europe ATM.

In terms of on current form, yes. Form garnered however by a German league which is not the strongest in Europe and easy ties in Europe.

In terms of either on paper or in real life - no chance.

But are they better than us - yes, quite clearly.

Tosin on a free and Teden Mengi to supplement Zouma and Mavropanos. Sell Aguerd, use the fee to pay for Mengi. Good business :newthumb: I’d also go for Barkley at Luton who I think is only on a one year contract. Another full back and a younger, physical striker. No idea who that striker would be t...

Joffrey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:35 pm West Ham at home under the lights - we can beat this mob by 2 and then let’s see who’s got the bottle in extra time/pens.

COYI

Can’t see it without Paqueta, Emerson missing as well and a 75% fit Bowen.

But I like your optimism

Croydon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:12 pm Boniface is very quick, isn't he?

The ideal striker for us. Shame it's too late to get him!

Built like a bloody tank - looked about 4ft wide.

westham,eggyandchips wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:05 pm Where has the myth come from that we're good at set pieces? I keep hearing it and reading it.....its a nonsense.

We used to be 2-3 years back.

Dawson and Soucek headed goals seemingly every other week.

But this season we are clearly crap at defending corners.

garage wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:59 pm What happened to our world class team in a world class stadium we was promised?

Well we did win a Cup last season.

We hadn’t won a cup in our last 36 years at Upton Park.

That early miss from Kudus was bad - looked a relatively simple chance. Antonio does his usual huff and puff and looked good but his final pass or shot was poor which sadly sums up a lot of his time in a hammers shirt. We looked solid enough and good value for a great away draw but again, we can’t d...