there's a certain hypocrisy of accusing people of being disloyal for wanting a change in manager while holding a shoppling list of players they'd like shipped out.

he was outstanding in the first half (who wasn't) but his influence faded as they got their passing together.

he thrives in chaos.

lerma is out for them which is supposedly a big blow and means they'll likely be slotting in the likes of rob holding at CB.

we need to score as many as we can before the legs go.

foncesca is so far the only name slap bang in the middle of the likely/appealing venn diagram for me.

for us to get a win here given our empty tanks it'll be a case of bite and hold. i'm confident of the bite, less so of the hold.

glasner's the reason moyes never got to experience champions league football so he'll be looking to settle that score.

Certainly not in this league where every game is full on and there’s no freebies as there are in many other leagues, as Ange is finding out As for the “I demand to be entertained as I’ve paid my money” mantra, when did that change in football or has it always been there? I certainly never used to t...

I wasn’t as aggrieved by the ref and their tactics as some. Over the two legs we lacked discipline and rose to the bait. I’m increasingly of the view that we need a new skipper. Zouma is never near the ref, players in trouble or vocal on the pitch and we lack that. Can’t see any candidates in the s...

for me, we haven't really been playing to a level we should aspire to for over two years now. 2021/22 ended on a bit of a whimper, last season was a disaster on the home front despite us having some outstanding talent in the squad, only to be salvaged by a european glory. this season began with us m...

JWP doubling down on what he said after last week: "We as a team and as players have got to give them something to get off their seats about. The way we pressed in the first half, we were aggressive and looked like a team on the front foot who wanted to win the game, and I think that style of p...

The stuff nightmares are made of if bowen just blasted it at the keeper for one of our boys to follow up on or scuffed the pass to the point that the ball slowly rolls across the same trajectory, it's a goal all day. that said even if we equalised, i fear it would've just prolonged the heartbreak. ...

i loved how much antonio's goal was like the one he scored against man u at the last boleyn game. made the night feel fated somehow.

He’s been a manager for about 30 ****ing years in which time he’s never played a high intensity pressing game as a rule. Utterly absurd to all of a sudden claim it’s only because he doesn’t have the squad to do it. I like the bloke but c’mon let’s not argue black is white. There are more than enoug...

As i said in the match thread, I feel like the last couple of months have really spelled out to Moyes that West Ham will always want to be a chaotic snarling firebrand of a club. you can direct it but you can't hope to contain it. The first half was the sort of apocalyptic off the chain hell mary up...

il_martello_di_genovesi wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:40 pmTried to contain 1st leg, which most of us agreed with

The players didn't, going by JWP and Mickey's comments

gegsy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:31 pm Hmmmm. How do Leverkusen manage to keep their energy for so long, more than other teams who presumably train as hard, and score so many late goals?

Hmmm. It's a mystery I guess.

all 7 goals they've scored in the knockout rounds have been after the 70th minute.

We always seem to come out fighting when Moyes' hand is forced and we have to go for the jugular. I think the penny might have dropped with him at this point but it's likely too late.

Whoever we bring in next needs it embedded into their DNA.

A bridge too far.

They aren't super humans, just XI blokes on the pitch. Like Mickey said we paid them far too much respect last week.

Ref was a twat as per.

feels bizarre to say this but i reckon there's a fair amount riding on who gets the kick off. they get it, put the ball in a locker for 5 minutes and siphon the initial electricity out of the stadium. we get it, bosh it down the line for antonio and win a corner in the first 30 seconds and from ther...

Although Talksport aren't the font of accuracy, I find the timing of this announcement odd: Season ticket renewal time? Galvanising the fans for tonight's game? Who knows, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sullivan leaked it. i think it's the agreed narrative that suits both parties. moyes doesn't suf...