West Ham Utd 0 Chelsea 1 (25/04/09)

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Re: West Ham v Chelsea - match thread

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Happy with the first half... Chelsea dominated the territory without really creating anything but we have created the better chances. Was surprised to see 50:50 possession. Defence looks good again but midfield struggling at times to retain possession (I'd like to see Kovac introduced just to add some steel)

We seemed to up the tempo towards the end of the half and if we can carry it over to the second than i think we can snatch this

Sears for DDM at some point early in the second
Kovac for Noble to add some steel and to keep the ball
Maybe Savio for LBM/Stanislas for the last 15 if we need something extra
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bring on Sears for DDM.
Has he played one good ball ??

Hope Stanislas also improves his passing today.

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Front two are woeful.
Dyer and Stanislas struggling,LBM and Noble working hard in the middle of the park.
Back 4 and Greeno looks solid.

Need to stop giving it away so cheaply up front,it's going to hurt us if we continue like that.
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We need to keep the ball better. Tristan, Di Michele and Stanislas need to play the simple ball and make sure of we retain possession. Will expect them to get a rocket at half time. That being said we have created the best 2 chances which were sitters really. Think chelski are going to come at us at the start of the second half as they have created very little even though they have been camped in our half.
Tomkins and Upson have defended well and Neill has been excellent so far.

Hopefully we can hold them off and pinch a goal.
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and the ****ers that sang 'you've got no family'. Hang your heads in shame.
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HammerMan2004 wrote:Brilliant idea to surround Cech for that corner.
We need some more corners, it was a great idea!
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Cech has been weak from corners all seasons. Very good tactical play for that corner.
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Vince wrote:and the w***ers that sang 'you've got no family'. Hang your heads in shame.
I concur. Calling them stupid ****ers would be an understatement.
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second half about to start come on you irons
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I would pull Stanislas for Kovac and put Dyer out wide.
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tristan should have done better with that
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Another opportunity wasted
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cockney hammer wrote:tristan should have done better with that
What a waste of space. I'd rather put Savio on and let him get some experience.
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Or another opportunity created ...
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**** nearly scored
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Illunga is down
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Up the Junction wrote:Or another opportunity created ...
They don't keep track of those in the league table though.
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westhamgardner wrote:Illunga is down

lets hope he is ok
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Great diving in to prevent the fat one shooting.

Hope Ilunga's OK
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Illunga up and running again :thup:
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