West Ham Utd 2-2 Leicester City (20/04/19)

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Ironing Board wrote: Anderson is so mercurial. I wish we had spent the money on solidifying our defense with a top class centre half, rather than on a talented, but streaky, winger.

There's a lot of truth in that. Exactly how I feel.
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Cuenca 'ammer wrote:

They're hard to come by. Even the big heads have trouble getting hold of top class cb's.
ManU spent about 60M on 2CB's and STILL have Jones and Smalling at the heart of their defence...[/quote]
True, they seem harder to come by nowadays. On the other hand, they are worth their weight in gold as they save so many points over a season, which rarely gets the attention it deserves.
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Colours never run wrote:

There's a lot of truth in that. Exactly how I feel.
Would give a nut for an Alvin Martin nowadays.
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I have to say our free kick thingy is driving me nuts.

it hardly ever works and today was a complete fiasco. first they couldn't get the defenders back 10 yards and then after Snoddy went off, Anderson and Noble had an Abbot and Costello routine which seemed to get cocked up completely

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Anderson is our top scorer ffs. Without him we’d be a lot further down the league. There are plenty of other players there for you to dig out though.

Edit - Cuenc, didn’t see your post, the above isn’t aimed at you :thup:
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Last week two marginal offside calls the opposite side from links cost us a win. This week.a clear onside from the linos side costs us. Probably influenced by how annoyed the Leicester players were about the previous onside goal.

Pathetic though. VAR gives us 6 points instead of 1
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Patito wrote:Anderson is our top scorer ffs. Without him we’d be a lot further down the league. There are plenty of other players there for you to dig out though.

Edit - Cuenc, didn’t see your post, the above isn’t aimed at you :thup:
I’m not digging him out - he is a great player. But I just think our defense is more of a shambles, and would have been the area to invest in.

And it is not just central defense. The full backs are well pat their sell buy date, and this is a big concern, as these are players who are important also in an attacking sense as they provide the overlapping runs.
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Love Anderson. He ain't always gonna get it right, pesicslly defensively but he tries real hard most of the time. Blokes quality and fortunate to have him. Really decent first season.
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Our squad depth is poor on quality right through.
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Nice day out, good game between two evenly matched teams, jolly atmosphere, Masuaku and Snodders were superb. The Antonio/Chilwell battle was a great watch.

Nicely worked goals by both teams.

We looked a bit fatigued and leaden footed for their first and the team, like most of the stadium, had switched off and were muttering in disbelief at the officals for some of their decisions when the second came.

Vardy - like him or loathe him - has been one of the outstanding centre forwards in the league for four seasons now.
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bristolhammerfc wrote:Our squad depth is poor on quality right through.
Yeah, that is probably the biggest issue. There isn’t anyone who can take up Noble’s mantle. Wilshire just seems like an expensive addition to our injury list.
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Colours never run wrote:Love Anderson. He ain't always gonna get it right, pesicslly defensively but he tries real hard most of the time. Blokes quality and fortunate to have him. Really decent first season.
but you'd have rather we bought another centre back instead?
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Beavis Danzig wrote:
but you'd have rather we bought another centre back instead?
We’ve lost more points due to defensive blunders than we have gained from Anderson’s attacking play!
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We played well for much of the game, and we've been back in form since the second half against Chelsea. I know it's a bit disappointing not to win, especially with the combination of official error and the injury time goal, but we weren't exactly in a cup final or relegation six pointer.

Our games against Leicester and Watford have consistently been among the best to watch since we've gone to Stratford.
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I’m with Patito, is Anderson not the sort of player we ‘demand’ as West Ham supporters? Mercurial, frustrating, moments of genius? 10 goals and a number of assists in his first Premier League season. Another CB ffs?! :thdn:
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Newcastle are breathing down our necks with a negative net spend. If Rafa is available we should go all out to get him. Now he is a real manager.
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A really enjoyable game of football between two evenly matched teams who were both going full pelt to win the game, plus the sun was shining. Can't ask for much more than that

Some of our players played really well, especially Masuaku and Antonio, and no-one was under-par. We played some lovely football at times and all we were missing was a proper goalscorer to get on the end of many very good crosses that were slung across the box. if ever a game needed Hernandez it was this one

we may only have picked up a point but it was the best we have played at home for a while
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Re: ⚽ West Ham Utd v Leicester City: match thread (20/04)

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blimey - the Barcodes could end up above us if I read the table correctly...


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Cuenca 'ammer wrote:blimey - the Barcodes could end up above us if I read the table correctly...


:shock:
Amazing what a good manager can do!
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