Chelsea 0-1 West Ham Utd (30/11/19)

[hammer1975]

ive got a feeling Anderson wants away, Noble didnt look him in the eye at the end when shaking hands. Well done Martin didnt put a foot wrong hardly and not a punch in site, hardly

One of the other clips showed him smiling, hug Cresswell and then raising two clenched fists in celebration. Thought he played alright but I’m basing that on him having a more defensive detail of shutting down Jorginho. He didn’t look happy being subbed though.

[Cuenca 'ammer]

So a keeper who didn't look terrified and can do the basics. Someone who can run up front and in behind. Pellers gets £7m a year to work this stuff out. Good to see the team step up and give a crap.

yeah and there''s loads on here who came up with the very same solution and I would guar-an-damn-tee they don't earn 7M between the whole load of them.....

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Marting just let something slip on his BBC post match interview. He said he "Hadn't been able to eat for two days", so when did he know he'd be playing?

[Jon]

Great pic Johnny....

David 'gets it'. He understands the privilege of being a pro. A West Ham pro!

From Accrington Stanley to Anfield, Tranmere to Derby, clean sheet at the Bridge (on debut) for the Hammers.

Somebody make a film!

[sussexhammer74]

Fantastic effort by west ham today.

I thought rice was outstanding today. He put in a huge effort, performance and ran his socks off today.

[neathiron]

Superb, chuffed to bits for them both.

[Up the Junction]

Marting just let something slip on his BBC post match interview. He said he "Hadn't been able to eat for two days", so when did he know he'd be playing?

Pellegrini revealed team at 1pm today - but DM must've had some idea as would've been heavily involved in first team training all week.

[Universidad-de-Chile]

A good game from many of our side.... Noble, Cress, Antonio, Martin, Fornals, Ogbonna, Snodgrass.


Much more improvement on the defensive department.


My MoftM Rice and specially Balbuena.

[DannyboyDJL]

Superb from everyone today. The set up of the team was much better with 2 runners on the wings and everyone looked properly fired up. It's the managers and captains job to make sure that happens again in the next game.

Antonio deserves a special mention. Absolutely superb.

[ginghamdress]

those stats show 6 SoT for Chelsea but I don't recall Martin making any "saves"

It was his positioning, a large part of a keepers skill, I thought his positioning was pretty good, something Roberto is very bad at.

[traxop]

Can't be anything but happy for Martin.

As for the game itself, I thought Pellegrini made the right call playing with 2 banks of 4 to pack the midfield so that we don't get overrun in the critical area. The thing was that even with the 2 banks, we weren't dropping deep(except for the last 10 mins), we still had a high line. The extra bodies in the middle really help slow down their attacks.

The other key decision from Pellers was to have Anderson play a free role just behind Antonio. It forced us to play through the middle rather than trying shovel to the wings under pressure. It also gave us someone to link the midfield to the forward areas - which was something we have been missing over the last few weeks(an absolute disconnect between the back and the front).

All in all, happy with the effort put in. Let's get this season back on track.

[Ludeksgloves]

has anyone older than Martin made his PL debut ?

Andy Goram?

[The Old Man of Storr]

If we are to turn this season around this would be a good time to start -

West Ham United to win 1-2 and for Match of the Day to show our glorious victory on second to last like the insignificant thing it is .

Well , got the result right if not the score .

Well done , West Ham , never in doubt .

[pezza20]

It just goes to show that if the team applies themselves in the right way results come.

we weren't miles better creating chances but everyone put a shift in and that translates to a decent result.

It makes a huge difference having a keeper who at least acts like a keeper though doesn't it ... he looked assured and commanded his area well, unlike the other knobjockey. It also tells me that Roberto had at least 2 games more than he should have had.

Great result but I want to see some consistency now with another similar performance against Wolves.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Andy Goram?

Which one?

[Universidad-de-Chile]

Happy birthday indeed mate


We all know it but it's great to be reminded how bonkers this club is :shock:

David martin at the end.... if only we could bottle that emotion....just superb

+ 2

Felíz Cumpleanhos, Iron mate!

[old fart]

Those bastards are playing games with my mind...

Bournemouth with a late goal and West ham have right ****ed up my sky super six

[il_martello_di_genovesi]

David Martin, what a hero...

Just him playing instead of Roberto made us look more confident.

[Nosebleed]

File under 'Most ridiculous results in West Ham history'. Where on earth did that performance come from?

wonderful and woeful aren't we!?

personally i think we won that because chelsea let us in, they were far too open and we suddenly remember what it was like to be able to move the ball forward into space, giving us confidence. Balbuena had a cracker, their crossing was abysmal, we had some new energy up top.. i still don't think this is our best side or formation but SO GOOD TO GET 3 POINTS!

Very happy for the Martin family,. it'd be rude to drop him for the Wolves game wouldn't it.. (even though i really wanted to see the young lad in the sticks today)

Win at Wolves and all is forgiven

[61dicksey]

Ogbonna outstanding and Man of the match for me. Declan made two or three lung busting runs down the left overtaking Anderson and Arfur for the last one :lol:
Martin looked confident and was well protected after a slightly concerning defensive start but we sorted it out after 10 mins.
The subs were spot on from Pellegrini today .
Energy and fight it is all you can ask and the rest follows , well done one and all .