West Ham Home 1-1 thread

[oxtonfox]

Today was very frustrating for sure. A few spoonfuls of gruel in the end but the  Amartey injury overshadows any over reactions tonight for or against for me. 

[marcymarc666]

Frustrating second half, must have been 150 offsides, that not the managers fault. We could have scored 4 if it was'nt for there keeper.

I still think we're playing the most creative football for years, but we have'nt got the players to realise Puels ideas.

PUEL IN

Edited 27 October 2018 by marcymarc666

[Ricey]

5 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Someone sat near the linesman second half, were they offsides? he called a lot for them all to be off

I was behind him and everyone I saw clearly he was spot on.

[Spudulike]

7 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

1975 called.  They want their attitudes to women back...

 

What's it got to do with attitudes to women ??

[Chester Dontlie]

We were extremely lucky to draw this, Puel should be thankful to Noble for his brainfart moment. If  Wilf's shot wasn't deflected Fabianski would have no problem catching it and it would end 0-1. Extremely lucky. We played against the weakest West Ham team they've been this season, no Arnautovic (their most important player), no Yarmolenko, with 3rd/4th choice strikers Chicharito and toothless Antonio. 1-1 is only slightly less embarrassing than 0-1.

Glad we have a point but I see no positives after this game. Chilwell was playing well, the rest of our players needs to have a word with themselves. Half of them can't complete the simplest of passes anymore, inexplicable. The way we're playing after conceding is very upsetting. We didn't look like a team last season and we still don't look like it now. This game could spell the beginning of the end for Puel, I'm afraid he's a dead man walking from now on.

Well done to West Ham and Pellegrini who made a good team out of those players. If they were in full strength (Arnautovic, Yarmolenko) even playing with 10 men would give us a tonking

 

[UniFox21]

Just now, Ricey said:

I was behind him and everyone I saw clearly he was spot on.

Really? wow, we need to work on that line then.

[lgfualol]

5 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Puel had the summer to sort out such issues, but the signings we make seem to be rubbish bar one or two... so Puel must be to blame for the lack of options especially upfront 

Every summer is the same. Multiple managers have made multiple waste of money flop signings. Like I said before, if we had someone like Pep we would still be making weird signings like Ward and Ghezzal.

[HighPeakFox]

13 minutes ago, Pablito said:

Let's face it, we are NEVER going to be a top six team.

Agreed.

[Ricey]

1 minute ago, marcymarc666 said:

Frustrating second half, must have been 150 offsides, that not the managers fault. We could have scored 4 if if it was'nt for there keeper.

I still think we're playing the most creative football for years, but we have'nt got the players to realise Puels ideas.

PUEL IN

Can I have some of what you are on?

 

We are not creative and these are his players.

[Sunbury Fox]

24 minutes ago, Goober said:

All seemed a bit clueless and desperate that. Not very good. At least we’ve knicked a point there so it’s not all doom and gloom but the performance was light years away from that first half at Arsenal. I don’t get it

It was light years from the first half at the Emirates but then Puel altered the formation and made 4 personnel changes to Monday's starting team tonight. He changes the team way too much for my liking. It prevents partnerships and understanding developing. It's no surprise we looked so disjointed in the first half. But for the sending off, the chances are that we would have lost again. At that point they were well on top despite missing several key players.

 

Fair play, we kept going in the second half and I personally think we deserved a bit of a luck and a point. But when you need luck to snatch a point at home against a limited West Ham team, weakened by injuries and down to ten men for two thirds of the game, it is a worrying sign. 

Edited 27 October 2018 by Sunbury Fox

[Itsthejoeker]

I can just picture the dressing room at half time:

 

”When you go out there I want to all to be offside, then when you get the ball, pass it to the opposition.”

 

 

[Leicester_Loyal]

Embarrassing from start to finish.

 

Iheanacho, Vardy, Iborra and Amartey were static for pretty much the whole game. Okazaki came on and was equally as bad, he just stood in the middle doing absolutely nothing.

 

They had a player sent off and we still kept 5 players back, even though we were flashing balls across the box and looking for a rebound tap in.

 

I honestly haven't seen any improvement in this team in the past year, we've not gone forward at all (ironic as most of our play on the pitch is exactly like that). Unfortunately I can only see this ending one way, and that's with Puel being sacked before the end of the season.

Edited 27 October 2018 by Leicester_Loyal

[maddog]

Claude wasn't on the ****ing pitch was he. 

 

He's managed us well through a massive transitional period where big title winning stalwarts have been dropped and many, many young players have come in. 

 

Maddison, Chilwell and Gray would not be in the England squad without Claude Puel for starters, most of you goons called Chilwell a liability under Shakespeare and Ranieri, he gets to the England squad under Puel and suddenly he's just amazing but the manager is shit. 

 

We are a mid table premier league squad and we are in mid table so making par, and we're making par comfortably despite being rubbish at times. 

 

Sacking Puel would be mental, we are not a champions league side and we aren't even a Europa league one. Get real for **** sake. 

[lgfualol]

2 minutes ago, Itsthejoeker said:

I can just picture the dressing room at half time:

 

”When you go out there I want to all to be offside, then when you get the ball, pass it to the opposition.”

 

 

"Remember: we want to pass it around side to side that will really wind up the fans"

[kingfox]

What is it with home games against West Ham 

 

Is Puel really to blame for tonight? Wasn't his fault that our players lacked quality and kept going offside. A whole lot of frustration tonight, luck seemed to be against us, then eventually the luck was with us.

 

The selection to start with though was poor, Ghezzal was garbage, Iheanacho was garbage. 

 

We just lacked ideas, if someone can't get on the end of a cross then we don't look like scoring, Albrighton produced some good deliveries yet nobody really commits, Vardy committed once and blazed his header over the bar.

 

We're just full of inconsistencies and we look like we'll continue in that manner.

[lifted*fox]

Sick of this ****ing forum and everyone overreacting to every little thing and blaming Puel for every last thing. 

 

We spent the best part of 55 minutes attacking their goal and couldn't get the ball over their line. West Ham defended valiantly and short of lacing up his own ****ing boots and getting out there I'm not quite sure how Puel was supposed to score the winner for us. 

 

Puel is not completely free of blame but playing this many raw young players is always going to be difficult. What's the other option? Go back to hoofing it like we did under Ranieri at the end or during Shakespeare's spell? That's ****ing done, so get the **** over it. We can't keep lumping it forward to Vardy until he's 40.

 

Our players were mostly pathetic today, poor passing, too ponderous on the ball and couldn't hit a ****ing barn door. Put better, more experienced players on the pitch and play the same way but with higher accuracy and skill and we win the game. The plan was fine, the execution was shit and West Ham were strong in defense when down to 10 men. Simple. 

[UPinCarolina]

1 minute ago, maddog said:

Claude wasn't on the ****ing pitch was he. 

 

He's managed us well through a massive transitional period where big title winning stalwarts have been dropped and many, many young players have come in. 

 

Maddison, Chilwell and Gray would not be in the England squad without Claude Puel for starters, most of you goons called Chilwell a liability under Shakespeare and Ranieri, he gets to the England squad under Puel and suddenly he's just amazing but the manager is shit. 

 

We are a mid table premier league squad and we are in mid table so making par, and we're making par comfortably despite being rubbish at times. 

 

Sacking Puel would be mental, we are not a champions league side and we aren't even a Europa league one. Get real for **** sake. 

Forever and ever, amen.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Haven't we been saying the same thing regarding a target man for about 2 years? We loan/sell them all, then start whipping crosses in constantly.

[Chester Dontlie]

35 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

Terrible game. Wish we hadnt got rid of all our target men because the amount of times we go wide and cross is ridiculous. Bringing on Okazaki is pointless, Slim would have gotten a brace.

 

Need to teach the team offside as well.

Slim chance mate

Pretty sure Ulloa would get a hattrick though

 

 

[marcymarc666]

4 minutes ago, Ricey said:

Can I have some of what you are on?

 

We are not creative and these are his players.

Theses are'nt HIS players, he inherited most of them. Yes it was frustrating, I was tearing my hair out, but that's what happens when you put 10 players behind the ball. This is a team in the making, we have to be patient.

[Itsthejoeker]

1 minute ago, lgfualol said:

"Remember: we want to pass it around side to side that will really wind up the fans"

 

“Although, if you give the ball away we may be able play a more exciting counter attacking style that they ask for”

[Vacamion]

10 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

What's it got to do with attitudes to women ??

 

Really?

 

I have to explain?

 

He quoted Mrs Vardy and then suggested Mr Vardy should put his wife “on a lead”, implying that Mr Vardy should change or control his wife’s utterances.

 

In 2018, in most of the developed world, women can express their own views without their husbands putting them “on a lead”.

 

It’s disappointing, but not entirely surprising, that I have to explain this.

 

 

Edited 27 October 2018 by Vacamion

[Lambert09]

Weird game to decide it but I realised today that I want Puel to stay.  Quite refreshing to try something new, our recent manager downfalls have come because the dressing room ruled. 

 

We may not have won today but if I was a squad player Id now have hope of game time and the first 11 wont take their positions for granted. 

 

We will be alright. 

[Ricey]

2 minutes ago, marcymarc666 said:

Theses are'nt HIS players, he inherited most of them. Yes it was frustrating, I was tearing my hair out, but that's what happens when you put 10 players behind the ball. This is a team in the making, we have to be patient.

He has had two transfer windows and money to spend.

 

You can’t use that tired old excuse anymore.

[DerbyshireFox]

Well the gamble didn’t pay off. Both sides were poor so a point was the right result - deserved nothing more but definitely nothing less. Poorest home display of the season. Frustrating evening. Much better required Tuesday and at Cardiff next week.