West Ham away (PL) Match Reaction Thread

[Xhaka Can’t]

Reaction? What reaction?

Something different has to happen for me to have a reaction to anything this Club does.

[AFC Leveller]

Has Ozil broken the assists record yet (the one Henry held)?

[AFC Leveller]

The eleven that started today is good enough wo win the league season, they have a nice ballance to them and so much graft. They are being held back by Wenger and as long as he is here they won't win the title.

Give this team to any tactically astute manager and they would walk the league this season. A manager who really wanted to win today would have made sure his team went in at half time leading, not holding on and then going behind.

[Munchies]

[Munchies]

DT

[AFC Leveller]

TY is deluded for saying he would give him an extension.

Wenger has to go, this is not a knee jerk reaction or anything like that, he is simply not good enough anymore.

[Power n Glory]

From the start of the game, West Ham looked dangerous coming forward and our defence was wobbly. We were lucky to not be a goal down. Two chances ruled out for offside and one was a legitimate goal so we were lucky in that sense. But it also seemed suicidal for West Ham to play 3 at the back against us and we cut them open. 2 goals up and it should have been game over. But something about Wenger teams...they always switch off before halftime and just after coming out from the team talk. It's criminal.

This sort of think leaks into what was said in the week. The first two goals happened in quick succession and you can blame the players for switching off at that moment. But how can we come out from halftime after the team talk and allow Carroll to score again? Wenger doesn't adjust quick enough. Bilic switched to 4 at the back after halftime. He saw it wasn't working and made a tactical change. We did nothing at all. Nothing to stop the crosses or Carroll. When we're 3-2 down, Wenger just throws on every attacker and abandons the shape so we can salvage a point. What about hooking Bellerin at halftime and putting Chambers on and telling him to stay on Carroll? Or taking off that useless Gabriel? The amount of shit Merts get because his height and lack of pace catches peoples attention, but fucking hell....Gabriel is a joke. Kos was no better and I can't understand why Wenger pairs them when he knows Gabby doesn't speak English and Kos doesn't say fuckall to anyone.

Oh well. It's over. That's the title race over. Applaud the pure mental strength.

[AFC Leveller]

Cech should have started, yes Ospina had been decent but he has always been dodgy on crosses and Cech was bought for a reason.

[Munchies]

[Power n Glory]

DT

I disagree on the point about Ospina but agree about Campbell. Great points about West Ham and Leicester City taking a chance with changing managers. Not sure why Man Utd are always the reference point.