West Ham v Aston Villa post match

[Demitri_C]

Massive point. We needed. West ham not easy place to go. 1st half awful. Second half deserved point. Diaby was motm

Special shout out to cash. My god what a block. Unbelievable from him. Welk done cashy

[Somniloquism]

VAR got two decisions right and one wrong for me.  Was a game of 3 handballs.

Cash, Konsa, Torres & Digne/Moreno - stop trying to shoe horn Lenglet in, if he was as good with the ball as he clearly thinks is he’d be captain of Barcelona not farmed out to us

The Spammers handball wasn't VAR but the ref. He was looking straight at it so told VAR he had seen it and didn't think it was deliberate. The players arm was out as he was pointing to his team mate and the ball was played against it. Not a natural position, but not deliberately lifted to block it so would always be on-field call.

[Skerra]

I’d have taken a point before the game so, all good with the 1-1.
I think that Duran, Rogers, Moreno and Lenglet should only be used as backups.
We’ve got a couple of weeks off now so, hope Ramsey will be back in contention and not get injured again in his first match back. Diaby getting back some form is vey welcome.

[Astnor]

Tielemans good as Kamaras stand in IMO. Havent read the whole thread but guess there is disagreement about that. Had taken one point more than spuds before the weekend. Wham difficult opponent, we where ok overall, a bit below our high standards might but CL hopes are still there on that showing IMO.

[SamTheMouse]

Watching that Wham team, I was having flashbacks of us under O'Neill. And not in a good way.

[Somniloquism]

I’d have taken a point before the game so, all good with the 1-1.
I think that Duran, Rogers, Moreno and Lenglet should only be used as backups.
We’ve got a couple of weeks off now so, hope Ramsey will be back in contention and not get injured again in his first match back. Diaby getting back some form is vey welcome.

And be back to last seasons form and not this one. TBH, as a Ramsey backup, Rogers isn't too bad when on the ball. If he had Digne behind him or Moreno of last season, I don't think we would be too unhappy if he was still missing.

[JUAN PABLO]

I  Can see us finished 4th with one point ahead now and would love that to piss off spurzzzz .   




oh did and soucak get booked for intentional hand ball into the net?

[Martyn Smith]

Incisive insight from Gabbidon there

[Somniloquism]

His insight was brilliant all match (if you want a laugh that is).

[Oklahoma]

Ollie (and the team) looked less effective with Duran alongside.

Cash and Digne clearly improved us, as did Diaby.

I like the look of Rogers. Still some way off being a regular starter, but looks to be a shrewd purchase and a player who has plenty of promise.

A good point and a decent few days following the disappointment of last weekend.

[Martyn Smith]

Tielemans good as Kamaras stand in IMO. Havent read the whole thread but guess there is disagreement about that. Had taken one point more than spuds before the weekend. Wham difficult opponent, we where ok overall, a bit below our high standards might but CL hopes are still there on that showing IMO.

Sorry I was just amazed he wasn't subbed, especially after he got booked

[The Edge]

VAR got two decisions right and one wrong for me.  Was a game of 3 handballs.

Cash, Konsa, Torres & Digne/Moreno - stop trying to shoe horn Lenglet in, if he was as good with the ball as he clearly thinks is he’d be captain of Barcelona not farmed out to us

The Spammers handball wasn't VAR but the ref. He was looking straight at it so told VAR he had seen it and didn't think it was deliberate. The players arm was out as he was pointing to his team mate and the ball was played against it. Not a natural position, but not deliberately lifted to block it so would always be on-field call.

I've only seen highlights and was wondering why we didn't get the pen because arm was definitely not in a natural position. But I take your point about Bailey deliberately hitting the ball at his arm so it was probably the correct decision in the end.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Watching that Wham team, I was having flashbacks of us under O'Neill. And not in a good way.

Good call. I thought they were one of the poorest teams we've played this season which makes Unai's team selection even more frustrating. Bowen is the only player I'd want from them. A lot of talk this week on how Southgate should have selected James Ward-Prowse for his squad but it must have taken 70/80 minutes for me to register he was on the pitch. I assume he's had better days than today?

[eamonn]

Unbeaten in London - you'll never sing that!

(PS - How did we do in the Xg result?)

[Percy McCarthy]

We missed McGinn. I have no idea why such an obvious handball at the end took nearly eight minutes to be given but they got it right in the end.

Emery 4 - got out of jail big time today. Wretched team selection and formatiom should have finished us. All the changes worked to get the point but should never have come it. He's tinkering far too much in recent games

Games played - 43
Games left - at least 11.
ACLs - 3
Captain - suspended.

Why on earth is Emery ‘tinkering’ I wonder?