West Ham v Aston Villa post match

[The Edge]

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?

JWP came on for the last 10 minutes.

[The Edge]

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?

Precisely.

[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?

JWP came on for the last 10 minutes.

Ha! Glad to see my eyes aren't failing me.

[Gareth]

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?

Exactly…I don’t like Lenglet in there but can see exactly why Emery is selecting teams he is…4/10 is utterly ridiculous

[Somniloquism]

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?

Obviously we don't see what his reports see when he is decides the team and what he wants to exploit. However he could easily have stated this game with Cash at right back, Konsa, Torres and Moreno/ Digne at the back. Chambers or Tim with Luiz in front of the defence, Tielemans further forward in midfield and then Bailey, Watkins and either Rogers or Zani.

Instead he went with two strikers which actually nullifies Watkins as he can't make the runs and removed someone else from an already lightweight midfield.

[PaulWinch again]

Fuck knows how ours wasn’t a pen. He had his arm out pointing.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Fuck knows how ours wasn’t a pen. He had his arm out pointing.

Didn't Bailey deliberately flick the ball up to his arm?

[eamonn]

A good and deserved point in the end. Not a particularly good performance but we have a heavily depleted team. I didn’t enjoy much of it.

Until OnlytheZaniolney stepped-up!

[Dave]

West Ham fans seem absolutely convinced that they're on the end of a vast conspiracy of the Premier League and the media because of how obviously rigged it all is, because everyone is desperate for us to finish in the top four. That's the narrative that they want.

So we're not the only club with nutty conspiracists who are sure that the world is out to get them.

[RichardBatchelor]

Fuck West Ham.

Defend in numbers at home and then try to sneak it with a bit of basketball at the end.

Embarrassing to play that way in front of your own supporters.

They were fools really. At 1-0 they were so on top, had us on the ropes, then sat back. We duly took advantage.

[The Man With A Stick]

West Ham fans seem absolutely convinced that they're on the end of a vast conspiracy of the Premier League and the media because of how obviously rigged it all is, because everyone is desperate for us to finish in the top four. That's the narrative that they want.

So we're not the only club with nutty conspiracists who are sure that the world is out to get them.

Wulvz are the current undisputed world champions at that, making it the second time they've been world champions if you listen to their idiot followers.

[brontebilly]

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?

There is no justification for the back four that started today. Nor playing two up top. Konsa at RB, Lenglet at RCB 😕 Emery has plenty of credit in the bank, that goes without saying, but he's had a nightmare last two games..

[Somniloquism]

Fuck knows how ours wasn’t a pen. He had his arm out pointing.

Didn't Bailey deliberately flick the ball up to his arm?

I don't think it was deliberate as he was trying to play Konsa through who had made the run. But as the arm was out for the pointing before the ball was played, the ref decided it wasn't deliberate. Another day.......

[PaulWinch again]

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?

JWP came on for the last 10 minutes.

Ha! Glad to see my eyes aren't failing me.

I’d be delighted to have Kudus and Paqueta in our squad too.

[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?

Obviously we don't see what his reports see when he is decides the team and what he wants to exploit. However he could easily have stated this game with Cash at right back, Konsa, Torres and Moreno/ Digne at the back. Chambers or Tim with Luiz in front of the defence, Tielemans further forward in midfield and then Bailey, Watkins and either Rogers or Zani.

Instead he went with two strikers which actually nullifies Watkins as he can't make the runs and removed someone else from an already lightweight midfield.

Sounds like a bit tinkery to me that does.