West Ham v Aston Villa post match

[Brazilian Villain]

When my phone pinged to say we were 2-0 down, I went for a walk. Was quite pleased to later discover we had drawn 1-1.

Decent away point in the circumstances.

[wince]

Lenglet didn't play for half a season and as a fifth choice centre half, has been fine and at times, very good. He didn't play well today but you could see some of that was attributable to playing on the right not left. Plus the centre halves all suffered on the ball because there was nobody to pass to first half.

I hate all this 'so and so gave one of the worst performances ever' or 'he should never play again' whenever a player has a poor game.

Me too. Some posters talk about certain squad players as though it's the 2015-16 squad. it is absolutely pathetic given the season we are having.

Zaniolo is another example. Gets dogs abuse here. Has won us two points this season with crucial goals and that ight be what gets us into the European cup for the first time since 1983.

Love your positive posts on here dude. Keep the faith man!

[Villan82]

Thanks Wince, made my day! I didn't think anybody liked them at all!!

Edited to say I have seen a lot of bad managers at Villa, I just am desperate for us to appreciate the fact that we may well have a once in a generation one at the helm and to be patient. He is doing wonders for us

[brontebilly]

Hopefully that's the last we see or Lenglet.

Not his best day, but imagine if every wish like this after one bad performance came true, who would we have left? Probably Martinez on his own.

He's been weak in quite a few games now . Probably why he's 5th choice . We could have started without him today and last weekend.

All the back four were awful in the first half. Leaving Cash on the bench so both Konsa and Lenglet could struggle out of position was bonkers stuff from Emery.

And yet, his in-game management saw what was happening and he had the bollocks to change it at half time.  I'm happy to back a guy who has transformed this squad.  He doesn't make mistakes, the players do.

He was only rectifying a mistake of his own making. We were appalling in that first half and WHU should have finished us. All managers make mistakes, Guardiola cost Man City at least one CL with madcap tactics for example, and Emery is no different.

He's itching to play this 3 x CB rubbish since pre season though and I really (really) wish he would finally stop it.

[LeonW]

Thought we were going to lose that. Moyes changed the tide with taking a forward off for a defender on 65 mins at home. Bizarre decision that played straight into our hands. Thought we were a bit fortunate with the first VAR call. Second one at the end was correct. A very useful point.

[frank black]

Thought we were going to lose that. Moyes changed the tide with taking a forward off for a defender on 65 mins at home. Bizarre decision that played straight into our hands. Thought we were a bit fortunate with the first VAR call. Second one at the end was correct. A very useful point.

Antonio has confessed post match

[olaftab]

When my phone pinged to say we were 2-0 down, I went for a walk. Was quite pleased to later discover we had drawn 1-1.

Decent away point in the circumstances.

And a decent healthy walk for you. Win win as they say.

[brontebilly]

Thought we were going to lose that. Moyes changed the tide with taking a forward off for a defender on 65 mins at home. Bizarre decision that played straight into our hands. Thought we were a bit fortunate with the first VAR call. Second one at the end was correct. A very useful point.

I thought West Ham's tactics in second half were so negative as to be untrue, especially considering how bad we were in the first half. They retreated from the off and let Tielemans and Luiz particularly dominate the ball under little pressure. Tielemans can't run or tackle but can play, seemed crazy to let him play himself into the game.

Kudus especially did cause us big problems on the counter and Bowen was always a threat. To be honest I wasn't surprised Antonio was hooked but only Moyes would bring on a right back for him. Seems like we mugged them off with Ings too, unused sub and if ever there was a forward unsuited to Moyes tactics it has to be Ings. The Kalvin Phillips loan must be going incredibly badly too if he wasn't worth bringing on to try and stop our dominance in midfield.

[Legion]

What was Zaniolo's 'shush' in aid of?

[LeeB]

What was Zaniolo's 'shush' in aid of?

Eamonn slagging him off.

[VillaTim]

What was Zaniolo's 'shush' in aid of?

Maybe he's been on here and looked in the Zaniolo thread.

[VillaTim]

Thought we were going to lose that. Moyes changed the tide with taking a forward off for a defender on 65 mins at home. Bizarre decision that played straight into our hands. Thought we were a bit fortunate with the first VAR call. Second one at the end was correct. A very useful point.

Fortunate ? He practically threw it in  .

[LeonW]

Thought we were going to lose that. Moyes changed the tide with taking a forward off for a defender on 65 mins at home. Bizarre decision that played straight into our hands. Thought we were a bit fortunate with the first VAR call. Second one at the end was correct. A very useful point.

Antonio has confessed post match

Fair enough.

[LeonW]

Thought we were going to lose that. Moyes changed the tide with taking a forward off for a defender on 65 mins at home. Bizarre decision that played straight into our hands. Thought we were a bit fortunate with the first VAR call. Second one at the end was correct. A very useful point.

Fortunate ? He practically threw it in  .

I thought Martinez got caught out badly with the cross and was all over the place. I couldn’t see the handball clearly. Thankfully VAR did.

[wince]

Thanks Wince, made my day! I didn't think anybody liked them at all!!

Edited to say I have seen a lot of bad managers at Villa, I just am desperate for us to appreciate the fact that we may well have a once in a generation one at the helm and to be patient. He is doing wonders for us

No worries mate. I love your positivity