West Ham United vs Aston Villa Post-Match

[Mister E]

Week 1 - Already 2pts up on the same fixture last season.
 

3 points. Do keep up.

Read Nii's comment again.

[john2710]

That's why Duran was £40m. If he listens to Emery he'll be £60m by this time next year

[Mister E]

Wouldn't be surprised if West Ham struggled this season. It isn't like Emery taking over from Gerrard when everything was a mess. They were solid if a bit dull under Moyes, they were wide open on the counters today.

This was their first game and were trying to integrate a number of players so I think they will get a lot better. Having said that, Paqueta looked largely ineffective and uninterested; the game passed Soucek by for large parts and starting with the anonymous Antonio seemed bizarre to me.
We played them at the rigth time in the season.

[TonyD]

Week 1 - Already 2pts up on the same fixture last season.
 

3 points. Do keep up.

Read Nii's comment again.

Indeed. I thought he meant Newcastle game.

[FrankyH]

That winner was a thing of beauty, four Villa players one touch , all with their left peg.

[garyellis]

But West Ham’s recruitment has been so impressive
Our first eleven is not as strong
Blah blah blah

Great performance great result

Believe in SUE

UTV

[Goldenballs]

The analysis after the game is absolutely correct, why rush to leave Villa in the champions league under Emery when you're only 20.

You might want a bit more game time in the here and now, but you'll be so much better off in the long run.

Edit: thought I was in the Duran topic.

[AV84]

This was their first game and were trying to integrate a number of players so I think they will get a lot better. Having said that, Paqueta looked largely ineffective and uninterested; the game passed Soucek by for large parts and starting with the anonymous Antonio seemed bizarre to me.
We played them at the rigth time in the season.

Agree. I can't see them troubling the top 4 but I think they'll get better as the weeks go by. A good time to play them on opening day.

[CT Villan]

Great debut from Onana and Tielemans was awesome replacing...er...what's that fella's name that played CM last season, Luis or something

Gone but not forgotten !

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Best Saturday evening performance seen in that stadium since Farah, Ennis, & Rutherford all won Gold.

[Jimsta]

Villa Boys you was very impressive today, So many MOTM to choose from Torres , Tielemans and Onana.
But a lot of respect today to Duran, That guy changed the game today, He made that ball stick to him up top and brought a lot of players into the game,
I really do think if Duran was playing for the spammers today it would be a whole different game.
Thank You Villa for making this a another great weekend.

[TonyD]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a player so happy to play for us than Anana. 

[Toronto Villa]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a player so happy to play for us than Anana. 

Is he related to Onana?

[Beard82]

I thought Onana looked impressive - Maatasoon looks great too.

I still think we could do with another defender and forward if FFP allows, but that was a great result, and we played some excellent football at times. 

Was never too worried about Durans behavior - he just seems an overexcitable kid - but hes got some talent.  Very pleasing evening - good result against a good team when not at our best. 

[TonyD]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a player so happy to play for us than Anana. 

Is he related to Onana?

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