West Ham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Monty]

Yeah I think some are hung up on the Wilson of a few years ago. Significant drop off last season.

[Dave]

I'd love him here!  Trouble is, he's married into East End royalty/pwopa (faux) geezer territory so he'll never be allowed to leave!!

I imagine if they go down, he'll be out the door and would probably want a little go at the Champions League. Arsenal / Man City / Chelsea feel unlikely. If we're there, I reckon we'd be the ones "expected" to sign him.

If (as per PWS above) we look elsewhere for someone younger and the Champions League spots are filled with some of the usual mob, feels nailed on for Spurs.

If they stay up, he'll stay there.

[nigel]

Yeah I think some are hung up on the Wilson of a few years ago. Significant drop off last season.

Agree
I was quite relieved when he came on. It was noticeable that the defence had a lot more time.

[nigel]

This was an excellent win.
West Ham are a good side that has come into some form and Nuno is a good coach.
To be fair, I think their league position is a bit false
We rarely do well down there, too, so we shouldn’t underestimate how good a win this was

[Rigadon]

Blimey Nigel.  I think you’re being too generous! They looked shite to me and the football Nuno serves up isn’t any different to Allardyce et al.  It’s effective some times, but dour. 

[nigel]

Blimey Nigel.  I think you’re being too generous! They looked shite to me and the football Nuno serves up isn’t any different to Allardyce et al.  It’s effective some times, but dour.

Ha
That’s fair, mate.
Perhaps I’m guilty of bigging up other teams for the benefit of our wins. 😂

[Rigadon]

Nothing wrong with that mate

One thing that made me chuckle was late on, they made a load of subs with the players coming on all massive.  They were obviously hoping to get a few corners but got none!

[OCD]

Those subs felt like resignation to me. The players going off were much better than the ones coming on.

[kipeye]

If we had the money, Bowen would be the signing we need for that right side👍

Bowen would be a brilliant addition to the Villa team, tenacious, great technique and a wonderful finisher.

I found myself thinking that during the game.  Imagine if we'd somehow managed to find a way to buy him in the summer instead of Guessand...

If I remember rightly, we were in for him at Norwich and went with the guy from Brentford who lasted a season.

[dorsetvillian]

West Ham fans are saying that was the best home performance of the season, even though they have actually won other games

[Dave]

If we had the money, Bowen would be the signing we need for that right side👍

Bowen would be a brilliant addition to the Villa team, tenacious, great technique and a wonderful finisher.

I found myself thinking that during the game.  Imagine if we'd somehow managed to find a way to buy him in the summer instead of Guessand...

If I remember rightly, we were in for him at Norwich and went with the guy from Brentford who lasted a season.

He was at Hull prior to West Ham, he scored his first goal for them against us. Think we were rumoured to be interested when we were buying all the best players in the Championship a bit before West Ham came in for him.

[brontebilly]

West Ham fans are saying that was the best home performance of the season, even though they have actually won other games

Says it all. Konsa handed them their first goal and was piss poor for their second. The only time I saw decent play from them was when Pacqueta (I think) slipped Bowen through for the offside goal and he finished superbly.

I thought they were incredibly poor. Tactically too they were a mess. Lindelof's full PL debut for us and they never really pressed him all that hard to force him more onto his left foot. Nuno prefers that low block but they aren't defensively strong enough for it. AWB was destroyed by Rogers, both centre backs were rubbish and nothing on the bench.

[LeeB]

West Ham fans are saying that was the best home performance of the season, even though they have actually won other games

Says it all. Konsa handed them their first goal and was piss poor for their second. The only time I saw decent play from them was when Pacqueta (I think) slipped Bowen through for the offside goal and he finished superbly.

I thought they were incredibly poor. Tactically too they were a mess. Lindelof's full PL debut for us and they never really pressed him all that hard to force him more onto his left foot. Nuno prefers that low block but they aren't defensively strong enough for it. AWB was destroyed by Rogers, both centre backs were rubbish and nothing on the bench.

They have the worst centre halves in the league for me and they paid about £80m or so for that privilege.

[Chris Smith]

West Ham fans are saying that was the best home performance of the season, even though they have actually won other games

Says it all. Konsa handed them their first goal and was piss poor for their second. The only time I saw decent play from them was when Pacqueta (I think) slipped Bowen through for the offside goal and he finished superbly.

I thought they were incredibly poor. Tactically too they were a mess. Lindelof's full PL debut for us and they never really pressed him all that hard to force him more onto his left foot. Nuno prefers that low block but they aren't defensively strong enough for it. AWB was destroyed by Rogers, both centre backs were rubbish and nothing on the bench.

I though their midfield was decent, they tracked their men and were aggressive in trying to win the ball back. When you’re in their position that’s a good base to build from.

[VILLA MOLE]

West Ham fans are saying that was the best home performance of the season, even though they have actually won other games

Says it all. Konsa handed them their first goal and was piss poor for their second. The only time I saw decent play from them was when Pacqueta (I think) slipped Bowen through for the offside goal and he finished superbly.

I thought they were incredibly poor. Tactically too they were a mess. Lindelof's full PL debut for us and they never really pressed him all that hard to force him more onto his left foot. Nuno prefers that low block but they aren't defensively strong enough for it. AWB was destroyed by Rogers, both centre backs were rubbish and nothing on the bench.

I though their midfield was decent, they tracked their men and were aggressive in trying to win the ball back. When you’re in their position that’s a good base to build from.

I thought they had a lot of energy until our 3rd goal and it kind of deflated them