West Ham vs Arsenal Official Match Thread

[Whiskyman]

You were entertained for the first 30 minutes, weren't you?

Then we decided to go back to the Football Moyes likes to play against the SKY 6..Sit back and let them dictate.That`s why it ended up 3-3.

Are you referring to the post me and Whiskyman were debating?I wonder BB

I will play "1-0 to the Arsenal" Football if it meant a trophy at the end of it.

If we were a Chelsea,serial trophy winners(which the post was about),I wouldn't be happy that we had spent all them millions and I'm getting bored to death with the football being played..If you got money,you expect a bit of style.

i wasn't referring to anyones post in particular teslar, just the comment of playing to be entertained is fine and dandy, but would take a scrappy 1-0 win and 3 points and a nice glow on a monday morning all day long. We are no where near the top 6 in terms of 1st team or strength in depth and have massively overachieved this season. But moyes has got a very decent tune out of what we have and i am suddenly rather addicted to winning, rather than that abject feeling normally associated with a monday morning. It of course remains to be seen if we run out of steam or spend to improve in the summer, im also like you pissed with moyes subs which really added nothing to the process but our bench is a stark choice currently.

We didnt lose and for the neutral it was an exciting game...about it really.

Very well put sir. I think I now know what being a Leeds United fan is like. As you say Moyes has got a, at least imo, very moderate squad to overachieve.

How many of our squad would have a shout at getting into the squad, never mind the actual team, of one of the big fish ? Rice, Soucek, Coufal certainly. Fornals possibly, and Fabianski & Ogbonna if they were 4 or 5 years younger. But unfortunately they're not.

And imo we'd better make the most of it because I think this is as good as it gets. Fans will presumably be back next season so the boo boys will again take centre stage. And a return to relegation scrapping will be back on the agenda.

[Towie]

i wasn't referring to anyones post in particular teslar, just the comment of playing to be entertained is fine and dandy, but would take a scrappy 1-0 win and 3 points and a nice glow on a monday morning all day long. We are no where near the top 6 in terms of 1st team or strength in depth and have massively overachieved this season. But moyes has got a very decent tune out of what we have and i am suddenly rather addicted to winning, rather than that abject feeling normally associated with a monday morning. It of course remains to be seen if we run out of steam or spend to improve in the summer, im also like you pissed with moyes subs which really added nothing to the process but our bench is a stark choice currently.

We didnt lose and for the neutral it was an exciting game...about it really.

Very well put sir. I think I now know what being a Leeds United fan is like. As you say Moyes has got a, at least imo, very moderate squad to overachieve.

How many of our squad would have a shout at getting into the squad, never mind the actual team, of one of the big fish ? Rice, Soucek, Coufal certainly. Fornals possibly, and Fabianski & Ogbonna if they were 4 or 5 years younger. But unfortunately they're not.

And imo we'd better make the most of it because I think this is as good as it gets. Fans will presumably be back next season so the boo boys will again take centre stage. And a return to relegation scrapping will be back on the agenda.

Think you are wrong there Whiskyman, I don’t believe we will be in relegation battle next season. I think Moyes has us playing really well and fans will get behind him & team. However if he has the team sitting back against say a Burnley then imo the fans have a right to vent their frustrations.

I think mostly it will be the former if he is allowed to build on squad and not sell the main assets.

Imagine the crowd after that performance first 30mins, the atmosphere would be electric, don’t think the team would have sat back like they did but kept on pushing.

[brookingslovechild]

And imo we'd better make the most of it because I think this is as good as it gets. Fans will presumably be back next season so the boo boys will again take centre stage. And a return to relegation scrapping will be back on the agenda.[/b]

second season syndrome sort of. god, i bloody hope not.

[Towie]

Oh the high and mighty H69 speaks again.

Who on here has claimed to be a real fan or indeed accused others of not being real fans due to style of play?

The issue here is that we played well on the front foot, playing good entertaining football. Then inexplicably we sit back letting the opposition back in the game. Leeds game we got away with it today we didn’t.

Keep on going the way we were, we could of got a 4th or fifth in that first half they were totally on the ropes. Go for the throat!

Utter Rubbish. The issue was that Arsenal were crap in the first half and they were not in the second. In the first half we had three shots on goal only but were clinical. In the second half we had far more and were not and we even missed a sitter.

Fuck me, I am starting to see why we never win games with fans in the stadium.

You think Arsenal were poor, I think we made them look poor. So who has more faith in the team in that scenario?

I think you talk shite most of the time in that pompous way you come across. Your posting style just basically annoys the hell out of me.

I also believe your acceptance of mediocrity is the real negative around here.

That now said I’ll let you have final word, because I just can’t be bothered to respond anymore.

[Castiron]

Utter Rubbish. The issue was that Arsenal were crap in the first half and they were not in the second. In the first half we had three shots on goal only but were clinical. In the second half we had far more and were not and we even missed a sitter.

Fuck me, I am starting to see why we never win games with fans in the stadium.

You think Arsenal were poor, I think we made them look poor. So who has more faith in the team in that scenario?

I think you talk shite most of the time in that pompous way you come across. Your posting style just basically annoys the hell out of me.

I also believe your acceptance of mediocrity is the real negative around here.

That now said I’ll let you have final word, because I just can’t be bothered to respond anymore.

Got to say, I'd rather see us play the way we did for 35 mins yesterday, unfortunately the game is for 94 mins normally, and I agree Arsenal couldn't deal with our movement.
As soon as the first went in, I had that horrible feeling that we were going to let them back in.
But, I'd rather watch yesterday's game over that shit I sat through last week against Manure, and I was proud of our display against the Champions elect, when we were at it for 94 mins, despite the loss.

[palerider]

Yesterday reminded me so much of the must win game against Watford last season that sealed our safety.

3 up and cruising but a goal back and the frillies are soiled, peeping over the top of the sofa. And had Watford not had the players that the Arse have at their disposal, as that comeback eventually petered out, we may not even be in this division, so I'll take the rough with the smooth for now.

[Brookbonds73]

Yesterday reminded me so much of the must win game against Watford last season that sealed our safety.

3 up and cruising but a goal back and the frillies are soiled, peeping over the top of the sofa. And had Watford not had the players that the Arse have at their disposal, as that comeback eventually petered out, we may not even be in this division, so I'll take the rough with the smooth for now.

Indeed.
My Jodhpurs were in a state when it went 3-3.

[Castiron]

Yesterday reminded me so much of the must win game against Watford last season that sealed our safety.

3 up and cruising but a goal back and the frillies are soiled, peeping over the top of the sofa. And had Watford not had the players that the Arse have at their disposal, as that comeback eventually petered out, we may not even be in this division, so I'll take the rough with the smooth for now.

I don't think we would have lost that yesterday with Ogbog at the back. That's not having a pop at Diop, but Ogbog is so much more composed and a leader of men.
Benrahma left Cresswell so exposed all game, bit we didn't buy Benrahma for his defensive talent, although I'm yet to see him totally control a game going forward, might not ever.
Dawson has been brilliant, so I'll forgive him his own goals of late, and that was some finish for their second.
Maybe he should go up top
John Moss had a brilliant game for them, if half the Arsenal boys showed his desire to win the game they would have won.
He was that good It was a surprise he didn't appear at the back stick to nod home the winner tbf

[palerider]

Yesterday reminded me so much of the must win game against Watford last season that sealed our safety.

3 up and cruising but a goal back and the frillies are soiled, peeping over the top of the sofa. And had Watford not had the players that the Arse have at their disposal, as that comeback eventually petered out, we may not even be in this division, so I'll take the rough with the smooth for now.

Indeed.
My Jodhpurs were in a state when it went 3-3.

Sunday is drag day at Pale Towers so I was in full Downton Abbey attire but I did have to change my bloomers.

[Brookbonds73]

Indeed.
My Jodhpurs were in a state when it went 3-3.

Sunday is drag day at Pale Towers so I was in full Downton Abbey attire but I did have to change my bloomers.

I fully concur.
One minute you're in full attire, strolling around the grounds with Gertrude the one eyed pot bellied pig, and the next, you've got a foot long Canadian log hanging out of your undercarriage.