West Ham Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

cdgalwegian

Ludo wrote: »

Hernandez leaving...pity it didnt work out. Does leave up a bit light up front withAntonkioout so hopefully Haller or Ajeti don't get injured.

Hernandez blew hot and cold, but sad to see him go. At least he had scored on his final game.
4-2-3-1 seems to be Pelligrini's preferred system, so I would think the emphasis on a lone striker, with Ajeti as back-up and Antonio as emergency back-up, means in the January transfer market we might be able to afford a new left wing-back. So if Masuaku is injured, Cresswell doesn't have to come on. Alternatively, the donkey Ogbonna could be replaced as bench-warmer to Diop's rightful centre-back pairing with Balbuena with another new signing.
Why Ogbonna is preferred more recently to Balbuena is hard to fathom- supposedly it's just because the donkey is left footed, but surely that can't justify it.
I'm really hoping Wilshere will start against the Villains, after the international break, and can thereby make a case for the following game against Man U.

Justin Credible Darts

If the team is playing well, I would not change it, even if it means wiltshere has to wait.

pjmn

Wilshire???

I'd play the tea lady in midfield before him - he's no where near premier league standard...

Justin Credible Darts

pjmn wrote: »

Wilshire???

I'd play the tea lady in midfield before him - he's no where near premier league standard...

he seems to be highly rated.


I dont see what it is in him, he is not bad, nut nothing special either.
I leave the team as it is for now.

The real mccoy 91

Wilshere has it. Fully fit and in form he is England quality but he's a long way off that atm I don't think it's any surprise how our form has bounced once noble has returned. I do think Jack will still have a role to play I just hope he finds his form in not a lack of work ethic that's stopping him

Justin Credible Darts

seems the hammers sold hernandez for 7million.

Interesting article here about players that left where clubs lost a fortune on the players

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49559153

Hammer Archer

Chance to go third in the table so of course we get a scoreless draw.

Justin Credible Darts

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Chance to go third in the table so of course we get a scoreless draw.

A game that there to be won, and should have won, but after the sending off, a point was better than nothing

pjmn

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Chance to go third in the table so of course we get a scoreless draw.

... true, but in the past we'd have lost 1-0 - so we are improving (I'm in 'glass half full mode' today )

cdgalwegian

I got to watch the match at last, with a view to seeing how the Hammers only managed to get only 1 shot on target, from Noble. It was mostly two teams set up the same way, making it an energetic and tough midfield battle (5 yellow cards- 2 for Masuaku), but geared towards tight defending where they basically cancelled each other out.
Haller was soon crowded out; Yarmelenko wasn't that effective, but when Fornals came for him (granted, the game had opened up more towards the end), there was good link-up play between them. Up until the latter part of the second half, Haller was frequently dropping deep to help out the crowded midfield.
Defensively, it was good to see Anderson helping out there, and thankfully again Ogbonna wasn't called on to do much; for an away match, the defensive game was pretty solid, where Aston Villa looked better in attack. Rice was excellent.
A lot of the crossing, short and long, was sub-standard. If that could have improved, with Haller staying consistently up front (and Fornals behind him) there might have been a better chance for him, but maybe they would have weakened defensively.

Ludo

Really feel we need one more here. Utd will sneak one.

Justin Credible Darts

west ham could get a second and i still would never trust west ham to see it out.....such is the way as a hammer supporter.

not overly joyed with wiltshire on

SEPT 23 1989

Well done Mr Pellegrini

Ludo

Apparently he has beaten four ManU managers now. Let's hope they don't get any ideas! Although he wouldn't take the step down anyway.

Justin Credible Darts

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

west ham could get a second and i still would never trust west ham to see it out.....

delighted to be proven wrong...lol

The Jman

Good win but it's on a par with beating everton, Bournemouth etc these days. Still think we can play a lot better, our attacking players weren't at their best at all today

Hammer Archer

Was expecting a helping hand from the referee to get them back into it, even with VAR.
Looking at our fixtures, the next proper dodgy fixture isn't until Spurs in late November. If we are really serious about European football next year we should be in and around the top 4 by then.

pjmn

Happy out with that.... COYI's

Justin Credible Darts

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Was expecting a helping hand from the referee to get them back into it, even with VAR.
Looking at our fixtures, the next proper dodgy fixture isn't until Spurs in late November. If we are really serious about European football next year we should be in and around the top 4 by then.

Fair play to your optimism

Shedite27

Wasn't overly surprised today, that United team are awful.

Hammer Archer

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

Fair play to your optimism

Oh I don't think we will. But if they're serious about getting into Europe, they should be.

The real mccoy 91

Mark Noble the beating heart of West Ham wherever they want to call home

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/23/mark-noble-west-ham-manchester-united-upton-park?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Nice to see some recognition for Sunday's performance and this man getting the credit

Justin Credible Darts

hammers dominating, 67% possession, but trailing to oxford

Anderson on for Wiltshire

Hammer Archer

Hilariously predictable.

The Jman

Shocking result but if we win against Bournemouth I won't care. Hopefully a bad result will focus the boys minds for the weekend!!

Justin Credible Darts

thankfully its only a mickey mouse cup, but still 4-0 is bad.

as you say Jman, I sooner 3 points against bournemouth

pjmn

100% West Ham

Shedite27

Had a look on Twitter and saw the last update as "3-0, Oxford score a third". First thought was "didn't even realise Reese Oxford was still with West Ham"

Captain Havoc

Reading some overreactions on facebook there, Pellegrini is a desgrace etc... Have noughties Arsenal and Man U fans jumped onto West Ham? I hope they jump off just as quick.

Saint_Mel

Shedite27 wrote: »

Had a look on Twitter and saw the last update as "3-0, Oxford score a third". First thought was "didn't even realise Reese Oxford was still with West Ham"

Haha I had the exact same reaction! Only took notice of the goal notification on the phone when I saw that and was wondering what had happened to his spells abroad.

Justin Credible Darts

hammers 1-0 up after 10 mins

Justin Credible Darts

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

hammers 1-0 up after 10 mins

and completely screw it up

Ludo

Hope Fabianski is back for next game or we are in big trouble.

The Jman

An away point isn't a disaster, just a shame we couldn't push on when we went one nil up. We seem to be struggling to get good ball to Haller which is a shame, his link up play is very good but we're not giving him many chances to score!!

vicwatson

Ludo wrote: »

Hope Fabianski is back for next game or we are in big trouble.

3 weeks apparently

vicwatson

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

and completely screw it up

Not really

cdgalwegian

Against a team that will be vying with us for a 7th spot (or higher;)), the Hammers put on another fairly solid performance, second goal sleepiness aside. Yarmolenko was man of the match, and Cresswell is better now than he was last season, thankfully. There's been some sloppy passing over the past few games, but everyone seems to be playing well as a unit- with definitely far less panic in the keeper's penalty box than there used to be.
Haller is still dropping back a lot, holding up and distributing, but always a constant threat; he's got great footwork, so even if he's not given a chance to shoot, he can draw a few players to him before he passes- which is where two up front is sometimes better.
Diop still doing Trojan work, so that Ogbonna doesn't have to do much. Rice shining as ever (starting to push forward with more confidence now).
All in all, the team is slowly getting to be a decent attacking team, without sacrificing too much in defence for that.

pjmn

cdgalwegian wrote: »

Against a team that will be vying with us for a 7th spot (or higher;)), the Hammers put on another fairly solid performance, second goal sleepiness aside. Yarmolenko was man of the match, and Cresswell is better now than he was last season, thankfully. There's been some sloppy passing over the past few games, but everyone seems to be playing well as a unit- with definitely far less panic in the keeper's penalty box than there used to be.
Haller is still dropping back a lot, holding up and distributing, but always a constant threat; he's got great footwork, so even if he's not given a chance to shoot, he can draw a few players to him before he passes- which is where two up front is sometimes better.
Diop still doing Trojan work, so that Ogbonna doesn't have to do much. Rice shining as ever (starting to push forward with more confidence now).
All in all, the team is slowly getting to be a decent attacking team, without sacrificing too much in defence for that.

... good summary, I'd second that

Ludo

Christ...Fabianski out for rest of the year according to reports this morning....disaster. Back in Jan apparently all going well. There goes any slim hope of top 6/7 this season. Relegation scrap coming our way.

Saint_Mel

Ludo wrote: »

Christ...Fabianski out for rest of the year according to reports this morning....disaster. Back in Jan apparently all going well. There goes any slim hope of top 6/7 this season. Relegation scrap coming our way.

Oh feck. Granted the only time I've seen Roberto was the Betway Cup against Bilbao but he looked like a fella who had never played in goal before.
Was David Martin only signed to beef up the home grown player count, cos he cant be any worse!!

Shedite27

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Oh feck. Granted the only time I've seen Roberto was the Betway Cup against Bilbao but he looked like a fella who had never played in goal before.
Was David Martin only signed to beef up the home grown player count, cos he cant be any worse!!

We will definitely be looking for an emergency loan deal if Fab is crocked. Roberto is awful. Have a look at the goals from Oxford last week, he didn't even dive for any of the goals. Nowhere near the standard.

Hammer Archer

Was just thinking that we had been relatively unscathed by injuries so far this season (compared to last season), and then this happens.

Justin Credible Darts

I dont believe one injury to the #1 keeper could mean the difference between relegation or 7th place.

Roberto does not look great, I would have3rd choice David Martin in the team before Roberto.
Why they let Adrian go to take roberto is still a puzzler to me

Saint_Mel

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

I dont believe one injury to the #1 keeper could mean the difference between relegation or 7th place.

Roberto does not look great, I would have3rd choice David Martin in the team before Roberto.
Why they let Adrian go to take roberto is still a puzzler to me

Probably because Roberto would be happier to sit on the bench every week and club would be happier to have someone on less wages sit there every week.

Think I read somewhere that Roberto and Martin combined was less than Adrians wages

Justin Credible Darts

I can get that, but if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

now they might have to go out and get another keeper which by when all is done their goalkeeping wagr will be higher.

Saint_Mel

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

I can get that, but if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

now they might have to go out and get another keeper which by when all is done their goalkeeping wagr will be higher.

Yeah depends who they can get in on an emergency loan ... thats if they are willing to part with the money!

Shedite27

I suspect Adrian figured being the number 2 at Liverpool was likely to get him more success than being number 2 at West Ham.

Justin Credible Darts

Ludo wrote: »

Christ...Fabianski out for rest of the year according to reports this morning....disaster.

bbc saying 2 months


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49875670

pjmn

:mad:

The Jman

The west Ham way continues. Have a promising start and get our hopes up and then a big injury for one of our most important players!!