West Ham match thread

[Peachy]

Krov been ok but has clearly been to the Jonno Greening school of "must spin around at least 3 times before releasing the ball"

A  Croatian Ian Hamilton.....

[Cunninghamismagic]

Those West Ham reserves opened up too easily

Bar noble it's their strongest side.

[TETLEY74]

He was getting way too much stick on here the other night. Cracking strike

Pleased for the lad gets way to much stick on here imho.

[Peachy]

He was getting way too much stick on here the other night. Cracking strike

Pleased for the lad gets way to much stick on here imho.

+1

[Remi_Moses]

Impressive 1st half from Albion against a full strength West Ham. Edward's and Townsend excellent. Barry needs to come off before he gets sent off. Bad miss from Austin. 2 would have been a nice cushion.

Nice post CIM - Try and end more on a positive note. We have more then matched a full strength WHU team today. 

[TETLEY74]

Would like to see Willock given a run out 2nd half.

[Albionmad]

Noble coming on at H/T with Antonio.
Should be tougher this half

[Ampadu's Left Boot]

Ajayi literally passes it to a West Ham player 5 yards from him and Hegazi to make a last ditch diving challenge. Spam not happy but he got the ball.

They're pressing us much more now and seeing more of the ball.

To say his performance has tailed off is an understatement. He has been poor since before Christmas and has been a liability, especially with his passing, for the last 5 or 6 games.
Even with that poor clearance attempt on Monday Hegazi is head and shoulders in front of him.

I think it's rubbish to say Hegazi is "head and shoulders" above Ajayi. As a matter of fact, our defence became a problem from the moment Hegazi became a permanent feature in it.

He's a solid enough player at this level but he's nothing special. Loses his man far too easily. I agree Ajayi's form has tailed off a little but the same goes for all our CBs.

When has Hegazi been a permanent fixture in the defence? He's only started 4 league matches all season and in the cup against Charlton (which he was excellent in). I think he's our best centre back, but Ajayi and Bartley have been very good this season too. Ajayi has had a strong game today as well, bar one or two bad passes.

[Swagbaggie]

Noble coming on at H/T with Antonio.
Should be tougher this half

One to add to that thread of players that we missed out on - Antonio. The lad thought he was coming and tweeted as much. We signed someone else instead and he went to the Hammers.
Have a feeling the one we signed was a dud but can't remember who it was.

[spyro 123]

krov seems more suited to the premierleague