West Ham vs Manchester United - Official Match Thread 22/9

noble.

Originally Posted by AK14

The pass needs to go into Rashford much earlier there.

Neville questioning whether rashers is £#%&!ed from playing too much.... was probably a bad idea to sell a striker and not replace them in the summer then tbf?

Was always going to be a problem if one of Rashford or Martial got an injury.

Tiredness in September

We are painfully mediocre

Originally Posted by dunk

AWB

One the best tacklers ever

Originally Posted by Clownbones

It could be.

It could just be his level.

It appears only one of us is open to the idea that it could be either.

Dont 21 ffs me, pal. We're allowed to assess performance. It isnt a get out clause.

We’ll assess it on the basis that not so long ago he was brilliant, scoring and terrorising defences, now he’s getting in the right places but not doing the right thing, at a time when the whole team is struggling from an attacking POV. Certainly enough there to point to mitigating factors and not enough to determine he’s shite. At 21. Ffs.

Originally Posted by Clownbones

Tiredness in September

£#%&!ing laughable. He’s 21 ffs

Originally Posted by Sparky***

We are painfully mediocre

Say it a bit more, it may help.

Originally Posted by jem

noble.

Neville

Originally Posted by Sparky***

We are painfully mediocre

Yep.

All our games have been nip and tuck.

Little good spells here and there, then we fade. Struggle for goals, struggle for clean sheets

Like an average - above average team.

I do believe we're on the right path, but we're some way off.

And here we go...after a promise spell, we'll now be hoping we can get to HT intact.

Well In James

Originally Posted by Clownbones

Tiredness in September

Seems to be walking around quite a lot?

So much for being a lot more fitter this season.

Mata slowing everything down the @#%&!.

Originally Posted by dunk

Speculation on NBC that he’s not well..

Just said the same on Sky.

Again it points towards how stupid a decision it is going into a season with only two senior strikers.

Originally Posted by dunk

Speculation on NBC that he’s not well..

He looked in pain to me, think he’s carrying something but being forced to play (again) because we haven’t got any options.

Was always the risk when we gambled on going in to the season this light up front.

Originally Posted by dunk

We’ll assess it on the basis that not so long ago he was brilliant, scoring and terrorising defences, now he’s getting in the right places but not doing the right thing, at a time when the whole team is struggling from an attacking POV. Certainly enough there to point to mitigating factors and not enough to determine he’s shite. At 21. Ffs.

I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of the level he was at (brilliant) or how long this form has been going on (not so long ago...February of last season, perhaps?)

I'm not saying he's shite, but we should be able to consider the possibility that he isnt doing well and needs to do more without simply screaming his age as a defence.

He's a big boy, he isn't made of glass.

We need more from him.

Been coming.

£#%&!ing rubbish

Game over

So easy

And that’ll be that then.

No surprise really.

We’ve switched the full backs around again too?