Comments on: WBA Match Report: Missing Cole Already

By: SJ Chandos

SJ Chandos — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:39:24 +0000

Clack, yes I have belatedly seen your posts in response. Thank you very much for the information and your take on the issues raised.

By: Goatygav

Goatygav — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:43:49 +0000

No – didn’t hear them D. McCailey. I generally end up laughing AT them during their rants (Adrian Durham especailly). He’s a wind up merchant who’s paid to boost Talksport revenues by getting people to phone in.

Mokumhammer – in your profile picture your head’s down fella. By the sounds of your comment your spirits are the same way. Head up mate – have a look at the league table. It’s making me optimistic.

By: D. McCailey

D. McCailey — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:20:46 +0000

Well said Generalmuz!

Don’t know if anyone else listened to Wrighty and Durham on Talksport drivetime today, but they seemed strangely uninformed about the whole compensation situation. And Durham was doing his usual impression of a cow’s backside.

By: thegeneralmuz

thegeneralmuz — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:37:12 +0000

my god what is it on here,yes it was bad last night but lets get it right..we were missing possibly half our starting eleven,we had four 19yr olds in the squad and were playing a team fighting for there lives(not that they looked like it).we are seventh in the league yes 7th!!! for f…s sake 3months ago we were looking like relegation material, we have a great management team in place a good young squad tevezgate out of the way and new owners around the corner. wot is wrong with you lot?wot do you expect top four finish,fa cup winners???? WE ARE WEST HAM!!!! things will always be up and down thats the beauty of it.please lets get behind the team and zola/clarke we are down to the bare bones and europe is gonna be a sruggle but if anyone can get us their our italian/scottish connection can!!!!!!!!!!!’up the hammers’.'thegeneralmuz’

By: mokumhammer

mokumhammer — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:34:59 +0000

Too many optimists on here………………

By: D&G

D&G — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:52:59 +0000

This was one of the top 5 worst performances ever imo and Iain you have given four 7′s !?

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:43:21 +0000

This is like the comments after Middlesbrough. Football is not one endless upward curve – there are ups and downs on the way to improving. I actually thought we passed the ball quite well last night – we were always going to struggle up front where we are lightweight.If we finished 7th this season it would be an amazing achievement – so lets all get real and quit the knee jerk reactions – good or bad!

By: Goatygav

Goatygav — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:03:18 +0000

Yup – bang on fella. To be fair though there are a number of sensible ones. Truth is that most of them stopped going to games many years ago and have been replaced by those who you describe so accurately.

The ones that I know, who supported them during the leaner Dave Sexton, Ron Atkinson and early Fergie days now generally watch their team from the pubs and their homes or have gone to watch FC United.

By: Roymondo

Roymondo — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:56:36 +0000

Well, Goatygav, Manure fans are not like fans of most other clubs. The majority are just “pot hunters”, have very little understanding of the game as a whole, can’t understand when their team loses (and Ferguson’s comments that they were the better team on Saturday helps them to think it is a travesty), don’t want competition – just a monopoly- and all come from Surrey and Exeter anyway.
And they wonder why they are not liked!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:51:48 +0000

europe is still very much within our own hands and some teams like spuds have a very difficult run in now.

the match was woeful, theres no two ways about it, and DDM is the worst player i think i have ever seen! He does 10 bad things for every 1 good thing, on a good day!

i agree that stanislas showed potential but he needs more time, we cant expect the best out of him in 20 mins i think he had a case to start as noble really doesnt look the quality i was expecting a few years back.

sears had a good game i think, and i also think he proved tonight he could make it as a prem player as he had a good touch most of the time and constantly harassed the defenders, would probably do fairly well with either cole or ashton.

The Problems:
Quite clear we lacked our creative midfielder and i think that has been colly since zola arrived. also behrami does seem to be missed more than i expected. if we can get dyer in the team and keep him fit for at least this season he could add pace and creativity.

i think all in all zola will have said forget about it to the players, move on to blackburn and if we play half as well as we can we should clinch 3 points!