Feast your eyes….
I can’t really beat this match day thread from the magnificent Tony Hanna…
Beat Liverpool away first time in over 50 years – the beat them twice more – beat Arsenal away – beat Man City away – beat our bogie team Everton away – beat Spurs when they were looking to go top – beat Chelsea and even beat Big Sam on his return – quarter finals of the Cup and one game away from a Wembley semi-final………sorry, that can’t be West Ham can it? ….love ya Slaven!!
Indeed. I listened to the BBC London commentary from this game and even at 2-0 down I still had belief. Now when in our entire history would that have happened? And when it got to 2-2 I really thought we’d go on to win even though there wasn’t much time left. I saw the Sky scenes from the final whistle and you could see what it meant to the players. The way Payet gripped Antonio showed me yet again he is in love with this club.
1. Another goal from Michail Antonio. He scores when he wants. He’s also on Goals on Sunday tomorrow on Sky Sports 1 at 10am.
2. Why can’t we deal with Lukaku? OK, he’s a great player, but 8 goals in 8 games against us? Come on. Perhaps he should be our marquee Summer signing!
3. A team who loses a goal against a team with 10 men ought to be fined a week’s wages. But then again, when they repent their sins…
4. We are now fifth. Man U play tomorrow and if they win they overtake us again, but we’re now building a nice little gap. Southampton, in 8th are 8 points adrift.
5. We are three points behind Arsenal, six points behind Tottenham. I say no more.
6. Do we fear Chelsea at Stamford Bridge? Well, to be honest yes. But this team seems to fear no one.
7. Nine points from three games in seven days. It doesn’t get much better than that.
8. Listening to the commentary Emenike seemed to do quite well in the first half, but Carroll again made a difference when he came on.
9. Great to see Diafra Sakho on the scoresheet. I suspect he will start at Old Trafford.
10. Surely to God we have to be the first match on Match of the Day. Bet we won’t be though.