West Ham vs Southampton Match Thread

blimey, Bilic needs to be put on suicide watch.

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I love playing teams out of form.

How many times do shit clubs go and sack the manager the week before we have to go there?!

That was great timing.

Here we go again, all the pundits want to talk about is how poor Wham were … funny how every game we’ve won this season has been down to the poor opposition… what a coincidence that we always seem to meet teams when they’re having an off day !!

a new club motto maybe …

‘players and managers may come and go but our luck stays true’

Curse of Sky broken?

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… but they all said he was a crock … how much did they spend on Caroll ??

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Ok, JWP to start on Thursday(looked very lively when he came on) and score(anytime for betting purposes) from a free kick. Saints to win 2-0. Possibly VVD or Redmond for the other.

You will almost certainly become a poorer person if you follow my advice. That said i have won enough today to cover my loses for the next month or so.

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That stadium looks like a fucking bargain now, I’m glad I chipped in.

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Didn’t get to see any of the game, so I’m looking forward to MotD2 tonight. At least we won’t be shunted to the end, if only becasue we’re today’s only match! One thing I noticed from the BBC stats, though, was that we had 18 shots, nine of which were on target. Now i realise that a shot on target could be a scuffed effort that dribbles through to the keeper, or a header straight at him, but even so getting half our shots on target isn’t bad going. I’m sure last season we were a lot worse than that in terms of shooting accuracy.

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2nd best shots/shots on target record for an away team so far this season, apparently. They weren’t just shit little dribbling shots either, most were good chances and we really should have scored another two at least. In terms of highlights for MOTD, they should ignore everything to to the 40th minute.

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I always thought that he looked like Ben Stiller’s dad.

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Bit gutted as I was hoping for 0-4. But I’ll take 0-3. :lou_sunglasses:

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Couple of excellent saves from Adrian, especially that one we didn’t even get a corner from.

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I’m sure one commentator said it equaled the record for the season so far. The accuracy definitely seems to be getting better, although that could have something to do with Long being on the bench for most of the game.

These last 4 performances have been superb

We won that easily at walking pace bodes very well for a busy season that we continue to play against teams having a bad day.

Great turnout in the pub as well hopefully 8 of us now for Milan

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4 great performances on the trot, I reckon that XI we put out today would beat most teams in the league. Cedric and Hojbjerg were awesome but the star man for me again was Redmond - he was key to everything we did going forward and he looks a real bargain buy so far for 10m. If he can add goals to his overall play we’ve got a hell of a player on our hands!

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Yeah I was hoping for a goal for him, but his finishing was terrible. I was also hoping for a long goal, but JWP scoring will give him confidence. Another clean sheet from our awesome defence.

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Sublime first touch from Tadic for the second goal, took Adrian right out of the equasion. Loved Charlie Austin’s celebration, wagging his finger at the West Ham shower who thought that he wasn’t worth 4 mill because one of his legs “didn’t have any ligaments in it”!! Haha. Where does the pornographer who runs West Ham get his expert medical advice from, the fucking barman at his local ‘gentleman’s club’ in Soho? No ligaments in his leg, hahaha!

Watched the game at my local in West Derby, Liverpool with a mixture of Blues and Reds who all admitted that we were quality in the second half. Was pleased for JWP, took his goal clinically, will do his confidence the world of good.

I really like that self confident swagger that Charlie Austin has about him, you just know that he won’t be bullied by defenders. A mate was up last weekend from Basingstoke, big Saints fan, we went to the local bookies for him to put a bet on the gee gee’s, he put a tenner on Charlie for the golden boot in the Prem this year at 150-1, said he couldn’t resist it at that price. Tried to persuade me to do the same but i wasn’t brave enough! I wonder what the odds will be on Monday! You never know, it could happen, providing he stays fit! After all, it’s quite a handicap, playing up front in the premiership without any ligaments in your leg!

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was it your best mate who was visiting?

I thought he was wagging his finger at Bertrand, not the crowd. Something like “I told you if you put it in that area, I’d score”

Quality 2nd half that, very happy man this evening.

First game of the season for me and what a good choice it was. First 40 minutes or so were boring as hell with very little between the two teams, but once we scored and the confidence got flowing, we always looked like we had another goal in us when going forward. West Ham were utterly crap and whilst concerns about relegation might well seem ‘knee-jerk’ at this stage, they really do look bang in trouble. Hopeless and easy to defend against going forward, with their own defence having more holes in it than a colendar.

As for the Olympic stadium - it’s a wonderful piece of architecture and a beautiful stadium but it’s simply not meant for football. Fans are too spread out and there’s no atmosphere whatsoever. I’m not just talking about the ground emptying with 10 minutes to go - even in the buildup and at 0-0 you could hear a pin drop in there. I’d wager it’ll be a massive handicap for West Ham throughout the seaosn - nice, big, carpet-like pitch, probably very nice facilities for the away team and the complete lack of any sort of unified, coherent, galvanising home support. Just way too nice a place for opposing teams to visit. It feels like a neutral ground, no matter how many gimmicks, bells, whistles and pre-match build-up compliation videos they have at their disposal.

Getting out of the stadium was a funny experience as well, with crowd-control stewards in hi-vis jackets around Westfield penning people in with ‘Stop’ and ‘Go’ signs. Frankly, there’s a sterile, airport-like weirdness to the whole area even without a Premier League club playing at what is a completely bizzare location, so wandering there and back felt incredibly strange and I can’t imagine many West Ham fans will take much of a liking to it throughout the next year.

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