West Ham United vs Southampton - Championship
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T. Souček scores for West Ham United 2-3 90+3'
reubengane519d ago
West Ham underestimated Southampton who are a very good team, add the 4 points deduction and they would be top of The Championship.
West Ham United 1–3 Southampton
West Ham United are behind going in to the break
pwithey121d ago
That’s why Orford should have started instead of Mucassa.
dantowen8195121d ago
What do you make of Engels? He’s decent but I’m just not sure he does enough on or off the ball
dantowen8195121d ago
Absolutely calamitous, this. Could genuinely be about 4-4. We need more control in the midfield, far too easy for them to cut us open on the counter
J. Bree scores for Southampton 0-2 11'
pwithey121d ago
And that’s what you get for having a midget in goal I’m afraid
West Ham's confirmed XI vs Saints 👀 What do you think?!
cumberworth5721d ago
Had to be Taty up top, Pablo not good enough, personally would’ve played Veltman over KWP, better defender
dantowen8195121d ago
Quite surprised really. I’d have stick with last week’s team. Happy to see Kante get the nod over Soucek, as I think our running power in midfield could overwhelm Southampton without Flynn Downes Taty needs a goal
BIG game for West Ham against Saints 👀 What changes would you make to this predicted XI and why?!
chillout21d ago
These are the imporfant games - a win at home is esssential to keep Up with Boro. Mind you, I fancy QPR to get at least a point against Swansea today.
fmlds21d ago
It’s good to have multiple players for different positions, gives us flexibility during games. It is no longer 11 aside football!
terrynorwood2494621d ago
Pablo leading the attack with a total of l league goal since January, what a joke !
jonathan.gorrie21d ago
@terrynorwood24946 I know he's not perfect but what has Taty done recently? Pablo at least puts himself about!
Nuno has some big decisions to make vs Southampton! Who would you pick, and why? 👇
gordon1davison21d ago
I would play Golambeckis instead of Kilman
fmlds21d ago
It’s only a choice for ko! You can interchange throughout the game according to form
terrynorwood2494622d ago
Piroe over pablo every time.
dantowen8195122d ago
He’s definitely a better finisher, Piroe. I just worry he goes missing in games too much
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ianrow322d ago
Austbo looks better off the bench but think he deserves to start.
dantowen8195121d ago
Agreed. I want to see if he can produce for 90 minutes! He deserves the chance to show that he can in any case
cumberworth5722d ago
Stick Taty back in, he’s too good to leave out and isn’t going to find form on the bench. Also will need the extra midfielder against a better side
pwithey122d ago
Think we would be better off playing Piroe, and playing him into form, with Engels playing in the AMF position behind him, Kante and Orford as the two deeper MF players. Astubo in place of Soloman.
dantowen8195122d ago
You reckon Taty up top with maybe Soucek/Kante behind, and then Mukasa and Engels?
igrimshaw0123d ago
Positive about this one. We could go back to the top if Swansea lose at QPR
dantowen8195122d ago
Our home form has been largely very good - and Southampton have been poor away. Definitely fancy our chances in this one, especially if they’re without Cyle Larin
nickdomjan19d ago
Just scraping through seems to be the new standard
gordon1davison19d ago
Kilman is a liability. I would drop him and bring in Golambeckis, he had steady games in early on in the season and played well when he came on as sub for Mavrapanos.
ianrow320d ago
Why do we bother nobody listens until it's too late. 60.000every week
ianrow320d ago
Final ball to slow forwards give up
ianrow320d ago
This may not be the place to air my views but I've been going Upton Park since 1963. I think Bond's and Dicks wouldn't play with this lot under this manager.
suede11620d ago
We’re a Championship-level club and players barely want to join.The downfall started when we let Moyes go.Nuno is the best manager we can get—he did great at Forest. Blame the useless board who signed Füllkrug over Chris Wood. At least Nuno actually cares. Did everyone forget Lopetegui and Potter?It’ll take at least 3 years to rebuild the squad they ruined.
antonymmartin8420d ago
What an awful performance. Nuno has to go. I keep telling everyone, we will not get promoted under him. Top 6 finish at best. His tactics and in game decision are holding us back massively
wmw5twfhm520d ago
Nuno got us relegated with his negative tactics and our defense is a disgrace that he has improved golambekis and areola would improve us ! I would play orford in a midfield 3 and give piroe a run in the team! Nuno has to be replaced as we haven’t improved as a team we are worse! Bellamy would be my choice I like his teams work rate and attacking mentality
pwithey120d ago
I agree with most of that and would add, play Morata at CB Killman out…Mayers at LB..and Asbo in place of Soloman, also play Engels behind Piroe.
terrynorwood2494620d ago
@wmw5twfhm5 l agree, nuno got us relegated to the championship and that's where will stay with him in charge !!
cumberworth5720d ago
I have been saying it all season, we need a holding midfielder, Magassa, Alverez or Orford who is a bit inexperienced. Sides know all they need to do is pass through our CM and there is acres of space in front of our back 4 to exploit. It is embarrassing and Nuno must see it cannot continue.
george.patten21d ago
Is Nuno the right man for the job? Just don’t know if it’s working as well as it should given the quality in that side
dantowen8195121d ago
Honestly not sure. I seem to change my mind on this every week 🤣
andrewbostick621d ago
Another poor start it is as if we give teams goal starts then play is it poor team selection or players not ready from minute one. So many times last season and this poor first half performances have cost us. Why is a striker who isn't firing starting a head of one when supposedly Piroe is a championship scoring machine.
jonathan.gorrie21d ago
@andrewbostick6 I don't get the Piroe signing if he's not going to play. What was the point?
wmw5twfhm521d ago
I haven’t ever been convinced that Nuno is the boss? We Need another to make us the team we deserve to be be! Eddie Howe or Craig Bellamy who’d be my choice! COYI ⚒️
dantowen8195121d ago
Scott Parker is still available
lrandall121021d ago
Just so inconsistent, Boro the only team who actually look like doing anything
pwithey121d ago
Ok, let’s get real.. hands up all those who still think we have the best squad in the league ? And who still thinks that these players are the ones that are capable of getting us automatic promotion ? I counted 6 players in the starting 11 that are not good enough to play for our club.
dantowen8195121d ago
I do worry about a few of them. We’ve got genuine match winners who are a cut above - Bowen, Soucek, Kante, I’d say Mukasa too - but I think a lot of the others would have to be replaced if we go up
jameslloyd14.jl21d ago
Think it might be time to give Areola an chance back in net
dantowen8195121d ago
I thought that for the first time today
cumberworth5721d ago
Torn apart at the back and centre midfield at the start, what is he saying to them? Must have someone holding in CM, still should have scored 6 but not good enough!
dantowen8195121d ago
I like Mukasa and Engels as players but they do not have anywhere near enough defensive awareness in games like this So, so easy for Southampton to cut through us time and again. Knife through butter stuff
jordan.harris21d ago
Two steps forward, one back at the minute. Incredibly frustrating
chillout21d ago
Hopeless. Looks like playoffs at best now.
dancoombs21d ago
A bit of an overreaction? 1 point off automatic- long, long season to go
dantowen8195121d ago
A bizarre defeat, entirely of our own making. 29 shots, 19 on target, yet our defence lets us down badly
charlesjones21d ago
Didn’t watch. Were West Ham as dominant as these stats suggest?
pwithey121d ago
If we had a proper instinctive CF it might have been a different story…two things amazed me, 1. How did Tatty still get a starting spot ? And 2. How the Fu** did he play a full game. He offered us nothing in attack at all.