disappointing to go out at the first hurdle but we were always going to struggle with matic and mata in the middle of the park.
west ham got the early goal and decided to offer absolutely nothing going forward until the 85th minute when we went gung ho
I thought we played some decent football at times, but the final ball let us down nearly every time.
the fact we managed 27 attempts yet only managed 6 on target shows the attacking intention was there but was not anywhere near clinical enough.
i thought DVB had a decent enough game and sancho grew into the game as it went on.
i found it frustrating the amount of crosses that were hit high into the box considering it was martial in there especially in the first half... had it been ronaldo or cavani it would have made more sense.
talking of martial, i can accept when a player is off form but is at least trying... martial appears to be showing no form or no effort at all and needs to go.
plenty of criticism for Telles, but its the guys first game in god knows how long so probably deserves a bit of slack, especially given he was not really given a great amount of help protection wise.
Greenwood if he can keep his head straight will be one hell of a player.
i think we miss Rashford more than people think... although inconsistent at times what he does offer is a direct threat with his pace and ability to run at defenders.
Bailly looked rash at times but thought Lindelof actually played quite well.
cant really argue with the substitutes made, but a bad day at the office for the forward line.
my rational thoughts on last night
posted on 23/9/21
comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ole Ole Ole - The Cult One - CR7 is Home (U18599)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 14 minutes ago
How sad someone disagrees with your stance, you proceed to deleting comments. Get out of your mums basement and get a life
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not in my mums basement.. im in your mums bed
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So simple, so childish, yet so effective 😂
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they are the best ones
posted on 23/9/21
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by red_evils (U19878)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by red_evils (U19878)
posted 2 minutes ago
Judge how well he does on the league, not this cup. It's a nice thing to win but I bet if we win this comes February but are out of league title race by then, you'll go all out and ask for him to be sacked
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Absolute nonsense. The league is not a certainty for any team, a top 4 finish and a trophy is the minimum for this manager this season. We have one of the most expensive squad not only in this league but in the whole world.
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So what?
Am I happy that we're out? No
This cup is for reserve players to have minutes. We lost, just move on. Asking for Ole out is pathetic
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Where did I ask for him out that comment?
You made the claim that if we do not win the league, people will ask for his head and I responded you are waffling.
Stop creating new lanes and stay on topic. You say so what. Fail to deliver no trophies and exit other cups early, I will let you know what
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Ok we’ll wait until the league is done, shall we?
posted on 23/9/21
The only thing wrong with this thread is Dunc’s claim to have had a rational thought.
Come on lad. Let’s keep it credible.
posted on 23/9/21
comment by Beeb - Legacy Fan (U1841)
posted 4 minutes ago
The only thing wrong with this thread is Dunc’s claim to have had a rational thought.
Come on lad. Let’s keep it credible.
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someone must have hacked my account
posted on 23/9/21
When you have no chance of winning any other trophy, you can’t pick and choose.
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How have we got ‘no chance of winning any other trophy’? Leicester and Arsenal, with no disrespect to them, won the last two FA Cups; and though it would be pretty disastrous to go out of the CL at this stage, it might put us in another cup that we were only penalties away from winning last season.
The league and CL are highly unlikely this season, yes, but the EL isn’t the only trophy he could win.
posted on 23/9/21
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
comment by Fred The Red (U22224)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by Eric_Draven (U20260)
posted 17 minutes ago
It's the Carabao Cup, you played a second string and were unlucky to lose. I don't really understand all the drama.
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Everyone has seem to forgotten that it was West Ham second string team as well. We were not unlucky to lose . West Ham could of easily won 2-0 or 3-0. Last night just proves why Ole hardly rotates the first 11. None of our fringe players are good enough to come in and do a job. Now who fault is that. Unfortunately the buck stops with the manager.
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what a mornic comment.
the fringe players are more than good enough to come in and do a job when they are integrated into the first 11, very rarely would all 11 be changed at once, and if you dont expect a disjointed performance at times when it does happen then maybe football isnt for you.
west ham offered absolutely nothing going forward from the minute they scored up until the 85th minute when we sat with pretty much one at the back.
and as for easily losing 2 or 3 nil... just as well we pay a weekly wage to a keeper who did what he was paid to do.
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Your going on like they just played a prime City or Liverpool side. They played West Ham reserve side and loss. Who played last night and improve there chances to get in the team on Saturday?. West Ham offer nothing going forward even thou they created better chances then us 😂. Funny how Moyes can change all his team and win but Ole can’t. And going by disjointed performances at times. Do you actually watch us play? Most of our game our performances are disjointed. Maybe football isn’t for you. So many people on here and just like Ty from aftv can’t take any criticism of the club they support.
posted on 23/9/21
At the end, the only criticism you guys can come up is trophies.
I actually enjoyed the game. Our link up and hustle were good.
The only problem which if you where really watching the game was the slow start. Something that is obvious in all our games now. Needs to be behind to start playing.
posted on 23/9/21
The only problem which if you where really watching the game was the slow start. Something that is obvious in all our games now. Needs to be behind to start playing.
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This was really weird. We hardly had a kick until West Ham scored. And instantly we were a completely different team.
In all my life of watching United I can not recall something like that happening in an instant.
Yes we have gone behind and slowly dragged ourselves back but this was light switch turning on change.
posted on 23/9/21
comment by Fred The Red (U22224)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
comment by Fred The Red (U22224)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by Eric_Draven (U20260)
posted 17 minutes ago
It's the Carabao Cup, you played a second string and were unlucky to lose. I don't really understand all the drama.
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Everyone has seem to forgotten that it was West Ham second string team as well. We were not unlucky to lose . West Ham could of easily won 2-0 or 3-0. Last night just proves why Ole hardly rotates the first 11. None of our fringe players are good enough to come in and do a job. Now who fault is that. Unfortunately the buck stops with the manager.
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what a mornic comment.
the fringe players are more than good enough to come in and do a job when they are integrated into the first 11, very rarely would all 11 be changed at once, and if you dont expect a disjointed performance at times when it does happen then maybe football isnt for you.
west ham offered absolutely nothing going forward from the minute they scored up until the 85th minute when we sat with pretty much one at the back.
and as for easily losing 2 or 3 nil... just as well we pay a weekly wage to a keeper who did what he was paid to do.
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Your going on like they just played a prime City or Liverpool side. They played West Ham reserve side and loss. Who played last night and improve there chances to get in the team on Saturday?. West Ham offer nothing going forward even thou they created better chances then us 😂. Funny how Moyes can change all his team and win but Ole can’t. And going by disjointed performances at times. Do you actually watch us play? Most of our game our performances are disjointed. Maybe football isn’t for you. So many people on here and just like Ty from aftv can’t take any criticism of the club they support.
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what did west ham create between them scoring and the 85th minute?
posted on 23/9/21
Matic and mata were not the problem.
Defenders that aren't defenders, no real centre forward and the likes of lingard were the problem.