James

The fact is, we weren't poor we just didn't have our shooting boots on. They were poor - the report seems to forgive them for this despite the fact one of their players was sent off for violent conduct. Its not an injustice or something which should be forgiven. Its poor that one of their players can lose their cool in such a huge game. If anyone was poor, it was the Hammers not us but this hasn't been mentioned at all in the report.

Exactly. What about the fact that we dominated the game? To blame Sharp is also ridiculous. A bad miss yes, but we had chances after that and so did they. There was a long long way to go when he missed and to say we definitely would have won but for that is wrong.

Definitely hope we keep faith with Sharp - if we do we'll reap the rewards soon enough.

Just got back from the game so here's how I saw it: I thought they came out of the traps flying and we were lucky not to be behind. The penalty was a strange one, didn't really see it but the reaction of the players made us all think it was a bit dubious. Don't know what people are talking about re the Sharp and Taylor incident, that one I did see clearly and it was a blatant red. After going behind we absolutely dominated, Adam came into the middle and dictated the play (I'm starting to think we should start with the diamond) - Guly covered a lot of ground and was a lot better than I'd expected but wasn't very effective attacking wise. Punch looked good when he came on I thought and should have started. Should have been level at half time, such a shame Billy didn't tuck away the chance, hope it doesn't knock his confidence or that he is dropped next game as before the miss I thought he was playing well. The best partner for Lambo by a mile, strong, can hold it up, makes intelligent runs and a good turn of pace. Once one goal comes, he'll rattle them in! Only disappointment was that after the miss it looked like he was playing with a few more nerves etc. In the second half, we had almost all the possession and the goal was well deserved. The real mistake we made was not getting it to Fox and Richardson quickly enough as they were in acres of space. We played it down the middle far to often. That being said, we squandered chances from so many balls into the box it was really frustrating. Green also had a good game, the double save from Lallana/Sharp and then the one from Rickie really kept them in it. Had we scored then I think we'd have gone on to win fairly comfortably. Overall I was impressed with the manner of our performance but there were times when we took the wrong option and looked a bit lethargic with some misplaced passes etc which could have cost us. Happy with a point as I'd have taken it before the game, but in light of events at the game I'm disappointed we didn't take all three.

Exactly this. With our team/squad we should not be scared of anyone - especially if we play like we know we can.

With Guly its a case of when he's playing well he is absolutely brilliant and everything comes off for him, whereas when he's playing badly he's just awful. That being said, he's well worth a place in the team and has been absolutely crucial to us this season - anyone who says different is just plain wrong imo. However, I do think there are some away fixtures where he isn't suited and should perhaps drop to the bench (Pompey away being a prime example but we didn't have the depth we do now to change it round) - wouldn't be surprised to see him make way for Puncheon on Tuesday but if he did start I'd have faith that he could do a good job.

So excited for this one. Would hope we keep the same team or close enough too it. Not sure its the right kind of game for Guly on the right though so wouldn't be too disappointed to see Punch in on the right and Guly dropping to the bench. We can win this one - the confidence is back after today and if Billy and Rickie continue to play like they did today then we'll cause them so real problems.

also can't believe people continually have it in for Danny Fox too. He's far far better than Harding. Whenever Harding plays we don't play well.

Huge result - sounded a great performance as well. A great time for us to play the Hammers now --> back to the top we go!

Winners. Coyr lets smash the hammers now

Agree with you.

Hammond on for Guly.

Connolly but disallowed.

Why was Billy taken off? Sounded like he was playing well.

AWESOME line up there - COYR.

You say that. But if we were to get a win today, then we'd go into the Tuesday game full of confidence on the back of a win and might catch them cold. As we well know they haven't exactly been playing well recently just grinding out the results whereas we've been playing ok and been getting caught out by poor ref performances, bad pitches and freak FA cup results etc.

Exactly. Sharp has to start. It will give the crowd a huge lift and I really haven't been impressed by Lee with what I've seen of him so far (not to say he won't come good but doesn't look ready to step straight in for a crucial game). Also, anyone who has put Reeves in ahead of Cork or Hammond needs there head examining. Too lightweight for Champ football at the moment from what I've seen. He shows some nice touches but never has any real impact on a game (disallowed goal aside).

Hopefully this means he's fit enough to start on Sat

Lets get back to winning ways with a good old fashioned thumping of Burnley at home. I'd like to see this team if all available: Davis Richardson Fonte Hooiveld Fox Puncheon Morgan Cork Lallana Lambert Sharp Arguably our strongest team of the season so far, and with it being such a huge game I'm fairly confident we'll do it. Just hope Millwall is out of the systems of those who played!

Last time I checked conceeding 3 goals at home to a Millwall reserve team with almost your first choice back four counted as a bad night. We ARE playing badly for a team with serious promotion ambitions, sorry for not conforming to the happy clappy - we'll be ok after ANOTHER home game we've failed to win.

So he should be, he needs to pick the boys up and turn it round FAST

Puncheon will start not Chaplow

We could easily slip out of the top 6 if we don't buck up. The league is a lot tighter now and we don't look like getting a win from anywhere at the moment. I'm genuinely very worried now

This is getting worrying - we're playing badly and can't buy a win whilst Brum are going like a freight train. People will say its only the cup but this will damage confidence. For god sake Adkins sort it out and quickly.

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