back from the game

[Noodles34]

take away the first 15 and we were the dominant team. I was in with west ham fans and they seemed like they were more happy to finish the game. I was impressed with how we kept the call and moved it around but just lacking up front. Still looked like the better team in the end.

[doddisalegend]

We should have been the dominant team they only had 10 men for 3/4 of the match. I'd by happy if I was a WHU fan to tonight.

[jimbojones10]

Can't believe we didnt win, sharps miss is the worst ive seen in a long time, we should of won the game. thats all i can say

[maxi_sopez]

Just got back. Wow we should have won that game. Penalty was so bizarre.. had no idea if it was penalty or not, but definietly a sending off. After that we completely dominated... Sharp had to score, was behind the goal, and it really was a sitter from 4 yards out! Puncheon made a real difference, class player, really happy to have him back! Also great atmosphere, great stadium, good night!

[Mr Saints]

Just got in, we dominated the second half but lacked quality in our final ball. They will be the happier with a doubt.

 

A few points:

 

Sharp missed a sitter, I stood there for a good 2 minutes in disbelief after he missed. He needs to get fitter but will come good.

Lallana is getting back to his best, was very lively.

Hooiveld was immense, an absolute machine.

Puncheon loked very good when he came on, should start against Derby.

Lambo was quiet but I'll let him off.

 

Good atmosphere, just a shame we couldn't nick it.

[Giamlarrahan]

I was also in with the West Ham fans. The majority around me seemed to think Sharp was a cheat and tried to get Taylor sent off. Most were saying that they couldn't believe we'd done so well and weren't a patch on them, incredibly arrogant to say the least.

 

Overall I think we played well but lacked in the final third. I was dead in line with the penalty and it looked like the ref made a good call but being on the other side of the pitch didn't help so I'd like to see it again. Lallana was class, absolutely everywhere and my motm, Punch was also excellent when he came on.

 

A lot of Hammers around me were baying for Davis' head when he beat Cole to a header, not sure what they saw but it was a 50/50 ball at the end of the day.

[shurlock]

Strange old game - a tad disappointed with the result but pleased that WHU are firmly within our sights again -and they've got some banana skins coming up while we are finding some form.

 

Dunno what I would have rather had -the pen or the extra man; but those few mins changed and possibly killed what would have been an interesting contest.

 

WHU started the brighter and were very dangerous from corners, if little else. Faubert, in particular, missed a sitter. Meanwhile we looked tentative- Cork seemed like a rabbit caught in headlights in the early stages. Clearly the pen changed things- looked a harsh decision from the away end - the fact that the ref/lino had given a handball to us a few mins earlier when their player was turning his back might have played in his mind. Anyway, Taylor f**ked up royally - as close to a freebie as they come. While he raised his hands out of frustration rather than malice, he gave the ref little choice. Other than that, the ref had a c*ntish, niggly game, blowing for cheap free kicks which probably suited WHU. Their lot was incensed by Kelvin's challenge on Cole; but it was six of one and half a dozen of the other and in those circumstances, the keeper usually gets the benefit of the doubt.

 

After the sending off we took control. IMO we were more dangerous and incisive during that spell than the second half. Sharp was very narrowly offside when put through and then missed an absolute sitter. I wouldn't put the save down as a worldie simply because Sharp side-footed the ball back into Green rather than straight or away from him. Anywhere else and it would have been a goal. He also hesitated on another chance after Lambert had a shot tipped. Lambert then went narrowly wide with a free-kick. Interestingly, we created most of our chances in the 1st half by gambling and taking the shot on.

 

We enjoyed the majority possession in the 2nd half but we didn't create enough. The deep crosses were too predictable -reminiscent of Cardiff- and while Green was excellent from crosses, he didn't have to make a save. Lambert was well-marshaled -sometimes by three of their players- and we didn't have a plan B. Punch looked good when he came on but we didn't flood the box enough with pace or Chaplow-type late runs.

 

That's not to be too critical: we were the only likely winner. What WHU did create came from intercepting and breaking on our casual passes in needless areas. Cole was excellent early on but tired as Fonte and Jos who were both excellent did a good job of toying with him. Fox was also had a good game - got much further forward tonight than usual while Morgan looked very classy, spreading the play well. Cork was less impressive and Hammond perhaps should have come on earlier. As well as his misses, Sharp's play as a whole was rusty; but its still early days.

 

I'd rather in our position than WHU's - would not want to watch their brand of hunger football. And its not even clear that the means are justifying the ends. The huge gamble they're taking to get promoted this season is only going to make fat sam more risk-averse and that's going to mean many more games that will turn on a knife edge and could easily go the wrong way.

 

There's plenty to play for and while we're not firing on all cylinders yet, we're looking very resolute and difficult to beat.

Edited 15 February, 2012 by shurlock

[Giamlarrahan]

Oh, and our support was incredible. Aside from one cheesy and awful song west ham fans had nothing, all I could hear for 90 minutes was our lot

 

Also, their pathetic bubble machine was hilarious.

[Saint-Armstrong]

I did enjoy the "Football! You used to play football! You used to play football! You used to play football! Football!" chant. You know you've hit a nerve when they start foaming at the mouth offering fights and giving you the hand pleasure sign

[rick1976.4.38]

great atmosphere from our support.talk about one song,bubbles is all they sing.hoof ball is all they play,its dreadful,when they did play to feet they were alot better.we should have done them them though once taylor went,how sharp missed that chance infront of us ill never know,either side of green and we would have not looked back.weve alot of possession but not enough end product.cork was giving the ball away too much.guly played well .adam is nearly back to his best.i would have taken a point before the ko but just feel we should have won.think its between us,the hammers and brum who go up auto.will put video clips up in awhile.have when we scored.coys

[The Cat]

Oh, and our support was incredible. Aside from one cheesy and awful song west ham fans had nothing, all I could hear for 90 minutes was our lot

 

Also, their pathetic bubble machine was hilarious.

 

We were laughing at that too.

 

Should have won that but we just didn't create enough clear cut chances and I think we needed to use other options rather than just diagonal balls to Lambert who was always well marked. Also what was the deal with getting out of the ground? Seemed to take forever from the back left of the away end. By the time we got back there the queue at Upton Park tube was almost as long as the Pompey Takeover thread.

 

Driving back I heard Adkins say we should have had a penalty for handball, anyone notice that? Allardyce also saying they had a blatant one turned down in the first half.

[Graffito]

A draw was probably a fair result. I was along the side towards the end where the penalty and sending off occured. Difficult to see thepenalty as it happened so quick but the way the Saints players were so incensed by the linesman's decision strongly suggested it was a dive. I had a reasonable view of the sending off and Taylor bundled into Sharp quite heavily. I don't like to see a straight red for something like that which is far less than say a dangerous tackle but these days they are given and I've seen softer reds. I had a goodview of the handball for which Saints should have had a penalty. Great atmosphere from both sets of fans.

[Noodles34]

I have to say i am amazed how we can say WHU were a long ball team tonight! If anything, we were were for the first 20 mins. Compared to how they played at SMS, their style was reasonably neat and tidy, without doubt they will win this league, but I have no doubt that, based on the last 3 games, we can finish behind them comfortably ahead of the rest.

[Gemmel]

A draw was probably a fair result. I was along the side towards the end where the penalty and sending off occured. Difficult to see thepenalty as it happened so quick but the way the Saints players were so incensed by the linesman's decision strongly suggested it was a dive. I had a reasonable view of the sending off and Taylor bundled into Sharp quite heavily. I don't like to see a straight red for something like that which is far less than say a dangerous tackle but these days they are given and I've seen softer reds. I had a goodview of the handball for which Saints should have had a penalty. Great atmosphere from both sets of fans.

 

He punched him.....granted it was a ladies slap, but he wouldn't have stayed on the pitch, even if durso was the ref

[Gemmel]

without doubt they will win this league, .

 

As they say "Football (Or Hoofball)is a funny all game" and my take is

 

Without doubt they will not win this league

[Scarface]

Satisfied with that, should have won but to come out of brum and west ham undefeated is positive.

 

Thought punch made a good impact when he came on

[sfc4prem]

I thought our support was very good. Bar the ladies, some men, and kids who are too embarrassed to sing for their team, it was a pretty good effort. West Ham fans were diabolical, and we completely outsung them even after their goal. Liked the banter with Green (who was quality tbf), and loved the "you used to play football" song to which they had no answer apart from stating their league position as we once did. Very nice stadium once standing inside.

 

Decent result but it could've been so different if we just had a decisive killer pass in the final third. Lacked a true cutting edge, but having said that, we could and probably should have made our pressure tell and won, but hey ho, unbeaten in 4 and starting to regain some form...

[70's Mike]

He punched him.....granted it was a ladies slap, but he wouldn't have stayed on the pitch, even if durso was the ref

 

Matt Taylor quickly becoming the new John Bailey

[Gis]

Surprised there seems acceptance that Lallana dived. It looked a penalty from where we were just behind the goal. And even if the defender had got the ball first he still seemed to follow through and clip his heel. So definitely no booking.

 

Also what a great save from Maynard near the end. Saints were dominant but wham had a couple of great chances when it could have been a night to regret.

Edited 15 February, 2012 by Gis

[Turkish]

We were magnifcent, a joy to watch at times and surely showed the academy of football how to play the beautiful game!! The possesion we had was incredbile, it's a long time since i've seen a top of the table team be dominated like that. If that was a boxing match we would have won easily on points. The stats dont bear it out on the BBC but i'm sure we had about 70% of the possession tonight. It just shows what a fantastic job the chairman is doing and all credit to him, he came up with the concept of the Southampton style a while back and it seems to being brought to bear now, i think his vision and drive is really key in us to be able to go to places like Upton Park and totally dominate posession. With better finishing and if we hadn't given away that cheap penalty we could easily have come away with a 5-0 win on another day. Great stuff Saints. COYR!!!

[Noodles34]

Surprised there seems acceptance that Lallana dived. It looked a penalty from where we were just behind the goal. And even if the defender had got the ball first he still seemed to follow through and clip his heel. So definitely no booking.

 

Also what a great save from Maynard near the end. Saints were dominant but wham had a couple of great chances when it could have been a night to regret.

 

I'd agree with that, for a moment the ref looked as though he might give a pen but then bottled it. I think lallana's reaction was probably because he was worried what the ref might do with him.

[Thedelldays]

We were magnifcent, a joy to watch at times and surely showed the academy of football how to play the beautiful game!! The possesion we had was incredbile, it's a long time since i've seen a top of the table team be dominated like that. If that was a boxing match we would have won easily on points. The stats dont bear it out on the BBC but i'm sure we had about 70% of the possession tonight. It just shows what a fantastic job the chairman is doing and all credit to him, he came up with the concept of the Southampton style a while back and it seems to being brought to bear now, i think his vision and drive is really key in us to be able to go to places like Upton Park and totally dominate posession. With better finishing and if we hadn't given away that cheap penalty we could easily have come away with a 5-0 win on another day. Great stuff Saints. COYR!!!

are you taking the michael?

[Ian the Red]

Have to say I am dissappointed with only a draw. Granted WHU got all their players behind the ball and effectively marked Ricky out of the game, thus reducing our threat immensely, but against 10 men for 70 minutes we should have won. Billy Sharpe's miss was dreadful and he should have scored. We failed to create enough clear cut chances.

 

Guly, well was a joke. I have seen 10 away games now and Guly simply does not perform away from home. Just after they scored WHU attacked down our right, FR was against 3 players, Cork covered but Guly was simply walking back into our half, he sems to be in his own little world in away games. Puncheon was brilliant when he came on, made a real difference and most surely start on Saturday. Cork had another poor game as well. Lallana is nearly back to his best

 

What I find worrying is that we do not seem to have a captain that drives the players forward, leads by example and shouts encouragement at the players throughout the game. Fonte seems too quiet to me and Hammond is not the answer as captain either imo. We need a Jimmy Case or Alan Ball type that will lead the team......

 

But going to both Brum and WHU and not losing ae good results. We must now go on a winning run to put some breathing space between us and the rest.

Edited 15 February, 2012 by Ian the Red

[channonball]

We started slowly and West Ham capitalized. The game turned after the sending off as we were able to dominate possession. I'll take the following from the game:-

 

Guly - Too often not at the races, he should be dropped now for Punch who link up well on the left in the diamond.

Lallana - Back to his best. Just needs to work on his finishing. Having said that good shot leading to Sharp's miss.

Sharp - What a miss that was.... But he poses more threat than Connolly or Guly. Looks a little fat to me at the moment.

Passing - players often pass back immediately without looking to retain possession, when they could turn into space. Guly is particularly guilty of this and it slows our momentum

Fonte - Was excellent bringing the ball out from the back. Had loads of time as West Ham rarely threatened in the second half.

 

All in all, a good point, but need to make some headway now, as loads of teams are now in touching distance of us.

[JRM]

would be good to see some videos of our support taken from the home end, thought it was good last night.

 

Guly was dreadful and should be dropped.

Sharp does look a bit overweight and no real pace, needs to "sharpen up"

 

rest of the team looked good i think, back for operating well, to often we were just knocking it around only to end up doing the same floated cross into the box which west ham coped with easily.

[sandwichsaint]

Great game and the eternal ‘two points lost or one point gained?’ conundrum.

 

Positives: we went toe-to-toe with the league leaders away from home: big club, big atmosphere, and we absolutely stood up to be counted to a man. We had a lot of the game and created a long spell of pressure in the second half. Fans were absolutely terrific, non-stop backing for the team and none of that moaning and groaning stuff every time a player misses a pass. Defence and GK showed real determination throughout and were only beaten by a pen, only one goal conceded from open play v Cardiff, Brum, and Wham is an outstanding effort.

 

Negatives: despite the possession we again struggled to create clear cut chances, RL was well shackled by Faye all game and not for the first time we looked short of a plan B. I’m sure Sharp is going to be great for us and was really looking fd last night to seeing his partnership with RL but it never got going, he looked short of fitness and form and his miss was truly horrendous (Green made a right hash of a fairly routine drive from Lallana and spilled the ball fwd and sideways about 4 yds from goal, Sharp was completely unmarked and had half the goal to walk it into but inexplicably dragged the ball back into the only area Green could reach it – for all those on kumb – it wasn’t a ‘worldy’ by Green – 99.9% of the time it was a simple tap-in to the fd and a poor goal from a basic goalkeeping error.)

 

KD 8 top performance, couple of really smart stops and gathered several dangerous crosses, very brave take against Cole on the top of the D. Right back on it the last few games.

FR 7 up and down all night, couple of good crosses in the first half but couldn’t find the killer ball tonight. Surprised he went off, injured?

JH 9 (every game), came out on top in a real battle with Cole and always on hand to double-up where needed. Absolute quality and a real steal from Celtic.

JF 7 typical Jose performance, whole-hearted and a bit of everything including sweeping upfield with the ball a couple of times in the second half. Good stuff.

DF 6 usual busy performance but as ever not very much end product – always leaves me wanting more.

Gully 6 worked hard but typically inconsistent contribution, you can see what he’s trying to do but too often it doesn’t quite come off.

MS 7 gutsy performance and kept us ticking over nicely. Lucky to escape with one or two very loose passes that put us right under pressure.

JC 5 for me rapidly becoming the enigma of the side, first dozen games of the season it looked like he had it all but worryingly inconsistent since then. No lack of effort last night but nothing really came off for him and conceded a needless yellow card.

AL 9 right back on his game and ran the show for the first 20 minutes of the second half when played infield. Faded last 20, not sure if that was the subs effect or he ran out of legs somewhat?

RL 6 no lack of effort and one fizzing free kick but he was too-easily shackled by Faye and had little impact on the game. Not England quality tonight.

BS 3 OMG! Looking forward to seeing his ‘burst of speed’, his ‘intelligent movement’, his ‘partnership with Lambert’ etc. I didn’t see any of that – he looked more like a pub footballer who had taken a wrong turn on the way to the game. His first touch was all over the shop, he was constantly beaten to the ball, he didn’t win any one on ones all night, and he capped it off with one of the misses of the century. He’ll have better days!

 

Subs ????? A right dog’s dinner if I’m honest with you. Puncheon ( was excellent and a logical replacement for Gully but after that not sure what we were doing? We bought Connolly on (for Richardson, with Cork going to RB) which gave us Lambert, Sharp and Connolly bunched in the middle and forced AL back wide when he had been very effective through the middle, and then as a point-saver we stuck Hammond on for Sharp in the last 5 minutes.

 

No real game-changers there and a disappointing tactical response from NA when we played 70 minutes against 10 men. I’d have played Tandoor at half time for Sharp – their two-banks-of-four were resolute and organised and Tandoor’s pace would have helped break up their lines much more than the ‘high-ball-to-Lambert-(easily)-collected-by-Green’ which we saw way too much of.

 

Great night out; proper football game in a proper football stadium and 1-1 probably a fair result overall. Very pleased to see a proper PL ref in what was a hothouse atmosphere and I thought he did well, more sour grapes from slug-face Allardyce. On last night’s showing these two ought to be able to hold onto the top 2 spots till the end of the season but we really do need to move it up a level on our finishing (and don’t get me started on our corners, why do football fans cheer when their team gets a corner? We looked much more dangerous from throw-ins!)

Edited 15 February, 2012 by sandwichsaint

[JRM]

Also good to see Benali in with the away fans last night getting behind the lads.

[madruss]

 

Negatives: despite the possession we again struggled to create clear cut chances, RL was well shackled by Faye all game and not for the first time we looked short of a plan B. I’m sure Sharp is going to be great for us and was really looking fd last night to seeing his partnership with RL but it never got going, he looked short of fitness and form and his miss was truly horrendous (Green made a right hash of a fairly routine drive from Lallana and spilled the ball fwd and sideways about 4 yds from goal, Sharp was completely unmarked and had half the goal to walk it into but inexplicably dragged the ball back into the only area Green could reach it – for all those on kumb – it wasn’t a ‘worldy’ by Green – 99.9% of the time it was a simple tap-in to the fd and a poor goal from a basic goalkeeping error.)

 

Really good report and pretty much how I saw the game (although you were a bit harsh on Billy IMO). I think more credit should be given to Faye, he was an absolute beast of a defender and I haven't seen Lambert dominated like that in a long time. In fact West Ham's defending all round was excellent, they made it incredibly hard for us to break them down.

[Sour Mash]

Great game and the eternal ‘two points lost or one point gained?’ conundrum.

 

Positives: we went toe-to-toe with the league leaders away from home: big club, big atmosphere, and we absolutely stood up to be counted to a man. We had a lot of the game and created a long spell of pressure in the second half. Fans were absolutely terrific, non-stop backing for the team and none of that moaning and groaning stuff every time a player misses a pass. Defence and GK showed real determination throughout and were only beaten by a pen, only one goal conceded from open play v Cardiff, Brum, and Wham is an outstanding effort.

 

Negatives: despite the possession we again struggled to create clear cut chances, RL was well shackled by Faye all game and not for the first time we looked short of a plan B. I’m sure Sharp is going to be great for us and was really looking fd last night to seeing his partnership with RL but it never got going, he looked short of fitness and form and his miss was truly horrendous (Green made a right hash of a fairly routine drive from Lallana and spilled the ball fwd and sideways about 4 yds from goal, Sharp was completely unmarked and had half the goal to walk it into but inexplicably dragged the ball back into the only area Green could reach it – for all those on kumb – it wasn’t a ‘worldy’ by Green – 99.9% of the time it was a simple tap-in to the fd and a poor goal from a basic goalkeeping error.)

 

KD 8 top performance, couple of really smart stops and gathered several dangerous crosses, very brave take against Cole on the top of the D. Right back on it the last few games.

FR 7 up and down all night, couple of good crosses in the first half but couldn’t find the killer ball tonight. Surprised he went off, injured?

JH 9 (every game), came out on top in a real battle with Cole and always on hand to double-up where needed. Absolute quality and a real steal from Celtic.

JF 7 typical Jose performance, whole-hearted and a bit of everything including sweeping upfield with the ball a couple of times in the second half. Good stuff.

DF 6 usual busy performance but as ever not very much end product – always leaves me wanting more.

Gully 6 worked hard but typically inconsistent contribution, you can see what he’s trying to do but too often it doesn’t quite come off.

MS 7 gutsy performance and kept us ticking over nicely. Lucky to escape with one or two very loose passes that put us right under pressure.

JC 5 for me rapidly becoming the enigma of the side, first dozen games of the season it looked like he had it all but worryingly inconsistent since then. No lack of effort last night but nothing really came off for him and conceded a needless yellow card.

AL 9 right back on his game and ran the show for the first 20 minutes of the second half when played infield. Faded last 20, not sure if that was the subs effect or he ran out of legs somewhat?

RL 6 no lack of effort and one fizzing free kick but he was too-easily shackled by Faye and had little impact on the game. Not England quality tonight.

BS 3 OMG! Looking forward to seeing his ‘burst of speed’, his ‘intelligent movement’, his ‘partnership with Lambert’ etc. I didn’t see any of that – he looked more like a pub footballer who had taken a wrong turn on the way to the game. His first touch was all over the shop, he was constantly beaten to the ball, he didn’t win any one on ones all night, and he capped it off with one of the misses of the century. He’ll have better days!

 

Subs ????? A right dog’s dinner if I’m honest with you. Puncheon ( was excellent and a logical replacement for Gully but after that not sure what we were doing? We bought Connolly on (for Richardson, with Cork going to RB) which gave us Lambert, Sharp and Connolly bunched in the middle and forced AL back wide when he had been very effective through the middle, and then as a point-saver we stuck Hammond on for Sharp in the last 5 minutes.

 

No real game-changers there and a disappointing tactical response from NA when we played 70 minutes against 10 men. I’d have played Tandoor at half time for Sharp – their two-banks-of-four were resolute and organised and Tandoor’s pace would have helped break up their lines much more than the ‘high-ball-to-Lambert-(easily)-collected-by-Green’ which we saw way too much of.

 

Great night out; proper football game in a proper football stadium and 1-1 probably a fair result overall. Very pleased to see a proper PL ref in what was a hothouse atmosphere and I thought he did well, more sour grapes from slug-face Allardyce. On last night’s showing these two ought to be able to hold onto the top 2 spots till the end of the season but we really do need to move it up a level on our finishing (and don’t get me started on our corners, why do football fans cheer when their team gets a corner? We looked much more dangerous from throw-ins!)

Really good report that, would pretty much agree with it all.

[Golden Balls]

Got back very late last night.

 

Thought we were the better team but then we did have an extra man for most of the game. From my view I couldn't see the penalty or the sending off. Seen us play a lot better. I really do love Danny Fox's passion. He seems to care just as much as us.

 

Our support was okay. I wasn't under a roof and a lot around me didn't seem up for it at all. Apart from the little pocket of 50 or so to our left, their lot were pretty poor.

 

3 of us got jumped by 4 west ham fans outside the ground, which soon became about 20 west ham fans. We came away on top somehow before the police came to our rescue.

 

All in all a decent result but a bit disappointed we didn't get all 3 points.

[shurlock]

 

KD 8 top performance, couple of really smart stops and gathered several dangerous crosses, very brave take against Cole on the top of the D. Right back on it the last few games.

FR 7 up and down all night, couple of good crosses in the first half but couldn’t find the killer ball tonight. Surprised he went off, injured?

JH 9 (every game), came out on top in a real battle with Cole and always on hand to double-up where needed. Absolute quality and a real steal from Celtic.

JF 7 typical Jose performance, whole-hearted and a bit of everything including sweeping upfield with the ball a couple of times in the second half. Good stuff.

DF 6 usual busy performance but as ever not very much end product – always leaves me wanting more.

Gully 6 worked hard but typically inconsistent contribution, you can see what he’s trying to do but too often it doesn’t quite come off.

MS 7 gutsy performance and kept us ticking over nicely. Lucky to escape with one or two very loose passes that put us right under pressure.

JC 5 for me rapidly becoming the enigma of the side, first dozen games of the season it looked like he had it all but worryingly inconsistent since then. No lack of effort last night but nothing really came off for him and conceded a needless yellow card.

AL 9 right back on his game and ran the show for the first 20 minutes of the second half when played infield. Faded last 20, not sure if that was the subs effect or he ran out of legs somewhat?

RL 6 no lack of effort and one fizzing free kick but he was too-easily shackled by Faye and had little impact on the game. Not England quality tonight.

BS 3 OMG! Looking forward to seeing his ‘burst of speed’, his ‘intelligent movement’, his ‘partnership with Lambert’ etc. I didn’t see any of that – he looked more like a pub footballer who had taken a wrong turn on the way to the game. His first touch was all over the shop, he was constantly beaten to the ball, he didn’t win any one on ones all night, and he capped it off with one of the misses of the century. He’ll have better days!

 

 

Agree with most of that, though I don't think Lallana was a 9. Big fan of his but he's not really threatening. We don't have natural pace in the side which makes it more important that we move the ball early and not dwell on it or take too many touches. Adam's guilty of that. One passage of the play in the first half when Richardson cleared the ball down the line (our left), Lambert kept it in and linked well with Sharp, with support players pouring down the middle showed what incisive football is really about.

[Turkish]

Really good report that, would pretty much agree with it all.

 

I was very impressed with the amount of posession we had.

[trixter_whufc]

take away the first 15 and we were the dominant team. I was in with west ham fans and they seemed like they were more happy to finish the game. I was impressed with how we kept the call and moved it around but just lacking up front. Still looked like the better team in the end.

 

Yes we (West ham) were the better side in the first 15 minutes because it was 11 vs 11. Once you had the extra man, you of course had the better of the play.

 

We were relieved to finish the game because our players were out on their feet having had to work so hard and if anyone was going to score it was probably going to be you so we were of course, delighted to hear the final whistle.

 

Before the game, I would have been disappointed with a draw but in the end a draw was a great result all things considered.

 

I thought both sets of fans were "ok" last night. We could certainly hear you at times and you were there in good numbers.

 

many of you seem to be commenting that we only have "one song". We do have a song which is very specific to us but I wouldn't say it is all we sing and I would say the banter between the fans probably ended quite even last night.

 

All fans shout "HOOF" at us this season. You are certainly not original in that respect. Our play is a lot more direct than it used to be but is certainly not "stoke like" hoof ball and we do still have our moments with some nice passing moves. I thought your "You used to play football" song was pretty good though and certainly wound up some of our fans!

 

Overall a good game and the result was probably about right.

 

Hopefully see you in the prem next season.

[Turkish]

Yes we (West ham) were the better side in the first 15 minutes because it was 11 vs 11. Once you had the extra man, you of course had the better of the play.

 

We were relieved to finish the game because our players were out on their feet having had to work so hard and if anyone was going to score it was probably going to be you so we were of course, delighted to hear the final whistle.

 

Before the game, I would have been disappointed with a draw but in the end a draw was a great result all things considered.

 

I thought both sets of fans were "ok" last night. We could certainly hear you at times and you were there in good numbers.

 

many of you seem to be commenting that we only have "one song". We do have a song which is very specific to us but I wouldn't say it is all we sing and I would say the banter between the fans probably ended quite even last night.

 

All fans shout "HOOF" at us this season. You are certainly not original in that respect. Our play is a lot more direct than it used to be but is certainly not "stoke like" hoof ball and we do still have our moments with some nice passing moves. I thought your "You used to play football" song was pretty good though and certainly wound up some of our fans!

 

Overall a good game and the result was probably about right.

 

Hopefully see you in the prem next season.

 

oh it was "Hoof" they were saying? GIven the amount of racists we have according to this forum, i assumed the fans were making monkey noises at Carlton Cole.

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oh it was "hoof" they were saying? Given the amount of racists we have according to this forum, i assumed the fans were making monkey noises at carlton cole.

 

ere we go again....