Match Day Thread West Ham v Saints, Saturday 29th Feb 2020, 3pm
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Newcastle next init? Don't think they've won a league match down here since the 70's.
Point there and a win at Norwich = Job done.
Point there and a win at Norwich = Job done.
Still closer to the pitch than the people in the stadium though...
Difficult to congratulate the opposition when it feels like we just played into their hands again. If we play well and have some reasonable tactics against such a team and they still play well and win then fair enough.
Ralph doesn't know how to play against physical sides who like long balls and in an attempt to do so went with a weird ass team selection again.
It's a bad combination to have 66% of posession whilst also attempting to be setup to hit a team on the break.
Why do you have two RBs on the bench and none in the team? If neither are fit enough to play the 90, start one and have the other on the bench. And then if worst comes to worst you have JWP that can be moved there. Then you can play JWP in the middle where he will have more of an impact on the game.
But then if you insist on playing JWP at RB despite having two on the bench, why do you then play Smallbone in midfield who is lightweight and inexperienced. This was a very different proposition from a home game vs Villa. You ideally play JWP in his position and if not, Romeu comes in. We might have lost anyway, but at least don't hand it to them with janky lineup and tactics.
I love Ralph but he doesn't half make some weird decisions sometimes.
Also typical that the only person that I work with that is interested in football is a bloody West Ham fan and one that regularly refers to them as the greatest team in the world, and world cup winners
I would guess he didn’t want to break up a winning side (other than enforced changes) and to reward Smallbone for his performance last week. I get the psychology of that, if not the tactics.
That’s six goals we’ve conceded in my two visits to effing Stratford. I’m not going again.
Don't think they've won a league match down here since the 70's.
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Collective sigh from the whole board!
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Collective sigh from the whole board!
So, another week's wait until we qualify for Europe. Ah well.
Should have done that from the start, in hindsight. We looked a better side with JWP and Bertrand further up the pitch. It was too late by then though, really.
Another match in which we'll have more than 50% possession. Another match where we won't be able to utilise our pressing game. Can't wait...
Just fast forward to the Norwich and Arsenal games please.
No they didn't p- https://www.11v11.com/teams/newcastle-united/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Southampton/
I was wrong though as they did win here in 2004 - last league win here before that was 1972!
It's like us and Arsenal.
Not criticising, each to their own. But I just cannot see it - it is possible, but highly unlikely.
