Match Day Thread West Ham United vs Arsenal - Matchday Thread

Tavares this kid is a liability man, that goal all stemmed from him not clearing his lines.

 

This is what annoys me about Arteta. We do the same things over and over.

Score a goal then take the foot off and concede - how many times has that happened this Season?

 

HT. 1-1.

Overall, I think we deserved that goal we conceded. We’ve not played well, keep gifting possession in dangerous areas and we eventually got punished for being so careless.

I don’t know if the pressure is getting to these players, but they need to get their act together. We need to win and we can’t afford to be as sloppy as we have been so far.

If we have another half like that, we will lose.

From a technical point of view, this is the worst I’ve seen us for ages

 

Why are we not pressing or engaging them when they have the ball? We’re allowing them to play into our half by sitting off.

Mental.

 

If Elneny keeps just passing backwards I'm gonna to have a meltdown.

Please do better this half!

 

We've started the second half exactly like the first.

We're going to drop points today, aren't we?

 

Martinelli needs to have a bigger impact on games.

He's getting starts ahead of ESR who is outscoring and assisting him from the bench.

 

Fuuuuuccck yes.

Now concentrate!

 

2-1! Gabriel!

Lovely cross from Martinelli and good header.

Let's not screw this up now.

 

We really are doing our best to let West Ham back into the game, aren't we?

God, this is not a good performance at all.

 

We should bring Lacazette and Smith Rowe on. Some fresh legs would be good.

 

That rare forward pass from Elneny was QUALITY - it makes me think his issue is not ability its just a nerves/mental thing

 

With Chelsea's finances potentially screwed this Summer we should try and sign Rice - he is CLASS

 

Wow.

this for me is the first run of real substance in the Mikel Arteta era.

9 points from Chelsea away, United at home and West Ham away is incredibly impressive.

spurs away at Liverpool next week…

 

Yess! tough game, we weren't at our best but we showed character to get the win.

 

Exactly - this is why this win was CRUCIAL.

If Spurs lose to Pool (likley) they will be 5pts behind us. With only a few games left.

 

Just realized we’ve secured European football for next season.

now to see if it’s champions league or Europa league…

 

2-1. FT.

Massive, massive win.

Didn't play well overall, but to be fair, after we got the 2nd, I thought we managed the game very well and didn't concede too many chances.

Nketiah was excellent in the second half. Held the ball up, ran the channels, battled with Zouma, some good lay-offs and won a lot of fouls. Also provided a huge threat with his pace on the counter to really stretch West Ham.

At absolute worse case scenario, we are confirmed for a Europa League spot next season. So one way or another, European football will be back. Just have to make sure it's the one we want.

Fabulous result. Onto Leeds

 

Haha great minds think alike!

 

Yeah Nketiah was soo much better in the second half. Big Win.