lemonjelly
Housecoat, la
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That was a great match to watch. I was anticipating a slightly nervy affair, with the result being 1 goal separating 2 fairly evenly balanced teams.
And that's how it started, though we were on the front foot trying to take the game to wet spam. Penalty shout at the other end within the first 5 mins (people from that end have suggested it was a penalty), and a goal chalked off rightly for offside. A long ball goes out towards Doherty, and he doesn't control it. And after that moment we went up a gear.
I struggle to give anyone in the team a mark of less than 7.5 really. Patricio's kicking was much improved - I think having 2 options of Dendoncker and Doherty helps, and significantly we won most of his kicks.
Coady carried a knock through the game, he was down for a while in the 1st half. Johnny mentioned afterwards that he was unsure about Coady tonight, but putting Kilman on after 15 mins would have been a huge risk.
The real Johnny (Otto) was brilliant. Could have scored twice at least, got into some great attacking positions, and was brilliant defensively. £18million is a bargain. It is also a sign of how far we've come again, as when we announced the loan deal, practically no-one thought we had a hope in hell of making it permanent.
The holy trinity in midfield were all superb, and there were various stages of great interplay between them. Dendonker really adds something, and Moutinho is an absolute god. And what an athelete. One other addition, Neves won a ridiculous amount of headers in the middle of the park. Is there anything he can't do? Neves is looking more and more like the player we know, ever since the liverpool game imo.
Jiminez, well 38 million euros is an essential purchase. In reality, signing Jiminez and Jonny on permanents this window would be a successful window imo. The man is class, and gets better each game. He is in his prime.
Fabianski was superb for them. Saved from Saiss, Jonny, Jota, all superb saves/chances for us. The Jota penalty in the 2nd have was so stonewall - there was absolutely no attempt by either west ham player to reach the ball, thus, I feel it should have been a red also. I will also accept the word of esteemed forumites who saw the appeals at the other end who were convinced we should have had a 1st half pen (possibly 2?) Had Fabianski not had such a good game, it really could have been 7 or 8. Genuinely.
Also, in the last 10 mins we were genuinely taking the piss, knocking the ball around at will, no west ham player could get near it.
Funniest moment of the night - gibbs-white going up for a header with andy carroll.
All in all, superb. Have to be going to everton with an element of confidence. Indeed, we're arguably favourites for every game up to and including 2 March.
What a time to be alive!
And that's how it started, though we were on the front foot trying to take the game to wet spam. Penalty shout at the other end within the first 5 mins (people from that end have suggested it was a penalty), and a goal chalked off rightly for offside. A long ball goes out towards Doherty, and he doesn't control it. And after that moment we went up a gear.
I struggle to give anyone in the team a mark of less than 7.5 really. Patricio's kicking was much improved - I think having 2 options of Dendoncker and Doherty helps, and significantly we won most of his kicks.
Coady carried a knock through the game, he was down for a while in the 1st half. Johnny mentioned afterwards that he was unsure about Coady tonight, but putting Kilman on after 15 mins would have been a huge risk.
The real Johnny (Otto) was brilliant. Could have scored twice at least, got into some great attacking positions, and was brilliant defensively. £18million is a bargain. It is also a sign of how far we've come again, as when we announced the loan deal, practically no-one thought we had a hope in hell of making it permanent.
The holy trinity in midfield were all superb, and there were various stages of great interplay between them. Dendonker really adds something, and Moutinho is an absolute god. And what an athelete. One other addition, Neves won a ridiculous amount of headers in the middle of the park. Is there anything he can't do? Neves is looking more and more like the player we know, ever since the liverpool game imo.
Jiminez, well 38 million euros is an essential purchase. In reality, signing Jiminez and Jonny on permanents this window would be a successful window imo. The man is class, and gets better each game. He is in his prime.
Fabianski was superb for them. Saved from Saiss, Jonny, Jota, all superb saves/chances for us. The Jota penalty in the 2nd have was so stonewall - there was absolutely no attempt by either west ham player to reach the ball, thus, I feel it should have been a red also. I will also accept the word of esteemed forumites who saw the appeals at the other end who were convinced we should have had a 1st half pen (possibly 2?) Had Fabianski not had such a good game, it really could have been 7 or 8. Genuinely.
Also, in the last 10 mins we were genuinely taking the piss, knocking the ball around at will, no west ham player could get near it.
Funniest moment of the night - gibbs-white going up for a header with andy carroll.
All in all, superb. Have to be going to everton with an element of confidence. Indeed, we're arguably favourites for every game up to and including 2 March.
What a time to be alive!
