West Ham 2-1 Wolves: Verdict Thread

[prawnking]

Well he's getting the boot so easy for him to grow a spine now

Yeah it's all a bit pointless at this stage

 

[Loki]

Spirited second half performance + poor VAR decision = more time for Gazz to turn things round.

Shout out for Doc, decent goal.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Xg was actually pretty good.

1.63 for an away game.

Yep, I think it's confirmation bias to pretend we were rubbish today. We weren't.

Still lost though.

 

[Kenny]

Yeah it's all a bit pointless at this stage

Protecting himself at this stage. Create the narrative that gets him his next job

 

[Tredman]

100% correct though.

It’s not net £200m though. He only got the job because he is a yes man. I’d say he’d grown a spine tonight, but he hasn’t since he just blamed anyone but himself for our defensive setup

 

[jlo]

Also Gary, we had 41 points not 39 the year before, and finished 13th. Right to point out the obvious that owners are asset stripping us, but that's not why we are where we are.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

He’s in defence mode looking to get his excuses in before he looks for another job. He’s been dealt a bad hand but it isn’t anywhere near as bad as he’s made it out to be.

 

[Jack Regan]

"When I joined we'd just got 39 points. Now we've made £200m in transfers"

That's not the defence he thinks it is

Didn't stop him signing a fat new contract in the summer though did it?

 

[Mel Evo]

Yep, I think it's confirmation bias to pretend we were rubbish today. We weren't.

Still lost though.

Could well be the case. I do think we were rubbish though. Perhaps on a relative scale it wasn’t so bad. They were poor too. Still rubbish.

 

[jd1981]

Comments about being dealt a difficult hand are just final shots at Fosun and their running of things.
Said it on the match day thread it’s mitigation but doesn’t excuse being shockingly bad in every other aspect.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Protecting himself at this stage. Create the narrative that gets him his next job

Don't think he'll have any issues there. The way the media talk about him he'll probably replace Pep.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Don't think he'll have any issues there. The way the media talk about him he'll probably replace Pep.

It is quite amazing.

 

[BeaverWolf]

Why?

Why?

The guy said that that the bad decisions we suffered were not the reason we lost. That is the sort of view I expect from fans of other teams. Lets face it you are one of the few forum members who says anything remotely positive. You must surely have noticed.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

VAR didnt leave Soucek unmarked with a free finish on the far post at a set piece.

And we do sort of have a bit of a record of that this season.

 

[Lupo]

I've never heard a manager get such a pass from the media before like this.

He had that list of players rehearsed, no way he reeled all those off the top of his head

 

[jlo]

Yep, I think it's confirmation bias to pretend we were rubbish today. We weren't.

Still lost though.

Admittedly I was out and missed the first half, but based on the second half I didn't think we looked like anything much worth writing home about. Did we look any better in the first half?

 

[Trips]

I've never heard a manager get such a pass from the media before like this.

He had that list of players rehearsed, no way he reeled all those off the top of his head

Half of them had left before he arrived

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I've never heard a manager get such a pass from the media before like this.

He had that list of players rehearsed, no way he reeled all those off the top of his head

A list of players that includes numerous ones who left on a free and the vast majority of them went before he arrived at the club.

 

[Loki]

It is quite amazing.

It`s a bit like the Emperors new clothes.

 

[BeaverWolf]

He literally didn't blow up on 98 minutes, Lop was stropping around complaining. And even as a biased fan, I didn't think either of the VAR decisions should have gone our way. The corner is wrong though.

Even if you think both possible penalties were not penalties both West Ham goals were incorrect. Not a corner as you said & also a clear foul in build up to Bowen’s goal. Others will tell me I am wrong but Sky, Carragher & GON all agree with me.