Ratings & Reactions: West Ham v Villa

[VillanousOne]

8 minutes ago, Khizzy said:

Thanks to Bailey we lost two points there. Should have taken our chances though. Missed Kamara a lot today. 

Bailey is not responsible for cheating divers as much as you want to force that agenda

[VillanousOne]

2 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said:

The co-commentator was biased to the point is was almost funny. When Martinez was kicked in the hand he said "Martinez jammed his hand into the defender and injured himself".

 

yeah who was that pr*ck? Thought it was Andy Townsend, but he's squeakier

[GingerCollins29]

2 minutes ago, TheMightyVillans said:

If you are giving a penalty for the foul on paqueta you should be giving a pen on buendia...

This exactly. Neither are pens in my eyes but if you give one you have to give the other

[MaVilla]

on the day i think we can say we were unlucky to draw, and on balance probably deserved all 3 points, although we could have lost it also tbf.

However, Spam are one of our bogie teams of recent years with their physicality etc, we also didnt have Kamara, good to see Carlos back on the bench, i would have taken a draw prior to the game.

would have liked a win, but im happy with a point tbh, these are the kind of games we would have lost pre Emery.

Edited March 12, 2023 by MaVilla

[nick76]

2 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said:

The co-commentator was biased to the point is was almost funny. When Martinez was kicked in the hand he said "Martinez jammed his hand into the defender and injured himself".

 

Who was co-commentating? Sounded like Andy Townsend but surely he wouldn’t have seen it that way.

[Delphinho123]

A draw was a fair result. We weren’t good enough to win the game really but neither were they. We’re very smart in the way we play and I think Emery was happy with a point the longer the game went on. 

Some good performances. I thought Luiz, Watkins and McGinn played well (as they have been the past few weeks). Mings and Konsa were solid and Buendia had a pretty good game too. 

Not sure any of us learnt anything new from the game. Our fullbacks need looking at and it’s absolutely imperative we improve upon Bailey who is consistently the worst player on any pitch he walks onto. 

[Junxs]

2 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said:

The co-commentator was biased to the point is was almost funny. When Martinez was kicked in the hand he said "Martinez jammed his hand into the defender and injured himself".

 

Tony Gale.. Ex West Ham player who spent 10 years there, he's very biased towards them every time hes on commentary 

[Talldarkandransome]

5 minutes ago, JB said:

Meh. 

Some nice attacking interplay at times but otherwise a pretty flat performance. It’s a shame as West Ham were crap. A better side would’ve punished our high line.

Thought McGinn and Mings played very well. 

Jesus don't you start, I've had 90 mins of Tony Gale saying high line and over the top

[nick76]

2 minutes ago, VillanousOne said:

yeah who was that pr*ck? Thought it was Andy Townsend, but he's squeakier

Somebody said it was Robbie Earle…I think it was thinking back

[nick76]

1 minute ago, Junxs said:

Tony Gale.. Ex West Ham player who spent 10 years there, he's very biased towards them every time hes on commentary 

Yeah so not Earle but Gale…no wonder

[OutByEaster?]

Decent away point I thought - a draw was probably the right result on the day, but we can definitely point to the inconsistency on the penalty decisions and some odd decisions by the referee (Alpaca or whatever his name is could have had three yellows) and claim we've been a little hard done by.

I thought at times some of the football we played was really good; slick, inventive sharp passing that created chances - as we get players back and perhaps bring in a couple more in the summer, we could really be a very good side to watch - as it was, on occasions the interplay between Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Moreno and Buendia was excellent.

Moreno is a real threat in attacking positions and I like the way that Emery uses him - an hour of everything he had today is better than ninety with breathers and I thought he gave us a really good hour.

Defensively we were okay, Bowen and Benrahma had a little too much of the game for my liking, but to an extent that's understandable given our limitations on selection. I think we win that game with Kamara available, I think we probably win that game with Dendoncker available - McGinn did a really good job of helping cover in a position that's not his best.

We're becoming a very decent side, there's a pattern in place that creates things, there's a plan being worked on - it's awkward at times; the building out from the back, the occasional losing of the ball in bad places, but you can see why it happens, you can see what purpose it serves, and I think, you can see we're improving at it. 

Credit to the back line for withstanding 12 corners from set-piece-fc and good to see Traore back and Duran get minutes too.

We're getting there, there's some work to be done in the summer on the squad, but I think we're seeing glimpses of a better future.

 

[tinker]

Joke penalty  but we showed enough to win it , Watkins and Duran had two great  chances. Considering  West Ham are down the bottom they showed  no real fight , their in trouble if other teams can get a run together.

Our high line was exposed a fair bit but they wasn't good enough to beat it or we was to cute for them. Wish our players would play the ball rather then waving for offsides. 

[VillaChris]

3 minutes ago, VillanousOne said:

yeah who was that pr*ck? Thought it was Andy Townsend, but he's squeakier

Tony Gale with about a million appearances for West Ham.

[AntrimBlack]

A draw was probably a fair result. Either team could have won that.

A number of players are just not good enough - Bailey, Chambers and Cash.

Duran is right in there, really getting stuck in. Will be interesting to see how he progresses.

[Annoyman]

Someone who sounded like Robbie Earle was on the vo at half time saying it was a soft penalty

Tony Gale has that Carragher thing where he spends the entire game animatedly armchair managing what he thinks his former club should do to win as if they're the protagonists of the story, its very tiresome

 

[roonst83]

Pretty underwhelming and meh. Game we should’ve won but lacking quality. Soft pen for them and not sure why the same wasn’t applied by VAR for ours. 

Cash and Ramsey poor and Bailey atrocious as always. 

Point away looks better if we beat Bournemouth. Otherwise it feels like the season will finish with a limp to potentially 10th. 

Emery will know there’s plenty of work to progress us. Today made it clear.

Edited March 12, 2023 by roonst83

[Villa 59]

West Ham 0 Aston Villa 1 (that's in the WSL where the refs are far better than the PL)

[jacketspuds]

Would have taken a point beforehand, so I’m not too bothered about this result. We didn’t throw it away in the last few minutes of the game when drawing, so I’m happy.

[WHY]

I thought we did ok, happy with a point. We would have lost that last season. We keep improving. 

[It's Your Round]

A point away from home isn’t a bad result, particularly given our record against the spunk bubble blowers. Their penalty shouldn’t have stood, but they also could have scored more if they/Benrhama could finish properly. I thought we played well in large parts, our passing and patience is so much better these days. We just miss that final piece of quality. Bailey isn’t going to take us to that next level, neither is Traore. We need a big upgrade there for next season.