[Albion] Positives from Today (West Ham away)

[seagull 1979]

It's encouraging to see some of the previous form . . . QUite clearly a little nervous/hesitant, he needs more game time to get match fit and confident. That cross was superb

I think Moder needs a proper full blooded tackle to get his full confidence back and realise that he isn't made of glass.

I had a very similar injury and recovery time albeit without being a professional footballer but I can still remember the joy of playing 5 aside when I got up and kept playing after the first smashing tackle.

 

[dazzer6666]

HINSH. Thought he was drafted in because we were desperate. Turns out he's genuinely quality and all of a sudden one of our top young talents.

RdeZ got quite spiky when that was suggested weeks ago. Said Jack was in the first team squad for pre-season and is a first team player.

 

[London Irish]

Steele immense again - please god RDZ notice this - possibly the since April stat might have something to do with what you’ve been doing with the keepers for 95% of that time

 

[seagull 1979]

How many of our best players were we missing?

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Tbh, I expected to lose before the start. Thought we'd let in a really soft goal, then when chasing the game, be hit on the counter.
But by the end, I was so annoyed we'd let West Ham off the hook.

 

[Weststander]

How many of our best players were we missing?

First XI, you could argue.

Mitoma March
Igor Dunk Veltman

If we say also Fati and/or Enciso, then we lose shape and some of the excellent Pedro, Gross etc.

 

[Milano]

A fit and available Mitoma tonight and we win that, and that’s not meant as a slur on Milner, but Mitoma has a field day down our left tonight. Of course WHU could rightly counter that an available Kudus does the same for them.
Both teams had key players out, we looked like the home team for the entire 2nd half.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Biggest positive? Ground ticked off so I never have to go back there.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Biggest positive? Ground ticked off so I never have to go back there.

It's a terrible football stadium, owned by us all, in the middle of no where, train links miles away.

 

[nsclurker]

No more eye-wateringly expensive food until next season. The vans outside make the ones at The Amex look like Aldi prices...

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Ward-Prowse was shit against us for the first time ever.

JPVH proved that he can run the defence on his own. Early in the season, he only looked good if he had a stronger defender (ie Dunk) alongside him, but he's grown in confidence so much, he never looked flustered, even once Webster went off.

I wish he'd score for us, I'd love to see his reaction.

 

[BN41Albion]

No sore throats tomorrow due to any noise coming from our end at all…

Sounded loud in the first half especially in our end on the telly - certainly no noise whatsoever from the home fans. I imagine frustration set in in the 2nd half as the game ground on and especially considering atmosphere from home ends was so poor too

 

[BN41Albion]

Difference is wages between us and West Ham, and they have a 60k stadium revenue income.
We are a better footballing team to watch.
Do we want to win trophies or be a better footballing team?
What would you prefer?
And that is a genuine NSC question as we have the ambition, but at some point we have a ceiling on wages, where can’t get to CL or even consistent EL level if we don’t pay wages.
It’s fine having the odd gem like Hinsh, but we can’t rely on that if we want stated ambition of the club that ‘there is no ceiling’.
There is unfortunately and that’s wages.

West Ham won the Conference League - Villa should win it this year. If we were in it, I'd be pretty disappointed if we didn't win it to be honest!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It's a terrible football stadium, owned by us all, in the middle of no where, train links miles away.

mainly full of wankers.

 

[Flounce]

I thought Buononotte had an excellent game. He was everywhere across the front line

Very very early days and probably never be that good, but last night, a couple of his runs with the ball made me realise the early hype “new Messi” had some legs.

 

[heathgate]

A positive and negative all in one...... Gross is so instrumental in almost everything we do as a team........

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A fit and available Mitoma tonight and we win that, and that’s not meant as a slur on Milner, but Mitoma has a field day down our left tonight. Of course WHU could rightly counter that an available Kudus does the same for them.
Both teams had key players out, we looked like the home team for the entire 2nd half.

Possibly. But of the personel available, had Pascal bagged one of his chances we win that. No criticism of Pascal, but he would normally have taken at least one.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I think Moder needs a proper full blooded tackle to get his full confidence back and realise that he isn't made of glass.

I had a very similar injury and recovery time albeit without being a professional footballer but I can still remember the joy of playing 5 aside when I got up and kept playing after the first smashing tackle.

It looked like he bottled his chance through fear of getting flattened. Lent back and had half an eye on the keeper instead of just throwing himself at the ball.

 

[Horses Arse]

Sounded loud in the first half especially in our end on the telly - certainly no noise whatsoever from the home fans. I imagine frustration set in in the 2nd half as the game ground on and especially considering atmosphere from home ends was so poor too

It was an horrendous atmosphere. The worst I've experienced at an away game. The home support was awful and in the lower tier it was like a morgue. Sounded better in the upper tier perhaps but overall really poor.

 

[Horses Arse]

No sore throats tomorrow due to any noise coming from our end at all…

I'm certainly thankful for that, no need to think about protecting my horrendous throat/cough - cheers everyone!