[Albion] West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Sarisbury Seagull]

West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

I agree re best football etc. Would just prefer to see Lamptey in that position personally. I just find Solly so frustrating as he does that hard work so well but just rarely has that end product. Each to their own however. Great win all round and an amazing start to the season

You are right when you say that forum’s are a place for opinions. And yours is totally wrong on this. March is a long, long way ahead of Lamptey currently.

March is consistently excellent and a crucial part of our team. Lamptey has shown absolutely nothing since his return from injury that he deserves to start ahead of him. In fact, Lamptey looks like he needs to re-learn the position and adjust the way he plays post injury. He’s young still though and under Potter, I’m sure he will in time.

But at the moment, March is a vastly superior option.

 

[um bongo molongo]

Still a really strong squad, they’ve not sold the likes of Rice or Bowen - flip side of that is they look a little bit comfortable on fat contracts and feeling that they’re perhaps a bit bigger than the club. £100m - I just don’t see it with Rice, he seems hugely overrated to me. He’s just a good solid defensive midfielder.

He’s no Caicedo

 

[GT49er]

Thought March was the worst player on the pitch personally, something backed up by ratings on BBC website where he polled lowest of all of those who started. You may find it bizarre but I don't think he has been good enough for years. Can't beat a player one on one, can't cross the ball, can't finish. That is my opinion however bizarre you find it. GP would likely disagree too and that's fine, opinion is one of the things makes football so enjoyable to watch.

On a positive note, thought the performance was solid as **** from a team perspective and I made plenty of other positive posts including praising Sanchez, someone who hasn't had the most confident pre season. Delighted with the win and let's hope we can ruin Leeds day next week.

That cack BBC rating game, for 10 year olds and devised by 10 year olds that you have to bloody scroll trough every time you want to check the match stats, or the line ups, or whatever? You know, the relatively important things on the BBC match day website?
I'd pay a bit more attention to this - https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?396037-Players-ratings-West-Ham-v-Albion-21-08-22 - at least some of the people contributing to that will have a knowledgable view, not some ten year olds fannying around on an 'ooh lovely, we can press buttons' type computer game. Wish the BBC would drop it!

Besides, even on that cack rating, he's less than 0.5 behind the man of the match!

 

[jcdenton08]

Oh I dunno, I weren't so bad!

I bet. My jealousy got the better of me!

 

[dadams2k11]

Thought March was the worst player on the pitch personally, something backed up by ratings on BBC website where he polled lowest of all of those who started. You may find it bizarre but I don't think he has been good enough for years. Can't beat a player one on one, can't cross the ball, can't finish. That is my opinion however bizarre you find it. GP would likely disagree too and that's fine, opinion is one of the things makes football so enjoyable to watch.

On a positive note, thought the performance was solid as **** from a team perspective and I made plenty of other positive posts including praising Sanchez, someone who hasn't had the most confident pre season. Delighted with the win and let's hope we can ruin Leeds day next week.

Can't beat a player one on one? I think he can beat a player quite easy, but I agree about final ball sometimes.

He as been one of the most consistent players of the amex era and a few managers have agreed..

I don't get the criticism of him.

 

[jcdenton08]

Re the above I thought March was superb today

 

[portlock seagull]

I’m annoyed at Moyes. About time West Ham started testing us. Yet season after season ever since we got promoted this fixture has become increasingly predictable. So predictable that rumour is it was cited as an example of why they’ve got rid of the 5pm Saturday Sports Report because everyone knows the result before it’s announced.

Come on West Ham. Do better.

 

[Weststander]

We were very good today, defence tight, Sanchez simply brilliant in catching and saves and midfield and attack awesome

What's not to like ?

Solly March

 

[Justice]

I was enjoying a lovely ice cream outside the London Stadium when I overheard a West Ham fan moaning she had spent £210 on THREE tickets only to watch her team get out played by Brighton and the best bit AGAIN.

 

[faoileán]

Was there any aggro from the (un) 'appy 'Ammers?

 

[Stat Brother]

Naughty words but a marvelous multiple choice question

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[Bodian]

Naughty words but a marvelous multiple choice question

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Brighton and Hove ****ing Albion.

Seaside Sadio Mane.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Was there any aggro from the (un) 'appy 'Ammers?

No they were all at home by the final whistle

 

[kentgully]

Hilarious

 

[sjamesb3466]

Being wrong is no bad thing, best to enjoy it. Plenty wanted Potter out only 10 months ago.

I've never wanted Potter out from the start. March however is average at best and the weakest player in our starting 11. My opinion, lump it.

 

[sjamesb3466]

On the pitch? March got 7.97.
The highest West Ham rating was Benrahma at 4.29

He wasn’t even the lowest Brighton player.

Lowest rates Brighton starter and worst player on the pitch in blue and white in my opinion. West Ham players being crap doesn't change this

 

[sjamesb3466]

You are right when you say that forum’s are a place for opinions. And yours is totally wrong on this. March is a long, long way ahead of Lamptey currently.

March is consistently excellent and a crucial part of our team. Lamptey has shown absolutely nothing since his return from injury that he deserves to start ahead of him. In fact, Lamptey looks like he needs to re-learn the position and adjust the way he plays post injury. He’s young still though and under Potter, I’m sure he will in time.

But at the moment, March is a vastly superior option.

Agree Lamptey hasn't been great since his injury but mu opinion is still that he offer more than March. March offers nothing going forward and is average in defence. Lamptey as you say has youth on his side whereas March has been one of those players that we have all been hoping to have that breakthrough season but it never happens. Sorry but that's my opinion. You may think it's wrong but it doesn't make it so

 

[sjamesb3466]

Can't beat a player one on one? I think he can beat a player quite easy, but I agree about final ball sometimes.

He as been one of the most consistent players of the amex era and a few managers have agreed..

I don't get the criticism of him.

So even if he can beat a player, which I would disagree with strongly as all he ever does is pass backwards, you admit he can't put in a decent cross which makes beating the player pointless. At 28 years old we just need to accept he will never be the player we want him to be. Whatever criticism I have made of March, I would like him as a local lad to succeed but I also have the ability to take off the blue and white specs and accept he is average.

 

[Reinelt12]

So even if he can beat a player, which I would disagree with strongly as all he ever does is pass backwards, you admit he can't put in a decent cross which makes beating the player pointless. At 28 years old we just need to accept he will never be the player we want him to be. Whatever criticism I have made of March, I would like him as a local lad to succeed but I also have the ability to take off the blue and white specs and accept he is average.

A player who was involved in 33 out of 38 games last season for a team that finished 9th in the Premier League is said to be average…

He is a key component of the way Potter wants to play, and has a specific role within the team. Potter has shown he isn’t afraid to drop anyone who isn’t performing - Solly is performing week in week out to a standard required by a top 10 PL team.

This is similar to Barnes - he didn’t have the flair, pace of other players in the team, but he did a specific job which he was very good at, criminally underrated.