West Ham United v Burnley - The Joe Hart Derby

Barney

I think Creswell was in front of Rodriguez when the ball came over but he did not move apart from a stupid foot in the air. He should do much better than that

Lukerz

Cresswell is a bottler & has been for around 3 years now.

Fortuneseeker

If Cresswell had put a proper challenge in it could well have been sufficient to put Rodriguez off.

buffybegood

Fortuneseeker said:

If Cresswell had put a proper challenge in it could well have been sufficient to put Rodriguez off.

If he'd have commited to clearing the ball with his head he would have stayed in front of Rodriguez (and got to the ball first), not just put him off.

BubblesNeverDies

If, if, if Yarmo, hadn't lost the ball that led to the break, if Fredericks had been a bit quicker to close down Taylor, if Diop/Oggie had got back, if, if, if........
The fact is the defence needs some serious strengthening, either by personnel or by tactics.
As someone has already posted, Burnley have lost only 1 out of the last 12, so it was always going to be a tough game.
The major worry is Moyes's stubbornness in deciding when to make substitutions. Complaining about too many games in too short a period and then not using the subs available to him makes him look stupid.

IronHerb

If it was a one off then fair enough, but it wasn't.

ASLEFshrugged

Hmmmmm

Burnley had 16 crosses, all from the left wing, none from the right

Maybe Mr Dyche saw a weakness in our defending and went for it

chicagohammer

Please let’s not let Haller come back only to have him up top on his own, Antonio has the strength to make a decent fist of the role by holding the ball up and making a general nuisance of himself but, at least to me, Haller needs someone to play off.

Lukerz

Bowen - Haller - Antonio

Worked well before lockdown, with Fornals or Lanzini behind.