Chelsea (H) - Saturday 4th Dec, 12.30pm

BubblesNeverDies

Watching the replay of Arthur's goal, and the way he shaped to kick the ball, I actually think it was deliberate and that he was just trying to catch Mendy out.

yoyo

If Ronaldo had done it they would be saying genius. It was our Arthur so it's lucky.

Pengeman

Wow!! That was some game. Lost players through injuries but fully deserved to win. I am sure Masuaku meant that. He saw Chelsea goalies expecting a cross and caught him flatfooted at the near post.

OldCastleSwift

I think it was a cross, but hopefully Arthur will be honest when asked. If it was meant, it was brilliant.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

They had a lot of the ball but on the balance of chances we were worth the win. Coufal off the line, Bowen almost tapping in, the Bowen chance just after 3-2.

I know there are concerns about the squad size but one thing I do think is that everybody in this smaller squad comes in and contributes. They really know their job and play with the same discipline and effort.

You might not always get that with a bigger squad.

yoyo

We could have had 4 or 5

eskimoking

MrsGrey

Expat_Hammer said:

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

I am after we smash Chelsea.

Expat_Hammer said:

We'll probably go and win this one. The West Ham Way

The dream team 😁😁😁

First names on the team sheet 😂

Then OCS.
Thornbury giving the manager a decision to make.

eskimoking

Masuaku, having only played half the game, had the highest number of tackles and interceptions in the game (5).

Soucek covered 12km, the next highest in the match was almost 1km behind (Coufal 11.2km)

MrsGrey

Zola gutted Chelsea lost.

BubblesNeverDies

MrsGrey said:

Zola gutted Chelsea lost.

And Rio trying to reclaim his West Ham roots

Slacker

Had a stinking cold all week and only got my voice back yesterday.
Oh well….

claretandbluesky

I think that's what you call balancing out as we lost the three points on Wednesday due to a moment of brilliance and we won three points today due to a moment of brilliance/freakish fortune.

I actually didn't think we played that well and deserved the three points on Wednesday more than we did today. This said we were very resolute in defence today which was even more impressive having lost two defenders.

I think the best bit of good fortune was giving away the goal before half time as otherwise Moyes would have sent the team out very differently and reverted to getting behind the ball. I think he gave the team the green light to attack, and as we showed against Liverpool we can take a match to these big teams, what we can't do is prevent them scoring over the course of a game when they have such talented players. A classic example of the best form of defence is attack.

adecoker

At 2-2 I had the world's funniest joke ever primed and ready to post. Then we won. That's put the mockers on my fun for the weekend. Thanks for that, Arthur

Kuchinghammer

Just here to say YEEEEEEESSSS that was a cracking performance and for some reason made me feel even happier than when we stuffed Liverpool..and Man City and Man United 😁😁😁

OldCastleSwift

EXETERHAMMER

I think we played really well second half. Fab barely had anything to do.

claretandbluesky

Good on him

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Not bad for a team being found out as having players that aren't Prem standard

Hamstew

My god Bowen was incredible today.

jay_in_cpt

So many players gave their all today.
Considering by the end of the game we were without our regular 4 at the back ( Ogbonna, Zouma, Cresswell & Johnson we didn’t half do well. )…
A great penalty taken by our little gem , a very nice Bowen goal and King Arthur the match winner with a freakish great cross/ goal…
Only downside the injuries but a great weekend for all Hammers around the world… Keep safe all ⚒️⚒️⚒️

PrestonHammer

When the third goal went in, I reckon most of Manchester heard me roar hahaha

PrestonHammer

What a result!

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

13 points from safety.

claretandbluesky

I hope the news on Zouma isn't too bad as to lose both Oggy and Zouma is too much for us and would probably ensure we need bring in another centre back in January.

puddleglumhammers

Terrific result and performance. Bowen was immense. Lovely to see Chelsea's confidence drain after the equaliser and disappear after our magical winner.
The injuries in defence would have have been worrying in previous seasons, but we can still put out
Coufal Diop Dawson Masuaku,
with Rice able to play in a back 3 if needed, replaced by either Kral or Noble, and with Fredericks on the bench.
Let's play a lot of the under 23 team on Thursday to rest some key players and then crack on with trying to finish Top 4.

alderz

One of my Spurs supporting friends said this in our group chat:

Brent said:

I saw some of this and it sickens me a bit to say, but west ham are quite comfortably the 4th best team in the league

PrestonHammer

There are only 4 teams in the league with a positive goal difference and they are the present top 4.

Also Soucek has run further than any other player this season.

claretandbluesky

I have never bought into the view that his form has dropped, I think he is being asked to play slightly deeper . He was good today and i loved seeing him so attentive the czech fans he saw in the crowd.

I have a feeling we may see Dec asked to sit deeper now as extra security with Zouma out so may Soucek will be seen in the box a little more.

MrsGrey

Yes, that was nice, wasn't it.