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Anyway, more of an issue, how does a World Cup goalkeeper not save any of 9 penalties?
Southampton binned off Husenhuttl and they're only two points worse off than us. Villa upgraded, Wolves look to have upgraded. It's a brutal business now and despite what he's done over the past couple of seasons, Moyes is struggling in the here and now.
Football gets bad. Performance do drop. Results do suffer. Mistakes are made.
But the rate of turning on Moyes & the team has been, genuinely, amazing.
It’s not great at the moment. We can all see that. Moyes will know that. It will get better. Let’s not start trying to do our best impression of Spurs fans.
He's done incredibly well in his time at the club, and I suspect he's surpassed even his own expectations, but the reality is that it's a results business and he hasn't been getting them this year. To me at least, and whether I agree with it or not, it's not at all baffling that some are calling for him to go.
Leicester game is now big....... Massive in fact.
In short we need someone to make something happen and he is our best player by far.
Also 9 wins out of 13, how many of those were In Conference league where in all honesty the teams we have played are not really even PL standard..
I’m not saying MOYES out yet, but IMO he needs to change his ways a bit otherwise we IMO will be facing a relegation battle….
He wasn't even in the squad for the 2021 Euros with Rennes' Steve Mandanda and Lille's Mike Maignan selected as back up to Hugo Lloris.
He's only won five caps since he was first called up in 2015 and didn't win his first cap until 2018
For the first 15 minutes we barely touched the ball, was really really poor
After that we started playing it around without dominating....but from the first 15 mins we were the better team up pretty much untill the 80th minute where they woke up, they barely got into our half in the 2nd half up untill we scored
Diaz goal was quality, I thought Johnson could've done better as he ALWAYS cuts in and you could see what he wanted to do, but maybe I'm being harsh as it's always harder to stop then it seems....also theere was so much space for them to attack
On that, the back 5 did not work at all...they just found so many gaps between our Coufal/Johnson and Emerson/Ogbonna, then there were gaps between the 3 CB when oggy and Johnson were pulled out of position
Antonio was at his chaotic best, was a nightmare for there defenders with his power and running but his final ball was always terrible and his shooting wasn't great
Fornals, Lanzini were "ok but not creative enough, it was usually Downes who broke the lines and found Antonio but Downes was a bit sloppier than I've seen him. Coventry was solid, just don't see a prem midifelder there he doesn't do enough or have that one feature that I'd say he's actively good at
Benrahma came on and was instantly a big threat but he missed a big chance to out the game to bed
Scamacca and Bowen couldn't get into the game
Was with a neutral who's watched more games than anyone I've know and he said that balance of play we were better and should've shaved it but Diaz moment of quality was the difference
The pens were alright I guess, think Areola went the right way once which is shocking though... we knew that the keepers weren't saving any pennos so it would've been a miss going wide or hitting the post that would settle it which happened
What is clear is the side are getting used to a more possession based game which they don’t seem comfortable with, which is why we end up with our defenders passing across the back line. This makes the play look slow & laboured. We’ve gone from a dynamic counter-attacking side, which we accepted we were, to a slow, predicable, safe passing side, because we’re trying to transition to having more of the ball.
1. Manchester City – 72 points, 30 games, +60 GD
2. Liverpool – 67 points, 31 games, +42 GD
3. Tottenham – 67 points, 34 games, +37 GD
4. Arsenal – 65 points, 31 games, +23 GD
5. Newcastle – 62 points, 32 games, +19 GD
6. Chelsea – 53 points, 30 games, +16 GD
7. Manchester United – 50 points, 32 games, -3 GD
8. Brighton – 45 points, 32 games, +3 GD
9. Crystal Palace – 41 points, 31 games, +1 GD
10. Brentford, 41 points, 33 games, -7 GD
11. West Ham – 39 points, 32 games, -2 GD
12. Leicester – 38 points, 33 games, 1 GD
13. Wolves – 36 points, 33 games, -17 GD
14. Aston Villa – 35 points, 32 games, -7 GD
15. Everton – 34 points, 34 games, -16 GD
16. Leeds – 34 points, 32 games, -23 GD
17. Southampton – 31 points, 32 games, -24 GD
Three of the teams below us on this table have changed their managers over to you David Moyes.
And one above has.
As a stat, your point doesn't hold a lot of weight, imo.
Southampton flirted with relegation al last season - quite different from WH situation.
And.. we're 11th in that table.
It's not exactly a bad position is it.
Plus, just cos someone else did something, we don't have to do it to.
Anyway, more of an issue, how does a World Cup goalkeeper not save any of 9 penalties?
May not have been an issue if he’d saved the 10th.
I only went up there once. Four hours on the train to Preston, then she picked me up in her Saxo. People thought I was Australian but they were a friendly bunch on the whole. Fabio (not a name I was expecting to hear in Lancashire) was the only exception; he was one of my girlfriend's friends (I suspect more than a friend, but she denied it, obvs), and he wasn't too accommodating. I think he tried to start a fight with me but my memory's a bit hazy now. I do remember her pulling me away from a conversation with him, but that might of because she wanted a kebab. Who knows.
Anyway, good luck to them.
Didn’t get into any fights though.
Southampton flirted with relegation al last season - quite different from WH situation.
And.. we're 11th in that table.
It's not exactly a bad position is it. Neither is it particularly good!
A comparison between us & Southampton since March 2022 - West Ham W 7 D 4 L 15 Southampton W 5 D 5 L 18.
Many Facts can be used to show we are actually going backwards results wise which is what most supporters want the team to be judged on?
It will of course all be fine when Aguerd is playing regularly, Cornet is back to fitness and he sorts out a formation to get the best out of the new players as DM does appear to be struggling to help Scamacca to play to his strengths.
Oh, hang on....