West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00

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  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    I like the rule..
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Taty May have scored two and worked his socks off but he doesn’t seem to look happy at being here
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Co-commentator keeps using the phrase ‘sense and sensibility’ to mean common sense. It’s making me miss Alan Smith
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    KIlman invoking his inner Rice there
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    Co-commentator keeps using the phrase ‘sense and sensibility’ to mean common sense. It’s making me miss Alan Smith

    Just said Bowen has worked an oracle...
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Who is he?
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    Co-commentator keeps using the phrase ‘sense and sensibility’ to mean common sense. It’s making me miss Alan Smith

    And constantly getting Mavropanos and Kilman mixed up.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Nice result and what we needed…only one game in but I think we need to hold onto Taty if we can, it is clear, to me at least, that he and Bowen possess that extra bit of quality that is likely to make all the difference in the upcoming season
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    thornburyiron said:

    Taty May have scored two and worked his socks off but he doesn’t seem to look happy at being here

    What makes you say that? As far as I remember his expression is the same as last season.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Not sure what to make of that. We did all the damage in a ten minute spell either side of half time. Portsmouth had more of the play for most of the game besides that.

    Bowen clearly looks a level above, as expected. Taty would score a lot of goals at this level, but who knows if he's staying or not. Midfield still looks like a big issue. Orford didn't do a lot, while Alvarez should have absolutely dominated the midfield but didn't, and could have been sent off.

    KWP looked great. Pablo looks like he'll be fine at this level. Kilman and Mav were solid.

    Badly need quite a few signings though, we hardly have more than 12 or 13 players before it's academy prospects.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited August 8
    Agree on the signings Jorderz but not on the expectation of Alvarez taking on the whole of the Portsmouth midfield virtually single handed.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I've said it already Tatty must stay unless he has an escape clause, he will rip up this Championship.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Soo good to have the football back.
    Dodgy streams that keep buffering, Bowen doing what Bowen does and boundless optimism on here.😃
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Really enjoyed the game today (maybe not the first half)

    Key takeaways
    • As we know, Bowen and Taty are too good for the championship, lets hope we can keep Taty he'll loads
    • KWP was class, given he was the championship best right back last time he was here.... feel he will be again
    • Kante showed how he can be a huge asset this season, especially as some arent convinced
    • Scarles and Orford quite good, especially nice to see for Orford who was a bit of a surprise inclusion in the XI but imo took his opportunity
    • Solomon adds much needed quality on the left
    • Missed Alvarez, he his yellow which he always will, but he looked good and will be an asset in this league
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 8
    Back from game - we were not perfect but showed our class with three excellent passages of play & clinical, quality finishing. That’s all you need at this level. It’ll be too good for most Champ sides. Midfield is not right yet which explains our struggles today - Alvarez starting out of nowhere, Orford & Kante both raw, no proper width on the left. Once we get that sorted we’ll be good to go. We brushed aside Pompey comfortably after we equalised, I felt, despite not being great. We were never at risk from then on after a slow & ‘pre-season’ start.

    Mavropanos, Kilman, Taty the standouts, Bowen showed class with his goal & assist. KWP struggled physically first half & they targeted him but played well going forward second half. They got in behind Scarles quite a lot throughout the game, I felt. Pablo was better than I’ve seen him before & Kante showed glimmers of potential but he will make errors, which he did. Orford safe & steady. Alvarez is probably rusty but showed signs of his reckless self. Maybe he will improve with games.

    Overall, a winning start to the season, three good goals & now full focus on Burnley & getting that top third of the pitch sorted.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    The only acceptable result

    Portsmouth finished 18th last season on 55pts with -15 GD. While most of the players in the starting XI joined over the last two seasons four of them were first team regulars in League One

    Their big mistake was to score and wake us up

    And yes, the commentators were dreadful. Paul Walker and David Phillips apparently

    I bet neither of them has ever read Jane Austen
  • LukerzLukerz
    Noticed Magassa again not in the squad, plus Cornet going missing
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Didn't get a stream to watch, but noticed on the Beeb that Paul Parker made a comment and just wanted to hear a few on here's view...

    He said 'something like' he worried about us in the league, and that Portsmouth were finding it too easy to get in behind our full backs, he also said he worries about our keeper, which if I'm being honest, so do I...I don't really rate him ( Mads ).....

    Is there any truth in these comments from yesterday's game or was it Parker just seeing a different game to others?
  • stevesteve
    I thought the same about them getting in behind us ,Better teams will punish us .Mads I think is the best we can hope for in our position
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 9
    Walker-Peters & Scarles struggled IMO - players ran off & in behind Scarles quite a lot & got in the space between/behind him & Kilman which he covered a few times. Walker-Peters was also out of position a few times & was physically bullied in the first half (they targeted him with balls in the air to the forward who pulled onto him). Mads didn’t have much to do, IMO.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited August 9
    Lukerz said:

    Noticed Magassa again not in the squad, plus Cornet going missing

    Is Magassa injured or all of a sudden not fancied ?....BTW Parker did have some nice things to say about us, amongst others, he said he rates Kante, but feels he needs a creative box-box player alongside him.....
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    The surprising thing or perhaps not, was Kilman's performance, as Lukerz says he was one of the standouts.
    Is it a self-confidence problem that made him so awful in the PL? Maybe he feels subconsciously that the Championship is his level, so is able to be more assertive. That run he made through midfield was like as Chicago said "KIlman invoking his inner Rice".
    I know it's early days, but I think he's going to be one of our best players this year.
    (I just know this is going to come back and haunt me =) )
  • stevesteve
    Kante move to set up Taty was a thing of beauty
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    I think that Magassa is injured
  • LukerzLukerz
    Watching the highlights back, I think we got away with one for the first goal - Scarles looks offside to me in the build up
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Lukerz said:

    Watching the highlights back, I think we got away with one for the first goal - Scarles looks offside to me in the build up

    It looks rather tight, but I reckon he is just about legal
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Benefit of playing in the Champo, no VAR.

  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Away to Southampton in round 2
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    BubblesNeverDies said:

    Benefit of playing in the Champo, no VAR.

    Wait till the decisions start to go against us and see if we are still singing the same tune.
  • LukerzLukerz
    The good news is we’re going to be the ‘Man Utd’ of the Champ, so decisions are likely to go in our favour more. We saw that Saturday.
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