Pre-season Schedule and games

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Good goal, that.

    Going to be an absolute roller-coaster :lol:
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Hallers hold up play is just beautiful
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    :goal:

    Or that one.

    Haller is an absolute beast, and his hold up play has played a key role in both goals.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I’ve never seen a West Ham side with as much technical ability across the midfield and front line.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    edited August 2019
    This season is going to only be about the sublime and the ridiculous with absolutely nothing in between
  • HamstewHamstew
    Lanzini again. Shock
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited August 2019
    We are an awful lot of fun to watch.

    What's not to like?
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    We are a awful lot of fun to watch.

    What's not to like?

    The way we defend...
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Possession in opposition half is best I have seen
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Haller is what Carroll should have been
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    We’re out-passing one of the best passing teams in Spain right now.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Hugill banged one in for QPR
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    edited August 2019
    Yeoldhammer said:

    games already done in 15 min Bilbao literally strolling through.

    Would you like to reconsider? :biggrin:
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    grey_til_I_dye said:

    We are a awful lot of fun to watch.

    What's not to like?

    The way we defend...
    Details, dear boy, mere details...
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Also, next week we start tackling. :wahoo:
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Anderson's not very good at it, but he isn't half putting himself about closing players down.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    edited August 2019
    The technical ability we have across the midfield and front line now is something else. They’ve all be superb, especially Lanzini, Haller and Fornals.

    Defence got better as it went on, mainly because we had the ball and were doing the attacking..
  • stevesteve
    :hmm: Anyone think we can just outscore city next week
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    I think that may be the aim.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    It had better be the aim.
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Love how Wilshire control changes the direction of play
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    We’re on top.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    How did Snodders not get a free kick there? Geezer went through him, and got none of the ball...
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Total lack of ball boys again. Will cost us points this season
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    That was a heartening performance, early defensive dithering apart.

    There was a spell where we looked irresistible going forward. What looks like our first choice front 5 really seem to be clicking.

    Once we got going, it was a much more concerted defensive performance, with the forward MFs taking responsibility for working back.

    Cressers looked far sharper, and even when we made the 2nd half changes, the players that came on actually looked decent.

    Lovely cameo from Diangana, who probably should have had a goal.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    A lot to be excited about for this season after watching that. Front 5 are top class.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited August 2019
    I don't think Pellegrini is going to change, he is committed to this team and the expansive midfielders

    They need to look at City/Dortmund/Liverpool and the way they press

    It's been proven you can stack the midfield with playmakers and still have a good shape/defence

    Unfortunately while individually we press fine, I'm worried that these players aren't good enough as a unit

    Rice has been woefully exposed because it's easy to play through our press, and that's why we've been shipping goals

    Premier league managers are smart, they will see these vulnerabilities and expose it

    But I do agree in terms of when we are in possession, we are very very highly exciting and if we can balance it with good defensive shape we will have a fantastic season
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Decent enough pre-season. Best thing is that we seem to have come out of it without any major injury worries. Fab seems likely to make the City game, which is was our biggest concern.

    I can only echo what's already been said; going forward we're going to be very exciting, but defensively we're going to struggle. Just a shame that it's City first up :weep:
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Why's that OCS? Did you want to beat Spurs first up instead of City? :biggrin:
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    In the last 4 games they've put 4 past us twice (our home games), and beaten us by the odd goal in the other two. In the closer games, we were let down by not taking our chances. So we play them like we are the away team, and smash and grab three goals. Simples.
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