Newport County V West Ham Tues 27th Aug Carabao Cup 2nd Rd. A cup run or Plonkers at Rodney Parade?

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Millwall and Leeds knocked out too.

    Shame that...
  • stevesteve
    edited August 2019
    :hmm: my wife says my dip in form is about the same :biggrin:
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited August 2019
    Butland channelling his inner Adrian.

    Dirty Lids out, Stoke through.

    :puzzled:
  • LukerzLukerz
    Wilshere is a really good player. Keeps going, struggled first half, still keeps going, shows for the balls, drives the play forward, gives it away, shows for the ball again, gets a good goal, then runs the show second half.

    Him & Fornals scoring were the main positives & the back four did what they had to to get the clean sheet. Main thing was not getting any further injuries after Antonio’s one & winning the game. Thought we controlled the whole second half.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited August 2019
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Cresswells dip in form has lasted about 3 years now though

    Including him getting his only England cap in November 2016?
  • HamstewHamstew
    Palace lose, Millwall lose, Crawley beat Norwich :lol: wonderful
  • alderzalderz
    Today’s win makes it three birthday wins in a row for me

    2008 vs Macclesfield
    2013 vs Cheltenham
    2019 vs Newport

    And my first* birthday clean sheet

    *my spreadsheet only goes back to 1994-5 season
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Grimsby abandoned half time waterlogged :lol:
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Remember winning 5-1 at Grimsby in the pouring rain in April, Cross scored 4 & Pike got the other one.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Comfortable win with a few scares, which is to be expected. Good for Wilshere and Fornals to score and a good runout for all concerned. Shame about Antonio but not a major blow. Upwards and onwards.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited August 2019
    Pelle actually spoke about Wishire after the game for praise, and also had special mention for Sanchez, he did fair, against a team a few leagues below us, not sure his performance deserved special praise.... oh dear Pelle!! are u being real, Pelle loves Sanchez for sure !!:doh:
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Is Sanchez a confidence player... You know the performance of players can be night and day when they feel the love.

    Also in real terms this is his first season learning Pelles ways..

    And he is all we've got...
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Sanchez poor pass set up the goal tho
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    I think we possibly need to take stock of yesterday’s game and put it in context

    Newport are a tough nut to crack for PL sides and of late other sides have struggled to do so.

    Even aside from Newport, PL sides often need to drag themselves through such games and it isn’t always pretty

    We put in an effective if not inspiring performance and came through with a clean sheet - that’s good enough for me

    It is the next league game where I’ll be more concerned about how well we play, etc.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Cuz1 said:

    Sanchez poor pass set up the goal tho

    I’m not sure making the best of an error fills me with joy.

    I thought he was poor in this game.
  • CleverTrevorCleverTrevor
    IronHerb said:

    Shame about Antonio but not a major blow.

    I think this is a major blow as he has made the difference in recent games and gave us that extra edge.
  • SlackerSlacker
    In many ways it was a typical cup match away at a lower league team.They huffed an puffed and ruffled our feathers in the first half and we were very lucky to go in one up.
    Second half, apart from the odd scare we were in control.
    No complaints, and good for some of those players to get a proper game in their legs.
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    Seen some nsgative comments on Twitter towards Snodgrass. I thought he was one of our best players in the second half.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    alderz said:

    Today’s win makes it three birthday wins in a row for me

    Happy birthday for yesterday, alderz.
  • HamstewHamstew
    edited August 2019
    I actually thought Snodgrass struggled a bit. It's interesting as this game seems to have given people such mixed views on players performances.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    alderz :champagne: :cake:
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    I actually thought we did fine. We were dominant in possession and did the job.

    That was basically our second team and we avoided another cup upset.

    I'll take another lower league team in the draw again and hopefully enjoy a cup run
  • BarneyBarney
    Apart from our defending i thought we did OK. I thought Wilshere got better as the game went on, Snodders worked hard but could have been more effective. Zab was solid and got forward a lot.
    Just need a defensive coach - we nearly gave a few goals away.
    I hope Antonio is not out for too long - we need him
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 2019
    To be honest, Sanchez may well not be a very good player, but he needs a bit longer to settle. He played two games (Arsenal, Wolves) before a season ending injury last year, he then had a couple of sub cameos at the back end of last season & now he has made his first start of this season. To me he looks off the pace, & I think that is something that will come with more game time in the PL. He looked off the pace last season too, but he has come from Serie A, a very slow league.

    I just think we are quick to be harsh on a player. I thought his dodgy moments last night were more being slow minded & off the pace, less than maybe a lack of quality. He is a very experienced player.
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    I think Antonio's injury is a major nuisance. Had he not pulled up he would have been clean through on goal and I would have expected him to score.
  • HamstewHamstew
    Reports are that his hamstring has been torn and may need an operation
  • LukerzLukerz
    The problem with Antonio is that he is consistently doing his hamstring, so his all action power is causing him muscular issues. He obvs went into a full on sprint when he hadn’t warmed up properly or he did but he has a weakness there. I think they are going to keep cropping up.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Re Sanchez:

    Don’t see why he needs lots of time to “settle” as he is already very experienced and also has plenty of experience in the PL aswell via his spell at Villa

    Even if Pelle somehow seems to rate him, I doubt sully will agree to him extending his current contract so I would think he will be gone at the end of the season when his contract runs out.

    Hopefully we won’t need to use him much between now and then
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    @JacobSteinberg
    West Ham fear Michail Antonio needs an operation after suffering a hamstring injury against Newport County last night and could be out for three to four months #whufc
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Always one in August out till Jan. Usually someone is out for the rest of the season around October time.

    The curse shall never be lifted it seems.
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