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

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  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    On the bright side, we only play Spurs away in March so hopefully he will be back before then
  • LukerzLukerz
    Antonio missed a combined 8 & a half months due to two separate hamstring injuries within the last 3 years. Now he looks set for another 3 months minimum on a third one. Certainly an issue there & at 30 you would assume only going to get weaker.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Luke did u never see Sanchez play for Villa, ok they were a poor team, but even then IMO it was very obviuos to see that Sanchez is real pony, hope he proves me wrong!, Re Snodgrass, he is a trier, it sadly more than not doesn't work out, last was IMO he was wasteful too many times, real shame about Antonio if is the case ...
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    I thought Snodgrass’ crossing was poor. There was no whipping the ball in. It was all lofted into the box. Maybe that would work better with Haller but it didn’t work with Ajeti.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    SuzanneClaret said:

    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.
    I did to was trying to make a positive out of a negative suze
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    Imo:

    Roberto - 8/10 - Clean sheet and looked composed in goal.

    Zabaleta - 6/10 - Didn't shine but didn't look as bad as Cresswell on the other side of the defence!

    Balbuena - 6/10 - Similarly to Zabaleta he didn't shine. Looked ok but no more than that.

    Diop - 5.5/10 - Shaky in the first half but looked much better in the second. I feel part of the reason he looked so poor in the first half was the lack of help he received from Cresswell.

    Cress - 3.5/10 - Poor positioning, lost the ball constantly with poor passes, poor crosses and lapses in concentration. Struggled to even do the basics successfully.

    Sanchez - 5.5/10 - In the first half he was slow on the ball, indecisive with his passing, slowed down the play and generally looked shakey. It took him 5+ touches to get the ball down, his head up and then to find the pass. However in the second half he looked better with faster and more positive passing. He required less touches, didn't slow down our attacks and generally looked more promising when he didn't have to think as much. It's his sideways and backwards passing that scares me the most.

    Wilshere - 6.5/10 - A mixed performance. At times he looked weak with inaccurate passing and cheaply losing the ball, but then at other times his passing was crisp and you could clearly tell he plays football to a higher standard than our opposition. There were times where I felt he just needed to hold onto the ball rather than trying to do too much with it.

    Anderson - 6.5/10 - Similar to Wilshere in the fact that at times he was wasteful in possession looking for that Hollywood pass. In all honesty he should really be ripping teams like this apart. Occasionally the passes came off but at other times he lost possession when a simple pass would've been far more effective. Also like Wilshere, he grew as the game went on.

    Snodgrass - 6.5/10 - Guilty of a few needless fouls in the first half by clumsily going into the back of players. I did think the Newport players were waiting for these challenges from him to win cheap free kicks but at the same time Snodgrass should've picked up on this. As the game went on, I was impressed with his ability to keep the ball, do the basics right (something a lot of our players struggled with) and generally keeping the ball ticking nicely. I prefer him to Wilshere in the sense that he keeps his passes simple and makes sure they find a man nine times out of ten rather than Wilshere's one-touch flicks and quick-passes when players aren't ready or expecting what he's going to do.

    Fornals - 6.5/10 - You could see the quality he has at times and with more possesion I reckon he really could've looked promising. He scored one and almost another. I think we can see a lot more than what he showed in this game - a really promising player he'll be for us.

    Ajeti - 6/10 - Didn't do much but didn't have that much to work with. He needs movement around him imo. Perhaps he'd be better out wide - Just an idea? Hard to make judgement on him as he could be quality but we didn't have as much possession as we should've to give him the service he needs. Having said that, sometimes I feel attackers need to make their own chances.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Welove how much possession do you think we should have. 73% seems to me to be a high percentage. The main problem is we are generally too slow to use it with more effect.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    From WhoScored - the stats for passing.


  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited August 2019
    https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1421222/LiveStatistics/England-League-Cup-2019-2020-Newport-West-Ham

    You can interrogate the player stats, heat maps etc here.

    :stats:
  • HamstewHamstew
    I thought Anderson was brilliant last night
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Hamstew said:

    I thought Anderson Lanzini was brilliant last night

    There you go Ham, sorted it for you :biggrin:
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    thornburyiron said:

    Welove how much possession do you think we should have. 73% seems to me to be a high percentage. The main problem is we are generally too slow to use it with more effect.

    That's the sort of percentage I'd expect. I would've expected us to have had more possession in the first half as well as done more with the ball however I can't fault the second half. Overall 70% is around what I'd expect (although I would've expected us to have had more than what we had in the first half and perhaps slightly less in the second half).
  • LukerzLukerz
    As Bournemouth, Burnley & Everton are showing tonight, these games are tough.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Everton’s team looks full of first teamers
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Luis Boa Morte is their assistant manager COYI
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Burnley looking like they're out and Bornemouth could be going to penalties.
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    welovethehammers said:

    Imo:
    I prefer him to Wilshere in the sense that he keeps his passes simple and makes sure they find a man nine times out of ten rather than Wilshere's one-touch flicks and quick-passes when players aren't ready or expecting what he's going to do.

    If this is constantly happening then surely that is a problem with our other players and not Wilshere. It's not like they only meet just before the kick-off
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Hamstew said:

    I thought Anderson was brilliant last night

    He very subtly controlled the game. He didn’t really exert himself but it felt like he was trying to give us some control. He was trying to move it quickly with limited touches before passing while others were dawdling. Maybe some of the passes were Hollywood but he was also trying to be incisive. In that period in the second half when we seemed to have possession forever, Anderson often popped up and was trying to be the forward force.
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    MIAHammer said:

    welovethehammers said:

    Imo:
    I prefer him to Wilshere in the sense that he keeps his passes simple and makes sure they find a man nine times out of ten rather than Wilshere's one-touch flicks and quick-passes when players aren't ready or expecting what he's going to do.

    If this is constantly happening then surely that is a problem with our other players and not Wilshere. It's not like they only meet just before the kick-off
    Up to a point yes you're right but sometimes he should be playing that simple pass rather than the one-touch passes and flicks (even if our players are on their toes expecting it).
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Injured, according to Pellegrini, but I did also see the rumour that he missed Watford due to illness

    Why would there be a rumour that contradicts what the manager says, and why would people give it credence?

    I can't understand that.
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