West Ham v Gillingham (A) FA Cup 3rd Round (05.01.20-KO 18:16) Match Thread

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  • horshamhammerhorshamhammer
    Amazing what happens when the club actually bother to field a strong team. Let's go on a cup run...
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Has to be said that we were poor in the first half - clearly the Moysiah had a word in their shell likes and we ended up putting in a more professional performance in the second.

    Overall, well done WHU, COYI
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    From the BBC:

    No West Ham player has been directly involved in more goals in all competitions this season than Pablo Fornals (three goals, four assists).


    Imagine what he will be like when he settles in a bit more :wahoo:
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Dodger58 said:

    The more I see of Fornals the more I like him. He’s made a difference since coming on and now has a goal for his efforts

    He was also the one who made the whole break work with his flick-on to Haller, so glad he finished it off.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Rice: I’ve not seen my cut, I hope it’s not too bad.
    Zaba: I had 42 stitches in one season.

    :lol:
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    We were not good 1st half, because Gillingham - fair play - played a turbo charged game and made it tough. But 2nd half our quality showed. And for once the scoreline reflected it.
  • HamstewHamstew
    That'll do donkey
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Terrible first half, much improved second half and, in the end, a good result.

    Let's enjoy tonight because we all know it'll be Liverpool in Round 4.
  • LukerzLukerz
    More than happy with that.

    Always expect 70% of the game to be a slog, it’s just about matching them for effort, defending well, concentrating & not being behind.

    Then in that 30%, making sure you score a goal or two.

    COYI
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Jay

    1st half I'd agree: 2nd half I really enjoyed watching us.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Respect due to Gillingham they had a right go but our back line was superb I thought.
    So good to see us go toe to toe and come out on top.We should’ve had two pens though.
    Blimey we’ve won a cup tie at a lower league side.
  • stevesteve
    2 clean sheets in a row :thumbsup:
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    You are welcome.

    :biggrin:
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Can Karen Carney watch us every week please? She turns up, we win, :lol:
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    :nonono:
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited January 2020
    Decent second half. Fredericks looks like he is out for the long haul. Hopefully not as bad as Antonio's hamstring that was out for a few months with.

    wrong thread :(

    Thanks, mods :biggrin:
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I’m starting to love Fornals. Think he’s got bags of talent and could be a special player in the future.

    And he works really hard, too.
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    Agricultural first half, and in the 2nd half after Jethro Tull invented the seed drill, flute and codpiece we seemed to find our feet.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited January 2020
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    I’m starting to love Fornals. Think he’s got bags of talent and could be a special player in the future.

    And he works really hard, too.

    :whistle:
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    edited January 2020
    So when was the last time two Pablo’s scored in the same game for West Ham?
  • HamstewHamstew
    IronHerb said:

    So when was the last time two Pablo’s scored in the same game for West Ham?

    Like... About an hour and a half ago.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Ninguno
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    In my view had Pelle continued his team selection as in previous cup ties Gillingham would have seen us off. They battled really hard and just lacked the class we had in our eleven.

    Moyes respected them and the cup and that's why we are in the next round.

    Still finding Pelle's selection against Wimbledon last season hard to take.

    Hopefully a home draw to any side outside the premiership awaits.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Pelle has gone. No need to worry about it. Anyway, Moyes has to put a strong team out because a defeat would have been a disaster for him.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited January 2020
    This wasnt a good performance, but it's this exact type of game against lowly opposition we have lost in the past

    Take the win and move forward
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    It wasn't an exciting performance but I think it was the right performance. Gillingham were aggressive in their approach and made it challenging, but we dealt well with their pressure and they ultimately didn't threaten us that much. Fabianski made a good save but otherwise the BT sports half-time segment labelled "Gillingham chances" was actually a montage of our defence making clearances.

    Our defence had a lot of work to do and did it well. They came with a lot of energy but our players matched them. Ideally, they would've added some more creativity to that in the first half.

    The second half was completely ours. It's a shame Haller didn't finish that chance off. I know the commentators joked about it but I think it did bobble up before he struck it. That might not have been a problem if he'd gone low though.

    I think we'd have lost without Fabianski in goal though. I think his reaction and positioning for their chance from the corner wouldn't have been replicated by Martin and certainly not Roberto.
  • HamstewHamstew
    I thought it was a good performance :hmm: First half went exactly as lots of these types of games go then the class shone through in the second. Just my opinion of course.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I thought it was about as good a performance as you can realistically expect in a game like this.

    They're flying in the league, at home, nothing to lose, excited crowd, horrible pitch.

    We coped early on and then got hold of the game and killed it fairly easily.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    it was average imo. I think it was lucky we got in at half time 0-0 but definitely Gillingham had thrown the kitchen sink in the first half.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    baracks_a_hammer said:

    alderz said:

    Clyne is out for the season at Liverpool, fwiw

    I’m not going to believe this until we get confirmation from Baz
    He was diagnosed as being out for 6 months and due back at the end of January 2020 (the last time I poked my face into Liverpool business :whistle: )
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