West Ham v. Chelsea - Saturday 24th October

Well, if no-one else is going to kick off I suppose I'd better get on with it.

Right , here's me wish list:-
- Three points
- Clean sheet if poss
- Terry gets nutmegged for crucial goal
- Costa sent off
- Mourinho throws huge strop , kicks a ball boy and gets ejected from the ground

It's not much to ask , is it? Actually I'm just praying that our run can last for just one more match, can't bear the thought of these arseholes taking points at our gaff...

COME ON YOU IRONS!!

Chelsea are a bit of a wounded animal at the moment
If the rumours are true that it all kicked of in the dressing room before the Chumps cup game on tuesday then it could well be that the special one really has lost it and could drop some players out of spite

I think we can get at least a point out of this game

I would take a point right now !

I'd take a point but so want to take all three

 C O Y I 

This is ours to lose now , We are playing the better football and are now a man up !!

looks like we've broken Chelsea?
I shall sleep tonight.

So after the first quarter of the season Gone Our record in the League stands under Bilic as
Played 10 on 20pts already ( Only 20 more points and we have reached the 40 point mark - we could be on 40 pts + by Xmas the way our form is at the moment )
Won 6
Drawn 2
Lost 2
We`ve beaten Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal away and now Add Chelsea at Home along with Wins against Newcastle and Palace
Drawn against Norwich and Sunderland
Lost to Bournemouth and Leicester

I know we had a similar start last year but this year I just have a weird feeling that we can keep this going under Bilic , People saying its luck but to me its not , its down to Bilic getting the best out of the players - Zarate being one of the main players who seems more interested and is showing a lot of decent touches etc

their also seems to be a much more togetherness around the club from the Fans through to the players which we never had under that fat twat !

WA sat work today, but had Bbc live update son the laptop. I knew it was 1-0 then 1-1 and was in the middle of showing a 15 year old girl how to use the stair mill when I got a tap on the shoulder from a guy who knew I was a hammer to let me know Carroll ha escorted and just a few minutes left. Was buzzing after that.

Great result, first and foremost it's about getting the 40 points, then once 30 games gone and we have a good position we can maybe think about top 6/ Europe

There's a confidence in the squad and at home that I don't know if I've seen in the last decade. The feeling that every game is there for the taking. I'm not quite sure how to handle it, I keep waiting for the bottom to drop out, and I hope it never does.

I think today must have been our most expensive bench. Carroll and Valencia alone worth nearly £30 million. I bet our entire squad has usually cost less then that previously

What is nice about this run of form we are on is that we still players like Valencia and Song to come back , We generally have a squad in my eyes that is good enough to finish in the Top 10 even Top 7 ( I know after last season we should all be very cautious about the start we are having but their is something telling me we can carry this form on for most of the season )

It usually takes us around Xmas time till we reach the 20pt mark but this year we could be on 40+pts come Xmas with the way things are looking

We just look a much better team this year under Bilic - Could it be that the players are enjoying playing "Football" and that fans are not being negative anymore and are enjoying what they are seeing from Bilic and the players

Just think when Song is fit our midfield could very Solid - Song,Payet and Moses and Lanzini is a very strong solid attacking midfield to have

and let's not forget that the win came WITHOUT Winston Reid, Victor Moses, Enner Valencia, Angelo Ogbonna (apart from a couple of minutes). Alexandre Song or even Michail Antonio

We have a lot of strength in depth which gives me hope that we will not capitulate like we did last season

Just a bit more cover in the full back areas and we've got a big enough squad. That said, we do have Tomkins who can play rb and ogbonna who can play left back (?)

alfiehammer wrote:Just a bit more cover in the full back areas and we've got a big enough squad. That said, we do have Tomkins who can play rb and ogbonna who can play left back (?)

All be it not very good cover but we do have O`Brien at right back and Hendrie at Left back

SemiOldIron wrote:

Right , here's me wish list:-
- Three points
- Clean sheet if poss
- Terry gets nutmegged for crucial goal
- Costa sent off
- Mourinho throws huge strop , kicks a ball boy and gets ejected from the ground

Didn't quite manage me whole wish list , but the Gods of Football were certainly listening! That result certainly brightened a pretty shit weekend for me..... The wheels are all still on the West Ham wagon at present, not even wobbling. My confidence in Mr Bilic grows and grows, and whoever decided to buy Payet deserves a medal.

I see West Ham have been charged with "Not keeping their players under control". What incident did I miss? I only watched MOTD and I certainly didn't see any of our players milling round the ref at any stage?

RichB wrote:I see West Ham have been charged with "Not keeping their players under control". What incident did I miss? I only watched MOTD and I certainly didn't see any of our players milling round the ref at any stage?

West Ham charged for an incident in the 44th minute, Chelsea charged with an incident in the 45th minute. Can someone who was there tell us exiles what happened?
More to the point , we only had one booking to their six - I think that says it all.

Plus both our manager and assistant manager saw out the game and handled their media commitments

I think it may have been when some of our players went up to the ref to try and get Matic sent off , That is the only incident I think of it being

Arran H wrote:I think it may have been when some of our players went up to the ref to try and get Matic sent off , That is the only incident I think of it being  

 Yes. Jenkinson and 1 other suggested to the referee that it was a second yellow. Not something I like to see from our players. I expect it from the likes of Chelsea but not us

Tony P wrote:

Arran H wrote:I think it may have been when some of our players went up to the ref to try and get Matic sent off , That is the only incident I think of it being  

 Yes. Jenkinson and 1 other suggested to the referee that it was a second yellow. Not something I like to see from our players. I expect it from the likes of Chelsea but not us

Tony P wrote:

Arran H wrote:I think it may have been when some of our players went up to the ref to try and get Matic sent off , That is the only incident I think of it being  

 Yes. Jenkinson and 1 other suggested to the referee that it was a second yellow. Not something I like to see from our players. I expect it from the likes of Chelsea but not us

Normally I would agree, but seeing as it was that lot sod them