Cheltenham vs West Ham -- Aug 23rd

wow... I can even watch this game on the telly... I love living in the future...

didn't think this would be possible so I'm jumping in 23 minutes into the game...

0-0

Noble plays as captain - no surprise there...

Byram on the right

Ogbonna defending on the right as Cheltenham attack

Collins (birthday boy) gets the header away

Masuako's out there...

Cheltenham have a corer their third - we've had one

Adrian in goal

excellent chance - power header by Ogbonna but cleared off the cheltenham line...

then we go back in and Sahko is foiled by the keeper...

Obiang's out there as well.

and it's a goal...

Sahko... doesn't look particularly happy... but it's a goal

kinda agonizingly slow crawl past the keeper and into the far corner... but we have a goal... and we have the lead.

we're playing Sahko and Ayew up front btw

and it's another...

Ayew runs in and slots it into the far corner...

hmmm... two up front and two goals in two minutes

assist was by Sahko

2 minutes to half time and we're nicely in front all of a sudden

half time and it's all good.

not sure it's a great game or performance... but these games are always tricky

all that really matters is no injuries so far and we're 2-0 up

seems to be an awful lot of Cheltenham going forward at the moment...

aye just sent a long ball agonizingly wide of the post... we've had a couple chances but Cheltenham are pressing much harder.

Masuako should have conceded a pen but we got the decision

Cheltenham have a free kick... that goes out for nothing.

Sahko is off - Chicharito is on

Kouyate is coming on and Noble makes way for him

72 1/2 minutes played

holy shit... Cheltenham almost scored... crept across the goal and the guy at the back post just couldn't get a toe on it...

okay, done and done

nothing to write home about, tactics, selections, performance... none of it matters.

we got the result.

time to move on.

We won! 2 goals and a clean sheet ..... we needed that 

Well we played almost a first team and got through, but we are not very good in a lot of positions. The biggest one is Noble, sorry I know he is Mr West Ham to some people but he was pretty crap against a fourth division team. Rice looked  very composed, playing out of position, so Super Slav will give him 1/2 dozen games then loan him to Barnsley Munichgladbach and we'll never see him again. 

And what dopey twat at EFL decided to have the draw for the third round in Peking at 4.15am! Fuppin joke, and we'll get Manure in the next round and lose 0-4 again