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    WHUFC vs The Arse - December 9th, 2019

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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 7:03 am


    monday night football, eh?

    it'll never catch on. Fortunately not working at the mo' so a monday lunchtime kick-off isn't a problem and (cat shenanigans aside) I got to sleep in over the weekend.

    I mean... we're all stoked for a local derby - a relegation battle in December... christ knows what it's gonna be like when we 'come down with the christmas lights' like the good old days...

    Arsenal have an even worse current record than we do - if that is actually possible.

    We're currently 1 point above the relegation spots - there's just nothing to feel good about... I mean, I know Arran and a bunch of people were all high on the hog when we won that game the other week... but last week's debacle made it perfectly clear that we, as a team, just can't cut it, that we're basically fucked unless something miraculous happens...

    I mean... could we poach Bilic away from the Albion? I mean they just stuffed Swansea for 5 AND had the majority of possession...
    Who knows what the solution is? It's not BIlic... and it certainly doesn't seem to be Pellegrini.

    But anyways... tomorrow, as they say at the end of all the best movies... is another day.
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 7:10 pm


    Team line-up...

    25 Martin -- not seemingly brilliant but a stack of old jumpers would be better in goal than Roberto
    24 Fredericks -- kinda okay, underperforming in an underperforming team
    4 Balbuena -- made mistakes
    21 Ogbonna -- we need his headers from corners
    3 Cresswell -- more goals please
    11 Snodgrass -- people don't like him but he's one of our most committed players
    16 Noble -- please, get rid
    41 Rice -- needs an older hand to make the midfield work
    18 Fornals -- played better than Anderson but that's hardly saying anything
    8 Felipe Anderson -- if anyone needs to be shut out of this team then it's THIS guy
    30 Antonio -- glad he's back in the line-up, hope it's because he's fit not because we're desperate

    Substitutes:

    5 Zabaleta
    13 Jiménez
    15 C Sánchez
    22 Haller
    23 Diop
    26 Masuaku
    37 Holland

    but the BIG question is... WHY oh WHY are we insisting on playing one player up front... AT HOME!!!!!!

    how many times will I write this over the years... we play and succeed when we play two up front...

    drop Antonio... play Haller and Antonio as a front pair...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 7:17 pm


    not sure why Diop is dropped... is he still suspended?

    TV comms is saying it's a 4-2-3-1 formation... but we all know it's a dull, defensive non-attacking line-up whichever way you slice it.

    Lots of social media saying it's Pellegrini's last game in charge.

    Of course... we play better against the 'top' teams so we might scrape this one and everyone makes the same mistakes they did after we beat Chelsea.
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 7:41 pm


    our last 8 matches...

    4 points (so 20 points dropped)

    -9 goal difference
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    Post  Charlie Ham Mon 09 Dec 2019, 7:51 pm

    Hello Monkey.

    Could not be bothered to go tonight.

    Not having that rabble spoil my birthday and Christmas.
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 7:56 pm


    love stats...

    we've lost a league high of 29 monday games...


    team are in the tunnel about to head out onto the pitch.
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:00 pm

    Charlie Ham wrote:Hello Monkey.

    Could not be bothered to go tonight.

    Not having that rabble spoil my birthday and Christmas.

    hey there Charlie... must admit, I don't blame you for not going... dragging my are to the couch in the living room seems too much effort for this rabble sometime.

    Teams are lined up and bubbles is ringing out around the stadium...

    and there's the rub... every time that happens I just wish I could be there...

    I've seen so many more live games since I moved to America... barely miss a game a season these days... could never manage that even living in London.

    I want us to win and play all so much... but at the same time, either or both will only be papering over the cracks... we need massive change at the club... to many players come here with decent pedigree and just slide into obscurity... there's something going on behind the scenes...

    the owners have spent money...

    but we just persist in the poor tactics and selections...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:00 pm


    and here we go...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:00 pm


    arsenal kick off in yellow...

    we're playing left to right
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:01 pm


    Anderson misplays the ball, concedes possession, gives away a free kick trying to get it back.
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:05 pm


    Antonio picks up the ball and heads up field... plays through to Antonio who is up front on his own...

    surrounded by 5 Arsenal defenders, all Antonio can do is blast way high over the bar...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:07 pm


    nice corner from Snoddy an Arsenal defender collapses theatrically as Ogbonna runs forward... so... end of...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:09 pm


    "as it stands" we've actually moved up a place in the table...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:24 pm


    halfway through the half... nothing really to report "conservative' from both sides according to comms and i wouldn't disagree...

    Snoddy just went in the book
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:25 pm


    shoddy now wins us a free kick on the edge of the penalty area with a smart turn that brings the foul
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:26 pm


    we did nothing with the free-kick.

    Arsenal player down with an injury...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:32 pm


    2 attempts on goal in the opening half an hour...

    Arsenal have lost two defenders... one n the warm-up and one with that injury in the previous post...

    apparently Arse haven't had a single touch in our penalty area so far...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:34 pm


    and a I type that... they do... and they should be in the lead... that was a perfect unmarked position in the middle of the 6 yard box (again, how many times willI write that?) but the header is ridiculously way over the gaping net...

    antonio has a chance at the other end... shame he has zero support up top
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:35 pm

    Charlie Ham wrote:Hello Monkey.

    Could not be bothered to go tonight.

    Not having that rabble spoil my birthday and Christmas.


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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:38 pm


    west ham have another corner...

    BBC has Arsenal on 70% possession - don't worry, it was 80% before I refreshed the page...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:39 pm


    and we score....

    total bumbling around the box... form the corner... bodies everywhere... Noble's shot gets bundled down... ball bobbling... Ogbonna raced in as no one seemed to figure out where the ball was... forces the header onto a defender to deflect it into the net...

    but of course... VAR is having a look at it...
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:40 pm


    we all love VAR... the goal stands...

    38 minutes gone... WHUFC 1 - 0
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    Post  Charlie Ham Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:43 pm

    Can we hold out until half time?
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:44 pm


    43 minutes... Martin's first save of the game... pretty comfortable from the long range cross from the wing... but they all count.
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    Post  westhamonkey Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:46 pm


    5 minutes of stoppage time... it's looking like WHUFC might have been conspiring NOT to spoil Chas' birthday...

    which in a way is spoiling his birthday because he didn't wanna go watch us lose and spoil his birthday... such typical West Ham...

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