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Big Sam sets record straight
04-10-2011
West Ham United were back in training this Tuesday fresh from a spirited display at Crystal Palace when their poised passing performance should have earned more than the single point.
Despite Dougie Freedman's claims to the contrary, the Hammers analysis staff will be showing the players how they came out on top in all aspects of the derby, save for the score-line. But for better defending on just two of the three Palace attempts on target, it would have been a fourth away win in five unbeaten.
Speaking post-match, the Palace manager had said: "Two teams, playing two different ways; very much a physical powerful team in West Ham, knocking a lot of balls into your box, against the team that we had with the guile, the sharpness and the interchange to play and try to create chances."
However, the Hammers had 366 passes in play compared to the home side's 224. They completed nearly 80 per cent of these while Palace's success rate was just 72 per cent. The visitors also carried the ball into the final third of the pitch on 93 occasions as opposed to the Eagles' 68 times.
In fact, the home side only bettered the Hammers in terms of fouls conceded. Other statistics of note were 25 crosses for West Ham against eight for Palace plus a total of 16 shots for Sam Allardyce's men against nine for the hosts. Finally, the Hammers' dominance was underlined by the fact they had 56 per cent of the time in possession against 44 per cent for the Eagles.
Speaking to whufc.com, Big Sam said: "We had more than 4,000 travelling fans at Selhurst Park. That is fantastic support again and they all saw another exciting team performance to go with the big wins we had at Watford and Nottingham Forest.
"We dominated the Palace game and outplayed the home side so it disappoints me to hear a young manager talking in the way that he did about my team. Just to get the facts straight, we were on top in terms of passing and possession and should have won the game with the chances we created."
04-10-2011
West Ham United were back in training this Tuesday fresh from a spirited display at Crystal Palace when their poised passing performance should have earned more than the single point.
Despite Dougie Freedman's claims to the contrary, the Hammers analysis staff will be showing the players how they came out on top in all aspects of the derby, save for the score-line. But for better defending on just two of the three Palace attempts on target, it would have been a fourth away win in five unbeaten.
Speaking post-match, the Palace manager had said: "Two teams, playing two different ways; very much a physical powerful team in West Ham, knocking a lot of balls into your box, against the team that we had with the guile, the sharpness and the interchange to play and try to create chances."
However, the Hammers had 366 passes in play compared to the home side's 224. They completed nearly 80 per cent of these while Palace's success rate was just 72 per cent. The visitors also carried the ball into the final third of the pitch on 93 occasions as opposed to the Eagles' 68 times.
In fact, the home side only bettered the Hammers in terms of fouls conceded. Other statistics of note were 25 crosses for West Ham against eight for Palace plus a total of 16 shots for Sam Allardyce's men against nine for the hosts. Finally, the Hammers' dominance was underlined by the fact they had 56 per cent of the time in possession against 44 per cent for the Eagles.
Speaking to whufc.com, Big Sam said: "We had more than 4,000 travelling fans at Selhurst Park. That is fantastic support again and they all saw another exciting team performance to go with the big wins we had at Watford and Nottingham Forest.
"We dominated the Palace game and outplayed the home side so it disappoints me to hear a young manager talking in the way that he did about my team. Just to get the facts straight, we were on top in terms of passing and possession and should have won the game with the chances we created."
