WHUFC vs Leicester -- April 20th, 2019

nice defending under pressure by Masuaku

Antonio's been very quiet thus far and that probably explains why Leicester are so on top.

Arnie is down and getting treatment on his knee...

He's up but hobbling... I know they have to walk off to walk on again per the rules, so you're never initially sure whether they are going off or just gong off to come back on...

Yup... he's being allowed back on.

Looks like Fulham are trying to help us out by scoring against Bournemouth... if these results stand we'll have a nice 4 point cushion between us and the south coast seaside to keep us in 11th place... yeah... safely in 11th... hardly inspiring... but that West Ham in the 21st century.
(much like we were in the 20th century)

now Ogbonna is down and in pain after Vardy almost nips in to score...

Leicester plugging away ....

fupp...

and as I type 'which is always why 1-0 games are not comfortable'

Vardy nips in behind the not-paying-attention Balbuena

and it's 1-1

what was i saying about comfortable in 11th place?

ugh... now we have 20 minutes to try and salvage something out of this...

no clean sheet for Fabianski but as usual it's not his fault.

Leicester nip in behind and almost get another...

we're not exactly looking like pulling this one out of the fire... we're barely looking like we're gonna even hold on for a draw...




substitution... Obiang comes on for Snodgrass...

I'd have swapped Arnautovic for Diangana

Little bit of a response from us... but Leicester are now on the attack again...

15 minutes to save the game...

the season is over... but we have pride to play for don't we?

antonio wins a free kick off Maquire...

anderson completely fucks up the free kick and gives the ball away to Leicester....

we're chasing... looking stretched... looking a bit lost... looking like we ain't got what it takes...

Arnie comes off and for some reason it's Perez who is seen as the savior we so desperately need in these dark times...

Yeah... I've no idea why that is the logical move.

anderson has to take the corners now Snoddy is off the pitch...

Watford have even doubled their lead to help us out but we can't do anything to help ourselves out.

we're looking decidedly lightweight now...

10 minutes to go and it'll be somehting of a victory if we actually hold on for the draw.



Holy shit... but that's football right...

super subs?

Obiang rulers a hot through the box... it hits the post and bounces out to basically hit Perez and he guides it into the back of the net...

So Perez was the right choice... I guess... I mean... what the actual fupp...

7 1/2 minutes to go...

is this kinda interesting now?

noble comes off... hands the captain's armband to Zabaleta.

Wilshere will be getting the appearance money for today so no birthday present for Diangana which I feel is a big mistake


Let's see if Wilshere can last 7 minutes of game time.

ooh... a missed header denies Leicester a simple equalizer...

Leicester's 8th corner goes nowhere...

three minutes or so to hold on...

less than a minute to play...

then they announce 5 minutes of stoppage time

Lucas Perez dances through one on one with Kasper... rounds the keeper and slots the ball home but he's been flagged for offside...

Leicester then go up the other end and almost get the equalizer...

4 1/2 minutes of what is not decidedly exciting or squeaky bum depending on your mental proclivities...

and there it is....

waltz through the 'defense'... slot the ball into the far corner past the sprawling keeper...

and it's all square at 2-2



what a fupping palava.....

West Ham gift a player his first league goal...

West Ham give up a game they had no danger in at half time

2 minutes of the over time to go...

fupp it....

the 95th minute is upon us and what could ave been a good day's work has been pissed away as the final whistle goes...

fortunately, Fulham despite being relegated do actually have some pride and play for it and are leading Bournemouth to basically keep us in 11th place because without their win we'd be down to 12th in the table...


I just don't get why we have no backbone, no grit, no determination... no pride...it's kinda upsetting.

So another unhappy saturday unfolds...

we're 'safe' in 11th place but only through the work of other teams.

we pissed away another 2 points when we had the game (you can't say in the bag because we're West Ham) but from a winning position.

it's not even like we need to bring in talented players... we have players with talent... we just have no players with heart.

that's what can win games, that's what can turn games around, that's what can mean the difference between survival and relegation or trophies and nothing...

and unfortunately we do not have much - if any - heart.

westhamonkey wrote:
So another unhappy saturday unfolds...

we're 'safe' in 11th place but only through the work of other teams.

we pissed away another 2 points when we had the game (you can't say in the bag because we're West Ham) but from a winning position.

it's not even like we need to bring in talented players... we have players with talent... we just have no players with heart.

that's what can win games, that's what can turn games around, that's what can mean the difference between survival and relegation or trophies and nothing...

and unfortunately we do not have much - if any - heart.

Yes, I'I go along with this.
How many times have we been one up and then just try and hang on.

Should have been a win......once again a good goal ruled out.  

Cheers Monkeybloke