West Ham United V Fulham Match Thread 01/09/12 Berba on Bench, Richardson starts

[LordNelson]

I wil say it again till I am god-d@mned blue in the face--NO DEMBELE, DEMPSEY & MURPHY = NO POSSESSION.

Diarra & Sidwell cannot replace Murphy's field generalship/distribution on the pitch.   That has got to be resolved.

[ScalleysDad]

But we beat the bleedin Canaries 5-0   (!)

But they had bigger gaps in their midfield than we have now

I don't know how many times we've heard that crow as an excuse for our quality--I just don't think that's a good measuring stick

But they did and we exploited it. Even their manager said so.
This lot today don't have large gaps and we look average because of it

[CincyFulham1]

I'm now actually happy my dish got hit by lightning, at least I don't have to watch this

[os5889]

3-0

I can quite honestly say this is the worst half of football I have seen from a Fulham side in years!

[MasterHaynes]

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[alexbishop]

If Jol owns a hair dryer, he needs to get it out now

[os5889]

They all need to take a look in the mirror, Duff and Petric the only ones who I would refrain from criticising at the moment

[DukeTyrion]

Richardson is having an absolute nightmare.

He has given the ball away about 6 times by taking too long, and he is not trying to put in any challenges.

Hopefully he is just short of match fitnes, but I hope he doesn't come out second half!

[LordNelson]

But we beat the bleedin Canaries 5-0   (!)

But they had bigger gaps in their midfield than we have now

I don't know how many times we've heard that crow as an excuse for our quality--I just don't think that's a good measuring stick

But they did and we exploited it. Even their manager said so.
This lot today don't have large gaps and we look average because of it

Agree!

[Lighthouse]

Frustrating thing is we were so close to being on a par with Spuds. Now we lose our best players to them and end up being beaten by a side like Spam. Shame of what might have beens.

[Azeedo]

We had the money we could have done better, instead we sold dempsey cheap and did not invest well on replacements

[MasterHaynes]

I wil say it again till I am god-d@mned blue in the face--NO DEMBELE, DEMPSEY & MURPHY = NO POSSESSION.

Diarra & Sidwell cannot replace Murphy's field generalship/distribution on the pitch.   That has got to be resolved.

We have had 58% possesion, it's what we are not doing in defence , 3 really poor goals given away. Need to get our act together here or we are going to know how Norwich felt.

[supersimmo123]

Bet Berbatov wishes that club car had stopped off at Spuds now!!

[supersimmo123]

I still for the life of me dont understand why we didnt go for Adam in exchange for Clint, sky said he was offered but we turned it down!

[grandad]

We are trying to play the same way when we had Dembele & Ruiz, through the middle.We haven´t the skill or pace to do this. We must use the wings as WH are & bring on Berb for Petric. Poor sod is not getting any service at all.
What´s up with the defence? All 3 goals down to sloppy play.

[alexbishop]

Better possession but it's all been in our own half. We've shown nothing in the final third and our defence has been a shambles. Can usually rely on our defence so don't know what's happened there.

[LordNelson]

I wil say it again till I am god-d@mned blue in the face--NO DEMBELE, DEMPSEY & MURPHY = NO POSSESSION.

Diarra & Sidwell cannot replace Murphy's field generalship/distribution on the pitch.   That has got to be resolved.

We have had 58% possesion, it's what we are not doing in defence , 3 really poor goals given away. Need to get our act together here or we are going to know how Norwich felt.

There is no way in hell we've had 58% possession--I don't care what some stat computer says

[TonyGilroy]

Painful to watch but West Ham are on fire and things would be no different if Dembele and Dempsey were playing.

Alladyce now has the players he needs to play his particular brand of football. It won't just be us that get thrashed at Upton Park.

[WestCountryWhite]

We had the money we could have done better, instead we sold dempsey cheap and did not invest well on replacements

Agreed and to think this is the most important season to stay in the prem with the enormous uplift in tv money next year. What where they thinking????

Richardson off Berba on in the number 10 role push higher up the field and make them play it out from the back

[Irelands_number1]

Reither is shocking.. kelly needs to come on

Richardson looks sloppy but give him time - he looks like he has a few pounds to shed - id throw on kaca or else berbatov and drop rodallega back