walmai wrote:For the fans, that goes a long way towards making up for the utter debacle of the LC semis last season, so it follows that, for us, the best news was pre-match...no Negredo.
For him, West Ham have been a happy hunting ground in recent seasons, so we also benefited from a low profile performance from Toure. Aguero won't have won many friends for his off the ball stuff with Noble and he too had a 5 or so out of ten day.
I was surprised I have to say about the somewhat modest options available from the bench for you too.
If anything, that team you put out was much less potent than your 'best 11' from last season, which, when you're defending a title and hopeful of a meaningful campaign in Europe is a little confusing in all honesty.
I'd say that you deserved a goal or two more, but didn't put the fight in, or perhaps have that little twinkle of something unexpected to deserve to win.
It was a sweet day for us, as I am sure you can appreciate. Look through these binoculars, guys...that's Man U sweating on the horizon over there...
Some fair points Walmai and you deserved to win the game, end of.
Our performance was principally influenced by our managers selection and formation, and refusal to learn from his past experiences and mistakes.
Agree Agueros stamp on Noble wasn't great, though it was payback for the 3 yellow cards Noble should have had in the 1st half - his stamp on Dzeko wasn't exactly clever either.
Well done today though, you deserved it. We were toss. Too many big name players, and manager not doing it.