West Ham Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

The Jman wrote: »

Can't believe the white feather ever doubted that we would win!!!

I did reverse psychology on it!

I thought we might get a draw but never saw us winning it. Can't believe it.

We now have a great chance to stay up. Other teams having to win now puts pressure on them.

I watched Bournemouth earlier and they look really bad. Villa don't look great either but we have to keep this going. Chelsea play Watford on Saturday so hopefully Chelsea take this loss out on them now. Then we play Newcastle on sunday who are ok but beatable. Come on!

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

conceding twice at home is not what I would class as "solid defensive play" generally.


As for us of " little faith", is that really surprising based on recent performances ?

I think Moyes is atrocious
The board are a bunch of scavengers
The stadium is a white elephant with zero atmosphere, even with a crowd.
In fact playing in an empty stadium with no atmosphere is not a new thing for the hammers.


That said I of course want to avoid relegation, and delighted with this huge 3 points, but part of me thinks if they were relegated, it would be almost deserved.

Arah jaysus, I think the :P at the end should've been obvious I was messing about faith :rolleyes:. Nobody saw this coming.
The solid display was relative to the embarrassing displays we've been witnessing, but nevertheless Chelsea's two goals were a penalty and free kick. So yeah, solid defensive play.

Thrilled with the win, would have taken a point before the game all day long, but in the end would have been sick if VAR cost us another two points - first time in a while we put in a real shift, I'd take a point at Newcastle....

I think we are well capable of winning today and it could happen.

I would take a point though as it would be very valuable. Watford, Bournemouth and Norwich losing yesterday was very good. Hopefully Villa lose against Liverpool later and if we get at least a point it would be great for us.

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

leading at the moment......all 3 teams below us that played lost......all looking good presently

1-1 now. Both defences look poor. I think there will be a few more goals today

"West Ham's inability to hold on to a lead" is the default phrase for commentators when the Hammers play.
Took a while for confidence to build in this game, so with Yarmolenko coming on it could be a repeat of the Chelsea game. Could easily go either way though.

Happy with a point. Could have got the win but both defences looked poor so we could easily have lost too.

Now hopefully Liverpool crush Villa now! The 4 point gap as it stands is massive for us

Just home from work - didn't see it but above comments give me a flavour - basically same old West Ham.... :mad:

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Their keeper was the difference, another keeper and it could have been a draw or a win. It's not hard luck though and a loss is a loss.

Pope was brilliant.....very steady keeper.

Awful Spurs lucky to get away with a draw.

Was full sure they would beat Bournemouth. Now its back being nervous again.

That defeat against Burnley was really disastrous. A draw would have been okay

3 nil up as I post this. The first game I have seen that West Ham have bossed this year but its more that Norwich are very poor.

Great to get a good win. We should be ok now although I won't fully relax until we are mathematically certain to stay up!!

3 more pts should do us....

The Jman wrote: »

I'm now guaranteeing that we're safe lads, let's all breathe easy now. Bournemouth are far too rubbish to pick up enough points to catch us, we're gonna be fine!!

Uh oh. Bournemouth!
Assuming a win by Man Utd , and 'can go any way' last game, the Watford game on Friday looks daunting: Bournemouth look like they might possibly be able to pull it out of the hat, and we have a tendency to locate banana skins blindfolded.

Leicester going for Champions league, and they fluff it with Bournemouth, leakier than a collander. Who'da thunk it? As Grevasie said- "it's a funny old game.
If I was skittish about survival before this game, I'm now full on nervous.

Assuming an away loss to Man City, but a possible home win against Southampton...they'd then be on high, and a desperate Bournemouth could snatch a win away to Everton. 6 points. We need 2 points out of last 3 games to keep above them, so 2 draws, or a win. It's not beyond the Hammers to lose the last 3 games, given their inconsistency, especially in a scramble to stay up.

But a win on Friday and you'll hear me shouting from Galway. A draw or worse, and it relies on Bournemouth's opposition doing them favours, which teams have been of late. Not good.

Playing last this week really doesn't help as the pressure may be ramped up by that stage but still let's look at the positives team played with a lot of confidence Saturday should carry that forward now a clean sheet was a big plus no matter who it was against watford arent great we pissed on them earlier this season and I definitely think we have improved more than them this year. 2 shots at safety I'd rather not leave it till the last day but a clean sheet friday depending on how results go will go a long way to securing safety