Bilic gives a big plus to debut boy!

Slaven Bilic was again forced to admit that West Ham had not performed well…this time in the victory over Accrington Stanley but said: “The most important thing is that we won the game.

“And only by winning games, especially with clean sheets, will we get the confidence back that is obviously missing at the moment.”

“It wasn’t a great performance, but we are through. We wanted to give a chance to the players who had not played much football. In the first half, we controlled the game and had a couple of chances, but wasted a couple of opportunities to go one-against-one with the goalkeeper.“In the second half, we put three players on because we wanted to win this game and it was a different half as we created far more chances, but when you play better all of a sudden their goalkeeper made three or four world-class saves.

“Then, to make things worse we were reduced to ten men when Arthur Masuaku was injured because we had made three changes. When he went off we were still dominant and continued to create the chances and we got the great free-kick from Dimi.

“Dimi has done a few of them for us and for France. Everyone knows when we have a free-kick in that position that he can do it. It’s a great moment from a great player.”And of the draw against Chelsea he said: “Chelsea at home is a great game. Let’s say that it’s a very good thing for us is that we’re playing at home and that it’s a one-off tie.

“I’m expecting us to make improvements in the meantime. We have to earn a couple of good results and then the confidence will come back to us.

“We were looking to build our confidence with a better display, but the most important thing is to win, and to do it in the dying seconds does give us a boost.”

“Arbeloa didn’t play for a long time but he played the full 90 minutes and he is going to bring us experience and quality,” he concluded.

“Of all the players on the pitch, I am most pleased with Fernandes. He is also a good player. He is young but has the quality and confidence to play forward. He came out with a big plus.”

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One comment on “Bilic gives a big plus to debut boy!”

baddowhammer September 22, 2016 at 9:01 am Reply

I was looking forward to seeing Fernandes,and Arbeloa,but couldn’t get a link.Just sorted right back problem, now Masuaku looks like he could be out for a while. Bad luck with injuries yet again. COYI

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