My eyes nearly popped out of my head at the manner in which West Ham played at the Emirates yesterda,y and although it’s now a cliche, I’ve gotta say it: ” We’ve got our club back.”
I had tipped Arsenal to win the title, but I’m now thinking again after the way we performed against them. We passed through them and, when they did get into dangerous positions, we closed them down and stifled them. It was tremendous.
Given the awful build-up to the season, all the credit must go to Slaven Bilic – every player knew their job and the tactics the boss adopted were perfect.
I thought Mark Noble was outstanding, and I laughed like a trooper when he starting nutmegging people at the end. That was brilliant. James Tomkins at right back was also a revelation.
Then of course there was this guy Dimitri Payet who is an absolute powerhouse. He’s gonna cause nightmares to a lot of Premier League defences this season. What a fantastic buy. And the first goal – although probably down to Petr Cech – was beautifully flighted, and Cheik Kouyate showed amazing determination.
Reece Oxford made me laugh. He’s just 16-years-old yet he’s playing like a veteran! Asked afterwards what his best moment was, the lad said: “When Sanchez came on!” Ah the joy and innocence of youth. It was a wonderful answer.
It was as good off the pitch as it was on it, with Slaven Bilic impressing with every word that came out of his mouth. Forget weak injury excuses and bad reffing comments.
Slav is a fabulously refreshing guy who tells the truth – a rare commodity in football – and it was marvelous to hear him being honest and claiming we didn’t play that well in the first half. Yes, that’s right!
I’m afraid the former manager came out with a load of excuses and other stuff designed to impress people who weren’t at the match. I’ve lost count of the times he claimed we had played well when we had been crap.
A new Irons era has dawned. We are listening to a manager who is as honest as the day is long – a lot like John Lyall.
I can’t wait to see how we progress because believe me we are on the edge of something great and will get better and better.
Careful Frankie,you will upset the fans who still worship hippo & claim it is all down to him & what amazing things he did for us in his four years!
Well said Frank, you were one of the few who had the bottle to say while he was still here unlike others, cough-cottee-cough.
Feels like we’ve “manned up” as a club. Slaven is going to inspire a lot of players. We didn’t hit 1-0 and back down. I feel good today. I think it might be pride. Well written Frank.
Good to hear others saw it was not the keepers fault but a great free kick and bad defending and a great header,
The team new what each players job was and they worked hard no one dropped there head,
Frankie you say how you see it
Great post
Steady on fellow hammers, it,s only one game,but I must say it was good,un,