In our first player watch of the season, CandH’s Daniel Danielli Leach puts Pellegrini’s main man Felipe Anderson under the PlayerWatch microscope.
1 – Tracks back and tackles Smith to send the ball out for a throw and preventing a cross
2 – Plays a through ball in the middle to Chicharito but it does not reach him
6 – Recieves the ball from Wilshere and dribbles down the wing before being tackled by Smith. However a foul is given for Bournemouth.
10 – Recieves a through ball from Arnautovic and his subsequent cross is deflected to Arnautovic outside the box but the attack does not materialize
13 – Makes a crucial tackle on Smith before he can cross the ball
17 – Fails a one two with Arnautovic as Arnautovic plays a poor pass back to him
23 – Dribbles in to the box and while cutting in Smith tackles him but he goes down forcefully to try and win a penalty
30 – Plays a great through ball to Chicharito in the box who is tackled and wins a penalty which Arnautovic scores
41 – When recieving the ball from Masuaku he tricks the defender by letting the ball run through his legs to Arnautovic.
43 – Clears Kings cross away for a throw
50 – Beats Brooks but the ball runs out for a throw
53 – Takes a very dangerous corner but offside is given against us
62 – Recieves the ball from Wilshere and dribbles down the wing cutting inside before putting a good cross for Chicharito
72 – Plays a great one two with Wilshere before making a through ball to Arnautovic on the wing
72 – In a separate phase of play a through ball to Arnautovic in the box is blocked
80 – He beats Smith before cutting in and passing the ball to Perez who puts in a good cross
80 – Puts in a great cross which just misses Arnautovic
81 – Cuts in again on the left hand side and plays a through ball which doesn’t reach Perez
83 – Beats Gosling in the left hand side and passes the ball to Perez who’s cross sails over the goal
90 – Makes a great switch of play to Yarmolenko on the right hand side
90+4 – Makes a great dribble but the ball is just out of play as he crosses the ball in
Verdict – 7 – Despite the result it was a good game for Anderson who is gradually adapting to the Premier League. In many times throughout the match he was a big threat on the left with blistering pace and good control and crosses of the ball even though he did not get much sight of goal. He tracked back for us on many occasions and he linked up very well with Arnautovic and Wilshire. We need to see him get some shots away as he has a powerful strike.
What did Moyes say to Arnie last year? You don’t run you don’t play. Of course that was Moyes, who was not good enough for us. Mind you, I think there was a piece on here last week in which Anderson said he would need a few games to get to full fitness. Not sure why he needs longer than everybody else, but maybe we have not seen his best yet. Let us hope so. There is an awful lot of hope flying around at the moment. Better than the brown stuff I guess. Although that might come later.
Yes I thought he played well as well. I was surprised to see him back defending on the byline in the early stages covering for Masuaku. I would rather he concentrated on attacking play. No one ever expected payet to track back and defend but then he didn’t come with the same price tag. So you will always get the bitter jealous types who can only talk about how much he cost and how much his wages are when the teams not getting results. I personally think he will come good much like Arnie did last season when the same people were telling us what a waste of money he was.
You have MISSED the major fault with Anderson’s game.
He is the Laziest player ever to full on a West Ham shirt.
Virtually no effort at all when he does not have the ball.
I lost count of the number of times he stood still, watching as players ran past him. NO MOVEMENT AT ALL.
Total waste of money if he does not pull his finger out of his butt and put a shift in.
I can forgive many things as a West Ham Fan but 100% effort is a basic requirement.
Sort it out Anderson. Your not good enough to be LAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so essentially he’s getting better and is only playing his 2nd game in the premiership. so would be smart to give him time to settle and the signs are there.
OR you could be like a whole section of our so called ‘fans’ who are labelling him a 40 million pound flop. probably the same idiots who said arnie was the same after 5 games last year. nasty deluded folk.
oh and if arnie had bothered to play him in yesterday rather than being selfish, he’d have likely put us 2-0 up and we might’ve won. but arnie gives his boots away at the end of the match so he’s apparently untouchable…
That’s a great effort mate but I think it’s a little bit unbalanced. What you haven’t talked about is the instances when he was dispossessed or played a poor pass that was intercepted and failed to put any effort whatsoever into trying to win the ball back.
There were also several instances when we lost possession up field and he simply failed to track back.
I found him very frustrating to be honest.
Couldn’t agree more Ray, for a player who said one of his strengths was helping the team out by tracking back i thought he looked lazy in this respect yesterday.
Good review Danny i gave him a 7 also and thought he played well a lot better than against Liverpool.