Michail Antonio was the Claret and Hugh man of the match yesterday scoring an average score of 8.59 from readers player ratings.
In second place was Delcan Rice with an average score of 8.54 followed Angelo Ogbonna on a score 8.0. It has been a long time since three players have scored in the eights.
David Martin was in fourth place and top of the sevn scores with an average score of 7.99 followed by goal scorer Aaron Cresswell with a score of 7.96.
Robert Snodgrass scored an average score of 7.53 followed by Fabian Balbuena on 7.33, Mark Noble on a score of 7.35 and Ryan Fredericks with a 7.2 average score.
Pablo Fornals topped the six scores with an average score of 6.73, his best score to date and Felipe Anderson received a 6.09 score for his part in the 1-0 victory.
Top of the five scores was the returning Arthur Masuauku with n average score of 5.58 while Yarmolenko scored 5.35.
Worst score of the day was reserved for record signing Sebastien Haller who was rated with an average score of 5.22 from over 300 entries.
Well played guys… it’s been a long time coming… energy, effort, guts and determination… ie playing for the badge but why has it taken so long… Reading between the lines I am going to suggest that many of the players were “not happy” ( could have used much stronger language but this is a family thread and it’s Sunday.) that the very stubborn MP did not see the obvious ie that Roberto was simply not good enough, confidence levels dropped and as a result did not put in an effort that should be the absolute minimum required for any Hammers player!!
Martin comes in and the guys say “OK we’ve finally got what we wished for, let’s go out and put in a shift..” MP should be ashamed of his team performances before yesterday, he should have walked or been sacked… His apathy has been terrible to watch imho.
Many individuals are now pointing fingers at the so called “keyboard warriors”/ supporters who wanted MP, out including myself…in other words voicing their concerns about the state of our club and the way we were set up to play.
In the corporate world if you only perform for one week in seven you would be “disciplined” at the very least… MP has done just that and should be sacked…
Lets see what transpires in the next few matches… I always said Antonio and Fabianski would make a difference but the transformation since Antonio has come on has been quite incredible… I haven’t always been convinced of his skill level but his efforts can never be brought into question.
MP your future is still very much in the balance but let’s finally enjoy a performance that made us smile and celebrate for a few hours…
40pys still a long way off…. COYI.
All credit to Antonio-great performance. But surely he can’t be a long term solution as striker? Two issues. He is injury prone. Also I don’t think he is a natural goal goal scorer. So either we have to get goals from midfielders, or he has to play alongside or just behind an outright striker. I am still hoping Haller can be made us of-not least because of what we paid for him.