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DG: Downing shows the Devonshire style

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SDOWNINGStewart Downing’s emergence from the shadows has David Gold describing the 20 year old as ” a new Hammers player.”

And the co-chairman believes the player typifies everything that is happening at the club this season declaring: “Everything is changing, getting better.”

And Gold  is deeply unimpressed by those who want to take the gloss off the performance by QPR declaring the west Londoners were a poor side.

DevSky pundit Gary Neville of course went much further calling Harry Redknapp’s side “diabolical.”

But Gold said: “However poor a team may appear the job still has to be done and this was one of those games where in the past we may have drawn or got beaten.

“We were on top all the way though apart from 10 minutes at the start of the second half and with injuries we also showed the depth and spread of the squad so it was an important afternoon.”

Downing, meanwhile remains the revelation for Gold who said: “We bought him as a winger to supply an aerial supply line for Andy Carroll but he is now showing so much midfield class and style.

“He starts to look and feel like an Alan Devonshire” (lower right). Playing in that diamond is superb for him and with so much pace and movement going on in the team he can pick out exactly the right  pass.

“I am very excited by what I’m seeing although aware there it is a very long season.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    I wouldn’t put him in the same class as Devonshire, maybe if you merged him with Mauro Zarate which would give him better dribbling skills, his passing yesterday (and this season) was very impressive. In yesterdays formation I am not convinced that he and Zarate provide the right platform for consistent results, both did some good things at times but against a team more hungry to press the ball the defensive shape went missing quite often in both halves as was demonstrated when Zamora broke and fed Austin for their best chance, I am surprised Sam didn’t bring Poyet on especially when we were under more pressure at the start of the second half but was happy that all ended well and we got the three points, COYI!

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