By Hughie Southon
West Ham boss David Moyes can be very encouraged by what he saw at Chelsea yesterday and against Spurs in midweek.
Yesterday was a VAR disaster and the Spurs game saw the north Londoners indulging themselves in thuggish behaviour – notably towards Jarrod Bowen.
One point from six is deeply disappointing in such circumstances but it could just have easily have seen as collect a minimum of four .
The eye has been drawn to Michail Antonio in particular who has responded to the arrival of Gianluca Scamacca in admirable style with some top displays.
Tomas Soucek does not look an unhappy player as suggested pre season and Declan is back in his high class groove although we need to see more from Jarrod Bowen.
At the back we will unquestionably be strengthened by the return of Craig Dawson whilst Emerson has looked a fine addition and we are waiting for an explosion from Luca Paqueta.
The bottom three is a false illusion after the last couple of games which were always gonna be tough and next weekend and Newcastle looks pretty winnable to me.
Moyes may well have reason for encouragement but why are the Hammers so passive in the first half? We looked more like a Sam Allardyce team yesterday with every player behind the ball. The bus was well and truly parked in front of goal.
And then you just knew they would start playing in the second half. Why can’t we start with less respect for the opposition in the first period, like we used to do? I mean, it’s not as if Chelsea have been playing brilliantly lately so they were ripe for the picking.
And if it hadn’t been for a not so Fab pair of legs wide enough to let the Titanic pass through, or a rusty Ogbonna not quite able to stop his opposite number scoring or indeed the VAR led cancellation of a perfectly good goal from Cornet, then we might well have got a well deserved deserved point from the Chelsea game.
I could rant about the disallowed goal it is one of the wort decisions ever . The referee has got to have more balls to day I stick with it . It feels corrupt but won’t change the result . When are the PL going to start questioning the VAR officials and suspend then . What’s the point of VAR when it’s so corrupt . I don’t know what else to say !