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Pelle calls for an end to the “mistakes”

anuel Pellegrini is determined that we see the real West Ham in every game this season – starting today!

Brighton away is an early acid test of where we are really at and all that happened at the London Stadium last weekend will be forgiven if we come away with a point or three.

For me the first priority today will be a clean sheet given the defensive frailties we have see that have led to 17 goals conceded in the pre-season and one PL game played so far.

As many have said previously: “Get it right at the back and the rest follows” and hopefully we will see the defence sort it by playing collectively rather than – as has been the case at time so far – individually.

Like most games, football is 80 per cent played between the ears and our first point/s of the season are massively important for confidence.

So we travel in hope knowing that for nearly 45 minutes last weekend against the best team in the land we had around 48 per cent of the play.

Pellegrini is hopeful but knows we need to sort it at the back and told https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/august/16-august/manuel-pellegrini-i-hope-we-are-going-see-real-west-ham-every: ” I hope we are going to see the real West Ham in every game.

“We showed the real West Ham against City for 45 minutes. We had 48 per cent possession. Mistakes cost us and in the second half we didn’t play as well. We have to be consistent over 90 minutes no matter who we play.

“I expect them not to make so many mistakes, and that when we concede a goal it’s because the other team made a very good play.

“Of course, you are concerned when you concede so many goals, [because] you can’t score two or three goals in every game to win, but I am sure we are going to improve.”

 

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7 comments on “Pelle calls for an end to the “mistakes”

  1. Surely MP must have realised by now that players making individual mistakes and then saying that they will learn from them is also ‘the West Ham Way’? All players make mistakes. Better defenders make fewer defensive mistakes. Maybe we need to go to 3 at the back with wing-backs to provide a bit more cover. Plus, our back 4 gets too exposed without enough defensive midfield protection, as we can all surely see. But looking forward to this afternoon – COYI.

  2. Really ? How are we going to improve with the same defenders as last season.
    It’s called “ability” mate and Pellegrini didn’t address the problem areas in the Summer.
    You get less mistakes when you have better players !!
    2-0 Brighton.

  3. The manager has had twelve months to sort this defence out and failed.the two full backs are not good enough the two in the middle for some reason have lost the plot rice needs help we must improve because it will not get any easier

    • I’m just listening to it now ..we are awful AGAIN..as kenny says our problems were not addressed so it’s really bad management..plus we are not making any chances at all and Hernandez is a waste of space..

  4. Have just seen the team. A terrible formation and selection. No pace up top. How he has not played Antonio beggars belief, Fornals is not a winger, no pace in midfield so no one will support the loan striker. No pace in the forward line. Fredericks and Wilshere no matter how poorly they play still get selected. If I was there all week with the team I would struggle to pick a worse team. Brighton to win easily and I have lost all faith in Pellegrini. To be honest I had lost faith by the end of the summer but not I have completely lost confidence in him.

  5. It’s not as if it’s enough to get it totally wrong on game ( 1 ) , now we have threeee injured players that can’t play through injury . Second game into the season . Way to go .
    Let’s just hope the players we have do the job . It’s a game we really need to win . Not Draw ,, Win . Otherwise we are on course for a repeat of last season . A bit of the old and not particularly liked by many Sam Alladyce tactics . It’s points that count , not looking pretty
    COYHAMMERS

  6. Agreed, everybody was asking for two full backs & a good DM but Pelle either was not given the money or believes he can get more out of the players he has, How come our players always get injured Haller & Anderson one game & their injured either we are extremely unlucky or the physios need to up their ame

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