FULL TIME: Peterborough 3 West Ham United 3
West Ham kick off against Peterborough at 3pm this afternoon in a pre season friendly.
Adrian in goal, Alex Pike, Winston Reid, James Collins and Aaron Cresswell in midfield.
Pedro Obiang, Martin Samuelsen, Mark Noble and Kevin Nolan are in midfield, and Diafra Sakho partners Modibo Maiga up front.
The subs bench is made up mainly of Development Squad and Academy players, with Sam Howes, Stephen Hendrie, Djair Parfitt-Williams, Josh Pask, Nathan Mavila, Jaanai Gordon, Moses Makasi, Amos Nasha, Kyle Knoyle and Doneil Henry.
3pm Game kicks off with Kevin Nolan as captain Come on you irons!
Slaven Bilic starts the game with a 4-3-3 formation with Martin Samuelson playing alongside Diafra Sakho and Modibo Maiga upfront
3 mins: Mark Noble shot goes just over the bar as West Ham have the early possession.
8 mins GOAL to Peterborough as the Hammers go one nil down after a headed corner beats them!
Posh won a corner and big defender Ricardo Almeidwa Santos times his run perfectly to leap high and power his header home past Adrian
12 mins GOAL! Aaron Cresswell pasts square to Nolan, who passes on to Mark Noble and he slides home neatly. 1-1.
13 mins GOAL! Another! 2-1 to the Cockney Boys. The ball comes back to goalkeeper Anlwick and Sakho is rewarded for chasing a lost cause as the keeper’s kick cannons off the Senegal frontman and flies in.
23 mins GOAL! New young signing from Man City, Samuelsen scores a goal on his debut firing low into the corner
39 mins GOAL 3-2: Peterborough player Bostwick plays a superb ball into Taylor who takes the ball around Adrian and slots home
HALF TIME: Posh 2 Hammers 3
Second half gets underway and the Hammers make just one change with Doneil Henry replacing Winston Reid who received a knock on the first half.Peterborough are also making one change with Harry Anderson coming on for goalscorer Jon Taylor. Come on you Irons!
52 mins Aaron Cresswell breaks free into the Peterborough half and fires a deflected shot just over the bar.
53 mins West Ham have the ball in Posh’s net once again but the the effort is disallowed after James Collins was ruled to be in an offside position
Former Hammer Jack Collison receives a standing ovation from the Hammers fans as he warms up with the Peterborough players.
56 mins Maiga tries a shot on goal but it is well wide of the target
58 mins Noble looks to double his score tally this afternoon but his effort is fired directly at the keeper to keep the score 3-2
60 mins GOAL 3-3: Noble bring down Maddison inside the box and Bostwick makes no mistake striking the penalty past Adrian.
Bilic has obviously seen enough after Posh level it at 3-3 so Noble, Nolan, Maiga, Sakho, Collins all leave the field.
61 mins Straight after the goal Bilic made nine changes. Only Aaron Cresswell is left on the pitch from the starters and he’s in central midfield. Sam Howes is in goal, Kyle Knoyle, Josh Pask, Doneil Henry and Stephen Hendrie across the back. Amos Nasha, Cresswell and Moses Makasi are in midfield, and Nathan Mavila, Jaanai Gordon and Djair Parfitt-Williams make up the front three.
70:Samuelson off after making a decent impression
75: The flurry of subs has seen the game quieten down but at such an early stage of the season no problem
77: Amos Nasha shoots from 30 yards. Comfortaby held by keeper Alnwick.
83: Alnwick kicks straight Jaanai Gordon. but he can only find the side netting.
86: Jack Collison takes his bow to a tremendous welcome from the travelling Irons
Full time: Peterborough United 3 Irons 3
Losing 1-0 – I guess it’s cos there’s no defence and one huge midfield! :p
Now 2-1 up – genius!
Oh well we get a look at Obiang,and that’s our first team,what a crock
Can’t wait to see the slimmed down traffic cone
Can’t wait to watch the new lively centre forward BFS paid so much for,
And the subs bench is inspirational,
It’s a normal friendly team not a first team
Where’s Zarate at the bank ?wheres Kouyate, ?wheres Payet as promised?
And why why why Magia and Nolan,never mind COYI
So any problem we encounter would be Sam’s fault…. but if we do good its the new man…. come on Sam is gone leave it at that…..
So no Downing in the squad, I presume he is finalizing the move to Boro then.
Zarate is injured,thats why he never played on thursday.You want him out there on crutches,lol
Hahaha,make your mind up bubs,yesterday you wanted to see cullen,oxford,lee & the others get a good run out today even though they are all with the europa squad,now you are moaning there aint enough first team players in the team,lol 😀
No yesterday I said I would like to see the youngsters have a run plus have a look at Henry andHendrie of which both only made the bench,
Plus you all told me how it was the first teams chance.
Nolan great
Magic great
Sorry did not know Zarate is injured bow to your greater knowledge
Sorry I was wrong Magia was a great buy well done Sam ( you keep your love for him )
Most amazing thing to me is that Maiga is still with us. Presumably due to the fact that nobody in their right mind wants him. He gets in the way more than he contributes positively so why don’t we just pay him off and get rid of yet another Sam liability.
Was it Sam who bought Maiga? is it Bilic who is buying the players?
Bloody hell your a grumpy old sod sometimes bubs,lol
The Moaners and Groaners will always be around… its only a friendly
There is 6 or 7 first team players or players who will be in & around the first team this season playing.We still have more friendlies for them to all get a go.It is only the first game of the season for them.What were people expecting,our starting Xl for the start of the prem to rock up today,lol
Apparently Samuelson had a very good game. Even though he looks about 13 he might come into the mix if he continues to impress pre season and that would be a nice added bonus for the squad.
Samuelsen (with an ‘e’ in the middle) seems to me is a somewhat forgotten talent here in Norway. The media is usually very proud of our countrymen, but there has been very little written about this guy. I saw a video of his playing skills featuring his development from 8 to 14 years, and have to say he looked pretty mindblowing in terms of technique and understanding of the game.
He just might be our new babyfaced assassin, a real joker up Slav’s sleeve!
Need more beer Baz,been on a diet ( thanks to Mrs B )which includes no beer or other alcohol,
So I thought we needed a bit of friendly debating,
Is Matte on the Figa trail again ?
Has Spoonies medication kicked in ?
Could be a great international for you Eriko and great capture for us ( fingers crossed)
Hahaha,no beer bubs,that is a serious problem,lol,better get back to a lean mean fighting machine quick so you can get back on the sauce.Matte has his face in a bowl of figa atm i think & Spoonie has his face in a bowl of tranquilizers 😀