Snoddy has his say
It’s been said many times before but from Hammers outcast to key midfielder who has made 38 appearances for the first team is a total tribute to the man.
In any other season it might even have been enough to put him among the Hammer of the Year front runners but this time round Lukasz Fabianski and Declan Rice clearly lead thepack.
Sadly Snoddy is currently caught up in. a row with the FA over the use of words he chose to adopt when confronted by FA doping officials making a routine visit to Rush Green.
That certainly hasn’t affected his form as he continues to fight his case but he is deeply disappointed at some of the verdicts that have gone against the team generally this season and has become an advocate of VAR when it arrives next season.
After those two controversial penalties at Old Trafford and an onside goal being declared off from Lucas Perez on Saturday it’s apparent that this can only help everybody’s cause.
He told www.whufc.com: “This is probably why VAR is coming in because you see the Champions League where they get the decisions spot-on. It’s just opinions; some people say it’s good, some people say it’s bad, if it goes against you or if it doesn’t. It’s football. Sometimes you get it and a few weeks in a row it’s cost us.
“We’re disappointed but you can clearly see the work-rate is a heck of a lot better than it was during the run we were on.
“The manager was saying there are ways of getting beat and, as a team, I thought we were top-notch, especially in the first half and for large spells of the Man United game and the second half of the Chelsea game.
“That’s the standard we should be setting. You need to earn results. I keep speaking about it, that you need to earn the right to play in the Premier League and play at this top level and we’ve done that in stages, but sometimes the game is cruel and this was it.”