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Tomkins: We aren’t expected to lose like that

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TomksJames Tomkins has bemoaned West Ham’s “out of character defeat” by Crystal Palace declaring: “We were not expected to lose, especially in the fashion we did.”

He said: “It was a frustrating afternoon for sure. Β It was out of character for us. This season we’ve beaten all the teams below us in the league, but it wasn’t to be on Saturday.

“It was a matter of trying to break them down. We did that, but it was a bit late really. The third goal killed us and 3-1 is majorly disappointing.

“Crystal Palace frustrated us, sat deep and scored three set plays, which is bad from our point of view. You could say we’re a little bit unlucky and things aren’t really going our way luck wise, but hopefully we can change that around quickly because we have a big game on Wednesday night.”

The Hammers host league leaders Chelsea on Wednesday evening.

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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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8 comments

  • Roman says:

    Yes with upcoming games against Chelsea & Arsenal I expect the slide to continue.It looks as if the pre Christmas joy is turning to anger as we limp home to season’s conclusion.Jimmy the goose knows Allardyce’s time is up.

  • Roman says:

    Did I misspell the Gunners team name?If I did it was an honest mistake.

  • TysonM says:

    Haha,nah its the swear filter Roman.Unfortunately everytime you write the gooners proper name it thinks the first 4 letters are the swear word.Though i didnt think arse was a swear word anyway.Its on the tv pre watershed all the time πŸ˜€

    • Roman says:

      Thanks Tyson.I thought I was being the recipient of editorial censorship.I must admit I too have read a lot worse than the A*** word on this site.I thought I might be following Conkerpot out the door.

  • TysonM says:

    Lol,no,it is just the swear filter that is ****ing up what we say about that ******** allardyce πŸ˜€

  • It’s on Tyson only cos I personally loathe swearing and don’t want the site sinking to the level of many others mate. We are better than that. Having said that I see all e mails as written and agree with every word directed at the manager lol

  • HammerJeff says:

    Arsenal is now allowed! Effing and blinding isn’t so tread carefully my friends! #coyi

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