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Full time, absolute credit to the team for that performance, grit by the bucket load, amazing periods of play, nothing to feel bad about in that performance at all.

That cross from Cornick was into such a great area, shame we didn't have anyone there in time.

Great delivery that, unfortunately, the head was so poor.

A lot of changes and West Ham don't want extra fixtures so they're going for it. We're actually pretty well composed as we're holding firm, only issue is we can't get the ball because we can't press as we normally do because we're pinned back. Good composure comes from holding the shape and preventing them from scoring.

Yeah I know he makes these runs but more often than not we don't make those cutting passes, as I said prior, I hope to be proven wrong but I don't think he fits the new style of play.

Yeah I actually just posted saying he'll probably geet a few goals but for those goals he just doesn't provide enough on the pitch elsewhere for me.

Yeah I think so too, I think Weimann is done for us, he'll probably get a few goals throughout the season but he just doesn't offer us much in this new set up.

Disagree a lot, Mehmeti runs at players, that constant having to backtrack really runs down defenders legs, it's hard work. Weimann doesn't offer much at all.

Not sure about Weimann coming on but I'm happy for him to prove me wrong.

We're really clicking now but we need to stay alert to West Hams counter, right now we're all over them but they have that quality to play one good pass and cut through our defence, time to stay alert.

You give Tommy a chance and he'll more often than not score, just a shame we can't create those opportunities for him more often.

TOMMY!!!

Oh dear Pring

Sorry but you're so far off the mark, cut out the first 5 minutes and it's been a very even game, we started looking very weak but since that we've very much come into the game and battled hard. If losing 1-0 at half time to a strong Premier League team and fighting hard is not good enough for you I don't think we'll ever be able to please you.

Unlucky Dickie, either side of the keeper and that may have been an equaliser, shame it was right down the middle.

Not really relevant but this is why I rate Max, he makes those kinds of decisions very quickly. We lacked that with Bentley, he put too much stock in his shot stopping because it was his strength so he didn't claim the ball as much, didn't stand high in his box to be in position to make those charges etc. A lot of Max's qualities get overlooked.

Biggest plus I can take from this so far is our press, we've had them panicked a few times on the ball because of well times pressing trains, you can see us getting better at it and to see it working at times against a Premier League team shows we are learning new things. Our final third quality is still the main issue, we lack creativity in that final third that creates better quality chances in better positions.

Yeah but Conway went under him, taking away his ability to land from his jump, that was actually more dangerous than Williams lunging challenge, one tip of a body in the air and a player can come down very awkwardly. I didn't see if Conway was booked but the fact the foul has caused an injury shows how dangerous it can be.

I'm not, they'll have done their homework and we're not as confident defending whilst running back, we have weak areas so they'll invite those situations. Even the ball despite not being a counter showed the quality they have of breaking a line, no-one was aware of the run.

weird one that from Conway, running in like that with no challenge for the ball, could have been booked for that.

This is how West Ham play though, they soak up pressure and hit on the counter, they have a low possession stat but hit hard on the counter.

I mean not many teams who go up in the play offs compete in the Premier League, not to mention they strengthen before the season starts to even have a chance. I get the frustration from our fans but this is a Premier League team who beat Spurs twice, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd this season so far and are currently sixth and people are criticising us for not looking like we're on par with them. Seems a little deluded to me to think we're going to look the better team, if anything I'd say we started off looking crap and now we're looking pretty good all things considered when you look at the difference in quality.

Everytime Pring goes up against someone they end up on the floor looking dazed and yet he's not fouling anyone

I mean you say that and they've got a player down looking concussed after Pring was strong in the air and we had a crunching tackle/foul within 6 mins of the game starting. We're not soft, we're outclassed, we're playing a solid Premier League team with quality players and we're struggling to hold them off and we're no where near creative enough to show them something they don't see week in week out playing at the top level.

Max saves us from being two down in 13 mins.