Dugout Discussion – West Ham vs Brighton

I can understand why Hart is no. 1 (not that I agree with it), but why has Noble been benched?

must be an aweful feeling right now. sorry to hear Doos

And I thought we were having a bad season with some vanity signings (Rooney masking no proper striker).

Will Bilic get sacked now?

Sad to see. You have some players who have shown fight and spirit for the club over a number of years. They have been replaced by expensive signings who never fulfilled their potential at bigger clubs or where never that good in the first place.
For those us who don’t support the top 4-6 teams all we want to see is some effort, some passion and a team trying which Brighton have shown. Sadly lacking in terms of performance from West Ham tonight.

Hernandez isn't useless, the team needs to play to his strengths more than they are doing.
Agree 100% about Antonio and Arnie.

Arnies attitude is shocking why Bilic keeps playing him is beyond me

Which one is the useless forward ? and which is the arrogance mid ?

In a time when most clubs are buying young (under-23) players knowing if the transfer doesn't work out they will at least have some re-sale value, West Ham signing 4 players with an average age of 30 was quite a contrast. On paper you did need a RB, a CF and a GK but just going for well-known/experienced names to fill all these positions leaves the current team looking old (the average age in most games this season is 29+ and only WBA have named an older XI) and lacking pace/energy/desire. Meanwhile signing Arnautovic on a FIVE-year deal was probably the worst deal of the lot.

Wow crazy fall from grace for hart I remember him being amazing against Liverpool in his early city days and thought time at torino would bring him back. I am not a fan of international football but timr to promote Heaton or pickford

I have said this time and time again. West Ham and Palace recruit the wrong type of 'character'. If you are a London club you have to be careful (unless you are Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs) because average players will come to you knowing you probably pay well and they will be living the good life in the big city. Hart, Arnie, Fonte, Zabaleta and Hernandez are past their best and are just looking for an easy life in London.

West Ham should have been buying Pickford, Keane, Gibson, Maguire, Robertson, Chalobah, RLC and Abraham. It would be fine for West Ham to say to them that if they get good they will not stand in their way to move to a big club. It works for West Ham (they go up the league and get money) and it works for the player (if they play well they get a big move).

Interestingly, it is different in Newcastle / Sunderland etc. There you attract decent players who try hard, but then their heads get turned by the quality of life in Manchester and London and they start giving up.

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