A few weeks back, we had Fulham, Crystal Palace and Sunderland in our next four fixtures. Most, if not all West Ham fans were expecting/hoping to take nine points from those sides, who even we could consider ‘weak’. That optimism was still so after the comfortable victory over Fulham. However, back to reality was the thought process after a dismal loss to the then bottom of the Premier League side, Crystal Palace.
That win for the Eagles meant that they jumped Sunderland, they then won again last week, leaving them on joint points with Fulham, and ourselves. That left Sunderland on the bottom with just eight points.
So, another chance to play (statistically) the worst side in the division. An improvement on the result versus Crystal Palace is a necessity. But, if we were to replicate the match result against Sunderland, should it effectively call time on Sam Allardyce’s reign?
I have been a consistent backer of Big Sam. However, there is only so long you can go without a run of results in the Premier League. I find it’s always hard to a put somebodies job on one match, but sooner or later that will be the case.
There is no doubt in my mind that if Andy Carroll had played this season, we wouldn’t be needing to question Big Sam’s job. If, Andy returns in January, we will almost certainly have time to get ourselves out of trouble. That raises the question, what more could a new manager offer?
Big Sam has spent the money he had given to him. There would be very little available for a new manager to use in January. Big Sam is still sticking by his decisions during the transfer window, and has admittedly been unlucky with injuries so far this season.
Everyone knows Big Sam hasn’t been relegated, and has been in charge of some weaker sides. I’m happy to put my trust in Big Sam. With January ahead and players inevitably returning from injury sooner or later, I’m still confident that we will be comfortably safe, come what May. Changing manager is not always a smooth transition, especially midway through a season. He can be the man to keep us up, then a parting of company during the off-season would be a better time, as we look for an improvement in the 14/15 season.
Trust Sam Allardyce, and if he were to fail. On his head be it.
Watching West Ham play yesterday, I could hardly believe how much their standard of play has dropped so rapidly in such a short time, so Sam thinks Miaga is a better player than Carlton Cole??? Miaga doesn’t look like scoring in a million years. At least Carlton can get the odd goal, as he did with his 1st touch of the ball when he was finally allowed to come on against Fulham. Whenever West Ham defy Sam’s orders and play the passing possession game that we are known for, then we at least got some penetration against Sunderland, but time after time, after time, those stupid long balls, that go nowhere and with no one getting on the end of them are just so old fashioned. Just like Sam. He is old fashioned and should be put out to grass with all of the rest of the old fashioned cattle. The only reason West Ham became the famous West Ham is because they were the 1st to develope the European master craft of possession football in England under their captain at the time being Malcolm Allison. He took his coaching skills that he learned at West Ham to Man City & made them great. This flipping Sam Allardyce and his boring outdated long ball rubbish is boring the pants off of everyone. Fans voted with their feet yesterday, as in there was over a 10% drop in attendance at yesterday’s game and I don’t blame them. West ham looked like a Championship team, as did Sunderland, but Sunderland were the better team and should have won the game. We are really lucky to have sneaked a point from that game. I mean to give Carlton only 15 minutes in favour of Miaga was absolutely ridiculous. You could see, that Carlton’s header, that just grazed wide, right at the death could have given us an ill deserved victory. If only Carlton had had most of the game instead of that position being wasted on Miaga, we might have got something more out of the game. I mean why put C. Cole on the wage bill if you are not going to play him? Sam has got it really wrong in putting all of our eggs in the one basket of Andy Carroll. West Ham have never been dependant on just one man & it does not feel very good at all. Attendances are dropping & people have had enough of paying Premier League prices to watch a Championship standard team. Change has to happen!
Trust in Big Sam and then see what happens? Relegation. That is looking what is happening. Do you hear us David Sullivan & David Gold?
Everything including the goal difference was fairly OK until West Ham played Norwich. Things fell apart and the team seemed to lose some of their nerve & composure after that loss + losing Winston Reid to defend a team who are just trying to knock in a few goals without the main striker is hard. With Reid in, West Ham can do that, and with Reid & Carroll in the team again, they should defintely rise up the table again in the2nd half of the season. Those 2 players, I am sure, are the key to us getting out of this mess.