1. West Ham aren’t Real Madrid. We cannot play that kind of side which seemed to have been lobbed together without any thought whatsoever. Out of the eleven that started and the seven on the bench, only four of them have regularly started this year. And when Gary O’Neil took the captain’s armband from Mark Noble; well, you just know you are in trouble.
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2, If West Ham had no real intention of winning that game, which the selection suggests, then they should have played the entire Development Squad that took the equivalent Arsenal side apart – at least they had played together before as a team and would have gained a lot of experience by playing tonight.
3, Every West Ham fan that went this evening should have their ticket refunded. It must have been the equivalent of going to see your favourite band, then find out when you get there you’re watching a tribute act instead.
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4, West Ham should have signed Wigan Athletic’s Ivan Ramis. Shame the Spaniard opted for the Latics at the last minute but on last night’s performance who can blame him (I know it wasn’t our first team and ‘just’ a cup game soo please don’t abuse me in the comments below)
5,The only positive I can take from tonight is that almost twenty – six thousand fans turned up to watch that tripe, which is why I say give them their money back by way of an apology.
Also we have learnt dan potts isn’t a centre back
Gary oneill shouldn’t play again
I agree totally with both your points.
potts, centre back? come on fatso take some of the blame
and Jarvissssss
I am so incensed i am writing a letter of complaint.
All those “new” fans come and watched a hoge podge team. A disgrace, no invention, no one on the bench, players out of position, and the manager didn’t even stand up till after half time.
Why not just give them the tie and stop wasting all our time and money.
I agree, and I’m going to change my analogy. It’s not like going to see your favourite band, then finding out it was a tribute act; it was more like watching the roadies of the tribute act.
Winning is a good habit, why throw it away in a competition we may just have been able to do something in?
James Tomkins needs game time & a confidence boost after his pre-season was disrupted by his Olympic debacle. What will it have done to him being involved in that defensive display?
Everyone says, oh, it’s just the leauge cup – but that defeat, and the manner of it, is going to leave a damaging pyschological effect throughout the club.
I feel we were ‘robbed’ out of our money – if I knew it would be youth/reserves then wldnt have gone. Potts, spence not good enough. O’neill and Henderson pub players. Winning games is a habit and being humiliated so badly will affect the whole club. It was a disgrace.
I know how you feel, Rich.