Match Thread West Ham United v Everton. Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Khalekan]

Litte Bernie for me.....I love this guy


And a special word of praise for Gana.

I thought he would have sulked after his move to PSG was vetoed by the club.

But he is playing better than ever.

If he gets his move in the summer, as I suspect he will, then I wish the lid nowt but good things in the future

 

[tim gabbott]

Thank you everton for giving your all today .. That performance and the characters in our end has truly cemented my 10 year old on only his second game ... a blue for life

 

[ilikecheese]

Also, who wanted us to sign that Diop in the summer because he’s absolutely freakin’ woeful.

Admit your sins.

Just had a peek at last summer's transfer thread. Loads of sinners.

 

[Agent Blue]

Absolutely made up with that performance, we were up for it from the first whistle to the last and we actually looked like a decent team for a change.
Went with Bernard for MoM as he was quality whenever he got on the ball and gave 100% all game as did the rest of the lads.

We were just too good for West Ham and coming off the back of the Chelsea game it looks like we might have turned a corner, in fact if we disregard the Newcastle game we have had a few decent performances lately going back to the Cardiff game. I'm actually looking forward to the run in now and think we will give any of those teams we have left to play a tough test.

Arsenal.........who are they?

 

[wikofootball]

Great win totally outclassed west ham
Should have been 5.0 coyb

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Bernard was fantastic going forward, but also did well defensively and seemed to get his positioning right. Great all round performance from him.
Problem is that there were good performances all over the park, but Bernard shaded it imho.

 

[degsy]

After the Watford game it was Taxi, Hy O Silva awaaay, etc. many, me included, could see us struggling to get 4 or 5 pts out of the rest of our seasons games.
Now I look at the fixtures and they all look winnable.
How strange is that?

Decent performances after Silva's enforced 17 day break, aka, the longest Kevin Brock moment in history. 4
Blips at Newcastle. 1

 

[Walken]

After the Watford game it was Taxi, Hy O Silva awaaay, etc. many, me included, could see us struggling to get 4 or 5 pts out of the rest of our seasons games.
Now I look at the fixtures and they all look winnable.
How strange is that?

Decent performances after Silva's enforced 17 day break, aka, the longest Kevin Brock moment in history. 4
Blips at Newcastle. 1

Yeah speaks well for silvas chances of being here for the long haul that they look better drilled and coaches after two weeks away with him

 

[degsy]

Yeah speaks well for silvas chances of being here for the long haul that they look better drilled and coaches after two weeks away with him

Spurs do the biz and its a pretty decent weekend all round

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Two games on the trot I can not worry about turning over when MOTD comes on, been hiding from it since the first derby.

 

[ilikecheese]

Yeah speaks well for silvas chances of being here for the long haul that they look better drilled and coaches after two weeks away with him

While I do think we looked very good today, I am just not sure how to rate the performance.

There were so many times in the game when it was like WHU's midfield was nonexistent. It was weird the amount of space we had at times.

So while I do think we looked good, I just don't know how much of that was us, or how bad WHU were. It's probably a bit of both.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Bernard all over the place and played a blinder.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Great win totally outclassed west ham
Should have been 5.0 coyb

Chelsea win has given the team a good dose of confidence and it showed in many performances out there today.

 

[banno]

While I do think we looked very good today, I am just not sure how to rate the performance.

There were so many times in the game when it was like WHU's midfield was nonexistent. It was weird the amount of space we had at times.

So while I do think we looked good, I just don't know how much of that was us, or how bad WHU were. It's probably a bit of both.

Same was said about Chelsea 2nd half. Apparently Everton only win when the other team play bad. Maybe we made them look bad, maybe they were bad who knows but we should now and then just give that little bit of credit when it's due.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

That's the way to swot away inferior teams. No flooks given. Dominate and bum from the first whistle.