Jeff Jones
Player Valuation: £35m
It was too late in the game to make any difference to it.
Match Thread West Ham United v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll
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One of Guardian's ten talking points from the weekend:
10) Bench shows West Ham’s lack of options
The West Ham fans who protested against David Sullivan and David Gold before this draw with Everton will be paying close attention to whether the board reacts to a growing injury list by backing David Moyes in the transfer market. Missing Felipe Anderson, Michail Antonio and Andriy Yarmolenko, West Ham lacked ideas in the second half and did not have many attacking options on a bench containing three centre‑backs, an untried youngster, a left-back and Albian Ajeti, a forward whose only contribution was jutting his head into Mason Holgate’s jaw after replacing Manuel Lanzini. Moyes admitted concern about the lack of support for the £45m striker Sébastien Haller. With a trip to Leicester on Wednesday, a double‑header with Liverpool, games at Arsenal and Tottenham and visits from Chelsea and Wolves, West Ham need reinforcements. Jacob Steinberg
We brought on:
Niasse
Anthony Gordon (an 18 year old making his debut)
Sidibe (a right back as a right winger)
10) Bench shows West Ham’s lack of options
The West Ham fans who protested against David Sullivan and David Gold before this draw with Everton will be paying close attention to whether the board reacts to a growing injury list by backing David Moyes in the transfer market. Missing Felipe Anderson, Michail Antonio and Andriy Yarmolenko, West Ham lacked ideas in the second half and did not have many attacking options on a bench containing three centre‑backs, an untried youngster, a left-back and Albian Ajeti, a forward whose only contribution was jutting his head into Mason Holgate’s jaw after replacing Manuel Lanzini. Moyes admitted concern about the lack of support for the £45m striker Sébastien Haller. With a trip to Leicester on Wednesday, a double‑header with Liverpool, games at Arsenal and Tottenham and visits from Chelsea and Wolves, West Ham need reinforcements. Jacob Steinberg
We brought on:
Niasse
Anthony Gordon (an 18 year old making his debut)
Sidibe (a right back as a right winger)
Disgruntledgoat
Player Valuation: £50m
A risk because Richarlison shows great defensive awareness, and our reliance on Kean to defend set-pieces cost us. Doesn't help playing four midgets in midfield. We were lucky WHU were so poor.
David Bloomfield
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Shoulder tackle by Holgate was worth the admission on its own...
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I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
Just a general comment about premiership football. The incidence of professional fouls which I define as a foul which was committed with the intent not get the ball but with the intention of stopping an attacking player making progress particularly in the opposition half is now becoming an epidemic. Bring in the sin bin for this and let us see a bit more flowing play. We may end up with 8 a side playing at some point in a game but it will soon stop.
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