04 Dec 2025 21:52:17
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, West Ham United v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective
1.) 04 Dec 2025
04 Dec 2025 22:12:09
Good read as always, Slot seems to be quite happy waiting for the sack, which can't come soon enough. For all the managers faults the disrespect he shows Chiesa and Endo infuriates me.
2.) 04 Dec 2025
04 Dec 2025 22:14:28
Agree with you, Ed. The perf. was just "meh" and rather than for us to up the tempo, we just played to their level. I think Slot was just happy with the 3 points esp. having experienced the two battereing vs PSV and Forrest before hand.
As for WH and effort, have you seen their game vs Utd that just ended? Had they shown anywhere near as much industry and determination against us esp. with the wretched way Slot has the team playing, not sure we would have beaten them.
3.) 04 Dec 2025
04 Dec 2025 23:27:56
AAR91, he doesn't disrespect Chiesa and Endo. They are just not good enough to be regular starters. And it's not just Slot. If he gets sacked and a new manager comes in, one of the first things he will do is sell Chiesa and Endo in the first available window.
4.) 04 Dec 2025
04 Dec 2025 23:31:09
To be fair @Oli, I see the WHU comparison slightly differently. At the outset I would say we have ranged between very poor and average most of the time this season but ….
Given West Ham came away from the United game with a point it could be that even though we are nowhere near our best we actually did a reasonable job in stoping them playing, something United couldn’t quite manage. Similarly with Sunderland, they are this year’s surprise package and, whilst we were poor overall, particularly in the first half, having watched the game again, Sunderland were reduced to just hoofing the ball as far as they could at times in the last 10 minutes. Of course we should have done better but we did have them under pressure towards the end.
I suspect if we had won a couple more games or drawn a couple of the losses there might have been a slightly different perspective to our last two results.
For mr, we are a long way from where I’d like us to be but at least I’m starting to signs that a team is emerging. I don’t think Slot is the managerial answer and I’d be relieved to see him go but I do believe that there is an awful lot of talent and potential in the squad.
On a specific note, Konate has had his two best games of the season since Joey G has been picked at right back. Joe is an out got Konate to release the ball which has settled his nervousness no end and, if it carries on he might start playing better on a regular basis.
Apologies all if I’m sounding optimistic ?.
5.) 05 Dec 2025
05 Dec 2025 01:24:23
Ed, great write up as usual, but do you not think the Van Dijk passing sideways is what Slot wants him to do or us it something else?
{Ed001's Note - it is instructions, but that doesn't mean I like it.}
6.) 05 Dec 2025
05 Dec 2025 03:14:25
AAR91 your comment made me laugh but it's hard to come to any other conclusion.
7.) 05 Dec 2025
05 Dec 2025 03:19:17
West Ham were unbeaten in 3 before playing us including drawing w Bournemouth and beating Newcastle. So going there and winning as comfortably as we did we have to be happy with. We've been here a couple of times this season tho and just as the hope sets in Slot reverts to type.
8.) 06 Dec 2025
05 Dec 2025 09:21:35
We caught West Ham at a bad time for them with the news of one of their heros had passed away ( rest in peace Bonzo) Billy Bonds.
So taking something out of that game well we as a club ķnow all about loosing people.
The performance was not great but we managed two goals and we were equally as poor v Sunderland so to say it is improvement is a glass half full in my opinion we are not improving we are in decline and it was very obvious at the last several games of last season even though we won the league . I think this is when Arne started to try develop this style of play and it did not work straight from the get go and has not worked since.
If anyone old enough to remember Paisley switching to 3 center backs if i remember rightly we played Ipswich who were a very good side and we lost 1-0 after the game Bob was asked about the change in system and he replied we tried it and it did not work so we will put it away for another day. He new it would not work went back to 442 and we went on to win the league again. So Arne take note of one of the best ever managers in English and European football and learn from the best and dump this useless system before it dumps you . YNWA.