LionOfGosforth

we did beat them in September, 1 nowt.

I thought tonight of all nights, the negativity might be in short supply, Christ alive

Love him, such a modest and unassuming lad but when given the chance has catapulted us to some crazy wins and scored some iconic goals. Would never sell tbh, too important.

The forum is going to be class for a few days drink it in, haven't felt like this in ages

Quite a long time since i've felt that happy and emotional over a win. Reminded me of the Norwich game in the championship, same scoring pattern or very close. Crazy stuff, got to love the guts of this squad man, whatever the flaws may be.

Souey was the exception to all rules and societal norms. Fuck that prick

It's an odd one for me, clearly i've misjudged the temperature on this type of protest I don't honestly think i've ever done it myself, in the moment i've probably just yelled obscenities, booing seems so "punch and judy" to me. A bit weak and ridiculous but might do it for some. Actually I have booed refs before now I think about it. But my own team or manager, fucking hell, that's rank.

Who the hell actually boos at a match ffs got to be the thickest type of "protest" ever. I don't like that decision i'm going to make a daft noise so it won't happen again "booooooo". Fucking Punch and Judy nonces.

The number of those wanting EH sacked actually increased since we beat Palace. Words fail man.

Depressing comments in here like, think he's a massive talent and will develop and fit us like a glove if given time.

Having a class season now he finally seems to be fully trusted. From scoring class goals in the CL, playing out of position like he's always been a FB and becoming one of our best midfielders as well. Local lad on top of it all.

Quite good

I don't recall the game (maybe Forest at home) but he got on the end of a FK and volleyed it and the keeper made an incredible save, I knew then he was going to be a handful for other teams from set pieces this season. Just a nice bonus really, he's a top CB which is the main thing, and seems like he's integrated nicely into the squad too.

Signing of the summer by any club tbh. A CB who does all the hard stuff no bother and scores at the other end, fucking class man.

Won't get as much press as he doesn't play for the Sky 6 wanks but Thiaw has been one of the signings of the summer no doubt

Yeah I get a bit of 50/50 challenging and there's always been some but these days, players are basically dragging other players to the ground while completely ignoring the ball. I don't understand how it's gotten this bad.

The amount of wrestling that's allowed on corners these days is mad, players aren't even looking at the ball half the time

Pretty sure the commentator while saying "Hwang" managed to pronounce it "Hwank". 3-0 to Wolves as I speak

How did this WHU side beat us comfortably man, they're utter trash

Definitely not and if they go down, he'd have a fair few suitors, particularly down South

IIRC we could have signed him from Hull but that thick slob Bruce didn't want him. He'll not be leaving WHU at this point I would doubt, that ship sailed I think. Edit - if they go down, that might change like

Wilson a virtual ever-present for West Ham this season of course

All fair and I doubt many would disagree that our performances haven't been good, particularly away from home. A few extra points if we'd held onto some leads wouldn't change the sloppy away displays, we'd all just feel a bit better about what the season could yet deliver I suppose. Just think that one thing you couldn't really level at us, before this season, is that we've looked consistently disjointed and a lot of that I put on the transfer business and failure to fully integrate a few of those signings. The factors for that are pretty varied and not any one thing imo. I certainly hope future windows with an actual DoF in place will be better.

Is that directly and/or always on the manager though? The intangibles of this point are worth discussing. Can he really be held to account because Gordon loves diving around instead of staying on his feet? It's clearly ingrained at this point and benching him isn't necessarily the answer. Is it his fault when Murphy plants the ball into the sky instead of bursting the net from 6 yards out with a gaping goal? Or when an opposition player is somehow able to squeeze a bobbling overhead kick into the net in injury time of a game we could have had won 3 times over? I think the players have let him down multiple times and there's only so much you can do in-season to remedy that. The overall arcing point is that despite all of these things, the season can still deliver amazing things, dumping a manager is just going to lead to a level of upheaval that will derail the season. I tend to agree that the upcoming fixtures provide a springboard and we need to take advantage, I just don't think the doom mongering if things don't quite pan out is worth serious consideration.

When confidence is brittle as it is with us, the lack of ruthlessness in front of goal that has plagued us all season manifests into a pressure-filled second half like that. All I can say is, thank fuck we won a must win game and let's hope it's a springboard for the next few games.