Wouldn't you just believe it? Just when we thought it was safe to slip back into the playoffs, Southampton go and lose and give us hope, for a couple of days at least. Now we see the full folly of Allardyce's team selection and tactics on Tuesday. Had we won that one, anything might now be possible. Instead, we go to Leicester needing to win to keep our hopes alive and desperate for Southampton to lose at home to already relegated Coventry next weekend.
It could happen. And if it does, goal difference won't be a factor. A Southampton draw and two West Ham victories would bring it all down to goal difference. Dare we dream? Dare we?
Let's hope it is still a contest come next weekend - if we blow it at Leicester, how shameful would that be?
Don't forget a draw with Coventry could do, as long as we win by a combined total of 5 goals over the 2 games!!! If there is gonna be any possible chance of that, we need to win by 3 on Monday night I reckon. Not betting money on it though.
ReplyDeleteAnony-mouse says,
ReplyDeleteShameful? We must have different definitions of the word. For me losing at Leicester would be disappointing or typical of West ham over the years, rather than shameful. My idea of shameful is writing a typically contrived provocative, point-scoring post based around the rape of a teenage girl, as you did with your Ched Evans one. Low.
I think we do. You support the way Allardyce plays football apart from anything else. Point scoring article? It can't have been about Allardyce then!
ReplyDeleteLoosen up. The teenage girl is hardly Mother Theresa! As I've said, the rape should be punished but the victim should not be painted as little miss innocent, which is why the co defendent was found not guilty! Not sure how old you are or if you have a daughter, but if my daughter behaved like that, I would want Evans banged up but I would be giving her a damn good talking to about her behaviour and self respect.
With anyone of those pathetic home draws since Christmas turned into a win it would have us rivalling Soton instead of clinging onto faint hopes..........shameful is indeed the right word, but I'm sure fat Sam will spin it as the players fault or something other than his own shortcomings. God, I have grown to detest the man and will continue to do so even if we go through in the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteWe'll blow it at Leicester
ReplyDeleteTravelling Hammer, you spoke for me. Perfectly said.
ReplyDeleteAnony-mouse says,
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right HF- I should loosen up on the subject of sexual assault, and see it only as potential material for one of your threads. After all it was only rape and as you say the teenage victim 'is hardly Mother Theresa'.
I won't come back to this thread as I fully expect someone to tell me that 'she deserved it'.
Of course she didn't deserve it, nobody deserves to be raped. But if somebody drives a car whilst three times over the limit he doesn't DESERVE to end up in hospital, but if he does, he doesn't merit an awful lot of sympathy. We have to take responsibility for our own safety and if we are reckless, the probability of coming to harm hugely increases. A mountaineer doesn't deserve to die, but if he falls from a mountain to his death, I am happy to say, "He chose to take that chance so don't expect me to feel sorry for him".
ReplyDeleteHF, you should post this not as a comment but as a new thread so more people see it. It's classic.
ReplyDeleteIf you all have not seen this interview with Paolo, you have to stop what you're doing and watch it now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17801776