West Ham United v Stoke City Live Chat Team Sheets And Links

Right starting 11. Now how do we set up? COYI!!

Has someone had a word in sams lughole!!Thats the starting line-up that we wanted to see,all out attack..coyi

Then we close the gap to 2 points on the swans-8th place still on!Lose & palace,everton catch us up then 12th will be more realistic.Attacking line-up,throw the shackles off sam & lets see us go for it...

win is a must to get us back on track. COYI'S.

Aaron Cresswell you beauty.

CRACKER!!!!!!

Mark Hughes is checking his game plan - which of our players to break?

far to easy,need to settle down.

we cant even keep the ball.

same again 2nd half.Will he revert to defending a 1 nil lead though?

Notice Adrian having a joke with the officials as they went off? Not stupid that lad, never hurts to have refs and linos think you're good bloke! :-)

Downings had a very quiet game

The goal machine has arrived!

He took a clattering from Pieters in a challenge

that if you are going to lose the ball, do it going forward not back toward your own goal.

Cole and Nolan, same old Sam. If we don't win now, the old excuses won't do!

You can see Stoke snatching the equaliser in the closing minutes!!,

35% possession - says it all! Even if we hold on to the win that's ridiculous!

I thought that was it then... phew!

Sack him now for God's sake!!!!!!!!!!! Why wait???

Sam has no fxxxxxx idea on how to win a game, all he knows is get one goal and park the bus. Possession doesn't matter to him it's all about holding on well Sam that don't bloody work and as for his subs thank Christ there is only one Nolen and only one Cole.

How many f*cking times has this happened since xmas!!

What the hell was Nolan's role supposed to be? An attacking midfielder? Really? You have Cole coming in for Sakho, meaning now you have given up on the pace of the game, then you bring on Nolan who cannot carry the ball forward. When have you seen Nolan running with the ball? Hate to say this but Stoke deserved more than a point with BFS stupid substitutions. Why not try out Poyet or one of the youngsters, instead of Nolan? We are going to finish in the bottom half as both Stoke and Palace will go past us. Where are the 3 points going to come from? Definitely not against Man City.

I said before the game that I thought G&S would only sack him if we had a bad loss, but that was almost like a bad loss... 35% possession at home to effing STOKE!!!!???? Can't bear to listen to his excuses, they are so much drivel. We've scored more than 1 goal a pathetic 3 times since the middle of December... the man is anti-football and should be dismissed ASAP. JUST GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every week its the same-im sick to death of it tbh....

And sickens the stomach as well. What has happened at West Ham? How can a team that played so well before Christmas have lost all its verve, nerve, guile, and graft? Second half was particularly abysmal, an accident waiting to happen, 3rd time Arnautovic not just lucky -- you have to say they deserved it. Please G&S end the misery now. Caretaker manager might at least allow a ray of light in.

it 20 mins into the game, same old same old, why have a squad if he brings on the same old trash.

Does he have a say in the substitutions? I think BFS likes to have it all his way. You do not see the two of them discussing or even sitting next to one another on the bench. For the short term the owners should ask Sheringham to be in charge for the next match and move BFS into the stands. If Sheringham improves the team then demand that BFS change the style or leave without having to sack him. Yes, BFS did very well to bring The Hammers back to the top flight and keep them there. Definitely his style is stuck in the last decade and most teams in the top flight groom their youngsters to bring in pace and energy that we severely lacked today. Song's face said it all when he was substituted, to the disappointment of not only the fans, but the rest of the West Ham team. Song can carry the ball forward, he has the skill maybe not the pace, but then you bring on Nolan, and you might as well say to the West Ham side, I am setting you a challenge to play as if you have only ten men on the pitch and you have to defend that stupid 1-0 lead. Shocking!!

On a positive note well done Cresswell for a great freekick http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/aaron-cresswell-puts-west-brom-up-with...

Gutted about the late equaliser but to be honest it was the least that Stoke deserved. A poor game despite leading for most of it as we tried to sit back on a 1-0 lead since the 7th minute. Don't know why we didn't take the game to Stoke and search for more goals as they were flat footed to begin with.

Give credit where due I was at the game and thought Stoke totally out played us. I thought Adams totally bossed the midfield, this was one of our best starting elevens and we looked like the away side trying to hit Stoke on the break. Our midfield was slow and sluggish, Noble and Song doesn't work, no pace. We can string more than four passes and constantly passing backward to Reid and Ginger just to lump it forward for the Stoke defence to mop up and take control with great possession and passing. I can't stand Allardyce but this was a team I would also have picked from the squad so it's time the players took some responsibility and not go missing in games. On too many occasions there was no obvious out let to pass the ball unlike Stoke that worked hard and played as a team.... Mark Hughes, take a bow!

more pace on the bench, but o no bring on the cart horse's.