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West Ham 3 - 0 Brighton FA Cup 3rd RoundSubmitted by Neville Nixon on 6 January, 2007 - 16:16.
He came, he saw, he altered, OK so it was only a victory over Brighton but it was still a win, ask other London supporters, namely Alan Pardew's Charlton, how important it was to get through to the next round against lower opposition.
Two of Alan Curbishley's new starting selections came good for him by providing the goals that helped a little to remove the trauma of last week's result against Reading. Mark Noble scored his first for West Ham while Carlton Cole celebrated his second for the club, his first being as a substitute on the opening fixture of the season against Charlton.
The first half was all bluster and running but with no end result, but it wasn't for the lack of trying, Curbs' new line up played with fire in their belly's, they chased, they carried and generally played like it really mattered, something that was sorely missing of late. Tevez relished playing where he is supposed to play, ably supported by Carlton Cole, the Argentine International had a smile on his face and with better luck could have ended his scoring drought early on against the Seagulls. After weaving his way through the visitors defence his shot was well saved and he was equally unlucky later in the match when on 65 minutes his shot was parried away by Henderson.
The tension in the air was palpable early on as the crowd, quite rightly, urged their team on but were always wary of the break, the 0-0 scoreline at half time was at least a relief, if not overly welcome.
Second half started with Hammers much more in the ascendancy, and it was rather fitting that Mark Noble, hammer through and through, should open the scoring, Tevez passed to him and his volleyed drive from 18 yards out flew in.
Things got even better when Boa Morte crossed to Carlton Cole who stabbed the ball in from 6 yards out, cue a collective sigh of relief, but to be fair, Brighton made a go of it, and they had better possession for much of the remainder of the half although with little effective penetration.
Benayoun and Mullins both went close with shots from distance, but it was Mullins who landed the coup de grace with a header from close range in injury time. All in all it was an accomplished performance, the new lads in the starting line up definitely seemed to perk things up, there was also a clever bit of man management shown by Mervyn Day by his recomendation that Curbs should start Roy Carroll in a less high profile match than an all singing all dancing Sky extravagensa, but of course the proper test will come next week, ironically against Fulham, let's hope that Boa Morte can show them what they will be missing. - Ed
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Franck Ribery!?!
The biggest
Franck Ribery!?!
The biggest divng bastard ever?
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why NOT franck Ribery from Marseille!!?! 15mill well worth it!!
i have been home and away to every game this season and anton has been head and sholders above every one at the back i hate to hear all this bad press the boy is getting we should get behind him and he will come good as to gabbs . konch on the other hand has to go so does nrc mears z man hearwood and maybe even matty he has not been at the races. i would love to see parker or barton here bale at left back swp on the right upson or davenport in the middle what would that lot cost 25 mil with money in for the others mabe lauran at right back and i would love to see robbie keane here. am i dreaming or have we got a chance of getting them . what do you think
We cannot sell Ferdinand to Tottscum,we'll never hear the last of it from their fans.They already go on about us being their feeder club.We shouldn't sell him anyway,seeing as we don't have to.Get rid of Reo-Coker,then maybe Anton will settle down,and concentrate on his game again.
THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE A FEEDER CLUB RETARD AND HAVE BEEN A FEEDER CLUB FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND WON NO TROPHIES FOR 26 YEARS
Ed, why do you allow complete and utter pricks like this idiot above on the website? It spoils an otherwise great West Ham forum. None of the other West Ham forums allow this kind of rubbish being posted on here.
And for the bird brain above... RELEGATION = PLAYERS SELLS!!! Can your demented brain compute that??!! It's the same for any club. Every club sells players. Look at the Spuds, Sheringham to Manure, Campbell leaving for more dosh to the Arse, Carrick off to Manure as well... I'm sure there's a few others and all.
Because otherwise we will have to make it members only, if you feel strongly become a member, it's free and it's easy, and then post a forum for people's opinion. On the occasion when we last ran a poll, over 50% wanted to keep open access. In the future we will become members only just to get rid of the Spuds, the problem is that I am stubborn and actually relish the banter fron REAL fans, basically from virtually every other club except Spuds, so I am loathe to do anything that panders to them.
Neville Nixon, Editor
Who's the retard who can't even use a keyboard? You. Oh, by the way, great result against the Championship Taffys, bet you enjoyed that one. Burn cock face.
HA HA no Champions leauge and who stopped you us!!!! The cockney boys go and suck chas n dave's balls you jew slime slimebags can't wait to watch ARSENAL beat you again.
It's only because you can't produce your own players, you knobs!
The best players you have in your squad did't come through the ranks apart from King! Lets see
Robinson - Leeds (Will get replaced by Green in goal for England)
Davenport - Coventry
Lennon - Leeds
Keane - Wolves
Huddlestone - Derby
Judas - Charlton/West Ham
Jenas - Nottingham Forest
Dawson - Nottingham Forest
Routledge - Palace
No wonder your in so much debt its seeping through all the cracks down at shite hart lane! Oh and i bet you didn't even know that Stelios, the bloke that owns easyjet owns 9% in you! Haha, well be calling you EasyYids next! HAHA
I'm a retard who's team is through to the 4th round of the cup.How'd you get on in Cardiff?You lot live off past glories.
According to www.fansfc.com,Curbishley is hoping to wrap up the signing of Alexei Smertin tomorrow,in a 2 million deal.
Why bother with John Hartson he will prob come and kick Yossi's head in for looking at him funny and he's no good in the prem.I would try to tempt Robbie keane from the pathetic pathetics and curbs should get Cass Pennant in to do half time team talks if we are loosing.Time is ticking come on curbs buy,buy,buy.
the only chance of getting keane is when he is about 35 we only sell you our crap crappy klint players remember zamora , etherington, I could go on but the list is to long fcuking feeder club
Yes and who wanted Etherington back the minute he learned how to play football??? the jew boys Why don't you go and watch a real football team play like ARSENAL rather than always being a 2nd rate club like totenham.Fcuking crap club go and play cardiff again 0-0 mugs Defoe your top striker please!!! who's the best youth player you have ever produced ???????????????????????????????????????????????????
Neville,can you help me?Everytime i click on home on here,i have to keep logging on again.Is it me,or are you having problems with the site?
A Rumour at Upton Park yesterday was that Alan Pardew was trying to buy Elliot Ward, a player he considered just in front of the tea lady. If Pardew was still here Noble would not have got a chance, preferring to buy in players.
nev ........ any transfer news today as you said it was onna be a busy weekend???? i would hate to think you were wrong again?
em kaka, rooney n zidane is coming out of retirment all for a cool £1 million :), renmeber you herd it here 1st!
Bloody hell. Win the F A Cup, Mullins as captain?? What the f***?
I'm pleased to get some goals and keep a clean sheet, but, the score flattered the performance and it was against second rate players, compared to the Premiership.
Let's get our focus back: staying in the Prem. We've a long way to go to avoid relegation yet but, I think we've at least got the right guys at the top now - Chairman and Manager. Let's not kid ourselves though - they've got their work cut out.
The Toronto Fan: Best win of the season. I predicted 3-1, however, the Hammers did better. They kept a clean sheet. I say the hammers will go all the way, and lift the FA Cup. Up the Hammers!!
WHAT DID I SAY! HAYDEN MULLINS HAD YET AGAIN ANOTHER GREAT GAME FOR US. HE SIMPLY MUST BE MADE CAPTAIN AND FAST BEFORE MAN UTD SNAP HIM UP.
i say get 2 centre backs in and a right back then we have plenty of options and could allow for anton bling boy ferdinand to *** off to the spuds.
Just read on eatsleepfootball the that Curbs has been given a £35 million war chest!! Thats a nice chunk of change. If the SWP deal falls through there are plenty of others out there, Bently from Blackburn is a great shout and i also like the Lauren rumours for the RB slot from Arsenal. With reference to Upson did anyone else the the ball roll under his foot for the Toons second goal!!! I would prefer Davenport he played well for us last time he was here.
Thoughts?
OMG!! SO UPSON MADE A MISTAKE!! You sad pratt, HOW MANY mistakes have our lot made this season? He has just come back from injury and you dismiss him because of that, he also headed down for Birmingham's first goal, what was that? Luck? Get a life Pal!
again... another short sighted twat who feels it necessary to throw abuse at someone for having an opinion! what was the outcome of your post anyway other a volley of abuse because he feels upson isn't up to it. whats the point of posting something if you have nothing constructive to say!!!!
1.My Eyes are perfect thankyou very much 2. He dismissed Upson because he made a mistake v Newcastle 3. I am giving MY opinion OK 4. Whats the point in YOUR LIFE! and 5. Your the Twatt!
what opinion? how sad his post is and calling him a "sad pratt" doesn't count as an opinion! at the end of the day upson is a fantastic defender, would be a good signing, if we were to listen to your so called opinion we'd only be signing him for his ability to set up goals.
West Ham boss defends Reo-Coker ......WHY?????!!!!!!!
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley has hit out at the "outrageous" criticism of captain Nigel Reo-Coker.
WHAT ABOUT HIS "outrageous" PERFORMANCES THIS SEASON ALAN?
The midfielder, 22, did not play in the FA Cup win over Brighton but Curbishley rejected talk it was to avoid him being Cup-tied ahead of a possible move.
"I felt he needed a break," said the Hammers boss. "I felt the treatment he has been receiving has been outrageous.
"Every time I pick up a paper, it's his fault we're in the bottom three. I just want everyone to get off his back."
WHY? HE DESERVES IT!
Reo-Coker, who was linked with a move to Arsenal in the summer, is again being linked with a move in the January transfer window.
F U C K OFF NIGEL!
Meanwhile, West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson has urged the fans to back Reo-Coker and rest of the players.
WE WILL BACK THE PLAYERS WHO WANT TO PLAY FOR OUR CLUB EGGY!
"I hope that the fans will get behind the whole team, including the captain who could play a vital role going forward," he said.
Despite a fairly comfortable 3-0 win over League One Brighton, Curbishley was in angry mood in the post-match news conference.
Upset at recent press coverage of West Ham, he refused to answer any questions.
"I am not blaming any of the players who have been brought in during the summer. I would not do that"
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley
Instead, the Hammers boss expressed his disappointment at the way comments he made on Friday were interpreted by some of Saturday's newspapers as criticism of the previous regime's signings.
"I did say 'when you look at the players who have been brought in during the summer, not many of them have established themselves in the first team'," he said.
"That was the Argentine boys who have not really established themselves. John Pantsil and Tyrone Mears have not had a chance really, certainly not under me.
ER...WELL GIVE THEM A CHANCE THEN!
"It has been spun around that I have been blaming all of the players who came in this summer for our problems and our troubles.
WE ARE BLAMING THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING!
"I am so disappointed with the headlines. I am not blaming any of the players who have been brought in during the summer. I would not do that.
"What I did say was the players who came in during the summer have perhaps not gone straight into the side and established themselves, which is probably what the club needed and is what the club needs now.
"That is why I have been looking to bring experienced players in who can go into this sort of situation and deal with it.
"I would like you to print that - and that is the end of my press conference."
.....AND THEN YOU CRASH YOUR MOTER ON THE WAY OUT OF THE CAR PARK ...oooopps!
Whilst I agree we need a center half and a striker I think it is VITAL we get a central midfiedler who has a real footballing brain and is physically strong and can score goals. Yossi is the closest thing we have but against physical opposition he gets man handled. Mullins cant pass a ball more than 5 yards with any accuracy and certainly doesn't understand how to go forward. NRC is slightly better than Mullins going forward but still not effective enough and has no ability to pass a ball off the ground. When is the last time you see NRC hit a pass over a defense or cross field to a winger? He has to run with the ball first. Noble is the same as Yossi but not as good.
Last year the stars aligned for us but now the other teams have worked out our tactics which under Pardew were pretty much the same every week.
If Curbs doesnt get us a ball playing midfielder it wont matter who else we get in the transfer window cos we are in trouble anyway.
I notice no one has mentioned that with Anton out we are light in defence, I am not a fan of Anton I admit he is slow and lumpish but he is still a reasonable defender and we need quality at the back first and foremost, then the decent midfielder and striker
Yes we need a quality defender but we are not light! With Anton out we have McCartney and Konc at left back, center backs are Gabbs, Ginge, Dailly and Spector (yes he can play any whjere across the back) and Mears and Painstil are right backs (even though we've been using Spector and Dailly there). Yes a quality center back would help alot but unless it is quality we have enough to cope. A right winger must be priority surely.
I understand what your saying but my point was we need quality not just bodies, all the good teams start with a strong defence that can carry the ball out and play a big part in set pieces, sadly this is an area where we are so weak, in my opinion this is where we would start the rebuild
I notice no one has mentioned that with Anton out we are light in defence, I am not a fan of Anton I admit he is slow and lumpish but he is still a reasonable defender and we need quality at the back first and foremost, then the decent midfielder and striker
Curbs, get Ljungberg now!!!!! He would be great in midfield, he's a battler and scores.
i like ljungberg .. but no thanks ... arsenal reject ... would be as sad as when we were singing sheringham
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