I was really surprised to see RLC start given how long he has been out and it has backfired. Odd call by Lampard. He, Willian and Kovacic have offered next to nothing of any quality. All three of them could get hooked any would have no argument but RLC really shouldn't cone out after half time.

1 minute ago, Deino said:

RLC is a shadow of a footballer today. Everyone had a loong break but no one looked worse than he did.

Well, 12 months of not playing any competitive football will do that. It's going to be a long time before Loftus-Cheek get's anywhere near his best. 

We just need to score. That is it. We've come close. Now close is not enough.

I feel karma might win this one. They should have lost to Sheffield.

Awful from Christiansen. Arguably we need a centre half the most. Get Willian, Giroud and RLC off.

Why is it our only attacking tactic is passing it to the wing and crossing? We play decent football from the midfield up to the final third then suddenly everyone is in the box and yet no one wants to score

 

Frank hates West Ham so much he’s willing to chuck this game to get them in the relegation zone and then beat city midweek, love it ?!

We need to be more direct. 

2 minutes ago, enigma said:

Apparently Lampard played this team because it was the same set of players who played well against QPR. Obviously a friendly like that is different to competitive league football. 

Hopefully Gilmour will come on and score twice again in that case !

Honestly you gotta stretch a whole lot if you want to blame the goal on Kepa. The defense did nothing, 1 cross Rudi wasn't even marking the target man and it went wide, 1 shot nobody tried to block and Kepa saved it, 1 cross and Kepa saved a clear tap-in only to find that nobody was there but 3 Villa players.

1 minute ago, evissy said:

We just need to score. That is it. We've come close. Now close is not enough.

I feel karma might win this one. They should have lost to Sheffield.

Nothing to do with karma really, we have been woeful in the final third

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

Well, 12 months of not playing any competitive football will do that. It's going to be a long time before Loftus-Cheek get's anywhere near his best. 

True. But I feel Lamps should have played him in the last 15mins for now to slowly build his form back. Throwing him in the deep end has proven to be the wrong choice

3 minutes ago, enigma said:

Apparently Lampard played this team because it was the same set of players who played well against QPR. Obviously a friendly like that is different to competitive league football. 

Did Gilmour not start in that game then, as he scored twice?

Just now, JM7 said:

We need to be more direct. 

Aston Villa have made it hard for us in fairness with the parked bus. Most of the time they defended with 11 men far behind their halfway line.
So space is automatically limited.

3 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Jorginho on paper is our best midfielder, stats show it.

Good grief man - are you blind LOL

I really don’t understand why Giroud started ahead of Abraham, our top goal scorer?

Just now, Sexyfootball said:

Good grief man - are you blind LOL

Your own words "on paper". That makes you blind you know that right?

Hadn't realise how much I'd enjoyed not sitting through this same old performance every week. At least there's only 45 minutes left.

Just now, Deino said:

True. But I feel Lamps should have played him in the last 15mins for now to slowly build his form back. Throwing him in the deep end has proven to be the wrong choice

Definitely. It does seem like an odd decision to chuck him in so soon.

2 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Honestly you gotta stretch a whole lot if you want to blame the goal on Kepa. The defense did nothing, 1 cross Rudi wasn't even marking the target man and it went wide, 1 shot nobody tried to block and Kepa saved it, 1 cross and Kepa saved a clear tap-in only to find that nobody was there but 3 Villa players.

Thought azpi and mount were at fault, let both of their players run in behind them.

Just now, Gol15 said:

Your own words "on paper". That makes you blind you know that right?

Ah OK - sorry !

Yes - many would say on paper that today's choice is our best midfield, but absolutely not the case for me ... but I'm afraid I wouldn't have Jorginho in there either !

I would remove Ruben he’s looked leggy all game and often is at the wrong place at the wrong time

No changes of yet. I think.

Our defense needed a serious looking at. Having all the best attackers in the world mean nothing if we're going to let 3 opposition having a free for all in front of our goal

Bollocks to Christensen, nowhere near the second ball. Decent enough centre back when he isn't relied upon.

No changes,sometimes I worry about frank