1 minute ago, Kev56 said:

Hopefully. 👍

hope so...just runs towards the corner, stops and passes/mispasses backwards ..slows us down horribly 

6 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

How are those our biggest wins though? 2 of those are relegation battling clubs? 

Villa in FA Cup

Spurs Away

Newcastle Home

United home

There’s even both home and away draws against City and Liverpool draw at home where Enzo was arguably MOTM in each. 
 

You are proper reaching at times mate. 

 

Didn't concede in those matches and won easily? 

1 minute ago, Victor90 said:

He's still on this weird Jorginho agenda despite Jorginho being gone here for over a year. Go read some of his comments in the Enzo thread, guy is literally salivating at the idea that Enzo flops just so he can say Jorginho was better. 

Anyway, enough of that. Some great performances, lets hope we can find a way to get our best XI playing this way. 

Boy aren't you an ad hominem today... What agenda, I wanted Enzo to come here, I was one of the most vocal people there in that thread for him to come... I just find it odd that we can win 6 and 5 nil when he isn't playing, is that too strange for you to grasp? Clown...

3 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

Our defence is still a bit rubbish..they never attacked much but missed a sitter and three crossbars. 

I thought we defended her well they created just once - you are being very harsh... every team concedes some chances .. twice it was via a set piece.. and only once they were able to create something via Emerson.

 

Strange problem to have now . Does Poch keep the winning formula or play Tinkerman and start bringing back players who are coming back from injuries? Granted WHU were awful today but we clicked. Personally, barring injuries, I'd keep going with this group for the rest of the season. 

Edited May 5, 20242 yr by BewareoftheDrog

Good performance 

Madueke another strong showing

Palmer sublime

Jackson again being a handful 

Cucerella moving to midfield again looked good

We suddenly look balanced with structure in our play, maybe the mauling at the Emirates is what was needed to get this group listening to the coach?

20 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Boy aren't you an ad hominem today... What agenda, I wanted Enzo to come here, I was one of the most vocal people there in that thread for him to come... I just find it odd that we can win 6 and 5 nil when he isn't playing, is that too strange for you to grasp? Clown...

I mean I would absolutely agree that Enzo would have to earn his place back in the lineup if we carry on this form without him but it's interesting how this narrative is being run to death with him and not with Gusto, or Silva when him being dropped after Wolves coincided with a significant uptick in performances.

I don’t care what any pundits say (I’ve already heard some make it about how bad West Ham was), that was a fantastic performance and result.

56 minutes ago, Dr Gonzo said:

Caicedo is absolutely class, he's just got better and better as the season has gone on. 

I dare say he's had his best games without Enzo on the pitch. 

Certainly some thinking to be done by the manager and coaching squad.

Might need to adapt our tactical set up to consistently get the best of them both but prioritise Caicedo as he's the one who's working out more 

My take on what Poch said after the Villa game was, finally after 10 months the penny has dropped, the difference TEMPO and work rate. We're now playing quicker. Cucurella doesn't stand out as much, because the others are playing faster. Enzo missed out on that extra movement up front, how often was he waving his arms around because the movement ahead wasn't there. The defence is still not great, but you can see the determination and fight, to keep clean sheets.

When you have the tempo, class shows more over the hard workers. I think the Villa game is where the team, finally realised, talent on it's own is not enough, the hard work and effort, magnifies the difference in talent. I said all along we have a very talented squad, a bit too pricey perhaps, but there are no true duds in the players Clearlake bought in. Even Mudryk, he may be slightly older than most of the others, but his game maturity, is lower or on par with them, ignore his age, look at his experience, it's less than most of the others. He will get there, but he's starting from further back than them.

Enzo must be looking on and thinking, why didn't the twats work that hard for me.

48 minutes ago, Dr Gonzo said:

Cucurella would be an absolute pain in the arse to play against. 

He's like a terrier. The little thing just won't stop. 

2 minutes ago, abister1 said:

I dare say he's had his best games without Enzo on the pitch. 

Certainly some thinking to be done by the manager and coaching squad.

Might need to adapt our tactical set up to consistently get the best of them both but prioritise Caicedo as he's the one who's working out more 

I like Caicedo, we just the correct set up to get the best out of him.

He’s still a young man despite the media trying to destroy him.

25 minutes ago, BewareoftheDrog said:

Granted WHU were awful today

When I see or hear this I always wonder, is it as a consequence of the other team setting up in an awkward way that just makes them crap. Secondly even if they were awful, you've still got a duty to do which is score the goals and win the game. The FA doesn't just at the end of the game ending 0-0 say West ham you were awful, Chelsea you were good. That will be 5-0 to Chelsea. 

13 minutes ago, Argo said:

but it's interesting how this narrative is being run to death with him and not with Gusto, or Silva when him being dropped after Wolves coincided with a significant uptick in performances

Because he's had stinkers. Gusto has always been very good. I'd say certainly has had less bad performances as Enzo has had good ones. 

Silva WAS dropped and torn to shreds by fans even with how great a defender everyone knows he has been and doing it since he signed for us after what would have been the expiry date of some players. 

At the end of the day I don't think the point is to berate certain players but pragmatically take a view on the output of the team with certain players in or out of it. 

Always nice to beat the Pikeys. Now on the way to my second Chelsea game of the day. Another 5-0 win would be great.

Finally I can type this

HAMMERS GET HAMMERED 

West Ham get battered everywhere they go, West Ham get battered everywhere they goooo, everywhere they gooo!!!

Thought we were fantastic today. 

Humble oie to be eaten by me today and very happy to do so. Cucurella again was outstanding despite being on a yellow. Badiashile,  who I've called the human ironing board was fantastic defensively today against a strong aggressive Antonio.  Madueke who I have often been meh about ( I take an immediate dislike to affectations like over the top braids, bandannas,  multi coloured hair, half mast socks from the beginning,  and other elements of apparel that ,are them look big jessies) has been getting better and better and today I thought it was the best all round performance from him in a blue shirt.

Caicedo imperious,  but I've been a fan of his for a long time. Jackson really led the line well. 

Other than Mudryk, who didn't play bad, but again just didn't light the place up like we are all wishing for, I cannot think of a single player off his game today.

Shame the energy dropped really, there was 8 goals out there for us to have today if we'd wanted them.

Just nipping out now to haul myself up onto the Poch in or out fence!

Good game, good performance from the team, so congrats to Pochettino and the players. It looks like when we were down to the bare minimum, the players that were fit have stepped up. Is it because they started to care once everyone and their dog had turned on Pochettino? Don’t care as long as they keep giving their all for the rest of the season. There are still things that I think Pochettimo hasn’t sorted out, but today let’s be glad that we beat the pikeys.

It'd be interesting to see how the Enzo and Caicedo pair fares with Cucurella's new role, gives them more cover at the back so they can focus more on the attacking side.

Nevermind

Edited May 5, 20242 yr by AndyDowsleftflank

Not seen Pikeys look so downbeat since the Smiler ride crashed in 2015

Great performance against embarrassingly poor opponents. Last three games are looking eminently winnable. Another clean sheet too. Looking forward to MOTD2 tonight. 

Excellent win and performance, West ham were abysmal, as soon as we scored thry looked like they had checked out for there summer holidays already.