Positives & Negatives v West Ham (one of each please)

[Cjay]

Positve- much better performance
Negative- set piece defending

[Carrick Dave]

P: 9 points to the dropzone
N: Gutted for Forshaw

[weasel]

Why would he only get 45 minutes like ?
If a player is having a good game, why take him off ??

I would imagine the plan was always to give Rodrigo a few minutes, especially having fresh legs when the game had reached the part where we were solely counter attacking. As such it was probably a case of what substitution made most sense rather than who was youngest, who'd had least minutes etc. As it was it made most sense to take Bate off as he was the player least used to playing at this intensity so was most likely to be tiredest despite his age.

[weasel]

Positve- much better performance
Negative- set piece defending

We were up against a side who specialise in set pieces, including cheating at corners like kicking the ball from outside of the quadrant. Against that we had a makeshift defence that hasn't played together and wouldn't have trained together much either.

[weasel]

Positive: Only three points off the top half of the table

Negative: With Koch and Struijk playing so well today, what do we do with Llorente

Given the injury to Forshaw I would imagine we will see 1 of those 3 as the DM for the next match. One plus perhaps from Forshaw getting injured is that it might make us get another CM in. Think we could do with 1, probably on loan, for the rest of the season then re-evaluate in the summer.

[weasel]

Positive - Lively display from the front 3 and a win that was deserved. The 3rd goal was majestically finished by Harrison and shows how much of a 'confidence' player he is. If we get him playing at his best, Dan James improving all the time, Raphinha playing like he does and Bamford back then suddenly we are a goalscoring team again.

[Ratscoot]

Positives: Moyes unhappy after the game poor poppit
Negatives: out defending at times is awful

[HarryofOz]

Given the injury to Forshaw I would imagine we will see 1 of those 3 as the DM for the next match. One plus perhaps from Forshaw getting injured is that it might make us get another CM in. Think we could do with 1, probably on loan, for the rest of the season then re-evaluate in the summer.

Yeah, that is probably what will happen. I am hoping that Forshaw's injury won't keep him out though.

[Stan]

+ moving further in front of the bottom 3
- Ayling worries me when on the Back-foot

[SG90]

Yeah, that is probably what will happen. I am hoping that Forshaw's injury won't keep him out though.

Thigh/calf strains tend to be a month or so.

[Muppet the Cat]

+ Harrison's new boots

- More injuries

[HarryofOz]

Thigh/calf strains tend to be a month or so.

Okay. I hadn''t heard what it was - thanks.

[Finnatic]

Pascal immense and Koch playing DM as it should be done, not like he was against scum.

Injury jinx strikes again.

[Broad Ford]

+ Never looked like losing this
for the entire 94 mins.

- Forshaw leaving the field so early.
I hope it's precautionary.

[weasel]

Thigh/calf strains tend to be a month or so.

Hopefully going off early will lessen the extent of the injury, hopefully a pull rather than a tear.

[Jimang]

Positive...... Obviously nice to see the forwards gaining more confidence in front of goal, but my biggest admiration is the sheer guts and will power to keep fighting back in the face of adversity. Proud of the lads today.


Negative..... Still inclined to get boxed in our own third and giving the ball away in dangerous situations.

[whiteswan]

Total bollocks.
Bielsa let him down, the kid did nothing wrong, visibly upset even at the end of the game, could be ANOTHER young un we'll lose.

I don't mind players being upset at being subbed but I don't like petulance. The manager/coach is in charge, therefore players should accept their decision if it's for the good of the team/game in the managers eyes. Pontus and Pablo spring to mind.

[CHAPELALLMAN]

Positive - first win against West Ham in London since November 2002, and the first consecutive PL wins this season. We had lost the last 4 matches to them up to today in all competitions.

Negative - two hamstring injuries. What's going on ?

Lots of complimentary remarks about Leeds from West Ham fans and neutrals in the comments section of the BBC sports page I notice.

[weasel]

I don't mind players being upset at being subbed but I don't like petulance. The manager/coach is in charge, therefore players should accept their decision if it's for the good of the team/game in the managers eyes. Pontus and Pablo spring to mind.

I think Bate will be fine. Probably disappointed at the time but when he understands the reasons I think he will be fine and can look back on playing well and giving his chances of more minutes a good boost.

[weasel]

Forgot to put a negative in before. Presume it was because apart from the injuries there wasn't really anything to be negatve about. The VAR decision was correct, it is the rule and it did touch Rodrigo. If Rodrigo hadn't been offside then he would have been given the goal instead of Klich as it touched him last.