So.. who's doing the videos this year hmm?
At 5 - 1 i'm gonna go play GHIII instead - of note:
Bent had an atrocious first half but appears to link up way, way better with BAE and Dosser than with Modric and Lennon. BAE has looked immense; talk about matured - he's been composed and kept his head up, played in a gem to set up Bent's 3rd and generally looked inspiring. O'Hara's got teeth and losing the weight he has, he's gained half a yard of pace, which he needed. Gilberto had flashes of grace but his technique can't hide his lack of pace. Lennon's been inspired by Dosser, i'm sure of it - tearing it up and really getting to the touchline. His cross still needs work, but an improvement on last year from the evidence in this game.
Gunter has been rampaging and i hope that, with Bale in the team and looking such an exciting talent, he'll settle in and give us some real danger running out from the back.
Overall, we started sloppy and our defence was hardly tested, only beaten on a slippery bit of bad luck, but i hope with Woodie and Hutton in there, we'll be seen as a bit more defensive.
Midfield still looks a bit lightweight but the change in pace after the break does make me wonder what Wendy/Marco said in the break :up:
Yep, seems he has the same relationship with Modric as he had with Lennon, Jenas, Zokora and Dimi last year, but it looks like he runs at the same kind of pace as Dosser and if BAE can produce that kind of composure when it matters then we've got a real promising wingback in him :up:Well, the ball hardly got to him—he was making the runs but no-one was picking them out. Once the others got the hang of it he did the business. Nice to see those who have been banging on about him forcing us to play Route One have been shown to be talking out of their arses.
Yeah, it was only Norwich—and those who've been banging on about Huntelaar should note that Norwich would probably be a top ten side in the Eredivisie.
Unfortunately Virgin lost Setanta three times in the second half, but that was one peach of a cross from BAE.
I just don't think Jamie O Hara is good enough to be a regular player or sub for us. Sure he works hard, but he isn't a particulary good footballer! He is the type of player West Ham fans would addore, hard work over tallent. Watching the game tonight so much of the quick passing and fast paced game broke up around him. In defence of him, he is young, but I just don't see him developing into anything near of the level we should be looking at.