West Ham 0 Newcastle United 2
At least the men did better than the women's side who lost 9-1 to Arsenal in front of 1000 fans. Luckily we were in Keswick so avoided seeing the game live. The Hammers had their chances, with Ogbonna's header coming off the bar and Fornals' deflected effort hitting the bar. Soucek also went close with a header, but ina goalless first half Wilson went close for the Toon and Andy Carroll, whoever he is, caused problems.
The opening goal came from a cross when the ball was a little luckily deflected. Hendrick reacted quickest to nod it on and Callum Wilson poked home for a poacher's goal. Yarmolekno's shot was parried by the keeper and the Haller had a penalty appeal for handball. But it was all over when Newcastle broke for Hendrick to lash home.
West Ham lost to a side that has made four decent signIngs, two of whom scored, which says it all. We had a player who was like a new signing in Diangana but then sold him. Everyone else has strengthened and West Have stood still. It could be a long season.
3 comments:
How come Wilson scored a "preacher's" goal when I was praying he wouldn't score v us as he usually does?! Wilson didn't cost that much, nor did Lewis, nor Hendrick, nor Fraser..why weren't we trying to sign these type of player?!
Also..how old do Holland, Silva etc have to be before they get a first team chance? Younger players are playing in premier first teams all the time yet I keep hearing "promising" and "young"
auto-correct created that preachers goal I'm afraid. Could do worse than give the kids a chance. Josh Cullen looks like he's keen too and gained experience at Charlton...
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