Friday, December 31

A good year for the Irons

2021 has been quite a year for West Ham. We've seen the Hammers finish sixth in the Premier League and 10,000 fans return to the London Stadium for the final game the 2020-21 lockdown season. West Ham have played six games in the Europa League, with more to come. Declan Rice has emerged as the best midfielder in England, Antonio has become a great striker and more importantly his hamstrings have stayed untwanged, Ogbonna (until his injury) and Fabianski have remained quietly consistent, Cresswell has provided bags of assists and Fornals and Benrahma have emerged as quality midfielders, while Jesse Lingard had an exceptional loan spell at WHU.

This season the crowds have been back and the London Stadium has started to feel more like home. Astonishingly we've seen West Ham beat Man United, Spurs, Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea in cup and league games. We've ended the year with a 4-1 win at Watford and some of the away wins have been most impressive; 3-2 at Palace, 3-2 at Wolves, 3-1 at Aston Villa, 2-1 at Burnley, 3-1 at West Brom, 4-2 at Newcastle, 2-1 at Leeds, 1-0 at Everton, 4-1 at Villa. Not the sort of thing a West Ham side normally does. Well done to David Motes and his men and a Happy New Year to all readers of Hammers in the Heart.

4 comments:

Mj said...

And happy new year to you. It would be nice if the team could resolve to safely see out 3-0 leads and not be hanging on at the end. I was waiting for palace's comeback, all second half!

Steve said...

Happy New Year to you Pete. Joe down here for a few days so nice to share the 5th placing for the end of '21 and start of '22 with someone. I felt oddly relaxed right to the final whistle. The Old Peculier and stilton effect perhaps. COYI.
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Pete May said...

Cheers MJ and Steve. We wouldn't be West Ham if we could defend a lead...

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