braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Now now, let's not make excuses! Yes there were the odd missed foul, but to be fair to West Ham they set up to stifle us and succeeded. Our passing as a result was very poor and we created sweet fa as lost the midfield battle. (On a side not, Lamela HAS to learn quickly about how many touches he needs before passing!)
No excuses, but the game reminded me of a EL game...
Poor ref, poor pitch, lump kicking team playing out of their skin as it's their big day, evening game under the floodlights.
If the game had been played somewhere in Eastern Europe instead of Eastern London it would have been exactly like some of our EL games.
We weren't good enough though and like most are saying we need to overcome that kind of opposition too. Learning experience and we'll do better next time I think.