Well done on a good point today, thought West Ham were classy and we did well to reverse a slow start and get back in the game.
Credit to Hughton who took more decisive action than at Palace bringing Wood off after 55 mins & then bringing on Redmond a bit later which helped us to get a foothold on the game, even though neither of them had that much impact.
Fahey, Ndaw, Caldwell and Spector excellent for us. We just seem to have lost confidence in the last third of the pitch.
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comment by *** Tony_Jeff *** (U8413)
posted on 28/12/11
"time wasting in 75th min."
West Ham were time wasting from 5th minute onwards! Pathetic. You should have had a dozen yellows, not just the two. Still, entertaining match.
posted on 28/12/11
Forget it Jeff, I missed the Wumming...! Got it now.
The ref was Sooo blind he missed a Wg breaking tackle from Nolan on Zigic. Only a yellow, for a disgraceful tackle - not time wasting...
posted on 28/12/11
*Wg should be leg...
Don't know how..don't ask !
comment by TheRZA (U6725)
posted on 28/12/11
To be fair to West Ham they could of had a couple of pens for handballs from Murphy and Spector but equally it seemed every other 50/50 decision went their way.
All they did was play the long ball over the top and if Davies was on the pitch is have backed us to win that game.
As for the likes of Nolan and Noble both of them are gobby little priks who tried wasting time with 25 minutes left. Was really surprised to see West Hams negative tactics honestly thought they were better than that.
comment by *** Tony_Jeff *** (U8413)
posted on 28/12/11
"Was really surprised to see West Hams negative tactics honestly"
As was I, but then again its Big Sam. He's almost as creative as McLeish.
posted on 28/12/11
Big Sam has a very poor record against Brum. Desperation crept in very quickly once they had the lead.
If that's the best 2nd position can offer then I'm more optimistic than ever...
comment by Eihei Dogen (U7760)
posted on 28/12/11
"Oh dear Tony, the ref is so blind he didn't spot a handball in the box not for once. Why is he issued a yellow card McCartney and Nolan? oh yeah.. time wasting in 75th min.."
TCoMB ~ we all saw the handball in the penalty area. But some of additionally understand the game. Hand to ball is a penalty, ball to hand is not. Get a grip, and be reasonable in your arguments or you will not be taken seriously.
comment by KillPage!...Slowly! (U7093)
posted on 28/12/11
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Ball to hand is a penalty if it impedes the flight of the ball [to goal] and/or the player's arm is away from his body.
posted on 28/12/11
We've all seen pens given for less tbh...
But on these occasions the ref either bottled it, chose not to see them or really didn't see them.
At the end of the day, who cares ?
comment by Eihei Dogen (U7760)
posted on 28/12/11
The ref saw it clearly, judged it to be ball to hand, as I said, and played on. Right decision.
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