Posted on 26 July 2018. Tags: analysis, appeared-first, summer, tactics, transfer news, west ham
Manuel Pellegrini has wasted little time improving his West Ham United squad this summer but he must address address a key issue which cost the club dear last term. West Ham have spent nearly £100 million on a goalkeeper, three defenders and three attacking players so far. The Chilean inherited the joint worst defence in […] The post Manuel Pellegrini must address issue which has been costing West Ham dear appeared first on Moore Than Just A Club .
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Posted on 22 April 2018. Tags: Arsenal, europa league, opinion, preview, tactics, west ham
The West Ham lads travel to the Emirates today to play our old rivals, Arsenal. There is a sense of optimism of returning home with at least a point; Arsenal do not have much to play for in terms of the Premier League and are probably more concerned about an up-coming Europa League semi-final. The […]
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Posted on 03 November 2017. Tags: amidst-the-doom, doom, premier, tactics, westham news
Amidst the doom and gloom that surrounds our club, West Ham welcomes Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool to the London Stadium for the late Saturday game. Liverpool presently occupy 6th position in the Premier League, and left to their own devices, can beat nearly any team on their day. That said, there are ways of overcoming their high-press, aggressive […]
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Posted on 29 September 2017. Tags: half-resurgence, hammers, london stadium, match preview, tactics
West Ham return to the London Stadium on Saturday for a crucial encounter against Swansea City. Despite a late second half resurgence, the Hammers lost a gallant fight against a rampant Spurs side last weekend. As disappointing as it appeared, there were some good points to be taken from the defeat. The back three looked […]
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Posted on 10 December 2016. Tags: footy news, formations, liverpool, tactics, total, total-cache, west ham
The up-coming game against Liverpool, s an ideal time for Slaven Bilic to implement some fine-tuning in formation and player positioning before the all-important four games which will take us up to the New Year. While we have problems in both attack and defence, an improvement in goal scoring will most likely to improve team […]
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Posted on 25 November 2016. Tags: hammers, premier league, slaven bilic, tactics, team news, total, total-cache
After recovering from the disappointment of an unnecessary loss to Tottenham, we must move on and give serious consideration to our two important encounters with Manchester United. The first of these games, playing on Sunday, is an away Premier League fixture at Old Trafford, followed by a Tuesday evening EFL Cup quarter-final encounter, once again […]
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Posted on 04 November 2016. Tags: analysis, premier league, stoke-city, tactics, total
Following the disappointing loss to Everton, we are once again faced with the continuing challenge of goal scoring. We did have some good chances in the first 25 minutes or so, but failed to convert. From this moment, our midfield five lost its shape, players suddenly appeared static and we were reduced to pushing vertical […]
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Posted on 11 April 2016. Tags: analysis, coyi, premier league, tactics, total, west ham
For 90 pulsating minutes, West Ham and Arsenal put on a display worthy of an FA Cup final at Wembley. Ignore the final 3-3 final outcome, this was as close to ‘total’ football you might ever wish to see. There is very rarely an Arsenal side that could be called second-rate; Saturday was no different, despite a
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Posted on 07 April 2016. Tags: football news, formations, opinion, slaven bilic, tactics, transfer news, west ham
For many of us, an unexpected element of luck comes our way during our lifetime. When we examine the overall history of our club, I think it only fair to say that luck has not always been on our side. However, when I awoke the other morning, it took me very little time to appreciate
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Posted on 01 April 2016. Tags: crystal-palace, tactics, total, total-cache, West Ham United
With eight Premier League games remaining this season, it is imperative that we view each game as a winnable challenge. Before we focus attention on the crucial matches against Arsenal and Leicester, it is important that we unleash our most offensive line-up in order to secure a win against a weakened Crystal Palace side, who have
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Posted on 19 March 2016. Tags: analysis, formation, tactics, total, west ham
Slaven Bilic has come to West Ham and his performance as manager has been nothing short of magnificent. Despite an enormous injury list which has threatened to ruin his best laid plans, he has managed to put together a squad which has seen us reach 5th position in the Premier League, and an FA Cup
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Posted on 16 February 2016. Tags: analysis, formations, hammers, slaven bilic, tactics, total-cache, whtid
The most astute of West Ham observers have noticed a problem seen over the past month or so, which is our inability to start the game with a real intent of gaining control of the game and scoring early goals. I agree that we have had a recent problem of slow starts in the first
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Posted on 05 December 2015. Tags: formations, hammers news, opinion, slaven bilic, tactics, total, west ham
It was barely three weeks ago, following the Everton game, when we lost Dimi Payet and Enner Valencia; there was an almost reflex, pervasive sense of ‘doom and gloom’, all around the West Ham community. “How will we cope” seemed to be the reflected sentiment at the time. On November 23 I wrote about the
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Posted on 23 November 2015. Tags: opinion, premier league, tactics, total-cache, west ham, West Ham United
My first thoughts in relation to a Scotty Parker’s suggestion that we are destined for a mid-table finish in the current Premier League season is that perhaps Slav has sown that he is ‘human’, after all. Our starting line-up against Spurs was clearly not right (no further arguments needed) – Carroll should not have started!
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Posted on 01 September 2015. Tags: analysis, Boleyn Ground, east london, hammers, hammers news, opinion, rumours, slaven bilic, squad, tactics, transfer news, transfer rumours, west ham, westham
Well, what a superb end to a superb transfer window. Eleven new faces have joined the squad over the course of the
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