Adrian sorry for Cup capitulation
WHUFC.com
Adrian offered his apologies to supporters after the Hammers' FA Cup exit at
West Bromwich Albion
14.02.2015
Adrian offered no excuses for West Ham United's performance as they saw
their FA Cup dream die at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. The Hammers were
thumped 4-0 to extinguish their hopes of going deep in the competition,
leaving Adrian and his teammates bitterly disappointed. Once Brown Ideye
had given the home side a 19th minute lead, the Baggies never looked back
and Adrian offered his apologies to the 5,500-strong travelling army as West
Ham rarely looked like responding. "Of course we are really disappointed.
It's a really, really bad result," he admitted. "They played well but we
never had an opportunity to get back into the game. They deserved the win,
and now we need to stand up and put in good performances in the league.
"Maybe the games we had this week had an effect, but we are professionals
and need to be at 100 percent for every match. "It broke the dream and we
are very disappointed for the fans, so sorry to them. They travelled a long
way to watch us and we played very badly. "We need to forget this horrible
game because we have a tough one against Tottenham next week."
The Hammers have the perfect opportunity to bounce back in style when they
visit Tottenham next weekend and Adrian says they will be fully focused on
making that happen. He added: "We need the next game to come quickly to help
us get over this one, and we have a good opportunity to show a good level."
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'It was a game too far'
WHUFC.com
Sam Allardyce admitted West Ham United were second best as they crashed out
of the FA Cup
14.02.2015
West Ham United's FA Cup dream died at The Hawthorns as West Bromwich Albion
romped to a 4-0 fifth-round triumph. The Hammers conceded two goals in
either half and also had former Baggie Morgan Amalfitano sent-off to
complete a miserable day in the Black Country. Speaking to West Ham TV
following a hugely disappointing day that had begun with so much optimism,
Sam Allardyce admitted his team had been second best by a long distance. "We
have done very well this season but we've only got the league to think about
now," Big Sam lamented. "We had the FA Cup as one of our dreams, but that
has gone now and we cannot let the season die now. "We need to get the
players fit and keep their energy levels up and get us playing like we did
against Manchester United six days ago - let's get back to that level. "It
was a huge disappointment but I can see why. We didn't really get to our
level because we didn't have the energy to get to that level, so it's the
old saying that this was a game too far for us. "The players have had to
cope a lot of games in a short space of time but unfortunately they couldn't
cope it against a West Brom side who played very, very well. "If we'd have
been on our top form then I think we'd have given them a much better game
but we couldn't because we couldn't get our energy levels right because of
what we've had to do over the last few days, it has unfortunately taken its
toll."
West Brom took the lead through Brown Ideye on 20 minutes, but not before
Craig Dawson appeared to have handled in the build-up. Having gone in front,
the hosts grew in confidence and, after Mark Noble lost possession in
midfield, James Morrison lashed in a second three minutes before half-time.
Ideye then headed in a second from a deflected cross before Amalfitano's red
card, which was followed moments later by Berahino's low strike. "The first
goal really was our mistake but there was a handball from Dawson and we
think Ideye was offside," the managed observed. "The second one was another
mistake, but when you're fatigued you make more mistakes, there is no doubt
about that. "The last thing we wanted to do at Southampton was to play with
nine men, but because of a poor refereeing decision that has now been
corrected, we had to do that and it hasn't helped us. "The extra effort the
lads put in to get that result and to try to beat Manchester United was
outstanding and gave us two top-class performances. On Saturday, because we
had to play three times in a short space of time with the same players
because of injuries, we couldn't quite manage it. "We've flogged the players
and you can't keep flogging them because they couldn't cope with the
physical need to play against West Brom."
The manager empathised with the 5,300-plus supporters who travelled to The
Hawthorns, many of whom were caught up in serious incidents on the roads and
the railways. "Everybody is disappointed because we're in a very good
position in the league and we've done very well up to now," Big Sam
continued. "At the end of the day, the players will try as hard as they can,
but it wasn't their day and wasn't a day where they could muster up the sort
of energy they needed to. I know how disappointed the players are, but I
also know they have given all they could."
One player who did not escape the manager's ire was Amalfitano, who
petulantly kicked former team-mate Chris Brunt before slapping the Baggies
captain in the face. "It's another miss for next week and another body less,
which was unprofessional from his point of view.
"We will probably have some players back, but we want them all back and fit
because we haven't got the biggest of squads in terms of numbers."
One player who will be missing for the foreseeable future is Andy Carroll,
who the manager expressed his sympathy for ahead of his knee surgery this
coming Tuesday. "It's crippling mentally for Andy of course because it was
such an innocuous situation when you saw it - he just ran into a defender.
"These things have been testing Andy for a number of years so we all feel
for him and we all miss him and want him playing for us, because you saw
what an impact he has made."
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Joint-Chairman thanks fans
WHUFC.com
Joint-Chairman David Sullivan has thanked the Claret and Blue army for their
support on Saturday
14.02.2015
Joint-Chairman David Sullivan has thanked the near 6,000 West Ham United
fans who made the trip to The Hawthorns on Saturday on what was ultimately a
disappointing day for the Club. The Hammers sold out their entire allocation
for the FA Cup fifth-round tie with West Bromwich Albion and despite some
serious travel disruption on the way to the West Midlands on the road and
rails, the away end was packed out come the 12.45pm kick-off. The
Joint-Chairman said he shared the disappointment of the travelling fans over
the eventual 4-0 defeat, but believes next Sunday's game at Tottenham
Hotspur offers the perfect opportunity to bounce back.
"It was a very disappointing afternoon for everyone connected to West Ham -
the Board, the coaching staff, players but most of all the supporters," he
said. "I know that the manager and players will have wanted to do nothing
more than fire us to an FA Cup quarter-final tie but I think ultimately our
exertions over the past week took their toll. "We know it's doubly
disappointing as we had made progress in the FA Cup a priority for this
season as was demonstrated by our strong line-ups in the three games we'd
played previously. "It will take a few days to get over this loss but we
have to dust ourselves down as we have the fantastic opportunity of bouncing
back in the big London derby with our neighbours Tottenham Hotspur on
Sunday. "We hope to have several of our injured players back and with a good
recovery and preparation period I believe we can go to Tottenham with
confidence that we can get a result. "I'd like to personally thank every
West Ham fan that went to The Hawthorns and assure them that we will be
doing all we can to make sure we continue for push for as high a place as
possible over the remaining 13 games in the Premier League."
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West Ham FA Cup defeat at West Brom leads to apology for fans
BBC.co.uk
West Ham chairman David Gold and goalkeeper Adrian both apologised to the
travelling supporters following the Hammers' 4-0 FA Cup loss at West Brom.
The visitors conceded two goals in each half and finished with 10 men after
substitute Morgan Amalfitano was sent off after 70 minutes. Gold tweeted:
"I feel sorry for myself but most of all I feel sorry for the thousands of
travelling West Ham fans."
Adrian called the result "shameful" as West Brom eased into the last eight.
The Spaniard, able to play after his red card from a sending off against
Southampton in mid-week was over-turned, added via Twitter: "After this
shameful result in FA Cup, just we can say SORRY to all West Ham fans! Now
we need to be united and fight in Premier League."
West Ham are eighth in the Premier League table and lost for only the second
time in 10 games. Manager Sam Allardyce claimed draws against Manchester
United and Southampton - when they effectively ended the match with nine men
duo to Adrian's dismissal and an injury to Andy Carroll - in the previous
six days had taken their toll on his side. Allardyce said: "I would say it
(the defeat) was probably coming based on what we've had to cope with over
the last few weeks and I think it told on us, there's no doubt about that.
"I have to give West Brom a lot of credit - they were very good. But I look
at the players and there was not the energy we know they've got based on all
they've done in the last few weeks."
Amalfitano was sent off after pushing Chris Brunt in the face, moments after
being booked for kicking the West Brom defender. Allardyce added: "It's
unprofessional, isn't it? That will be dealt with, as always, internally and
we'll move on. "But I don't think it's made any difference to the result."
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Fatigue and injuries cost us a Cup run, says Allardyce
KUMB.com
Filed: Saturday, 14th February 2015
By: Staff Writer
Sam Allardyce believes that fatigue cost his team a stab at the last eight
of this year's FA Cup. The Hammers were soundly beaten 4-0 at the Hawthorns
this afternoon having produced arguably their worst display of the season so
far, given that it was a reasonably strong starting eleven. However
Allardyce insisted this afternoon that the excesses of having to play three
games in seven days - combined with a string of injuries to vital players -
was responsible for today's hugely disappointing Cup exit. "It's probably
come based on what we've had to cope with over the last few weeks. It told
on us today, there's no doubt about that," he said. "I have to give West
Brom a lot of credit, they were very good - but I look at the players and
there wasn't the energy we know they've got. "Last Sunday we gave a huge
effort at 4 o'clock against Manchester United and then we had to do 30
minutes with nine men at Southampton on Wednesday. Those two games really
caught up with us today. "The players couldn't get anywhere near the energy
levels we know they can and we couldn't live with West Brom in the end. Even
though we thought the first goal was offside, they played much better on the
day."
Despite few (if any) players having done enough in the eyes of the
supporters to have been considered a success on the day, Allardyce refused
to blame his team for a defeat eerily reminiscent of last season's third
round defeat at Nottingham Forest. "I'm not going to criticise my players,
they've given everything they've got," he said. "Anybody who says they
haven't done that doesn't know much about football. "We just couldn't get
to the levels we can because they've played too many games, under the
circumstances, in less than six days. "Too many things have gone against us
in the end to prevent us from having a fantastic run in this competition.
We've not been able to cope squad-wise in the end because of the injuries
we've had - and it's caught up with us. "Andy is out, Jarvis is out,
Collins, Reid and Poyet. We want all of those back and hopefully none of
these players picked up an injury today. We've got some good recovery time
because we don't play Tottenham until a week tomorrow. "That will hopefully
give us time to enable the players to carry on where they left off last week
against Man United and Southampton but, unfortunately today when it
mattered, not against West Brom."
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Amalfitano was unprofessional, says Allardyce
KUMB.com
Filed: Saturday, 14th February 2015
By: Staff Writer
Morgan Amalfitano is about to receive a hefty fine for his dismissal in this
afternoon's FA Cup defeat at former club West Bromwich Albion. The French
winger, a second half substitute had been on the pitch for just ten minutes
when he was issued a yellow card for a late tackle on Chris Brunt, then a
straight red for reacting to Brunt's reaction by pushing the former
Sheffield Wednesday midfielder in the face. "It's unprofessional, isn't it,"
Allardyce admitted after the match. "The punishment is laid out in our code
of conduct for getting sent off for something like that. It'll be dealt with
internally as with everybody else and we move on. "But I don't think it
made any difference to the result, I don't think we'd have got back in the
game the way we were today. He had come on and given us a little bit more on
the ball, but we just simply didn't cope today."
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West Brom 4-0 West Ham: Sam Allardyce supports players after FA Cup exit
Last Updated: 14/02/15 5:42pm
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Sam Allardyce brushed off the fury of West Ham's travelling supporters after
his side were dumped out of the FA Cup at West Brom. The Hammers manager had
promised to focus on the FA Cup after securing Premier League safety, but
they were thrashed 4-0 in Saturday's fifth-round clash at The Hawthorns
thanks to two goals from Brown Ideye, plus strikes from James Morrison and
Saido Berahino. Allardyce was abused and his substitutions were jeered by
the away fans, but he refused to criticise his players at the end of a week
that had seen them record Premier League draws with Southampton and
Manchester United and lose striker Andy Carroll for the rest of the season
through injury. "Fans get disappointed because there's 6,500 who have
travelled up here and we have built the FA Cup to be one of our big
successes this year," he said. "When you have travelled this way and the
performance has not been as good as they have experienced for most of this
season, they express their disappointment. "I am going to defend the players
because we couldn't cope with the injury list and fixture list and it has
not given us the level we can play at. "I can't afford to get disappointed
in things like that, it's about me supporting the players. They have given
everything they could. "It wasn't enough but they have done their best. They
have given so much in such a short period of time. They were dead on their
feet."
Morgan Amalfitano was sent off for West Ham after pushing Chris Brunt in the
face just 10 minutes after coming on in the second half and Allardyce
admitted he was disappointed by the actions of the former Albion loanee. He
added: "It's irresponsible and the other thing is we are so short of bodies,
so the last thing we need is another suspension. I am sure Morgan will be
disappointed as well. We will have to cope."
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WEST BROM 4, WEST HAM 0. SHAMBOLICALLY, PATHETICALLY AWFUL.
By David Hautzig 14 Feb 2015 at 16:19
West Ham Till I Die
The first time I knew that West Ham were on top of my personal mantle of
teams I support was in 2001. I fell out of bed after an epic night of
intoxication to go watch West Ham play Sunderland in the fifth round. There
were about 15 West Ham supporters at McCormacks in Manhattan, and I sat on a
bar stool eating as large a fry up as they had available. Hangover + Bacon =
Relief. When Freddie Kanoute scored the winner in the 76th minute, after
missing too many chances to count, I went mental. High fives, hugs, all the
crazy stuff we supporters do with perfect strangers in moments of euphoria.
It was very much the same in the sixth round against Spurs, except for the
result obviously. But the camaraderie got me and has kept hold of me ever
since.
The thing that made today's FA Cup tie at The Hawthorns special, at least in
my opinion, was that the entire West Ham community was up for the match.
It's been quite a few years since West Ham have been able to approach a cup
match with more enthusiasm than a quest for three points. But with 38 points
in the bag, and safety essentially achieved, it was very much about The Cup.
So I was more enthusiastic for today's game than I had been for any other
game this season.
Then the game had to start, ruining not only my day but likely the rest of
my week. Some of you have made comments about the length of some of my
reports. Without changing my writing style, I have tried to be cognizant of
the kinds of points I make in order to be more streamlined. Well, today you
will get the shortest report of my infamous career here. We were awful, and
I don't need to relive it any more than necessary.
Let's get this over with, shall we?
In the 20th minute, Craig Gardner sent a long pass to Dawson out wide.
Cresswell tried to intercept it, but it bounced off of Dawson and towards
the touch line. He gathered it, sent a cross to Ideye who calmly directed it
past Adrian. There were shouts that he was offside. There were shouts that
the ball hit Dawson's arm. On another day I might have addressed that. Not
today. Because even if one of those were called we would have lost this
game.
West Brom 1, West Ham 0.
In the 40th minute, West Ham's midfield collectively lost the ball near the
center circle. The ball came to James Morrison. As he strolled towards our
penalty area, James Tomkins decided he wanted to back up to have a better
look at what Morrison was doing. What he saw was a 25 yard strike that would
have taken Adrian's hand off if he had touched it.
Halftime. West Brom 2, West Ham 0.
As per usual after an awful first half, Twitter was ablaze with complaints
and suggestions. Valencia and Sakho were simply not on the same wavelength,
which wasn't helped by the former giving up the ball virtually every time he
touched it. Downing was ineffective at best, and despite the formation
placing him at the tip of the midfield diamond, he was often out wide on the
left. Song was only noticeable when he lost the ball or misplaced a pass. At
the end of the day, a weak Tomkins header from a corner was the only thing
that remotely resembled a threat.
In the 57th minute, after a long Alex Song type pass just missed Ideye, West
Ham's defense must have though it was mighty unfair for him to be denied
another goal after such a decent through ball. So they let Sessegnon
retrieve the ball and send it back into the box to a completely unmarked
Ideye.
West Brom 3, West Ham 0.
You know what I did then? I loaded my car with trash so my wife could go to
what we call The Dump over here. By the time I came back to the TV it was
4-0 and we were down to ten men. A quick rewind of the DVR showed Amalfitano
losing his mind and three games worth of work. Then some impressive
interplay between Berahino and Ideye ended with Berahino smashing it past
Adrian at the near post.
West Brom 4, West Ham 0.
There's no creative way to say this, and you can all add your own adjective
if you wish.
We were crap. I predict Sam will say that their first goal was offside,
should have been waved off, and we had to chase the game after that. He
might also say the injuries put us at a severe disadvantage, ignoring the
fact that it was the same starting eleven that played Manchester United off
the pitch for long stretches last week. Whatever excuse he and the players
offer up will be of little consolation to the over 5000 traveling supporters
who had to go through what sounded like a traffic nightmare to get there.
We are out of The FA Cup in a year that it was open for a team like ours to
make a serious run. I know this is cliché, but if we had played well and
lost (as I expected us to) then I could have felt good about the run so far.
But that was as shambolic a performance as I can remember under Sam.
Too bad I couldn't take West Ham to the dump.
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Pitiful Irons produce a shocker
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on February 14, 2015 in Whispers
West Bromwich Albion 4 West Ham 0
Claret & Hugh
West Ham produced their most pitiful performance of the season as they
crashed out of the FA Cup at the Hawthorns. And the shame became a nightmare
when Morgan Amalfatano was sent off ten minutes after coming on when pushing
Chris Brunt in the face. Kevin Nolan will get plenty of stick after being
subbed in the second half with even TV pundit Robbie Savage declaring: "I
don't think he gives the team anything much." And he followed up by
expressing his deepest sympathies for the Hammers fans declaring: "Their
team has given them nothing." He was right. This was an unspeakable
performance – woeful without a clue and even the usually impeccable Aaron
Cresswell was at fault for a couple of goals.
With just three wins in eight League games this appalling departure
departure from the FA Cup was more than any of us should have been expected
to take. No fight, no spirit, no courage, no desire, no result and no hope
on the strength of this performance. Sorry, this site gets stick for
negativity on occasions but that was inexcusable. We were second best
throughout and after falling behind on the 20th minute to Ideye's close
range stab after Cresswell had been caught out wide, it always looked like
curtains. In the 36th minute Gardner almost made it two when he unleashed a
thunderous shot from 22 yards which rebounded off the crossbar. But Morrison
put the home side further ahead when after some sloppy Irons challenges the
striker crashed home a drive from 25 yards. Twelve minutes into the second
half the Baggies were three up when Ideye grabbed his second heading home
from close range after Sessegnon's cross slams into Cresswell's foot, down
into the turf and up for the home striker to convert
Kevin Nolan was subbed on the hour when it should have been far earlier
given the paucity of his performance but 10 minutes later his replacement
Amalfitano was sent off for shoving Chris Brunt in the face. Two minutes
later Berahino had space in the right channel and smashed home at Adrian's
near post with Cresswell again failing to close his man down. The Hammers
failed to get a shot on target throughout the 90 minutes and a furious David
Sullivan was spotted leaving the stadum before the end along with hundreds
of Hammers fans.
Shocking – quite shocking.
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Adrian: We need to be at 100 pc for every game
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on February 15, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & Hugh
Adrian has told manager Sam Allardyce and the fans that the players need to
be at 100 per cent for EVERY game! The manager claimed after yesterday's
defeat at West Brom that he would not criticise the players given their
energy levels were down after their efforts against Manchester United and at
southampton in midweek. But Adrian was seemingly having none of that as he
spoke after a game which most will want to erase from their memories as
quickly as possible. He told the official site: "Of course we are really
disappointed. It's a really, really bad result. "They played well but we
never had an opportunity to get back into the game. They deserved the win,
and now we need to stand up and put in good performances in the league.
"Maybe the games we had this week had an effect, but we are professionals
and need to be at 100 percent for every match."
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Let's pause and remember "The Three"
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on February 15, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & Hugh
Some things are far bigger than football! This morning – as the rows rage
over yesterday's FA Cup non performance at West Brom – three Hammers are
dead. Details are sketchy but they lost their lives in a road traffic
accident as they travelled to watch the team they had loved all their lives.
So before we continue with our appraisal of the match and its fall- out,
let's stop and pause and realise that in the midst of life is death. This
morning an extended family and friends are grieving and everybody at
ClaretandHugh sends their heartfelt condolences to them all. To the three
who are gone all we can say is RIP each one of you.
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Richard Keys West Ham Banter
Posted by Sean Whetstone on February 15, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & Hugh
King of banter, Sports presenter Richard Keys has suggested he doesn't
expect West Ham to win too many more games this season following our 4-0
embarrassing defeat at the Hawthorns yesterday. Speaking on twitter account
after the match Keys said "Didn't expect W Brom to win that big today. Keep
a count on how many more games the Hammers win this season."
Let's hope it was only Banter!
West Ham last won in the league on 18th January against Hull but before that
it is Leicester on the 20th December. It leaves us just two wins from the
last ten in the Premier League. West Ham sit 12th in the Premier League
table and have been steadily dropping.
Richard Keys @richardajkeys
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Didn't expect W Brom to win that big today. Keep a count on how many more
games the Hammers win this season.
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West Ham with and without Kevin Nolan
Posted by Sean Whetstone on February 14, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & Hugh
By Sean Whetstone
I was disappointed to hear Kevin Nolan was booed yet again today, a fate he
has suffered several times from West Ham fans. Just last week there was also
talk of a mass walk-out and a banner of 'Nolan Out' at the Manchester United
game if Sam Allardyce started him. Despite his drop in form and his lack of
goals I believe Kevin Nolan still offers something to West Ham and he proved
that during the Manchester United draw. He is also a good captain and has a
major influence in the dressing room which cannot be underestimated. One
statistic doing the rounds on social media and forums recently suggested a
West Ham win rate with Nolan of just 33.33% with the win rate without Nolan
equaling 62.5%. I decided to check our these unverified statistics myself.
I calculated wins, losses and draws for the whole of this current season
including cup games where Kevin Nolan played 60 minutes or more. My
statistics show a win rate of 44% with Nolan and a win rate of 43% without
Nolan.
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Sullivan thanks travelling Irons army
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on February 14, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & Hugh
David Sullivan has thanked the 6,000 fans who travelled to the Hawthorns
today and left bitterly disappointed after seeing the team beaten 4-0. He
experienced the fury of a group of mindless fans as he left the stadium who
hit him with a barrage of foul language on a video which emerged on Twitter.
ClaretandHugh personally apologised to the co chairman on behalf of all our
followers who had sent sent messages of support to the club chief via our
forum. We received a personal message of thanks and in a message via
www.whufc.com he added: "It was a very disappointing afternoon for everyone
connected to West Ham – the board, the coaching staff, players but most of
all the supporters. "I know that the manager and players will have wanted to
do nothing more than fire us to an FA Cup quarter-final tie but I think
ultimately our exertions over the past week took their toll. "I'd like to
personally thank every West Ham fan that went to The Hawthorns and assure
them that we will be doing all we can to make sure we continue for push for
as high a place as possible over the remaining 13 games in the Premier
League."
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Shameful mob tirade at Sullivan
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on February 14, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & Hugh
West Ham's 66-year-old chairman David Sullivan was this afternoon subjected
to the kind of posse mentality which wouldn't have been out of place in the
old wild west. After leaving the Hawthorns before the end of this
afternoon's debacle he attempted to shake hands with a group of Irons
supporters understandably furious at the team's appalling performance. He
made a gesture to shake hands with them all but was driven backwards by a
baying mob freely using the F word. The video can be viewed at the site but
this was not a mob of hoodies and teenagers. The people involved all looked
like middle aged guys who seriously should no better.To scream and holler at
an elderly gentleman is pretty desperate in any circumstances and quite what
they expected him to say as one demanded on three separate occasions "Can we
have some answers – and not on Twitter " goodness only knows. It was a sad
sad sight. Entirely embarrassing and entirely pointless. Oh and how ironic
that it emerged on the very outlet where the guy didn't want the answers –
Twitter! Frankly, it was shameful
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Allardyce blames fixture list
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on February 14, 2015 in Whispers
Claret & hugh
Sam Allardyce put today's pitiful performance down to "tiredness." The
Hammers boss refused to point the finger at any member of the teams saying:
"I wasn't shocked – it has been coming given the games we have had to cope
with. "There wasn't the energy level because of the big effort against
Manchester United and them playing with 10 men for 30 minutes at
Southampton. "West Brom were much better than us today but I'm not going to
criticise my players and those who do don't know very much about football.
"We also have players injured that we need to get back!"
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Angry West Ham fans confront co-owner David Sullivan after 4-0 FA Cup
thrashing by West Brom
Metro Sport Reporter for Metro.co.uk
Saturday 14 Feb 2015 6:45 pm
West Ham's humiliating 4-0 defeat to West Brom in the FA Cup on Saturday was
too much for some fans to take – after a handful of supporters were filmed
angrily confronting co-owner David Sullivan following the game. Sam
Allardyce – who was without striker Andy Carroll for the fifth-round match
at the Hawthorns – saw his Hammers side concede two goals either side of
half time while substitute Morgan Amalfitano was sent off for pushing Chris
Brunt in the face. Despite West Ham's eighth-place position in the Premier
League, the FA Cup elimination left some travelling Hammers fans angry after
Sullivan was confronted by frustrated supporters when he tried to shake
their hands following the game.
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Sam Allardyce responds to angry West Ham fans after FA Cup drubbing
Express.co.uk
Published: 22:30, Sat, February 14, 2015
By JOHN RICHARDSON
SAM ALLARDYCE'S long-term West Ham United future was thrown into doubt after
Hammers fans angrily turned on him during the FA Cup defeat at West Brom.
Despite only suffering his second defeat in 10 games and the Hammers lying
eighth in the Premier League, Big Sam was subjected to vicious personal
chanting from the 6,500 travelling supporters. Brown Ideye struck twice for
West Brom and by the final whistle the West Ham end was virtually empty.
Allardyce insisted his side were running on empty following a tough fixture
list and a run of injuries, including striker Andy Carroll. He said: "When
you come and see the performance and it isn't as good as we have been this
season the fans express their disappointment. "I will defend the players as
they couldn't cope with the fixture list." But the fans' backlash comes at a
critical time for Allardyce, with his contract up at the end of the season.
So far no talks have been scheduled.
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