A review of West Ham’s visit to Southampton on Boxing Day

Hopefully you’ve seen Geoff’s excellent review of our win at Southampton which raised us up to the dizzy heights of 13th in the Premier League after being stuck in 14th for most of the season so far. Here is a slightly different take on the game.

Is Santa a West Ham fan or not?

Santa’s NOT a West Ham fan
It’s very plain to see.
Soler’s missed an easy chance
And its only 3.03.

Santa IS a West Ham fan
It wasn’t long to wait.
The Saints have fluffed a headed chance
It’s only 3.08.

Santa’s NOT a West Ham fan
The Saints are getting bolder.
Kilman’s had to leave the field
He’s gone and hurt his shoulder.

Santa IS a West Ham fan
When Kilman’s off in pain.
Fabianski makes a save
When the Saints should score again.

Santa’s NOT a West Ham fan
Fab’s whacked in the face.
A long delay, he’s carried off
Areola in his place.

Santa IS a West Ham fan
Saints should have scored again.
They could have gone ahead by now.
The ref has added ten!

The first half lasted 56
It’s up to you now Lop
After Soler’s early miss
The Saints have been on top.

Santa’s NOT a West Ham fan,
Rodriguez sees red,
VAR’s a West Ham fan
It’s now yellow instead.

Santa IS a West Ham fan
Not very long to wait.
Jarrod Bowen once again
Taps in on 58.

Santa IS a West Ham
We really like to tease
The Saints are surely going down
We should beat them with ease.

Yes, Santa IS a West Ham fan
Southampton poor but plucky
We’re not playing all that well
But just a little lucky.

6 thoughts on “A review of West Ham’s visit to Southampton on Boxing Day”

  1. Hi Richard and Geoff, 2 postings in one morning (or in Geoff’s case is it mourning). Too much to bear. Both of course excellent but at least the poet made me smile. Geoff,as accurate as ever but the frightening thing is that we are being a tiny bit pacified if they put a few good moves together in one game and then wait nervously for the next one. With those players that should always be the case and I am firmly convinced that it will not change if HE stays until season end. We could be around 15th and what has been achieved except a huge swell of unrest. If rumours are correct then Sully has abandoned Steidten buying authority so will he bother to stay? Despite a couple of so called errors he has done pretty well in my view and there was an awful lot of high pressure to get bodies in after the Moyes debacle. I think that Sully will reject any takeover until he thinks the absolute limit is reached for value, whenever. Wishing ‘pie in the sky’ Happy New Year to you both. Michael .

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    1. Hi Michael

      Just as we think he’s on the brink of being replaced a few fortunate results, but not particularly convincing performances, and it all seems to have blown over.

      I’d still like to see (but perhaps I’m in a minority) Bowen, Kudus and Summerville all starting games. I’m convinced that Summerville will be really good if he’s given more minutes on the pitch. I don’t like seeing Kudus wide left – for me he should be what they call the number 10 in modern parlance. And for all his obvious talent I wouldn’t be disappointed to see Paqueta leave.

      it has been a strange season so far (Man City, Forest for example) but as Geoff says we are still within striking distance of Europe. If only we had a different head coach ….

      Always good to hear your comments Michael – a Happy New Year to you.

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      1. i think you misunderstand tactic. It is all wrong to have someone with spped near the halfway line when opposing defence is ccrowding the same line. A ball over the top for Summerville to chase whilst they turning is so unfair that Lope wont use it. Ha, Ha. Michael

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      2. I can’t see Kudus being a West Ham player at the start of next season. He can’t be impressed by being stuck out on the left and it shows in his performances. The Paqueta situation hinges on what happens with the FA charges that are hanging over him. It will surely have impacted him on the pitch. Personally I’ve never considered him a serious Man City target. Even at his best he’s too much of a maverick to fit into a tightly drilled Pep Guardiola team. Perhaps he could join them if they are relegated over their 115 breaches of the rules.

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    2. I do wonder how credible those stories you read concerning bickering over who does what on transfers. I can’t help thinking most of it is pure invention. I remember something Unai Emery said that there are only a handful of stories every week about a football club but some of these so-called fan sites are publishing 4 or 5 every day.

      It is obvious Steidten has never had absolute control over recruitment (does any DoF or Technical Director?) or that Sullivan would ever relinquish control of the purse strings to a third party. For recruitment to work effectively: the manager/ coach identifies the immediate needs and priorities; the DoF identifies potential targets to meet the needs – he should also be on the lookout for stars of the future; and the Board only get involved in sanctioning the spend (transfer fees and salary). At no point does it look like this has been embraced at West Ham.

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      1. Thanks Geoff for being practical. I am reading to much garbage at present mainly i suppose in the hope that i am going to pick up a snippet about “goodbye Jlo”. Perhaps i will try a New Year challenge of restricting my reading to known and trusted sites like Under the Hammers, crawler!!!Regards Michael

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