West Ham v Watford, Tuesday 8th Feb 19:45, BT Sport

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  • yoyoyoyo
    Moyes is bound to be asked about it
  • stevesteve
    Looks like we are going to give Isla a good home send off .
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Well going into this in a bad move

    Zouma starting.....
    Yarmolenko on the bench.....
    No youngsters.....
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    Poor decision to start Zouma
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    My mood is quite good, actually.
  • horshamhammerhorshamhammer
    MrsGrey said:

    horshamhammer said:

    Bound to distract from Isla's night as well.

    Thought that was the Cup game?
    No, her Mum's there I believe, plus applause in the 7th minute.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    Not sure what it says about Zouma as a person that he is happy to start
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Oh, ok. I just remember talk of protests at a recent game, and people saying they shouldn't do it because of the commemoration thing.

    I'm sure there was applause before the game?
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited February 2022
    thornburyiron said:

    The club said they’d deal with it internally and I assume they have done and they must think he’s been punished. They’re not obligated to tell us what they’ve done.

    They are not obligated to tell us, no one said they should though, or did they?
    But it's pretty damn obvious that there is no ban from the team/squad.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Brave call from Moyes &, for me at least, the right one
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    Not sure what it says about Zouma as a person that he is happy to start

    That he's prepared to face the music?

    That he owns his actions, and the consequences?
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I imagine Moyes may be taking the view he deals with the football side of things and has made a football decision, that could still backfire on him if Zouma is unsettled.

    He appears a strong character and so may shrug it off on the pitch but may not. I recall John Terry used to almost thrive on such things when he had his many troubles. I can't remember them all. I think there was the Wayne bridge thing, the Anton Ferdinanad thing and the stuff with his Mother.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    David Moyes has probably looked at it as is the team stronger with Zouma in it. He is under pressure to prove his way is the right way especially so after the last transfer window. Failure to achieve what he believes the squad can IHO will only lead to more criticism at the end of the season. Well it will from me. :p
  • stevesteve
    Back to the football ,Good to see Lanzini on the bench did think he might miss some games
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    No Jay nobody did say they should tell us but for some it seems if he’s not banned for life, kneecapped or executed he’s not been punished.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Yeoldhammer said:

    What a joke !!!!! how can he start after what has happened. GSB GET OUT THIS CLUB.

    Not sure GSB are picking the team.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited February 2022
    Sorry my view is he should be prepared to face the prosecution.

    Send him out to face the music. The more we keep him shielded, the less impactful him playing again becomes.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    thornburyiron said:

    No Jay nobody did say they should tell us but for some it seems if he’s not banned for life, kneecapped or executed he’s not been punished.

    That's a poor comment iMO, no one on here has mentioned violence towards him, he was the one who committed a violent action towards a family pet....

    But some of us feel that a minimum ban from the club , or even better got rid of when possible is an option that could have been looked at.

    So, perhaps try keep it real......
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    I'm still not quite over Diop and Yarmolenko being in the squad. Two hopelessly out of form players on the bench.

    I'm really not sure how the U23s are ever going to have a route into first team football if they're not given a chance ahead of players that just aren't performing. Could Alese and Oko-Flex really offer less than those Diop and Yarmo?
  • DeanscaleshammerDeanscaleshammer
    Zouma publicly brings himself, the club and the game into disrepute with a potentially criminal action. There should be a public consequence for that imo.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Jay my point, possibly badly made, was that I think people are going over the top with this. He will be punished and we may or may not find out how but he should not be stopped from working and no should the rest of the squad and fans suffer.
  • yoyoyoyo
    Right then, putting Zuomagate aside for a bit, we need 3 points and a good performance and I expect both of those things
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Fair enough Thorn...
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    Zouma playing has taken the edge off this one.
  • stevesteve
    To be honest i feel i might suffer a bit tonight when i see him wearing the shirt
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Moyes being interviewed on BT and has basically said playing Zouma is a footballing decision and separate from what's happened.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    That Watford line up is not great. Dennis is a threat, but there's nothing else there that should really worry us.

    So away win then.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Anyone have a stream that works...
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Watford playing a very low block.

    Think we'll struggle to score tonight.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    We could struggle to break them down here.
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