I go on holiday next weekend so miss out on our match. Anyone want a seat almost at the top of the east stand for stoke? :lol:

 

I actually don't mind the 12:30 kick offs, gives me time in the arvo to still do stuff...... he says having sat in bed for the entire afternoon.

I'm not complaining about that as it means we're always on TV, however I'd prefer some late KOs soon...

For me personally the only benefit of having live Man United matches on TV is if it's shown on BT Sport, I had to stream today's match on Crichd.com and it would be the same scenario if we played at 3 PM.

A first win for Arsenal over Chelsea for 5 years. Chelsea not looking the finished product after that performance.

 

 

Arsenal's demolition of Chelsea was utterly brutal. Easily the best performance from us in well over a year. Pure joy to watch Ozil, Sanchez, Iwobi and Walcott syncing up so effortlessly.

Impressive from the top 5 so far. All on fine form. Looking forward to Man City vs Spurs and Liverpool vs Man Utd in a couple of weeks.

Jesus. West Ham are fucking awful.

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Jesus. West Ham are fucking awful.

 

Very bad recruitment over the summer imo. I mean they're not helped by some of the injuries they have had, but even so..

I agree they didn't really take enough forward steps over the summer but this is absolutely dire. Must be something higher going on.

They could literally be 0-5 down right now.

I agree they didn't really take enough forward steps over the summer but this is absolutely dire. Must be something higher going on.

 

They got kinda lucky last year. Players hit form (Carroll, Payey, Lanzini etc.) at the right time. I think the stadium must be causing some issues, I remember it taking Arsenal a good few years before they got fully used to it. They really have been absolutely terrible so far though this year.

Quite a nosedive so far this season that West Ham have taken.

Their defending today was shocking. Real Championship quality. Payet had his moments and they had a lively last 10 before they conceded again, but on the whole they deserved the hiding they took.

Impressive from the top 5 so far. All on fine form. Looking forward to Man City vs Spurs and Liverpool vs Man Utd in a couple of weeks.

The shade on Man United here....... :lol: , anyway at the end of the day it's all about how things will look in May. On this equivalent weekend last year Leicester were in 6th place just like us and in the process of getting battered 5-2 by Arsenal.

 

 

I'm sure West Ham will turn things around, this is a blip for them and it looks like they are having a hard time adjusting to their new stadium.

The shade on Man United here....... :lol: , anyway at the end of the day it's all about how things will look in May. On this equivalent weekend last year Leicester were in 6th place just like us and in the process of getting battered 5-2 by Arsenal.

I'm sure West Ham will turn things around, this is a blip for them and it looks like they are having a hard time adjusting to their new stadium.

 

I actually meant the original Top 5, so I am including Man Utd! Dropping Rooney was the right call. Whether the performance against Leicester is sustainable, who knows, but you looked so much better. The main difference to last year was all of the top teams looked off. Right now, the majority of them all look on point.

I didn't see us today but jesus. Up until 40 minutes into the Watford game nothing about our season had really surprised me - losing to City and Chelsea was hardly disastrous. Since then we've scored two and conceded eleven in 230 minutes. Abysmal.

 

Bilic has always looked like he is able to learn from a tactical mistake (moving Antonio from RB for instance) but if we go into one more game with a midfield two of Noble and Kouyaté I will have serious questions. We'll never keep a clean sheet with a fragile defence (not had the same back four for any consecutive games this season) and two out of form box-to-box players ahead of them.

Without Adrian it could have been worse for West Ham today. Can they improve in their next game?

Even with Man City winning their first 6 games it does look very wide open between the Top6 if Everton can maintain their form and possibly Chelsea if they improve.

 

What do people think do you think it's wide open from what you've seen in the first six games?

 

 

I actually meant the original Top 5, so I am including Man Utd! Dropping Rooney was the right call. Whether the performance against Leicester is sustainable, who knows, but you looked so much better. The main difference to last year was all of the top teams looked off. Right now, the majority of them all look on point.

I think at this stage of the season it's really hard to judge where teams will finish, apart from Man City being top and Stoke, Sunderland being in the relegation zone I didn't even know where any of the other teams including Man Utd where in the table off by heart until I briefly had a look at the league table. It's from November onwards where it really starts to take shape I think.

 

 

 

Even with Man City winning their first 6 games it does look very wide open between the Top6 if Everton can maintain their form and possibly Chelsea if they improve.

 

What do people think do you think it's wide open from what you've seen in the first six games?

Manchester City are deservedly the favourites at the moment but the way some people are talking about them is as if they are Gods or something, they can't and wont win every match and are bound to slip up at some stage. They won their first 5 matches of last season and people were talking about them in the same way at the time but in the end they only got 4th place on goal difference.

 

I definitely wouldn't rule Chelsea out either and still think they will be in the running.

I don't know, I think we can discount Chelsea from the title race. Top 4 maybe, but for me, if your defence is good enough, you can mark Costa out of the game. Their defence is awful, midfield bang out of form. They really remind of Liverpool in 2014/2015 at the moment. Some lucky wins, but really shown up when it matters by the better teams.

 

I agree about Man City as well. I mean the impressive thing about them so far is their performances across all competitions and the amount of goals they scored. Saying that, I do think they can be got at as Swansea showed at the weekend. The thing about Guardiola though, is he really is brilliant at tactics.

I am sure West Ham will have a former England manager at the helm soon.