Gonzo and the fellas give their instant post match reaction live from the London Stadium as Leverkusen beat West Ham in the Europa League Quarter finals
I thought we tried to get it done in the first half. Used all of our energy in the first half. We tried to do the same in the second and we simply couldn't. Undone by having no bench yet again. Alonso had the luxury of changing tactics and bring players on, and we couldn't.
Same mate!! 76 baby here. And I couldn’t believe what I was watching! More of that please!! Shows ya we have the talent to play aggressive attacking football!
Our players were absolutely shattered on 65 minutes,Alvarez, ward prowse and Antonio were fantastic...but that ref...ive never seen a ref as bad as that....
Very proud of West Ham tonight they went for it probably we gave them to much respect first leg. And every player tonight gave there all again squad depth cost us
He was out on his feet mate in the second half. Love him, but he was done, could hardly run and he’s long balls to Bowen were way off and showed he was knackered. As we’re most of team but he seemed the worst to me. I was surprised Ings didn’t come on last ten mins and just put two up front and go for it
@@daviddowns8068 If you were in the stadium you could see him with his hands on his knees, unable to run back etc. he was cooked. Epic effort put in by him.
It makes the way we approached the first leg even more bizarre. Second half was down to the January window for me. When Cornet came on it should have been for JWP and then moved Kudus centrally. Ref was atrocious. If Paqueta had played tonight that Ref would have definitely booked him just for existing
At one stage during the second half ,Zouma challenged the Ref about a dodgy foul and yellow card , hardly got any words out of his mouth and was shown the yellow card just for standing up to the Ref .. He was awful the amount of time wasting Leverkusen were doing was ridiculous…⚒️😡
Great effort, template for how we should play, January window screwed our European and league campaigns, along with negative tactics in first leg. Now time to move forward with new coach and summer rebuild.
That was a brilliant performance in the first half and great effort 2nd half. They changed their shape at half time, were more organised and pushed higher up the pitch and we dropped to cope with that. They were never going to be that bad in 2nd half and were clearly rattled in first 45 mins. Lack of depth killed us and has hurt us since Christmas. That is on Moyes but also on the rest of club ⚒️ Proud of performance and had 3 magical years of European football and regardless of what you think of Moyes he delivered
Yep good summing up, half time killed it & the Spanish ref should've given himself a red card, I bet he was Alonso's best man at his wedding. A fully fit Bowen would've scored twice & it was obvious Zouma Cress & Ant were gonna tire & Alonso knew it, all blame lays with Moyes' tactics subs, lack of squad depth & buying and selling in the transfer windows. Moyes out please asap. ⚒️
Wasn’t there last night but I wasn’t surprised that we lost momentum in the 10 minutes after half time - which seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game. Fans need to play their part for full 90 minute & be back in their seats at full volume when second half starts. Look at those German fans - at home and away, they’re on it every minute.
I’ve said for years Moyes underachieved with us, not overachieved as the media would have you believe - his insistence on 13 players and the Moyes Megablock is gross negligence considering the players he’s had and destroyed The ref needs to be investigated because Alonso had a chat with him at HT, no doubt about it As for the lack of captaincy, Zouma got booked for questioning why Bowen was booked for being fouled - he may have touched the ref but he was itching to send someone off in claret and blue. Zouma and Antonio went to the ref at the end and he was furiously ushering them away - an utter disgrace of a referee and he was got at at HT
We did well in the first half but just like in the first leg Alonso made the subs & yet again they changed the game for him. Still the players gave it their all so can't fault them but having such a weak bench is down to Moyes for not strengthening it despite spending half a billion.
First half we played a high line with lot of pressing should have finished our chances and 2nd half the players ran out of steam, Alvarez was immense in the first half, 2nd half he was tired and couldnt track back, went deeper.Lets not forget Agured got injured and ogbonna came in, so we couldnt play high line with oggy cresswell against frimpong.The ref was a disgrace
Second oldest team in the PL, it showed in the second half, players were unable to keep the press and intensity up. Lack of investment in a striker and old defenders cost us.
Proves it is the tactics as to why the lads stop at the half way line in most games. This is what the boys can do (even without Paq, Emerson, Mav…), so why is this style mothballed for 90% of games?
Proud of the first half but what the hell did Moyes say at half time? I get being tired at 70+mins but the first 10-15mins of the second we shouldn’t have been. And as for the ref he really was fucking awful!!!!!!! Atrocious
Gonzo, this is a great time to say, we should be chuffed with our team. We done everything we want the West Ham team to do. the only niggle I have is that we have no back up on the bench, I still cant believe that there was so many yellow card given out, 9 I believe over all teams, is he on bonus for how many cards he shows...LOL........
You should have seen Elijahs face change when he heard his name, Gonzo! Wish I hadn't been driving to take a photo! He says thank you and that your "his football show!" Much appreciated mate!
spot on with your tactics. Proud of the boys tho. Moyes being fed a bucket of sick after this, cus he deserved it. What do we expect. I was happy with front foot footy for a change but Moyes has boxed himself into a corner. What's he expect. Our lads were fkd
Stadium looked empty and lacked atmosphere for 10-15mins of the 2H. Did more people think it more important to go for a drink/food/piss at HT rather than creating the fantastic atmosphere of the 1H? Just when the team needed lift.
Unfortunately it came down to the size, and quality , of the squad, Moyes appreciates the backing of the board in the transfer market, but he has also said they needed a bigger squad.
Alvarez should have stayed on as he might have put a foot in to close down the goal and if we'd got a second with him on the pitch then we would have needed his energy in extra time. Strange player to choose to take off as he was full of running.
Heroes all of them last night, should have bagged a second in the first half. Looked knackered at 60mins where leverkussen gained the upper strength. They had proper subs where we had none, and that's why they won. They drew on the night with a little help from the ref. Now way were they going to lose their record to little West ham.
Squad depth and fatigue struck us down again in the end, but what a magnificent first half (why can't we do that EVERY game?!?). Big shame but I think we can hold our heads high... unlike the ref...
Was always going to be a hard ask. Been a great 3 years. I don't think we'll get Europe domestically so best to just refocus next year. Whoever is manager will have a task on their hands with this squad and owner... the latter of whom I hope leaves the club.
we respected them too much in the first leg and the lack of any decent subs and no paq or emerson is what ultimately lost us the game unreal first 45 showed them what we can do 2nd half subs changed the game.... dont wanna blame the ref but jesus he was awful COYI
No one wanted to speak to the ref for Antonio because the ref was showing cards to anyone that spoke to him. It was mental. I think zouma got a card just asking the ref something.
Zouma got the yellow card for touching him, not just „asking something“. Not to say the ref wasn’t on a massive power trip, but let‘s not rewrite history.
Thay were rattled in the first ,half ,and we were unlucky not to have got 2 goals.Second half we were cream crackerd,but they didn't bother us much ,they got a jammy goal.Notjing but tespect for the boys.
There was one rune on 60 mins, he supported the attack. Bayer counter attacked, and he had zero energy. Moyes should have made changes on 60mins, and made about 3. Moyes lost this in the second half. he thinks if the other team hasnt scored, then his tactics are perfect. its pure arrogance
Proud, but we had our more than enough chances to win and that's down to the players and the players only. That ref though lol wtf, power trip or what.
Bit harsh,we were knackered in the 2nd half and had no subs,plus they made the changes and the ref screwed us,dont think our intent/approach was any different
If our fans were like that every home game we would win half those games we have lost there. It's was intimidating. Leverkusen were awful in the first half. If we had good subs we could have won that.
The difference was we had moyes and they had alonso. And they had a decent bench! Moyes out now! Goodbye and let’s get a decent tactical progressive coach.
My mexican machine ran out of gas. But we took him out and we got scored on 5 minutes later. If we were gonna gut the defensive midfield, we should have thrown some of the more attaking type players. Go down swinging.
No, for instantly following and touching him after he made a decision. They have talked about this on German TV as well, and said that most refs gonna yellow card you if you instantly grab the refs arm or shoulder and "want to talk"... You can question the ref, but not like this
Agree but got to give alonso credit…..he changed players and tweaked the tactics in second half and stopped us….fair play but we run out of steam and we had no bench to turn to and that lays at the door of Moyes and the club…..the referee was disgusting….worse I have seen in a long time
There is only 1 man to blame for last night. It’s not Moyes, it’s not the ref. It’s David Sullivan, for not backing the manager or the director of football he appointed. All we needed in January was a couple of fast forwards and a cm. He chose to not invest and let players go depleting an already thin squad. Can’t wait for that little rat to sell up.
How many times will our club be stitched-up by dodgy, bent referees and VAR. That Spanish referee was appalling. Even Moyes complained, and that takes something.
The reason that there was nobody in the ref's face in the second half is that he would have sent anyone off who did so - most of the right players were already on a card. He was trying to provoke Antonio into getting himself sent off, and he nearly succeeded.
Sorry....but if we played like we did in the first half all season....we would be totally knackered & would have fell off the pace long ago....simply due to the lack of squad depth. Nothing to do with moyes & his so called negative tactics, he has done the best with what he has available...just a lack of investment by the owners, injuries, suspensions, poor refereeing ...& a fixture pile up (not helped by TV screw ups) The important thing is, we were brave, had a go & gave everything for the badge....you don't do that if the manager has lost the dressing room! Proud of you Irons....but a bit fearful of what the future will bring if Moyes is forced out, despite taking us to 3 quarter finals in 3 years....including a trophy of course. Only my opinion & time will tell xx
europeans officials are dire ...worse than our crap ones ...players on continent are masters of the so called 'dark arts' ...out managed tho tbh ..we have a DIY mans toolbox against a professional outfit
A drunk lervekusen?😂😂. Is that your excuse for your weak performance?. How should that concern anyone when you knew you had a game coming?. We also had a game before meeting you, so should we also use that as an excuse too?😂. Such nonsense
Moyes threw away the second half iam afraid. I dont know what he said to the players at half time, but they were a shadow of how they performed first half. I mean what did moyes do to them ?? Second half they should have kept on pressing and should have played the way they did first half, and get those goals in. That should have been the gameplan. They showed no urgency at all second half. You cant be doing this in a game of such magnitude. Iam sure moyes told them to hold on and take it easy second half. Players were moyesd . Moyes negative personality affected the players in the second half dressing room break. The players should have just stayed on the pitch and not gone in the dressing room at the break, and just continued the momentum. Or moyes should have dissapeared and hid his negative defeatist energy away from the players. Probably would have won the game then. Sad, we got moyesed. Missed opportunity. We beat Leverkusen we then go on to win the Europa. Sadly moyes let it skip. History making events, winning the Europa don't come that often, in our case not even once in a decade. Should have stepped up to it and given 200% percent. Moyes negative defeatist personality affected the players the second half. No doubt
