West Ham - v - Leeds United ***Matchday Thread***

[george_kaplan]

You talked this week about young players needing to take opportunities like Pascal has - have Lewis Bate and Leo Hjelde demonstrated that to you?
Pascal confirmed everything that he does every time he plays, Hjelde acted as a left full-back like natural, he defended well, the game wasn't too heavy for him and in the case of Bate he was very dynamic with a lot of contact with the ball, participated a lot so they were contributions that were very important for the victory today.(Why the f take him off than Malaka)
I rest my case.

The reason they are playing well is the very reason why they are being brought in at the speed the club feels is right.
Slowly and getting them mentally as well as physically prepared, there time will come and is near. No rush they will be household names, just takes time. Bad games, fans on there back and injuries from not being quite there yet could ruin there future.
Leave it out you are like a broken record.

[WTF11]

The reason they are playing well is the very reason why they are being brought in at the speed the club feels is right.
Slowly and getting them mentally as well as physically prepared, there time will come and is near. No rush they will be household names, just takes time. Bad games, fans on there back and injuries from not being quite there yet could ruin there future.
Leave it out you are like a broken record.

Maybe you're right George, but I saw no reason to substitute Rodrigo for Bate. He (Rodrigo) added nothing, was always shaping up to shoot when he should have passed, and was giving Raphina a hard time for not passing when he (Raphina) passed to Klich which was the better choice. Had Rodrigo been less anal about his own prospect to score, he wouldn't have had his ar5e in the way of the shot and we would have won 4 - 2. Bate was altogether more productive and more successful doing what the side needed.