Today was always going to be difficult; what you see is what you get with West Ham and their approach is disciplined and is primarily an approach which looks for points on the road or smash and grab victories. Let's take into account this is a Hammers' team that beat Southampton the week previously and picked up a point at Stamford Bridge a few weeks ago and are a team with a sense of belief and confidence, whereas we are on the back of two disappointing defeats against Spurs and Chelsea. Thought that a lot of the play went through Barry today, who I thought was good as per usual as was young Stones, whose assurance and confidence on the ball fits in perfectly with the Martinez way. Naismith has came on leaps and bounds this season; once the butt of many cruel jokes last season, now a player who technically is no Gareth Bale but in terms of enthusiasm and effort is terrific. Think he's best utilised with another centre forward because he doesn't have the speed or physique to lead the line but his effort and hunger has made him go up considerably in my estimation. Perfect time to get Lukaku back ahead of the cup tie as well as some significant fixtures which are likely to be frustrating affairs where that piece of incision is required and conviction, which we've lacked in previous weeks.
Great win, good performance, roll on gooners! Allez Allez oh!