James McCarthy

[tommye]

Shall we give the cheese on toast banner money to his family?

 

[Zatara]

Some of the West Ham reactions to McCarthys challenge sound like Liverpool football club.

Have they taken over Liverpool football clubs mantra of self hypocrisy....

What ever happened to "lovable cockneys"

 

[hibbos left peg]

What ever happened to "lovable cockneys"

I wasn't aware this term of endearment existed

 

[hibbos left peg]

Isn't this the same thug who was destined to wear the white of Tottenham?

The cockney media are ridiculous at times, like children who don't get the present they wanted at Christmas

 

[DanEFC92]

Some of the West Ham reactions to McCarthys challenge sound like Liverpool football club.

Have they taken over Liverpool football clubs mantra of self hypocrisy....

What ever happened to "lovable cockneys"

A term they came up with themselves, no doubt.

 

[Bluecranks]

I give up. I can't compete with the legendary Scouse wit.

It beats being known for eating eels in slime - disgusting that. Oh, yeah ... and bad rhymes: I'll take our Lennon & McCartney over your Chas & Dave, I think.
Seriously, though, a midfielder tackling another midfielder in midfield is not a case of 'targeting'. Players get injured; that's football. You'll get over it.

 

[Jimmy1]

We seem to pissing off alot of fans of other clubs at the moment. Long may it continue!

 

[Tubey]

I think McCarthy should be charged with GBH, if not attempted murder myself. Sickening tackle.

Thoughts are with Payet's family at this time. Puts everything into perspective.

 

[mythbuster]

We need to bring the death penalty back for sickos like Jimmy.

 

[Toffeelover]

We need to bring the death penalty back for sickos like Jimmy.

Wigan football school????

 

[Dutch Toffee]

 

[bluestevon]

Surely if McCarthy wanted to take somebody out he would have picked Lazini, he was by far the better player.

Next time we play them mate, hes going through them one by one

 

[whufaninpeace]

West Ham fan here in actual peace (unlike the last one who sort of came on here and immediately attacked you),

My perspective of the tackle: In my opinion, the tackle was a red card offense. I know some will disagree, but that's just my opinion. I would have actually had no problem with the original tackle, due to the fact that he did get a bit of the ball before. No complaints from me there. It was the scissor motion after that, in my opinion, was born of frustration, and made it a poor challenge. I believe any tackle with a scissor motion should be retroactively banned, from this point forward. I've been on the end of one of these, and it isn't pretty. You won't hear any of this "thug" or "hitman" complaints about McCarthy, as it's just one of those things that happen in the game. Players make bad challenges all the time, and unfortunately players get injured.

I think the overreaction from some of our fans is ridiculous. Am I unhappy with our best player being out for 3 months? Hell yeah I am! The good news is we have strength in depth and I do believe we will recover from this. Lanzini will fill the void left by Payet, and we have players like Antonio, Moses, Song, Obiang, Zarate etc to fill the void left in our midfield. You guys are one of our rivals this season for the top 7-10 places in the league, and it'll be an interesting season for sure.

I think the reason a lot of our fans are upset is because we all like watching a player of Payet's ability. It also doesn't help that you guys are a bit of a bogey team and we always seem to play poorly against you lot and have injuries as well (not from bad challenges, just injuries in general. The Valencia injury was the result of an unfortunate landing from a perfectly fair challenge, for example).

Sorry for the lengthy post, good luck for the rest of the season (except I hope you finish below us, of course ).

 

[ilikecheese]

West Ham fan here in actual peace (unlike the last one who sort of came on here and immediately attacked you),

My perspective of the tackle: In my opinion, the tackle was a red card offense. I know some will disagree, but that's just my opinion. I would have actually had no problem with the original tackle, due to the fact that he did get a bit of the ball before. No complaints from me there. It was the scissor motion after that, in my opinion, was born of frustration, and made it a poor challenge. I believe any tackle with a scissor motion should be retroactively banned, from this point forward. I've been on the end of one of these, and it isn't pretty. You won't hear any of this "thug" or "hitman" complaints about McCarthy, as it's just one of those things that happen in the game. Players make bad challenges all the time, and unfortunately players get injured.

I think the overreaction from some of our fans is ridiculous. Am I unhappy with our best player being out for 3 months? Hell yeah I am! The good news is we have strength in depth and I do believe we will recover from this. Lanzini will fill the void left by Payet, and we have players like Antonio, Moses, Song, Obiang, Zarate etc to fill the void left in our midfield. You guys are one of our rivals this season for the top 7-10 places in the league, and it'll be an interesting season for sure.

I think the reason a lot of our fans are upset is because we all like watching a player of Payet's ability. It also doesn't help that you guys are a bit of a bogey team and we always seem to play poorly against you lot and have injuries as well (not from bad challenges, just injuries in general. The Valencia injury was the result of an unfortunate landing from a perfectly fair challenge, for example).

Sorry for the lengthy post, good luck for the rest of the season (except I hope you finish below us, of course ).

Why wouldn't you call for retroactive banning when Cleverley was injured earlier this year.

 

[Minimeister]

Think this is all a bit embarrassing from both sides but what I can't work out is when West Ham suddenly became our 'rivals'. Takes more than winning a couple of games like.