Blackpool 1 West Ham 4

[fire&skill]

West Ham with 10 men and an outfield player in goal - that's a worse result than our 6-1 imho

 

[Dan Gleeballs]

Not as memorable though unfortunetley.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I don't understand - why did West Ham not bring on a substitute goalkeeper? Not that they needed one, as it turned out!

 

[Techno]

I don't understand - why did West Ham not bring on a substitute goalkeeper? Not that they needed one, as it turned out!

Because they didn't have one.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

West Ham with 10 men and an outfield player in goal - that's a worse result than our 6-1 imho

Where or against whom!

 

[The Wizard]

Against a team in your league, with ten men for half hour AND no goalkeeper. Appalling really put it this way I'd prefer to lose 6-1 away to Liverpool than like that!

 

[brightn'ove]

I don't understand - why did West Ham not bring on a substitute goalkeeper? Not that they needed one, as it turned out!

allardyce doesn't name a sub keeper apparently, i guess its sort of playing the odds, having 5 outfield players as subs instead of 4 makes quite a big difference. From what i've heard from a west ham supporting friend, lansbury (i think?) and tomkins (i think) are actually very good goal keepers even if they do get a keeper sent off then they could just put 9 at the back and defend a lead/damage limitation.

its interesting anyway...

 

[Working class pride]

Who remembers Kevin Bremner going in goal in front of the North Stand? Was it against Gillingham?

 

[clapham_gull]

Lansbury has a touch of the Gary Hart's about him and actually enjoys playing in goal. He's played in goal for the England Under 21s in a similar situation.

 

[chez]

Who remembers Kevin Bremner going in goal in front of the North Stand? Was it against Gillingham?

Dont remember that particular game but I do remember another game against Gillingham. 2nd leg of a league cup match back in the Goldstone days. We had lost the 1st leg 1-0 away I think. Chris Hutchins then equalised for us back at The Goldstone. Gills then had their keeper sent off and had to replace him with an outield player. It turned out that they put the 2nd shortest player on the pitch in goal. Anyway, the score stayed the same and we lost on penalties!!!!!

 

[perseus]

I don't understand - why did West Ham not bring on a substitute goalkeeper? Not that they needed one, as it turned out!

BBC Sport - Blackpool 1-4 West Ham United

Lansbury did not have a save to make. Not tested. We don't know if he would be the answer to out keeper problems.

 

[Triggaaar]

Fair play to Sam 'dice

 

[Albion_Dave]

Dont remember that particular game but I do remember another game against Gillingham. 2nd leg of a league cup match back in the Goldstone days. We had lost the 1st leg 1-0 away I think. Chris Hutchins then equalised for us back at The Goldstone. Gills then had their keeper sent off and had to replace him with an outield player. It turned out that they put the 2nd shortest player on the pitch in goal. Anyway, the score stayed the same and we lost on penalties!!!!!

Remeber being really pissed off that night because they took the pens down the south end

 

[Amexican]

allardyce doesn't name a sub keeper apparently, i guess its sort of playing the odds, having 5 outfield players as subs instead of 4 makes quite a big difference. From what i've heard from a west ham supporting friend, lansbury (i think?) and tomkins (i think) are actually very good goal keepers even if they do get a keeper sent off then they could just put 9 at the back and defend a lead/damage limitation.

its interesting anyway...

Big Sam hasn't named a goalkeeper on the bench for most of the season...a calculated risk that doesn't seem to have backfired yet...even yesterday.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Didn't Wilkins do a similar thing with us?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

He's pretty good in goal is Lansbury apparently.

 

[leigull]

As he said last night after the game:

Blackpool. Another victim of Big Sam's tactical supremacy. Smashed apart like an adorable fanny

followed by:

Big Sam peels back the banana skins of cicumstance and feasts on the tasty, potassium-filled inards of imagination