West Ham United fans were booing at half-time but what a difference 45 minutes makes. Three goals, three points, no jeers, just cheers.
You have to wonder what West Ham boss Sam Allardyce was thinking as he went off at the break.
In the corresponding fixture against Hull City last season the Hammers were booed off after winning - a reaction that triggered Allardyce’s now infamous hand-cupped-to-the-ear gesture. History repeated itself on Sunday, but Allardyce admitted his side deserved the flak, attributing his side’s poor first-half to an FA Cup hangover after Tuesday’s penalty shoot-out win over Everton.
‘We were not good in the first-half,’ he said. ‘When you have expectation of watching exciting games like the one against Everton it’s disappointing for fans to see us play so poorly,.
‘I’ve never seen us pass so poorly this season and that was a legacy of our efforts on Tuesday night.’
West Ham were far more direct in the second-half - a style for which in the past Allardyce has been criticised heavily - but the tactics paid dividends as goals from Andy Carroll, Morgan Amalfitano and Stewart Downing secured victory.
All this tippy-tappy stuff... everybody keeps going on about the right way to play football, it’s all a load of old b******s sometimes,’ said Allardyce. ‘Getting the ball in the opposition’s box as quickly as you can with quality is sometimes the best way forward.
culled from daily mail
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