West Ham crash out of Europa League in disappointing fashion - Twitter Reacts
It was all looking rosy for West Ham United over the summer. The London side were a team on the up; A new stadium, a huge increase in income due to a new colossal TV deal and more season tickets available to sell due to the capacity of their new home. Without doubt, the biggest factor was European Football was on the cards. Well, that dream didn’t last long whatsoever.
The Hammers were unlucky to only come away with a 1-1 draw in their first leg against Astra Giurgiu in Romania last week, with Slaven Bilic’s side putting in a pretty decent performance and creating chances galore.
And so the fans flocked to the newly-renamed London Stadium expecting a walkover. They got a huge shock that has certainly sent many of their fanbase crashing back down to earth after such a scintillating season last year. Astra took the lead just before half-time and managed to hold onto their slender advantage for the duration of the second 45 minutes – sending them through into the Europa League group stages.
GIVE VIEIRA THE MAN CITY JOB.
Then came the boos from all portions of the crowd, and you have to admit, the players and manager deserved it. Slaven Bilic put out a mightily weakened team, thinking that his second string would be able to walk all over the Romanian side but that simply wasn’t the case. The lads he selected didn’t look all that bothered to be quite honest, except for the young striker Ashley Fletcher, who came on as a second-half substitute.
It does make you wonder what is going through the mind of a player like Dimitri Payet. The flamboyant winger would’ve been expecting a real push for the trophy in the Europa League this term, and now he’s probably thinking about pushing for a move away instead.
As you can imagine, West Ham twitter went into absolute meltdown, and their passionate fans clearly aren’t happy with the result after boasting about being able to offer European Football until Christmas at the very least.
After last night why would players like Payet want to stay at West Ham he’s not getting any younger. Wouldn’t be surprised on deadline day
— Goose (@goose_jz) August 26, 2016
Right, time to move on. City next ? if we can sign Zaza and hold on to Payet our season will be just fine. ??
— Dan_West Ham ? (@dpwhufc) August 26, 2016
Obviously too early for the alarm bells to start ringing, but West Ham are beginning to worry me a bit.
— H Hancock (@HHancock8) August 26, 2016
I’ve been saying it for ages and last night emphasised it for me! We need a quality ball playing centre mid who can control a game
— West Ham Family (@westhamfam) August 26, 2016
However, their rival supporters were lapping it up:
The Europa League draw is on at midday West Ham fans. Don’t forget to watch so you can see who you would have played. ?
— Tom Milburn (@milburn_tom) August 26, 2016
Tears West Ham got knocked out by a bunch of Vauxhall’s.
— Paul. (@VintageDeGea) August 25, 2016
West Ham are a shambles at the minute. Stadiums a mess, out of Europe, no strikers of PL quality, fans fighting. Why’s it going so wrong?
— Scott Eaglen (@ScottEaglen) August 26, 2016
We’ve saved the best till last:
Look away now fans of good football songs! ?
“West Ham in Europa…” ? pic.twitter.com/7VVikaJcdY
— Oddschanger (@Oddschanger) August 26, 2016
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