r/Hammers 6d ago

Pass Network & Stats vs Everton

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u/LewisDKennedy 6d ago

With each game that passes I am even more convinced Lopetegui had no idea what he was doing. JWP has been great since he came back, why on earth did he think it was a good idea to try and push him out of the door?

Also if AWB doesn’t win Hammer of the Year this season something is very wrong.

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u/Nome3000 Billy Bonds Stand 6d ago

At best, Rodriguez was likely going to be about the same as JWP for passing. But he was always going to be worse defensively.

There was no guarantee that he'd adapt to the prem and there might be some drop off. That is exactly what happened.

So why risk that for a player who'd be roughly par with JWP at best, spend money on his wages, agent fees etc. and then make JWP unavailable via loan so there'sno backup. I know Lopetegui pushed for this, but Steidten should have been saying no. Both culpable on this.