We asked for your thoughts after Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final between West Ham and Leeds.
Here are some of your comments:
West Ham fans
Sue: Was quite impressed with the second half but thought we were unlucky to have two goals disallowed. Thought Taty should have scored, he missed an open goal. At least we can concentrate on Premier League survival. It was an entertaining game.
Andy: Brilliant comeback by West Ham, they dominated extra time and in the end were very unlucky to lose. Young Herrick was close to a couple of the penalties, a debut to remember!
John: It was bittersweet, but I am secretly relieved as I think we need all our focus to be on our last Premier League games. It was great to see us fight back late in the game and create chances in extra time because that gives me hope for us in the rest of the season.
Matthew: I was glad the fans who left weren’t allowed back in. There’s a culture of leaving early at West Ham and hopefully this will teach most of them that do it regularly a hard lesson that we need support until the end. It must be demoralising for players to see stands emptying and those who do it probably make up a large portion of the negative energy that’s been damaging this club for years now.
Leeds fans
Stephen: Delighted to be in an FA Cup semi-final for the first time since Wee Billy was manager and Neil Aspin was postponing his wedding to play against Coventry. I have carried those memories for nearly 40 years so am over the moon that we have reached that stage of competition that captured me in 1972.
Andrew: Leeds turn a winning stroll in 90 minutes in to extra time and penalties. We must improve game management to see out wins as this will be crucial to staying up. West Ham are where they are for a reason and we should have won by three or four. This cup run is fantastic though and long overdue – and Leeds have already beaten Chelsea this season.
Eric: At 2-0 on 90 minutes it should have been all about game management, even with a very strange 11 minutes of added time, but even so, once again we very nearly grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory. Not for the first time this season. Perri really pulled it out of the bag for this one. He was my man of the match for his whole performance and not just for the penalty saves, but the team still has a lot of work to do to reach the finish line.
