OPINION
With Mark Noble starting on the bench, Pedro Obiang was given the task of partnering man-of-the-moment Declan Rice in central midfield for West Ham’s 2-2 draw against Brighton on Wednesday night. It did not reflect well on the Equatorial Guinea international that the Hammers 2-0 down at home when he was withdrawn after 63 minutes of the match. Six minutes later, Noble had made a major impact and Marko Arnautovic had scored twice to rescue a point for the Irons. Supporters were unhappy with the performance of Obiang, making his ninth league start of the campaign. Not unreasonably, they claimed his performance was “atrocious” and he has “regressed dreadfully” in recent times. The days when he was being linked with a move to Liverpool now appear an awfully long time ago for the former Sampdoria player, who looked the weakest link in the Hammers side against Brighton.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Carroll, Oxford, Perez, Obiang and Ogbonna all not good anougth
— Tim Hughes (@timkazhughes) January 2, 2019
For me Obiang just isnt good enough to partner Rice. We need to find someone for that and then we will dictate games in my opinion
— West Ham Stuff (@WestHam_Stuff) January 2, 2019
A thousand times better than Obiang tonight who was atrocious.
— Kris Johnson (@kjohno10) January 2, 2019
I love AC but watching the game tonight with him in the team i think we have moved on, we play a different way now and i dont think hes effective for us, also Obiang has 1 decent game in 10 for me so i would listen to offers
— James (@jamess_79) January 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/D_G_00DYWHUFC/status/1080604812046204929
Miles ahead of Obiang… who has regressed dreadfully.
— Kris Johnson (@kjohno10) January 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/BecontreeHammer/status/1080603527918034944
https://twitter.com/MahfuzLDN/status/1080602814944923648
Carroll, Perez, Oxford all need the boot immediately. If we could upgrade Masuaku and Obiang that would be great as well
— Ron (@BigGeezerRonW66) January 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/jasoninge/status/1080600581004238848