West Ham United Squad

Jonathan Spector

 

Date of Birth : 3rd January, 1986 Place of Birth : Arlington Heights, USA Signed : June, 2006 Position : Full-Back Height : 6.0 Weight : 12.8 Appearances : 36 Goals : 1 International Appearances : 3

 

Team	KB	HM	ST	SE	SM	OB	DM	GU	TM	HD	SK	DE	AVE
Man City (11/8)	4	5	6	6	7	4	6	6	6	6	5	4	5.5
Birmingham City (18/8)	7	6	5	6	6	1	6	6	6	-	5	6	5.5
Portsmouth (27/10)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6.0
Bolton (4/11)	5	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	6	6	5.3
Derby (10/11)	7	6	6	7	8	6	6	7	7	-	7	7	6.8
Middlesbrough (22/12)	-	6	6	6	6	9	7	6	7	-	8	5	6.6
Reading (26/12)	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	7	6	-	6.0
Manchester United (29/12)	7	7	6	6	5	7	6	6	7	8	6	7	6.6
Arsenal (1/1)	5	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	5	-	5.1
Fulham (12/1)	7	7	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	5.9
Liverpool (5/3)	-	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	-	5.7
Spurs (9/3)	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	5	5	4.6
Blackburn (15/3)	5	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	-	5	7	5.7
Sunderland (29/3)	6	6	6	6	7	5	7	5	6	-	6	7	6.0
Portsmouth (8/4)	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	5.5
Bolton (12/4)	-	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	-	6	5	5.4
									Average Rating				5.8

KB: KUMB; HM Hammers Mad; ST Sunday Times; SE Sunday Express; SM Sunday Mirror; OB Observer;
DM Daily Mirror; GU Guardian; TM Times; HD Hammers Diary; SK Sky; DE Daily Express

 

Sunday Times: Having flirted with a solitary striker in recent weeks, Curbishley introduced Jonathan Spector into the centre of midfield for the first time in his career, started with Luis Boa Morte alongside Carlton Cole and reverted to the ever-trusty 4-4-2. Derby, who used three different attacking combinations at Villa Park last week, chanced a fourth, with Giles Barnes deployed just behind Kenny Miller. They were still getting to grips with their formation five minutes in when Spector ploughed through a defence so uncertain of just who should pick him up, that nobody did, setting a template for the afternoon. With Matthew Etherington unmarked in the penalty area and screaming for a simple pass, the American selfishly shot wide. The early skirmishes were full-blooded but whenever West Ham strolled over the halfway line, panic coursed through the home ranks. Soon Cole’s cute headed flick was enabling Boa Morte to charge through on Edworthy. The makeshift centre-half promptly fell over. Boa Morte’s shot was blocked and erstwhile Hammer Stephen Bywater expertly pawed aside Cole’s follow-up. (John Aizlewood, 11th November, 2007)

Sunday Mirror: It was 3-0 when Derby failed to clear a corner and the ball fell to Jonathan Spector, whose shot deflected in off Lewis. (Anthony Clavane, 11th November, 2007)

KUMB: Much better than last week though he still must be considered as a stand-in until Neill is fit again. (East Stand Martin)

WestHamOnline: A typical Jonny Spector performance – full of heart, lacking in real quality. I don’t think many thought we would see much of him this season but it seems that he is our back up for when Lucas Neill is unavailable. Spector has this knack of winning the ball back with a brilliant tackle and then inexplicitly giving the ball back to the opposition with a dreadful pass. This was what he was all about today. (Vinny, 11th August)

KUMB: Distribution was poor. Caused an unintentionally hilarious moment in the second half when he thought he was Ronaldo and pushed the ball one side of a defender whilst running around the other side. Unfortunately half way round he remembered he was Spector. (Gordon Thrower, 11th August)

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