West Ham (a) pre-match thread

[MCFC_ Phil]

Now you have a good memory. I remembered he was at Sunderland but couldn't recall where he went after us. I googled his clubs and saw that he played with a team called "The happy Valley of Hong Kong"

And Lee Badbuy

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Neither should.

Its simple,Gundogan drops out.

It never rains when it pours

 

[Ancoats blue]

Our record at the Olympic Stadium is frightening so we should get the three points. 3-1 City.

Liverpool had a good record at Villa Park until they rolled up there a few weeks ago!

 

[SWPISHOME]

Is that confirmed? I though pep had said kev and Laporte are both back.

They are both back in training but won't make the game tomorrow unfortunately it's too soon for them both.

 

[deano ou812]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves,we are not playing anywhere near what we are used too,west Ham have had some decent results especially last week they’ll go into this with no fear and thinking they can get something from the game regardless of our record at their ground,this could be touch and go for me,possible draw or a 2-1 either way ..

 

[Mancityus]

Critical question for this weekend - will Pep be able to lead us into top 10 ?

 

[willipp]

They are both back in training but won't make the game tomorrow unfortunately it's too soon for them both.

Bugger, was hoping at least kev would be back.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Bugger, was hoping at least kev would be back.

Bench I reckon, if we need him, and hopefully we won’t

 

[LucahArchie10]

Pep Guardiola has confirmed Benjamin Mendy is 'definitely' out for tomorrow's game AND the 'next days

Pep Guardiola on Gabriel Jesus: "He's getting better, but a tough injury. He couldn't train with us. He will be ready when he does train because he gets the form quickly but maybe one week, two weeks before that

Pep Guardiola on replacing Fernandinho: "A leader can be on and off the pitch. Except for 90 minutes, we spend a lot of time [together]. He can help in other ways. It looks like he will be out shorter than one month so it is good. He is tough

Mendy missing is the best news this week..

 

[peoffrey]

Liverpool had a good record at Villa Park until they rolled up there a few weeks ago!

It’s a funny season. Trust me, we’ll win tomorrow.

 

[Blue Theatre]

Exactly mate, be nothing like that, will be the closest game for a few seasons at the London stadium.

Exactly mate, be nothing like that, will be the closest game for a few seasons at the London stadium.

To be fair, it's quite likely to be our closest ever game at the London Stadium, given that so far, our worst result there was "only" a 4-1 win.

 

[Akpowell]

I can't see us getting beat

 

[Ancoats blue]

Critical question for this weekend - will Pep be able to lead us into top 10 ?

We can't even think about storming the music charts , we've got a game at West Ham to win!


And i wouldn't really fancy Pep as lead singer anyway .. with his limited control of broken english he'd be a bit more suited to singing Una Poloma blanca!!

 

[chesterbells]

God only knows but he is as good as finished. If he was playing great when he was fit we'd all be gutted but he rarely does. It's sad but the sooner his contract is up the better.

Just looked it up; so another season after this one...

 

[Ancoats blue]

I can't see us getting beat

On the other hand .... what are the chances of this particular City team winning three games in a week?

We could be 'fatigued' ....

 

[dickie davies]

If Ake and Laporte have recovered then they both start at left back and left centre back
If they haven't then I would start Stones and Zinchenko, but Pep will start Garcia and Cancello

As for the midfield, I'd have Rodri with Bernardo dropping deep to help
With the other four being FFS Mahrez, Foden, Sterling and Aguero

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Win this and we go back into the top four. Only Everton, Villa and Leeds (who will have played one more game) will be above us. Not bad considering many thought our title hopes were already over after the result against Leicester.

 

[Silva&Silva]

Ederson
Walker - Dias - Ake - Cancelo
Bernardo - Rodri - Foden
Ferran - Aguero - Sterling
Hopefully Laporte is available to some degree and if that wide pairing do start then hopefully they can swap flanks and cause some problems.

 

[city saint]

i think having no fans has helped west ham as it always seem to get toxic when they struggle.it will be tough but ill take any win,

 

[Blue Hefner]

Regardless of the obvious issues we should have enough to beat these