West Ham United (H) - Wed 3rd May, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[jim tolmies perm]

Bring the noise please guys and gals lucky enough to be there...12th man... etc...

 

[JGL07]

I've just received a text to say the club have released more tickets for the West Ham match. Are sales not going well?

EDIT: Snap @PPT

Well, we can't make the game and put our tickets on the Exchange and they were gone almost instantly.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Minutes applause on Wednesday against West ham in 23rd minute in remembrance of Marc Vivien Foé to mark the 20th anniversary of his death.

Have asked my friend to mention on radio Manchester on Wednesday to raise awareness and also emailed club to ask them to display photo of him on scoreboard and put something in programme.

Against his former team too so should get whole stadium to do it.

He passed away 26th June.
Ask your friend to tell the radio bod to forget it and email the club too

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Highly doubt, as others have said, that Phillips will start this game, he simply isn’t trusted and we can’t piss about.

His best chance of starting a game is if we’ve wrapped title up early, otherwise he won’t.

Yet he had a great game for England v Italy in Naples

 

[Shaffer92]

Phillips v Rice in the centre of midfield ??

I just think you need to make a calculated gamble here. Rodri looked like he was going to drop dead on the pitch vs Fulham. As arguably our most important player- we need him as fresh as possible for Madrid.

 

[city saint]

I just think you need to make a calculated gamble here. Rodri looked like he was going to drop dead on the pitch vs Fulham. As arguably our most important player- we need him as fresh as possible for Madrid.

i agree give him a go and if hes struggling sub him off.sometimes gambles will pay off and end up being a big win.

 

[Shaffer92]

i agree give him a go and if hes struggling sub him off.sometimes gambles will pay off and end up being a big win.

If we weren't playing at home I'd be more reluctant but we'll still dominate the midfield with Bernie/Gundo/Phillips or whomever it may be.

 

[Claytop]

Doesn't sound too bad...

 

[Franny 1234]

Minutes applause on Wednesday against West ham in 23rd minute in remembrance of Marc Vivien Foé to mark the 20th anniversary of his death.

Have asked my friend to mention on radio Manchester on Wednesday to raise awareness and also emailed club to ask them to display photo of him on scoreboard and put something in programme.

Against his former team too so should get whole stadium to do it.

To be fair to West ham supporters they would clap with us regardless of him being their ex player too.

RIP FOE always in our hearts.

 

[Ballymagash Blue]

There were lots of City fans on the ferry from Dublin for the Bayern game.

Only one today!

 

[Franny 1234]

unprofessionalism..... hes called out mahrez, aguero ect in his time here and they seemed to do fine afterwards. hell be here next year and with a full fresh pre season not riddlesd with stop start injuries he will come good for us.

It's all about opinions and mine is we won't see him in a city first team squad again. Especially after seeing how the whole squad seems to be Together since he left. CTID

 

[Keeper!]

Doesn't sound too bad...

Started to move lol

does not sound good either, as long as he's still breathing we have a chance!

 

[MCFC1993]

Can't believe this game hasn't sold out yet, just got a message from the Club asking if I want 2 more tickets as a season card holder. Funny how everyone kicking off about not getting Real tickets but these ones are still available

Could easily be swung the other way though.

Loyal fans who have been to multiple games this season miss out on Madrid due to no criteria are telling the club we're not paying £60 for West Ham after those shenanigans.

 

[Ethan23]

Doesn't sound too bad...

Hopefully he'll be back for Saturday - I'd keep him on the bench and give him 20 mins late on against Leeds, make sure he's 100% for Madrid

 

[mike1923]

Started to move lol

does not sound good either, as long as he's still breathing we have a chance!

Slightly different quotes from Sky:

Nathan [Ake] trained with us yesterday which was good. Kevin [De Bruyne] didn't train with us yet but will train with us later today. Training is at 4pm but I think Nathan is good."

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Eddy.

Walker.Stones.Akanji.Eric.

Philips. Rodders.

Mahrez. Phil
Hoolihan.

Viking.

Gundog for Rodders 60m
Bernard for Viking 65m
Rico for Stones 70m
Then 3 CDs, 3 CMids,2 wingers and spider @ 9

Strong enough to win and give early rest to Rodders,Stones & Viking.
Full 90 for Eric,Phil and Phillips and room enough for another set of changes and rests against BFS.

Now the crowd must raise hell and carry the team on a wave of passion !!

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Eddy.

Walker.Stones.Akanji.Eric.

Philips. Rodders.

Mahrez. Phil
Hoolihan.

Viking.

Gundog for Rodders 60m
Bernard for Viking 65m
Rico for Stones 70m
Then 3 CDs, 3 CMids,2 wingers and spider @ 9

Strong enough to win and give early rest to Rodders,Stones & Viking.
Full 90 for Eric,Phil and Phillips and room enough for another set of changes and rests against BFS.

Now the crowd must raise hell and carry the team on a wave of passion !!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The prospect of Nathan coming back offsets Kev's absence, for me. Bring Nate into that back line, and move John a bit forward to accompany whoever's next to him in holding midfield. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Then Rodri or Gundo can be rested, i.e. Gundo tomorrow, Rodri at the weekend.
That leaves them both relatively fresh for Madrid.
We should have enough to deal with West Ham.

 

[Cotton Weave Blue]

Any thoughts on this? Bluff or looking at their euro semi final and other winnable PL games

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Need as much pace & height in the team as possible, set pieces & counters are their main strengths, not a fan of resting anyone at this stage unless they’re carrying a knock that can be made worse. Would a negative result for Arsenal change the line up ? I’d say potentially