West Ham (A) Pre-Match Thread

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We (West Ham) might have Byram signed and the RB is what we been missing this season as jenkinson been awful. Tomkins who is a CB has played there and done fine but offers nothing going forward.

We were crap against Newcastle as well as the first 45 against Saints and Bournemouth, we need to start from KO or you'se could be out of sight by HT

Hope any of you down enjoy your journey.

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PS-I hope you win the league
 
Lost last 2 vs The Hammers let's hope we can buck the bad run
 
We've had 3 clean sheets in a row, but MDM still worries me. He was never a greyhound, but his judgment and common sense used to compensate. Now he has lost a step, he is regularly being shown up and Otamendi is consistently having to cover for him. West Ham at Upton is arguably our toughest game since the Arse and assuming Mangala is still unfit, I think it's imperative we start Sagna at CB. This also allows us to continue with Zabba at RB who injects pace and energy we have been missing.

Like others I would like to see Delph and Fernando (or Fernandinho if fit) with Yaya on the bench in case we are chasing the game or need ball control in the second half.

Don't expect either though. Think MDM and Yaya will both start.
 
lasereyes said:
We've had 3 clean sheets in a row, but MDM still worries me. He was never a greyhound, but his judgment and common sense used to compensate. Now he has lost a step, he is regularly being shown up and Otamendi is consistently having to cover for him. West Ham at Upton is arguably our toughest game since the Arse and assuming Mangala is still unfit, I think it's imperative we start Sagna at CB. This also allows us to continue with Zabba at RB who injects pace and energy we have been missing.

Like others I would like to see Delph and Fernando (or Fernandinho if fit) with Yaya on the bench in case we are chasing the game or need ball control in the second half.

Don't expect either though. Think MDM and Yaya will both start.
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I agree Sagna has to go CB demichellis is constantly being made to look silly with lack of pace and it's making ottamendi look poor. Sagna is quick strong and good in the air this has to happen and pellers is thinking of trying he there as he mentioned we have Sagna who can play there as well.
 
Danamy said:
If we're going to win the League this year we need to start doing it on the road, starting with West Ham on Saturday.

Also sad to see the end of Upton Park (Boleyn Ground), always a good day out

Thoughts and discussions in here please........
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Sad to see the end of Upton Park, but could care less as long as we win big there is all that matters.
 
birchwoodgingerste said:
I agree Sagna has to go CB demichellis is constantly being made to look silly with lack of pace and it's making ottamendi look poor. Sagna is quick strong and good in the air this has to happen and pellers is thinking of trying he there as he mentioned we have Sagna who can play there as well.
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DeMichelis and Otamendi are badly suited to playing together. They both like to leave the defensive line to make tackles, which means they need a particular type of partner to back them up. They're both small for centre backs. Both are much better suited to playing alongside Kompany or Mangala than each other.

Sagna might be able to play CB but its asking an awful lot for him to forge an instant partnership with Otamendi. Again I think they might struggle to hold things together when Otamendi goes in search of the ball.

On balance I think DeMichelis and Otamendi is the lesser of two evils.
 
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