West Ham (a) pre-match thread

[blueparrot]

Foden offers energy and enthusiasm like no one else in our side,he also helped turn and influence the game on Wed evening.Why would you exclude him?

If De Bruyne plays think it's a choice between Foden and Bernardo, with Sterling and Torres/ Mahrez as wide players. Not sure which of Bernardo and Foden should miss out.

 

[citizen_maine]

Not going to even attempt a guess at the starting line up , never got one right yet , just hope our apparent disastarous start of the season continues W4 D1 L1 (the game we lost we gifted THREE penalties) , if we win our game in hand at home against Villa ,we climb to 2nd place , what a nightmare !
No doubt we are not as fluent at the moment , disease and injuries have certainly contributed , and our late pre-season/start , we also appear to have at least 5/6 absentees for every match , grinding out results is an oddity to us but credit to the team for some battling results.
If we ever do get our best XI on the pitch maybe we can then start putting teams to the sword , until then its gonna be hard watch , but Dias , Ake and Torres have shown some promise being a half glass full person , i foresee us being in the mix for every trophy going as per usual.

P4 W2. Beat Villa we'd go 3rd

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Moyes usually does a good job of setting up against us, certainly at Everton and his first spell at Hammers.

Likes to jam in our right back and stay in the game.

Think it will be tight having played midweek and with one eye also on rotation for Marseille.

City 2-1.

 

[FantasyIreland]

If De Bruyne plays think it's a choice between Foden and Bernardo, with Sterling and Torres/ Mahrez as wide players. Not sure which of Bernardo and Foden should miss out.

Neither should.

Its simple,Gundogan drops out.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Link the Zinch with Torres we'll be sorted.

 

[fergal_oc]

Bernie, Foden, Sterling, Aguero, Mahrez up front tomorrow please.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Link the Zinch with Torres we'll be sorted.

Think Torres will mainly be used as a sub this season as games open up pep usually likes to give players time to adjust to the lge.

 

[peoffrey]

West Ham coming back from 3-0 down at Spurs shows they can be a threat. Who remembers the time Everton played without a striker yet still beat us 1-0 at ours? They packed the midfield so we couldn't create anything and won it at the death from a set piece.

I believe we will win. I'm happier after wins v Arsenal and Porto. Our record at the Olympic Stadium is frightening so we should get the three points. 3-1 City.

 

[Akpowell]

I can't see us getting beat

 

[pavelsrnicek]

This is a strange one, this is one of those fixtures in which we have a great recent record but nothing lasts forever. They’ll be buzzing after the come back against Spurs win and have beaten Wolves and Leicester recently. Benrahma looks potentially dangerous as well.

A lot will depend on how fit we are. We looked slow, shapeless and leggy against Porto in the first half and improved as the second half went on. Hopefully we can play at a higher tempo than Wednesday as when we slow down we look toothless.

Hopefully Phil will start as he’s pretty high energy and a great presser. The Wednesday side with Mahrez, Aguero, Rodri and Gundogan was very low tempo. Aguero is Cleary nowhere near fit, we need him to start firing soon. Cancelo had a poor evening at left back so let’s hope Ake is available.

We should have enough to win but it may depend on personnel and whether the quick turnaround catches up with us.