West Ham (a) pre-match thread

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Are DeBruyne or Laporte healthy?

 

[RobMCFC]

He's not giving anything away in the press conference.

From the BBC:-

"Yeah, some of them (injured players) will be (involved against West Ham). Some of them, no. You will know tomorrow," he said.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

He's not giving anything away in the press conference.

From the BBC:-

"Yeah, some of them (injured players) will be (involved against West Ham). Some of them, no. You will know tomorrow," he said.

I think Laporte has said on social media he's fit. Not sure about KDB

 

[lionheart]

To those predicting a 5-0 thrashing I respectfully suggest you watch their second half showing at Tottenham. It will be a tough battle and frankly only Walker seems to have the balls for a fight these days.

 

[BucksBlue]

Are DeBruyne or Laporte healthy?

They are part of my ‘5 a matchday’

 

[asahartford1]

I'd go, Ederson, Walker, Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Gundogan, Foden, Torres, De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero.

Subs: Steffen, Garcia, Laporte, Rodri, Mahrez, B.Silva, Doyle

West Ham 1 City 1

Why do you pick teams to drop points ?

 

[citizen_maine]

To those predicting a 5-0 thrashing I respectfully suggest you watch their second half showing at Tottenham. It will be a tough battle and frankly only Walker seems to have the balls for a fight these days.

Maybe they just watched the first 16 mins? :-)

 

[kaz7]

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

 

[JamesMCFC]

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

Shorter than a month is good news with Fern.

Surely we go in for a left-back now with Mendy still always injured?

 

[Akpowell]

We'll have to watch Michail Antonio and Jarrod Bowen both playing really well

 

[Woody135]

Shorter than a month is good news with Fern.

Surely we go in for a left-back now with Mendy still always injured?

Negligent not to now. Even if you were hopeful mendy could come good this season, we’re now in our 3rd season without a left back

 

[wolviedinho]

Tough game away considering we are still not at our best. Don't care how we win as long as the 3 points come back to manchester. Scrappy 2-1 win.

 

[kaz7]

West Ham's new signing Said Benrahma is expected to be among the substitutes.

Michail Antonio is available despite being taken off against Tottenham as a precaution, while fellow forward Sebastien Haller is back after a knock.
Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho will be out for up to 4 weeks after he suffered a leg injury against Porto.

Kevin de Bruyne and Aymeric Laporte have returned to training but manager Pep Guardiola is unsure if they will be fit enough to play.

Nathan Ake could also return, but Gabriel Jesus and Benjamin Mendy remain out.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

We'll have to watch Michail Antonio and Jarrod Bowen both playing really well

Is Antonio fit?
Came off injured against Spursy didn't he?

 

[Nick L]

Tough game away considering we are still not at our best. Don't care how we win as long as the 3 points come back to manchester. Scrappy 2-1 win.

Bayern W Ham are we playing??

 

[BluemoonIron]

Antonio is fine.. Taken off as a precaution. It should (I'm forever mindful of how you lot perform at our gaff) and I repeat should, be a decent game. I'll take a 1-1 but am hopeful you won't be putting your usual hatful past us this time, well not at least without some going in the other end too. 1-1 or an insane 5-4 either way match.

 

[higgi1p]

Shorter than a month is good news with Fern.

Surely we go in for a left-back now with Mendy still always injured?

What exactly is the injury Mandy has ??

 

[domalino]

They are in brilliant form. All of their players have started well. Antonio, Bowen and Fournals are dangerous on the break. Soucek, Balbuena and Antonio are dangerous at set pieces. Cresswell's putting in very dangerous deliveries.

They also play the formation we struggle with - 343.

So I'm not looking forward to this one. Wouldn't be surprised if we lost, but because it's West Ham...I also wouldn't be that surprised if they caved in and we smashed them. They aren't going to repeat the Spurs comeback any time soon, and our defence is much better than Spurs'.

I think we might see the formation we used vs. Arsenal, because that worked well to nullify the formation they're using. 343 diamond with Cancelo in midfield - unless KDB is fit and he could play that role? Laporte would probably take Aké's spot.

But then again, Porto played the same formation and we played a shit 442 in the first half.

 

[blue61]

They are in brilliant form. All of their players have started well. Antonio, Bowen and Fournals are dangerous on the break. Soucek, Balbuena and Antonio are dangerous at set pieces. Cresswell's putting in very dangerous deliveries.

They also play the formation we struggle with - 343.

So I'm not looking forward to this one. Wouldn't be surprised if we lost, but because it's West Ham...I also wouldn't be that surprised if they caved in and we smashed them. They aren't going to repeat the Spurs comeback any time soon, and our defence is much better than Spurs'.

I think we might see the formation we used vs. Arsenal, because that worked well to nullify the formation they're using. 343 diamond with Cancelo in midfield - unless KDB is fit and he could play that role? Laporte would probably take Aké's spot.

But then again, Porto played the same formation and we played a shit 442 in the first half.

Pep did say he had never seen Porto play that formation. Pep changed it half time by pushing Sterling central and moving Cancelo further up. I agree we might well see the same formation as the Arsenal game.

At the moment its all about getting results than performances. We normally play really well at the start of the season but no pre-season has put paid to that. Hopefully we will see those performances where we smash teams in the next few months. probably after the next international break!

 

[paulchapo]

What exactly is the injury Mandy has ??

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.