West Ham (a) pre-match thread

[christened at st marks]

Why the fuck is Garcia starting?
What happened to the morals of not wanting/playing people who don’t want to be here?

he's Spanish

 

[SiMCFC]

Start Torres ffs. Why shoehorn Gundogan in and play Silva out of position. I fucking despair at times.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Stones is better then Garcia

 

[Del_Bosque]

Garcia starting very disappointing

Would have him 5th choice A for wanting to leave B for being a massive weak link and slower than Rodri

 

[B\connellblue]

What a surprise? More of the same shite from Pep. Half a defence and no energy again in the middle.

 

[Jamiblue]

Bizarre lineup once again. The blind spots we all see for Gundogan and Garcia is more and more concerning.

Laporte is starting to worry me now aswell, one of the best defenders in the league on his day he just isn’t having many days though unfortunately. Really hope that big injury hasn’t worn his body down but we simply do not see enough of him because he’s never fit.

I think Laporte will be back next week. He was back training with the team on Thursday.

 

[Utter bobbins]

WTF? Sorry but I can always tell when things are gonna go south from the line up. Was hoping for a draw and now expecting defeat.

Just off to wipe my fanny b4 KO

Wipe everybody else,s while your at it

 

[simon23]

Why are Foden and Torres on the bench?

yup two players how change the game replace again by Gundogan who did nothing up to his free kick except play the ball sideways and backwards (losing it on a number of occasions as well) and Mahrez who 9/10 does nothing (such a frustrating player - one blessed with the most sublime touch and skill yet not the application of fortitude to apply it regularly especially when he is needed.

that gundogan blindspot has well and truly hit again

 

[Semper aggressus]

Fucking Garcia. Very disappointing team that. Rodri and Gundog strolling around again.

Why no Torres or Foden? Where's Ake and Laporte, I thought they were fit. If not then bloody Stones should be at centre back.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Antonio will be licking his lips against Garcia...

My grandma is faster than Garcia and she's been dead for 30 years.

 

[kaz7]

so anyone who goes slightly off it should be benched?
That would never happen with Laporte, De Bruyne or sterling.

he’s young and he will go out of form at times. The answer isn’t to just drop him every time though - especially when he looked so good last game

I expect his head is mashed with keeping his relationship together

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Garcia starting very disappointing

Would have him 5th choice A for wanting to leave B for being a massive weak link and slower than Rodri

I wonder what the reaction would be if fans were allowed in the ground.
I’ve never booed a city player, but I don’t want him anywhere near our side.

he’s using us to move to Spain

 

[B\connellblue]

Stones is better then Garcia

One of stones stones is better than that wantaway .

 

[manchesterJACK]

Why are we playing a player who openly wants to the leave the club for nothing in the summer? Feeel really sorry for Stones!!

 

[simon23]

WH play same formation as Porto did. Only reason this isnt as poor as that is if WH dont play well

they have better strikers as well

 

[Akpowell]

Only bonus is strong bench for last 30 mins.

It's no good when we're 3-0 down

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

so anyone who goes slightly off it should be benched?
That would never happen with Laporte, De Bruyne or sterling.

he’s young and he will go out of form at times. The answer isn’t to just drop him every time though - especially when he looked so good last game

Give over, it’s exactly what you do with any performance related issue, coupled with him being young, it’s excellent management....

 

[paulchapo]

Gundy and rodders again, sigh

West Ham are a pacey side, it's going to be a fretful ninety minutes.

 

[Goater=Legend]

For someone that constantly changes the team its just bizarre picking an unchanged one when it clearly didn't work

 

[christened at st marks]

Stones is better then Garcia

I'm faster and I'm 67