West Ham (A) - Sun 15th May, 14:00 (BST) | Pre-Match Thread

[I'm Blue]

I fully expect the dippers to put about 6 or 7 past Southampton so today 3 points is all that matters.

 

[Kadour75]

A tricky game, maybe the toughest in our recent domestic run.

 

[mancityvstoke]

We are running out of bodies, hence why he is playing

And he's a good player even if getting on a bit

 

[bert38]

Very worried about Westham set pieces. Barring Laporte, I can’t see who else could nullify their headers ! Ake shoud have been a better option than Fern imho.

Did he look anything more than 50% fit when he came on v Wolves?

 

[chesterbells]

He hasnt played at his best for a good while becasue he is doing a job for the team in a less favoured position.His workrate and desire,along with moments of genius,are pivotal to our success though.

Agreed fully. But I still don’t have an issue with him not starting today.

 

[balotellishaircut]

As the season draws

He did. Pictured training with a tight bandage support on his groin, near his knee. He might last 90 minutes. He might breakdown at any
moment. Let’s see how long we can get out of him. Hopefully the full match if he plays?

Didn’t know your knee was near your groin area, you learn something new all the time on BM..

 

[paulchapo]

Worth to remember that we don’t have to win today so that sort of calms my nerves. If someone told me a few months back that we need to draw away at West Ham and win at home to Villa to win the league I would have been happy with that.

I can't go into the last game needing a win against Villa with all the Gerrard/Coutinho hype all week leading up to it my nerves wouldn't take it. While we can of course draw or lose today and still win the league a nice win, preferably by three goals or more would be superb, because Southampton and Wolves are woeful and the scouse scum could easily hammer in ten goals over both games.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

all I can see is a 3-1 City victory

 

[Beanhead]

give Noble a guard of honour

Yes, then score 7.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Dinho is a worry as he was always going to be against their forward line,so for that reason id have sooner seen Ake,who is far better equipped to deal with pace and power.Its great that Rodri is in midfield though,he is essential.

This is going to be a very tough game,the Noble factor and the chance of top 6 will ensure such.