West Ham (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[Gigant]

Eddy
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Zinchenko
Rodri
Gundogan
KDB
Sterling
Mahrez
Jesus/Foden

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Looks like we all need to watch this space for the embargoed stuff at 10:30.......

 

[aguero93:20]

Looks like we all need to watch this space for the embargoed stuff at 10:30.......

Sam fishing for clicks is he?

 

[MAG]

I think he has outed the history clubs ... already in the first half of the presser we have seen some bits and he started this after Monchengladbach game with we have more money line ...

He is going for them ... and I think Tixki, Khaldoon and co. are in on this to blow this wide open now ... prep work for when we go all out in summer - Messi - Halaand - Mbappe ... you know where it's heading ...

 

[MK-Blues]

Looks like we all need to watch this space for the embargoed stuff at 10:30.......

looks like pep has finally had enough of the money jibes and all that they do putting him and his methods down. no one was talking about us in sept or oct or nov. now its all about money. a narrative has been building in the media since liverpool fizzled out and the whole definition of success being re-defined. and pep has had enough and probably set some right.

 

[JRockBlues]

*sniggers*

Surpised that some of the UK media haven't written a "Pep blasts Klopp for only winning 1 Premier League and calls the Liverpool team a bunch of average players" story already

 

[Blu3m00n91]

We should always point to this great line when people go on about money that we’ve spent

 

[chedinho]

5-0 ollies dad will be brought back down to earth

I think we will have five good goal scoring chances at least. It should be five - nil.

West ham are not that good. But they have got a few decent results despite this.

They will go damage limitation and take Keown’s advice.
Launch the ball into the space vacated by cancelo and hope for the best.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

I would be very surprised if we don’t see around 5 changes with Stones, KDB, Zinchenko, Fernandinho and Mahrez to come in. Torres may also get a start. Interesting thing will be whether key players like Cancelo, Gundogan and Dias start. Hopefully Aguero will get more time as well.

As ever, if we play as well we can, we win, however we’ll be tested. They’ve improved hugely this season. They’ll be very dangerous from set pieces with Antonio (who has decent record against us) & Soucek. They’re pretty solid with Rice protecting their back 4/5 (depending how they set up).

Usual caveats apply, we need to take our chances. Well as West Ham played earlier in the season we wasted a ton of opportunities, Sterling was through on goal twice but didn’t shoot either time. I really hope our decision making in the box is better than on Wednesday, we wasted an awful lot of good positions failing to shoot when chances arose.

 

[Blue Feather]

We should always point to this great line when people go on about money that we’ve spent

This man is a legend and has more intelligence in his little finger than any of our detractors......

 

[kaz7]

Sam fishing for clicks is he?

This

 

[kaz7]

Central defender Nathan Ake, who has a muscular problem, is their only major absentee.
West Ham full-back Ryan Fredericks is a fitness doubt for Saturday because of a groin injury.

Andriy Yarmolenko, Angelo Ogbonna and Arthur Masuaku all remain unavailable for the Hammers.

 

[Blueknows]

Sam fishing for clicks is he?

Just seen his presser, who's the dick that asked "some will say moyes is manager of the season so far"

 

[kaz7]

We should always point to this great line when people go on about money that we’ve spent

I love it when he goes all masterful

 

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[Gumzy97]

Could we see Aguero Start looked fresh in the champions league.

 

[Karl8]

Not a fan of David Moyes, but like many blues, I really do like West Ham. Proper club, with proper fans. I think this will represent a tough game for us. The Irons are rightly pushing for a champions league spot and we are coming into the match on the back of an away game in Europe with all the traveling around that that entails.
we will need to be professional and patient in this game, and must not underestimate West Ham.
Whilst I do fancy us to pick up our 19 win on the bounce, I would also not be that surprised if our winning run ends here.
Up the blues, and up the Irons,.....after this game.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Looking forward to a very good game,one i expect we will find a tough test but will ultimately have too much.

Rice against our midfield will be an interesting and revealing encounter.

 

[Father Paul]

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Not a fan of David Moyes, but like many blues, I really do like West Ham. Proper club, with proper fans. I think this will represent a tough game for us. The Irons are rightly pushing for a champions league spot and we are coming into the match on the back of an away game in Europe with all the traveling around that that entails.
we will need to be professional and patient in this game, and must not underestimate West Ham.
Whilst I do fancy us to pick up our 19 win on the bounce, I would also not be that surprised if our winning run ends here.
Up the blues, and up the Irons,.....after this game.

The thing is statistically a draw or a defeat is imminent personally I think we still have some gas in the tank and have a feeling it might be against Everton in the Cup.

 

[Marvin]

if we were fully rested we'd very likely win and win big but the CL and pressure of fixtures is an equaliser.