West Ham Pre Match Thread

[kaz7]

What an absolute waste of time Bony has been.

An utterly ineffective purchase in every way possible: -

Very large fee paid and high wages trousered by player/agent/selling club ..... check
Absent for 6 weeks playing somewhere else ..... check
Turns up not looking fit, then completely ineffective when on the field ..... check
Gets injured and out again ..... check

None of it his fault

 

[TrueBlueMike]

Injury Crisis at the Swamp. No Jones, No Carrick, No Blind and No Rojo.

Good opportunity to close the gap back on United. Need to start strong keep up the tempo.

 

[thegingerwig]

Injuries happen quite often when a player joins a new club with different training regimes. Bony will come good, if the rest of the team was playing well no-one would even notice his injury.

 

[inbetween]

Injury Crisis at the Swamp. No Jones, No Carrick, No Blind and No Rojo.

Good opportunity to close the gap back on United. Need to start strong keep up the tempo.

Chelsea only need 9 points to pretty much win the league, can't see them losing. A draw is probably a safe bet seeing as they have 7 games to find those points and that includes playing Arsenal which could actually seal it with 5 games to go albeit on GD.

It's not over yet at all. We just need to ensure we win at home and I think the fact all the other clubs play each other will end up being their undoing. It is impossible for United and Arsenal to capture maximum points to the end of the season. If we however do then we will likely finish 3rd or 2nd.

 

[mcfcstu]

What an absolute waste of time Bony has been.

An utterly ineffective purchase in every way possible: -

Very large fee paid and high wages trousered by player/agent/selling club ..... check
Absent for 6 weeks playing somewhere else ..... check
Turns up not looking fit, then completely ineffective when on the field ..... check
Gets injured and out again ..... check

Time to jog on my little Rag friend.

 

[Stephenhakin]

I have to say I have been impressed when he has played. Good first touch, strong,tracks back. Very much part of the future for me.

 

[super_city_si]

i predict a triumphant return for the Dzeko / Aguero partnership on Sunday.

 

[Hungarian blue]

I have to say I have been impressed when he has played. Good first touch, strong,tracks back. Very much part of the future for me.

If this post is about Bony then yes, I have to agree. :)

It's just depressive that one of his assets when he came was that he has his own condition coach and was like never injured in the last 3-4 years. But, of course, at City he just had to break this habit to fit in well.

He would have been ideal against West Ham and Villa to rip them up along with Aguero.

 

[Bluep*ss]

OK - what have i been missing?. Where is Jovetic when we need him.

I have not seen he is injured - although I have been away.

 

[Lee the Blue]

What an absolute waste of time Bony has been.

An utterly ineffective purchase in every way possible: -

Very large fee paid and high wages trousered by player/agent/selling club ..... check
Absent for 6 weeks playing somewhere else ..... check
Turns up not looking fit, then completely ineffective when on the field ..... check
Gets injured and out again ..... check

Time to jog on my little Rag friend.

Oh dear - ok then rednose, go ahead and tell me what a superb impact hes had?

Maybe sticking with Jovetic and avoiding pissing him off would've been a better course of action, given Bonys contribution has been little above zilch.

We knew he was away at the AFCON so signing him was plain daft. Like Ya Ya, hes come back knackered out and completely ineffective. Edin as usual will be slagged off but again will have to be relied upon by us with the injuries elsewhere. Perhaps if we slung the odd decent cross into the box Edin might look a better striker - just a thought.

Any Aguero injury drops us right in it again, with Bony and Jovetic once again injured.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Hart
Zab
MD
Mangala
Kolarov
Toure
Fernandinho
Silva
Navas
Nasri
Aguero

Caballero
Wright
Sagna
Boyata
Fernando
Lampard
Dzeko

wouldn't be at all surprised if Fernando and Dzeko play though

Why have 2 keepers on the bench?.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Motm in his last game....... but do carry on talking shite if you desire.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Pick your team from............................. Hart is a given...........

Defenders
Eliaquim Mangala
Dedryck Boyata
Bacary Sagna
Martin Demichelis
Aleksandar Kolarov
Pablo Zabaleta

Midfielders
Fernandinho Luiz Roza
Fernando Francisco Reges
Frank Lampard
Samir Nasri
Jesus Navas
David Silva
Yaya Toure

Strikers
Sergio Aguero
Edin Dzeko

 

[Lee the Blue]

Think he will go with the following - not what Id pick, but what I think Manuel will, ie his trusty 4-4-bloody 2

Hart

Zab
Demichelis
Mangala
Kolarov

Navas
Ya Ya
Fernandinho
Silva

Aguero
Dzeko

 

[J_Bow]

Kolarov and Dzeko will be playing.. hard to be optimistic.

 

[IWasHere]

Think he will go with the following - not what Id pick, but what I think Manuel will, ie his trusty 4-4-bloody 2

Hart

Zab
Demichelis
Mangala
Kolarov

Navas
Ya Ya
Fernandinho
Silva

Aguero
Dzeko

Think he'll pick this as well, our defence is gonna be dodgy as fuck especially with big sams hoof the ball and set pieces.

1-0 hammers

 

[sam-caddick]

We won't lose this, West Ham are worse off than we are at the moment.

Aguero knows the golden boot is possible now Costa is injured and he will be well up for it.

 

[J_Bow]

We won't lose this, West Ham are worse off than we are at the moment.

Aguero knows the golden boot is possible now Costa is injured and he will be well up for it.

So West Ham will play a blinder then.

Aguero can only do so much, his recent blip has been because the team's been shit and he's had no service, meaning he's tried to do too much himself by dropping into midfield.

 

[BlueDeadHead]

____________________ hart____________________________________
.
______________mdm___________________________________________
.
________________________________________mangala_______________
.
___________________dinho(milner)__________________________clichy__

.zabba(milner)_________________________toure_____________________
.
___________________________________________silva(milner)_________
.
_Navas(milner)___________________________________________________

.
___________________dzeko(milner)__________________sergio__________

usual 4 4 2 on paper but really a genius 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 formation and the same tactics zabba bombing on and navas getting in the way, mangala rushing out at every oppurtunity, toure in an advanced position when we are defending but dropping deep and catching his breath when attacking, silva on the left wing but wandering in, dzeko posing for his madame tussaud dummy and sergio wondering whats going on, Lampard to make an appearance as a clive dunn super sub with 30 secs to go

*(milner)* denotes positions Jimmy will play when brought on

Brilliant!!

 

[mosssideblue]

What an absolute waste of time Bony has been.

An utterly ineffective purchase in every way possible: -

Very large fee paid and high wages trousered by player/agent/selling club ..... check
Absent for 6 weeks playing somewhere else ..... check
Turns up not looking fit, then completely ineffective when on the field ..... check
Gets injured and out again ..... check

Time to jog on my little Rag friend.

Oh dear - ok then rednose, go ahead and tell me what a superb impact hes had?

Maybe sticking with Jovetic and avoiding pissing him off would've been a better course of action, given Bonys contribution has been little above zilch.

We knew he was away at the AFCON so signing him was plain daft. Like Ya Ya, hes come back knackered out and completely ineffective. Edin as usual will be slagged off but again will have to be relied upon by us with the injuries elsewhere. Perhaps if we slung the odd decent cross into the box Edin might look a better striker - just a thought.

Any Aguero injury drops us right in it again, with Bony and Jovetic once again injured.

If you genuinely believe that is a similar comparison, then you haven't been watching Yaya recently.