West Ham United (H) - Sat 4th Jan, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction?

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BlueHammer85 said:
we really are poor at the moment.
aside Kudus and Bowen it's a very patchy average team and squad.
Injuries not helping.
our central midfield is so slow.

4-1 City.
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You'll be extra motivated though after the Liverpool game. Could go either way imo.
 
Ortega
Lewis Dias Akanji Ake
Kovacic
McAtee De bruyne Foden Savinho
Haaland

Maybe not Lewis but can’t see anyone better, early goal absolute must. 2-0 city again.
 
If the Etihad had the same atmosphere our away fans create we would of won a few more games during this run
 
We won't make this look as easy as Liverpool. Kudus and Bowen will both cause problems. Still can outscore them though. 2-4 Thriller to City to start the Year.

……………Ortega………………
Walker Akanji Ake Gvardiol
……………Kovacic………………
Foden KDB Silva Savinho
………….Haaland……………..
 
WesthoughtonJohn said:
You have seen our midfield recently haven't you ;)???
Think we'll win, but based on your comment, and what I've seen of us, it could be 4-4 with the ball barely in the middle of the pitch lol
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Or 0-0 with it stuck turgidly in the middle for most of the game. Like watching over 60s play 5 a side.
 
Hope they still have Lopetgui.

They are wide open and even less athletic than us, but they have the players to hurt us if we struggle to put our chances away. We know our press will concede chances
 
Goater101 said:
If the Etihad had the same atmosphere our away fans create we would of won a few more games during this run
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I went for the first time in 5 yrs to a game at the Etihad......our fans were silent -never heard such a poor atmosphere at a game
 
simon23 said:
Not disappointed - at least we didnt lose. But seriously what has happened to the atmosphere? Where is the backing for the team?
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There hasn't been a lot to shout about recently. It's a circular process. The crowd get the team up. But the team have to get the crowd up. If after twenty-five minutes we are constantly getting turned over in midfield, putting stray passes all over the place (and even directly into touch — that's happened recently), or otherwise passing the ball from side to side in in five-yard sterile movement that goes nowhere, while we get into a total panic any time the opposition have a break on, i.e. just about every time one of our corners breaks down, it's not to be expected that the crowd will be too thrilled.
I fully expect that the atmosphere will be buzzing, initially, against West Ham. Better than it's been for quite some time. Then whether that's maintained will be at least partly on the team.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
There hasn't been a lot to shout about recently. It's a circular process. The crowd get the team up. But the team have to get the crowd up. If after twenty-five minutes we are constantly getting turned over in midfield, putting stray passes all over the place (and even directly into touch — that's happened recently), or otherwise passing the ball from side to side in in five-yard sterile movement that goes nowhere, while we get into a total panic any time the opposition have a break on, i.e. just about every time one of our corners breaks down, it's not to be expected that the crowd will be too thrilled.
I fully expect that the atmosphere will be buzzing, initially, against West Ham. Better than it's been for quite some time. Then whether that's maintained will be at least partly on the team.
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I get what your saying and none of its wrong but isnt it the fans job to raise the team at times like this? I noticed that there was just a lot of middle aged people (and Im of that age) sat around doing nothing. Not even what I would call the "singing section" next to the away fans were loud....
 
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