West Ham United (H) - Wed 3rd May, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[mosssideblue]

Games coming thick and fast now. Need to keep injury free, start with strong line ups and maximise subs.

With our form and silverware up for grabs I suspect everyone wants to play every game.

 

[jmant10]

Strongest 11! If there fit, play them. We will more than likely be in 2nd place going into this, we can't afford to give Arsenal any life.. West Ham caused us problems last season and Arsenal the other week. Makes more sense to rest players again Leeds with it being closer to Madrid and with them being the most leaky defence in the league..

 

[chesterbells]

We need to win this.

I'd rest Gundogan and Grealish and bring back Kev.
We looked tired in the 2nd half today so I'd keep Alvarez in and bring in Bernie and Phil and that gives us renewed energy and pace.

...................Ederson...................
Walker... Stones....Dias....Akanji
............Rodri..... Bernardo..........
Foden............KDB.........Alvarez
...................Haaland...................

Thought I’d read on here earlier that KDB won’t be available the next 2 matches mate.

 

[14aguero]

Hopefully, not risking the injured. There is still a month to go until the end of the season.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Ederson

Walker
Akanji
Laporte

Stones
Rodri

Bernardo
Kdb

Mahrez
Haaland
Foden

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Ederson

Walker
Akanji
Laporte

Stones
Rodri

Bernardo
Kdb

Mahrez
Haaland
Foden

Judging by what Pep said pre match i doubt Kev will be risked. We can afford him another game to have a well earned rest.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Assuming the unavailable today are still unavailable.

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Dias
Laporte
Rodri
Bernardo
Mahrez
Foden
Alvarez
Haaland

Laporte has to come in, we need a left foot in the back 4, Bernardo back in after a rest, gundo's turn for a rest, grealish not been good enough last couple of games, time for foden to come back in.

As always, hope for a good start and we can use the likes of Lewis, phillips, gomez, palmer etc to rest legs once we've secured the points.

This week is just about getting the job done by any means. Madrid will rest their players ahead of our game, the league is gone for them, we don't have that luxury so all we can do is play well, win well and that will provide us with an opportunity to rest a little.

 

[Heath Park]

For West Ham:
IN - Laporte, Bernie, Phil.
OUT - Dias, Gundogan, Grealish

We need to keep resting/rotating within the squad.

Then as many of the starting 11 against Real Madrid to rest pre Leeds.
ie. Walker, Stones, Haaland and Rodri.
Yes scary/risky but we need to freshen up key players pre CL semi-final.

 

[alexmcity]

Madrid will rest their players ahead of our game, the league is gone for them

They play a cup final 3 days before the 1st leg.

That said, I agree with your reasoning about the starting XI vs W Ham.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Pep hinting at a kdb Alvarez trio in future games.i reckon this game will grealish Alvarez foden up top.