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

Match Result Prediction

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Tricky game.

Wet Spam have players who can hurt us....Antonio, Bowen,Rice.

They are v good at set pieces.

KDB is out until Madrid so Phil,Bernardo & Laporte should come back in but unless Philips metamorphosis’s into Kaka, Rodders is going to have to play on and get rested if we are comfortable.

Four days r & r....open the fridge !!
 
John Wayne said:
I can see a big shuffling of the pack against Leeds. The biggest problem for me is just how poor Kalvin Phillips has been. Even if he was at a 37-year-old Fernandinho's level then he'd be starting against his old club as Rodri gets a breather. As it stands though, he's not even good enough for that. I think the Leicester game was a real eye-opener in terms of the damage that can be done with him in the team. I accept that this is a brutal assessment. But it isn't wrong.
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Nothing brutal, just an honest assessment of a poor signing who is simply not up to standard.

A lot of players looked like they were running on empty yesterday, maybe as much mentally tired as physical.

I think Pep will play his strongest 11, this is a huge must win game, if we do win we have a barrier to Arsenal.
 
Haaland94 said:
---------------Ederson
Walker---Stones---Dias---Laporte
----------------Rodri
-----De Bruyne----Gundogan
Bernardo-----Haaland-----Foden

Love Jack, but we need him 100% fresh for Madrid. I would love to see Julian in the 1st eleven again, but I don't know who for. I hope Pep puts him in there somehow.
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Probably Gundo, Alvarez can be swapped for Gundo
 
Assuming Kev is out then Bernardo will start in the middle for this one, no doubts about that.

Toss up then as to whether Phil or Mahrez starts on the right, assuming Jack starts on the left which I think he will.

I’ll go with:

Eddie

Kyle
Stonesy
Dias
Akanji

Rodders
Bernie
Gundo

Phil
Jack
Viking
 
ninjamonkey said:
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.
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completely agree with all of this including the team. In an ideal world Rodri also gets a rest, he looked knackered at the end yesterday, but dont see how we can rest him and Ilkay with KDB out. Rodri will have to get his game out against Leeds
 
Ederson
Stones, Dias, Akanji, Laporte
Rodri
Bernardo, Gundogan
Foden, Haaland, Grealish
 
Ederson
Walker Dias Akanji
Stones Rodri
Mahrez Alvarez Bernardo Foden
Haaland

That four behind Haaland should be pretty fresh.

Laporte, Gundogan, Grealish, Lewis to come on for 20-30 minutes each to get some more rest into the legs of key players.
 
Gone for a Burton said:
Tricky game.

Wet Spam have players who can hurt us....Antonio, Bowen,Rice.

They are v good at set pieces.

KDB is out until Madrid so Phil,Bernardo & Laporte should come back in but unless Philips metamorphosis’s into Kaka, Rodders is going to have to play on and get rested if we are comfortable.

Four days r & r....open the fridge !!
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Rodri can't play in every game, he looked tired yesterday, but I think he will start against WHU. We need him fit and ready against Madrid which means either Phillips or Gundogan will have to play the DM role for the Leeds and possibly the Everton game.
 
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Ederson
Akanji Dias Laporte
Stones Rodri
Bernardo Alvarez Gundogan Foden
Haaland
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Get the game won and ease off Rodri, Gundo, Dias, Haaland and Stones.
 
Withnail said:
Rodri can't play in every game, he looked tired yesterday, I but I think he will start against WHU. We need him fit and ready against Madrid which means either Phillips or Gundogan will have to play the DM role for the Leeds and possibly the Everton game.
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Gundog needs a break too,he’s played a lot of minutes in April.

Philips May have to be risked !!
 
This is as big a game for us supporters as it is for the players. Arsenal atmosphere was fantastic last week and we need more of the same. Judging by some of the comments on here there is more than a whiff of squeaky bum time from far too many of us. This translates into negativity from the stands and we can’t afford that, we need to keep pushing the lads over the line. Pick a strong 11, go for the jugular the first half, roar the lads on, then control the game second half when changes can be made. Rinse and repeat x10 and we could just be in dreamland. Let’s go blues. CTID
 
I'd keep playing our strongest team other than resting a few because we have the players to match them.

................Ortega.................
Walker Dias Stones Laporte
.Bernardo Rodri Gundogan.
Alvarez ...Ederson ....Foden
 
west ham at home, we will looked refreshed,boss the game,get into a 3 goal lead,mass subs on 60 mins,west ham will put the squeeze on maybe get a goal,the match day thread will go mental,3-1 to city.
 
Hopefully Chelsea get at least a point, meaning we would be top on goal difference with 2 games in hand

Ederson
Stones
Dias
Laporte
Akanji
Rodri
Bernardo
Alvarez
Foden
Grealish
Haaland

Get the game won early & we can make 5 subs around the 70th minute.

Leeds are shipping goals at an alarming rate, we can make more changes & think about resting players for RM
 
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