West Ham A Match Thread. Brace yourself.

[Nicolo Barella]

Four four fackin two mate. We're cheesing it.

[Al-aLondon-Foxile]

Maybe a bunch of the regulars are in the red zone, and must be rested. This is our squad, let’s embrace them 

[RowlattsFox]

Team is made now, hopefully those in the ground will be a bit more supportive. There are still capable players in there. Cmon you blues. 

[Kasey Keller]

Cue a westham 5 niller.....

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

I think this might smack a little of petulance by Rodgers as if to say to the Premier League we've been shafted by the fixture list. Hope I'm wrong and that the team comes really good but 9 changes is not a good look. COYF. 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊

[Lambert09]

Does he think the seasons over? Mendy?!? Cmon man. 

 

Loose this and the gap could be reduced to 2 games. Really scary times. 

 

It’s bad squad management, doesn’t matter how bad the fitness is, if he had used subs appropriately he wouldn’t need to swap the whole team out. 

 

Get a result and we will be absolutely laughing, but I still don’t think we should be taking the piss this much.

 

Vardy isn’t even on the bench... madness 

[murphy]

6 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

What system are we even playing?

 

- 4231 with a double pivot?

- 4141

- 442 diamond with Perez and Nacho up top?

- Some other madness?

That would be my guess.

 

Kick up the backside for the first team?

 

...Or maybe a flu epidemic?

 

 

 

 

[HighPeakFox]

I hope they play a blinder and shut everyone up.

[Blue ROI]

It'll be like Porto away in 2016 all over again....

[Guest Danny Clender]

Really sorry to disrespect the team selection, but this feels more like a protest to the FA and Broadcasters.

Was it something the team said after the Liverpool game?

Yeah....Brendan...today's kind of the day to take a day off the booze and then build up to the New Year.

 

And cue the masterstroke. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Why is anyone surprised? BR has said for weeks this is what he would do for this fixture.

[Nicolo Barella]

Honestly this could be what the doctor ordered. After this game it's a full reset with a long list of nice fixtures to build up momentum in again.

[Suzie the Fox]

1 minute ago, jammie82uk said:

This place is ridiculous Why are people so shocked Brendan has said for a couple of weeks that there would be changes for this game 

 

Changes yes, but zero creativity NO

[Guest Manini]

1 minute ago, jammie82uk said:

This place is ridiculous Why are people so shocked Brendan has said for a couple of weeks that there would be changes for this game 

 

I mean there’s changes and then there’s Hamza and Mendy in a midfield 2 mate  

[AndyMaidenhead]

Wow...agree given the ineptness v MC n Lpool...we'd hv better resting players in those 2 matches

Also...last 2 games. where was the fight n pressing that Wolves wonderfully demonstrated last night?

This is however a massive chance for Squad players to shine....

[dylanlegend]

What baffles me is the bench? Where’s Vardy!? Doubt he’d be happy about this

[Fox85]

What an absolute joke of a line up.

 

Joke for my fantasy football team.

 

This is the side they shouldnof field against liverpool not when we have a great chance of 3 points here.

 

Hope the magic of the gods can help us today because that line up is shocking 

[Dahnsouff]

Four  words. Why the **** not.

 

[TheUltimateWinner]

I remember a sir Nigel Pearson making wholesale changes around Christmas time against palace I think it was in his first year of the second spell? Brought in tunchev, Moore and Kennedy out of nowhere, pretty sure we won. 

 

Dunno, I’m weirdly excited to see how that team does  

[ronnup]

Oh my. This could be anything. 4-1 to them or 3-3 my predictions

[shailen]

At least our bench is strong

[ToeKneeHandCock]

Just highlights how poorly the rotation has been handled in recent weeks that we’re having to resort to mass changes 

[Mint23]

Hasn’t Vardys wife given birth which explains his exclusion but the rest of the team is mental! I’m all for squad rotation this time of season but couldn’t we have played this team against either Man City or Liverpool which were games we were likely to loose anyway and the go strong tonight on a very winnable game?? 

[Fox seen in Norwich]

Rodgers using his lucky dip hat he got from Puel for Xmas 

 

[Suzie the Fox]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

I hope they play a blinder and shut everyone up.

Me too, i'd love the squad players to step up and make this game their own. I just can't see us scoring (no offence to Nacho either)