West Ham A Match Thread. Brace yourself.

[kingston_fox]

Can only hope this has been planned in for a while and the team have trained for it properly. Maybe this is why we've been crap for the past few weeks - all the focus has been on getting this ragged bunch to play like Barca

[Guest An Sionnach]

No shortage of experience for sure and as I said a shutout and a goal from a lucky corner will do fine.

[Will1981]

Rodgers must really not fancy Benkovic.

[Pliskin]

Yea that isn’t what I expected. Mendy? Mendy? Do my eyes deceive me? 

[ChownLC]

Do I even bother finding a stream for this?

[boots60]

Not sure which side is more bewildering.

The team against Newport or tonight's line up.

 

[Nicolo Barella]

14 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

Just a Dycheesque 442

[Finnegan]

That is ****ing hideous. 

 

I'd rather we have played that against Liverpool and gotten back on track today with a win. 

 

This is just throwing away three more points when we need to stop the rot and get a new run going. 

[blueharmie]

Alot on here said they wanted changes because of the last two results , well here they are.

Mendy I do not understand. How's is he gonna finish a match .

[Crazy Kop Corner]

Rogers morphing into Puel? Bizarre line up - let’s hope we’re still in it when the subs come on

[49er]

2 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Oh, ok then that explains Vardy's absence, congrats btw:

 

 

Not happy with the announcement. It should be in the Royal 'slang' - Mrs Vardy was delivered of a child..

[Swarles Barkley]

1 minute ago, InLoveWithNgolo said:

Do I even bother finding a stream for this?

I am, to drown myself in mainly

[DerbyshireFox]

8 minutes ago, dylanlegend said:

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

With his wife welcoming his new child into the world, so I’m sure he’s okay with it!!

[Spudulike]

Where's Stringer ?? RL has some rugger crap on.

[filbertway]

3 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

People have been screaming out for Fuchs, Justin and Hamza to play... BR plays them and meltdown occuers

I wasn't. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Come on you comedy blue boys, ONLY ONE CITY.

[TonyN11]

Masterstroke to bring in James Justin, allowing Ricardo to move further ......... oh!

[David Hankey]

Congrats Jamie on the birth of your daughter!!

[ozleicester]

Just now, filbertway said:

I wasn't. 

    #notallfans

[Nicolo Barella]

3 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

One way to throw away your Champions league positions. What a load of crap. Not even going to bother finding a stream to watch that shite. Will just get pissed instead

 

Morgan is going to get ripped apart, with the greatest respect to him as a club legend. He is an old man in football terms. Everytime he has played he has looked a bombscare.

Another way to throw away your Champions League position is to run your players into the ground... Case in point, Spurs' team last season. They only got it because Arsenal was feeling really generous.

[Blue-fox]

Papy mendy man of the match, heard it here first!

[sdb]

That's a team that literally cannot win. 

[Stadt]

Get Pearson in 

[OadbyBlue]

1 minute ago, DerbyshireFox said:

With his wife welcoming his new child into the world, so I’m sure he’s okay with it!!

Get him on a 30 year contract ASAP 

[Gerard]

15 minutes ago, ian_marshall said:

Very odd team selection. Surely that should have played against Liverpool so we could have a full strength side today. 

 

To play devils advocate..........................

 

If we had played that team and lost 0-4 to Liverpool we'd be getting it from all angles that we surrendered any chance we had of winning the title.

 

Also by playing the team we did against Liverpool we gave ourselves a chance plus our first XI will have had almost a week between the Liverpool and Newcastle match.

 

Plan for today is to hold these until 60 minutes in a fast tempo game, wait for them to tire and then bring on Maddison, etc and go for the win.