brucey Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 5 minutes ago, Mint23 said: Keith from the Athletic doesn’t get much wrong and he’s broken the Madders story You mean an account that claims to be him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 12 minutes ago, FoyleFox said: Praet is injured. Madders not even on the bench. No word why asked for time off to go shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 From the BBC website: MATCH FACTS Head-to-head West Ham's solitary victory in the past 11 Premier League meetings was by 2-0 at the King Power Stadium in May 2018 (D4, L6). The Foxes are unbeaten in the last four encounters (W2, D2), and won both matches last season. Leicester City Leicester are vying to win their opening four league games for the first time in their history. Their total of 12 goals after three matches is the highest by any team at this stage of a Premier League season since 2012. The Foxes are unbeaten in their past eight home league fixtures against London sides (W6, D2). Their most recent defeat came against Crystal Palace in February 2019 - a result which led to Claude Puel being sacked as manager. Jamie Vardy has scored 22 Premier League penalties since his top-flight debut in 2014, more than any other player during this period. Ayoze Perez was directly involved in four of Leicester's six league goals against West Ham last season, scoring two and assisting two more. West Ham United West Ham have only won four of their 23 away league games under David Moyes (D5, L14). They have lost eight of their past 11 Premier League away matches, with their only win in that spell being July's 4-0 victory at Norwich. The Hammers have kept just three clean sheets in the Premier League in 2020, fewer than any current top-flight side excluding the newly-promoted clubs. The last time they recorded consecutive clean sheets in the league was in a three-match sequence in August and September 2019. Michail Antonio can become the first Hammers player to score in five consecutive top-flight away matches since Mike Small in 1991. Antonio has scored West Ham's last six Premier League away goals, including four at Norwich in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinFox Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 That line up is not what I expected, nor do I like it. However, I've now learnt not to question Brendan and his tactics until about the 60-70th minute, so will focus on nervously shouting at the TV. COYF!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTY_FOX Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 15 minutes ago, Aus Fox said: No Preat or Maddison? Just trying to work out how they are going to line up. 3-4-2-1 id imagine? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Praet is a bigger loss than Maddison today for me. Perez needs a big game 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 2 minutes ago, SheppyFox said: We’re all assuming this new contract doesn’t have a release clause then? It wouldn’t matter if we don’t intend to sell him. Haven't we stopped including release clauses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHDrive Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Is this a 5-2-1-2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Fox Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Perez is going to kill it in a central role... I hope. Gutted that Praet and Madders are both out though. Hopefully the Maddison omission is purely because of injury as the guy from the Merc says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Bit underwhelmed by the 343 but if neither Praet or Maddison are fit to start then I guess it's our best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Just now, davieG said: Haven't we stopped including release clauses? Hopefully mate I’d be gutted 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxes96 Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Wouldn’t have gone with 3atb personally, but given Madders and Praet are out don’t think we had much choice other than playing choudhury as our third CM instead of big Dan. still a decent team with Perez, Barnes and Vardy in attack, and if we’re struggling to break them down can always take Amartey off for Under and play either Perez or Iheanacho in the hole in a 4-2-3-1. Plenty of options still COYF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LestaAl Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 I will be happy if we score lots of goals .....rule of six please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 5 minutes ago, simon789us said: Have it on good authority that maddison is off to united Bollocks, do you. He's just signed a new contract and they've already got too many midfielders and no decent defenders. They're desperate for a right winger and won't even sign the CB they so badly need before the deadline. Why would they spend ~£100m on one of the only positions they're well-stocked in? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyleolly Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 None of you trust Brendan at all what do you think they’ve been doing all week I’d say working on this formation and it looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 If we're heading towards playing a 343 long term, which isn't a terrible formation, then we're gonna have a lot of midfielders not getting much game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Just now, Facecloth said: If we're heading towards playing a 343 long term, which isn't a terrible formation, then we're gonna have a lot of midfielders not getting much game time. Gutted for Matty James. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 5 minutes ago, SheppyFox said: We’re all assuming this new contract doesn’t have a release clause then? It wouldn’t matter if we don’t intend to sell him. I still believe the club don't like/insert them in contracts after what happened with Kante. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox seen in Norwich Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 5atb at home to whu ???? Say what! could it be 433 with mendy and amartey Behind Tielemans kasper castagnr, soy, Evans, jj amartey, mendy Pérez, Tielemans, barnes vardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 We like having a plan B but ONLY WHEN WE SAY SO. Just kidding - understand the slight concern, but it looks like the loss of crucial midfield personnel has driven the formation today, and it would appear big Dan has been rewarded rather than dropping Hamza in. Here's hoping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 Doesn't Perez have a good scoring record against these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Clender Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 (edited) If we intend to play a similar game to last week, I expect to see the wonderful sight of Leicester and West Ham players all staring at the ball, maybe even passing it to each other? With no Praet nor Maddison, the selection makes sense. Edited 4 October 2020 by Danny Clender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 5 minutes ago, UHDrive said: Is this a 5-2-1-2? I was thinking the same but who should go in the #10 rile and who goes up top between Perez and Barnes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 4 October 2020 Share Posted 4 October 2020 10 minutes ago, moore_94 said: It's just the 'we're told' bit that is a tad unnerving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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