surrifox Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 3 hours ago, StanSP said: Declan Rice out for a few weeks at least. I don't personally rate him but he does seem to work for West Ham. Could be a key miss for them this weekend! Yes I agree . Another one in the same mould as Dier , Mount etc with zero credentials as an international footballer who are ever presents for Southgate . He has had a good season this year though and is a crucial component of the way W Ham play so if he is unavailable that will balance the loss of Cags to a certain extent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paninistickers Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 26 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said: Knowing our luck Mark Noble will turn into a Iniesta/Busquets hybrid before we play them I kinda like Noble but, fortunately, he's blowing out his arse after 15 mins of running. Gotta be the least fit guy in the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Think top 4 pretty much rests on this one. Psychologically if we lose the pressure will be huge. Liverpools fixtures are very kind, Chelseas are about the same. Won’t feel confident without a 9 point gap coming into the last 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 8 hours ago, Foxes96 said: I think Inter Milan currently play a 3/5 atb with 2 up top, and they’re not doing too badly in fairness. And I think Real Madrid have played with a back 3 at times this season as well. Not sure I can think of many others off the top of my head. Edit: Actually Atalanta are another that play 3/5 atb And Atleti play 3-4-3 too with both of the wing backs being traditional full back players, so that’s two of the four big 4 league leaders using a system which has 3 atb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGLCFC Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 22 minutes ago, Lambert09 said: Think top 4 pretty much rests on this one. Psychologically if we lose the pressure will be huge. Liverpools fixtures are very kind, Chelseas are about the same. Won’t feel confident without a 9 point gap coming into the last 3 Sort of feel it's a mustn't lose game, rather than a must win game, particularly if West Ham drop points tonight. There are 4 very winnable games coming up in the league after this one and then potentially 3 difficult ones, although I'm hoping Man U have secured a Champions League place when we meet , Chelsea are still in the Champions League when we play them and Spurs have nothing to play for on the last day. I'm still hopeful of 5 wins, 2 draws and one defeat, however if we roll over like we did last year it could be the other way round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastAnglianFox Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 3 hours ago, Dr The Singh said: Antonio next please Big Dan gonna have him in his pocket for the full 90, can see him doing a proper job on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coolhandfox Posted 5 April 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 5 April 2021 52 minutes ago, Lambert09 said: Think top 4 pretty much rests on this one. Psychologically if we lose the pressure will be huge. Liverpools fixtures are very kind, Chelseas are about the same. Won’t feel confident without a 9 point gap coming into the last 3 As the Chelsea Vs WBA game showed anything can happen. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 2 hours ago, Lambert09 said: Think top 4 pretty much rests on this one. Psychologically if we lose the pressure will be huge. Liverpools fixtures are very kind, Chelseas are about the same. Won’t feel confident without a 9 point gap coming into the last 3 Chelsea have a tough run in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 31 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Chelsea have a tough run in? About the same level of games as us. they still play west ham, arsenal , ourselves and man city. compared to us having them, west ham, united and Spurs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 2 minutes ago, Lambert09 said: About the same level of games as us. they still play west ham, arsenal , ourselves and man city. compared to us having them, west ham, united and Spurs. Sorry I'd read it that Chelsea had a similar easy run in to Liverpool. The more I look at it, regardless of Liverpool's oponents they were always the most capable of clawing back a load of points as the majority of this team have been used to winning 10+ games on the spin for the last few seasons. Every other team below us would have to go on a run they've seldom ever gone on to really put us in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Brendan will be watching West Ham’s defensive display without rice .....whilst they are going forward v well, they haven’t looked v solid thus far ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcsnow Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 I worry for us against these especially if we turn up with a back five as we did in the home fixture, it wasn’t even a contest at 0-3. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 6 hours ago, Dr The Singh said: Antonio next please There you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Has Antonio been brought off as a precaution (with the score at 2-0) or can we hope he won’t be there on Sunday ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 After Rice out, Antonio out next Saturday would be very welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enmac Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Just hoping that Lingard gets a slight hamstring strain. Just bad enough to miss our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 6 minutes ago, moore_94 said: There you go! Lingard and rest of the team please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachyboy Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 if we wanted to play our best available 11 (for me) the solution would need to be 4-3-3 or a 4-4-2 diamond Kasper Castagne Fofana Evans Ricardo Ndidi Tielmans Maddison Perez Vardy Nacho with Praet able to come on for either Maddison or Perez, Perez for Albrighton another option also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jethrolcfc Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Getting a bit nervous about this game now. West Ham are playing some good stuff, will be a tough game for city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Back 3 concerns me against these. But then I'm not sure how best to set up the attacking players. Maybe a 433, with Praet/Maddison, Tielemans and Ndidi. And Perez, Iheanacho and Vardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hankey Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 This game should be a cracker and with our away form I'll 0-2. Up the City!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayday Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 It’s going to be a tough game but for a start we won’t be defending like Wolves, we play like we can, we will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analysethis Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Rice out and maybe the subbed Antonio is great news for us. Whilst we don't need to worry about the others and concentrate on our own game, it is helpful when important players are out. I`d still fancy Fofana v Lingard and Cags v Antonio, but if Cags is missing, I`d be worried about Amartey against them down our right hand side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachyboy Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 On 04/04/2021 at 18:08, weller54 said: I honestly cannot see any plan working towards beating Manchester City in the final (if we get there)... they're superior to us in every position and their squad is ridiculous!! Should we make a final, surely we have more chance of beating Man city in a final (should they make it) than a relegated Wigan team did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted 5 April 2021 Share Posted 5 April 2021 Personally I don't give a fu.. for qualifying for a tournament coming fourth . All about the money and thats what has spoilt the game , obscene wages and transfer fees sadly we have lost a sense of perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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