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Arthur or Cressy this weekend?

Submitted by mcbikeman on

Bournemouth always a tough game for us and they have two in form and very very good strikers so who will start on the left for us Arthur or Cresswell? well for me i would drop Anderson to the bench and play both as Arthur can put in a decent cross for Haller and Cressy can do that as well and it may make us a little bit better defensively although recently we have looked good in that dept.....of course it all depends on who plays against Oxford on Wednesday but having Anderson on the bench itching to prove a point to El Pel could well work in our favour and what a player to have coming on as players legs get tired.....Will it happen mmm i dont think so but its just a thought of my own i wanted to air and get others opinions on.

As for the rest

Submitted by mcbikeman on

West ham top 6 they say naaa Everton Arsenal Leicester Wolves better bets they say and after last nights 0-0 draw and the table came up the presenter said West ham WITH just 8 points after Five games errrr same as manure,spuds,leicester,gooners,chelski....the media hate us but on the current evidence Gooners ok going forward crap at the back Everton flatter to deceive and i reckon Silva on borrowed time there chelski doing ok but now europe kicking in they will start to fade IMO manure treading water and yet to play well and we will cane them saturday spuds the big i am will win nothing as usual only Leicester i think can challenge us they have a good squad all round so all the bloody pundits can shove it as far as i am concerned and long may they squirm in there seats announcing everyone but West Ham can be a top 6 side...COYI lets show em what we are about.

Captain Marvel

Submitted by mcbikeman on

Mark Noble what can you say about Mr West Ham his influence on the side and Rice in particular is there for the world to see....Criticised by many Me included in the whole legs gone debate but he has proved me and a lot of others wrong and long may it continue...the Rollocking he gave the midfielders and strikers for not tracking back on Watfords goal and other times is whats needed an enormous presence and personality on the pitch that no other player in our side has a true Captain and leader and to play for 90mins in that heat for his first game of the season was incredible...Well Done Mr Noble son well done indeed

Deeney Licking his lips

Submitted by mcbikeman on

Acid test for El Pel tomorrow lets see what he comes up with this time....Watford played 2 lost 2 and not scored a goal easy pickings you may think but i doubt that and many on here probably the same.
Our porous defence got away with murder last week and any kind of performance like that again it could be another citeh result on our hands.....Of course Watford players and fans will be nervous but what better way to settle your nerves than to play West Ham!.
El Pel has to bite the bullet and resist his idea of free flowing attacking football leaving us open at the back for Deeney&co to batter us and he is more than capable of doing that...yes we won there last season 4-1 but we could and should of been 2-0 down before a wonderful Noble goal and Lanzini reacting faster than there defence gave us a flattering 0-2 ht lead add to that they had a guy sent off just minutes into the second half things fell for us on that day but not so sure this time around.....El Pel surely has to play a simple 442....Fab/Cressy(purely coz Arthurs a nightmare at the back)Diop/Balbuena/Fredericks/Rice/Noble(we wish but it'll be wheelchair)Antonio/Snodgrass(his type of game is why)Haller(if fit)Chicarito(only play if he has a strike partner)...of course i do not expect people to agree with the line up but i dont think we will get anything if El Pel plays Anderson/Fornals/Lanzini and just one up top...win the battle first then bring on Lanzini/Anderson/or Fornals to exploit the space but we shall see.....COYI

The big game

Submitted by andycarrollstyle on

The one I am looking forward to is West Ham v Sheffield United. After our last meeting in the cup, which the bickering Blades dumped us out of with a smug and deluded sense of 'justice', (even after the award of £30mil at their perceived slight during Tevez-gate) and having started the season on the newly promoted bounce of good form, there can be no excuse or result from our side this season against them apart from a win. We need to turn them over and give them a thorough drubbing if we are to retain any shred of dignity and prove to them the real reason why we stayed up and they went down

El Pel problem

Submitted by mcbikeman on

When reading that El Pel is unsure what system to play with the squad we have i think we need to start worrying and questioning him a bit harder than we do...Having got the players he wanted he now seems unsure as to how to integrate them into the team and how he wants the team to play.Brighton yesterday a prime example one up front getting battered and overrun we just about managed to get away with a draw...then he admitted we played better when Antonio came on and we had two upfront...well no shit sherlock Chicarito is not the player to dominate defenders he's a fox in the box and being alone upfront was a mistake before the kickoff i do not think any west ham fan could believe the selection El Pel made and if he picks a side like that again next week we will not get away with it again....being paid ten million a season means he is regarded as a top top manager well time to prove yourself El Pel you have the squad you wanted with two players for each position giving you the options you asked for now its time to work out the system that you should have had formulated before the season kicked off.

1st knee jerk of the season

Submitted by mcbikeman on

We played citeh we lost go figure 20 mins we looked ok but Anderson again just walking around how he was not taken off at HT i do not no and bringing on Forcandles for Antonio was strange indeed...i do not believe the side had the belief they could get anything out of the match so instead of having ago we just sat and watched citeh in 3rd gear play around us...mahrez all left foot how many times was he allowed to cut in onto it? to many is the answer diop looked lazy cressy ball watching for the first and ripped for pace....DEFENSIVELY not good enough citeh or not some of it was really really poor the basics were just not there...Of course we will not play teams like this week in week out but we made it to easy for citeh to easy indeed a lot of work needs to be done especially at the back which i mentioned all summer needed reinforcements....losing is no shame but losing at home 0-5 is a DISGRACE an utter DISGRACE.....Rock bottom of the league adrift on goal difference already only way is up i spose:-(