West Ham Utd 0 Arsenal 1 (29/09/07)

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West Ham Utd 0 Arsenal 1 (29/09/07)

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Not sure what I would do if I were Curbishley but...

Get Bowyer off the wing and into central midfield along with Noble or Parker (IMHO Noble was pretty ordinary against the Barcodes - gave away a lot of possession with misplaced passes). Replace him with Freddy (Bowyer on the wing that is).

Put Cole on the bench and start with Camara and Ashton.

So my starting line up -

Green
Linda
Upson
Ferdinand
Neill

Ethers
Noble ( or Parker)
Bowyer
Freddie (although he looked pretty ordinary as well last game)

Camara
Ashton

Happy with a draw in this one.
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Post by East london sid »

with our defence i will say 0-4 at least
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Post by kthammer »

I think it's worth just sticking Bowyer or Noble on Fabregas
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Post by richneal »

Last season, when we nicked our wins, they were usually 1-0 (L'Arse, ManYoo,). This season, we've had two nicked wins back to back that were 3-0!

So, 3-0 it is . . . yeah, to us . . .

(ducks for cover and waits for the torrent of abuse that will justifiably follow :shock: )
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Post by 1Carlos_Tevez »

I think this is a good game to have after our defeat; we always perform against the big boys, so hopefully well be right up for it and take something from the game. Then we can take the confidence forward to the forthcoming games! :lol:
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3-1 to the gooners I reckon. I’ve already booked my flight over so can’t wait for the weekend, but having watched a lot of Arsenal already, I will retain my pessimistic outlook/attitude.
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rest half the team for the Plymouth match and start them against Arsenal. We will still ship three goals though
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Post by Andy »

and so, the first of our perennial three point bankers arrives. With excitement and trepidation, my mate the Gooner is quietly going for an Arsenal win. Silly boy. Just need to look at the history books to realise that this will be a West Ham victory once again.

And then I woke up.

If we manage to get a 1 - 1 draw from this I will deposit some sex wee in my boxers. Cant see anything in reality other than a scintillating Arsenal performance topped off with 3 well taken goals to our one.
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Post by Langley Hammer »

I would like to see Collins instead of Ferdinand. Anton can switch off which I think he did against Newcastle. Only thing is that Collins can make few errors when he's been out for a bit.
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Post by Fionn »

Langley Hammer wrote:I would like to see Collins instead of Ferdinand. Anton can switch off which I think he did against Newcastle. Only thing is that Collins can make few errors when he's been out for a bit.
I’d keep him in, to combat the pace of Arsenal’s strikeforce.
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homebrew wrote:Not sure what I would do if I were Curbishley but...

Get Bowyer off the wing and into central midfield along with Noble or Parker (IMHO Noble was pretty ordinary against the Barcodes - gave away a lot of possession with misplaced passes). Replace him with Freddy (Bowyer on the wing that is).

Put Cole on the bench and start with Camara and Ashton.

So my starting line up -

Green
Linda
Upson
Ferdinand
Neill

Ethers
Noble ( or Parker)
Bowyer
Freddie (although he looked pretty ordinary as well last game)

Camara
Ashton

Happy with a draw in this one.
Your joking he must be the slowest player we've got.
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Post by Post Horn Gallop »

fkiely wrote: I’d keep him in, to combat the pace of Arsenal’s strikeforce.
Another Joker! Have you really been watching Ferdinand, he's slower than Collins and Upson put together
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Post by noble art »

just sit back and enjoy..not expecting anything,as long as we compete!!
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The defence needs to be organised big time as Arsenal are taking all their chances and scoring for fun. We need to put in a performance or i will be the ****ing laughing stock of the family :x

Can see us getting a draw at best, which will do me perfectly however i feel we will get smacked.
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I think we should should try 4-5-1, with Bellamy playing wide right when we're defending, which will be most of the game, with Noble or Mullins man marking Fabregas, with Bowyer making the runs forward to support Ashton. When Bellamy makes runs towards the centre or towards the penalty area, Bowyer covers the right side.

I know people might not like this idea but they are just too strong in midfield and Green can't bail us out all the time.
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Post by PrinceH »

Collins/Gabbs have done it before!

But Curbs will probably stick with Ferdinand/Upson even if they haven't impressed anyone. And Spector on the bench..... (it should be a joke, but ain't)

Green

Solano
Collins
Gabbs
Linda

Freddie
Parker
Noble
Ethers

Ashton
Camara/Bellamy
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Post by Georgee Paris »

I reckon we should put out the meanest team possible and go for an all out red card fest, hopefully get the game abandonned and therefore awarding the baskets a 2-0 win. Best way to keep the score down I can think of.
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Post by Bobby Orangeboom »

Can't see how we're gonna get anythingv out of this one but i expect the unexpected with West Ham so who knows... :wink:
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Post by Coley »

With the form Le Arse are in at the moment this is going to be a real tough one.
Neill and co need to get the **** in order this week thats for sure
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Post by Larry »

Coley wrote:With the form Le Arse are in at the moment this is going to be a real tough one.
yep it's certainly one of those games where a draw would be a bonous result .
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