Vladimir COUFAL - Club option for one more year Ben JOHNSON Michail ANTONIO - Option for a further year Divin MUBAMA - Option for a further year Aaron CRESSWELL Angelo OGBONNA Joseph ANANG Kalvin PHILLIPS is in the same boat but you would think we've seen the last of him. Who should we keep and for ...

No more loan deals like Phillips , pounds per minute he must be the worst signing we have ever made, calamity in every game. I agree it's been a right unmitigated but he's been unlucky aswell, never two bookings at Forest and not a penalty either at SJP. ...and there was that dodgy backpass from Zo...

Hammers News suggesting we are already after an Aguerd replacement plus four new faces. Four ? I think we need eight.

Yes after their new CEO was suspended after 5 days in the job for insider trading :D It’s starting to sound like I want Potter (I don’t) but all reports about him rejecting Ajax also mentioned that he is keen to be back in work. The money’s great but he knows he’ll soon be a forgotten man if he doe...

Beavis Danzig wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:56 am moyes loves a bit of subterfuge and even if he's not fit enough to play a football match, bowen will definitely be able to kick a ball around in training.

if we don't see him i reckon he's starting.

I hope you're right mate. That'll be some going coming back from a bruised spine that quickly.

An open training session tomorrow morning followed by the press conference in the afternoon...

Hammer.CA wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:31 am Potter turned down the head coach job at Ajax recently, apparently.

Yes. Sky Sports ran with that story.

kitthehammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:21 am lets just wait and see re bowen. If he is fit then cresswell will play on the left and kudus in front of him.

Bruised spine recovery time is ordinarily at least 4 weeks but obviously it depends on the individual.

kitthehammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:14 am well if this is it for Europe, as fans we may as well go out giving it everything we've got.

I hope Bayer Leverkusen receive a standing ovation from our faithful if we are soundly beaten, ala Dynamo Tbilisi in 1981.

I'm not writing us off though.

Southminster Hammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:12 am I'd imagine it will be a midfield 3 of Alvarez, Soucek and Ward-Prowse, with Johnson ahead of Cresswell instead of Emerson

Could well be mate...

Southminster Hammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:08 am Why no Alvarez?

Too similar to Soucek in the middle of the field.

442 : -

Fabianski
Coufal Manropanos Zouma Cresswell
Kudus JWP Soucek Cornet
Antonio Ings

Doc H Ball wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:31 am I’m putting a monkey on it to do Italy and Dublin in style.

A cool £17,500 should it happen...

EastleighHammer16 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:59 pm Antonio on the wing sounds like a terrible idea to me. He’s usually absolutely shot after about an hour playing striker, can’t imagine how quickly he’ll be done when he’s chasing Grimaldo up and down the line!

As a side issue, that Grimaldo geezer was a free transfer !!

Bubbles Fortuna wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:40 pm Bayer may be hungover from winning the title, wouldn't be the first team to fall off after winning the big one.

If we take the lead at any point they may be rattled.

This isn't over.

Would you start with Ings ? I'd put Kudus up top and Antonio on the right.

Maxwell Cornet. Not fit enough to last 90 ? Not fancied by Moyes ? Both ?

Late of the Boleyn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:03 pm Chinese snooker player(s).

What's the line up gonna be then? It's a proper "bare bones" one, which is funny when you think we've only got 2 players suspended and perhaps 3 injured. Assumed out: Paqueta, Emerson, Areola, Mavropanos, Bowen. Assumed lineup: ----------------- Fabianski -------------------- Coufal --- Z...

UpneyHammer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:37 pm Bowen confirmed out.

Our chances of qualifying are now less than 1%

Source ?

What about Kudus up top and Antonio on the right wing ?

We need to take our chances and Kudus represents the best chance at converting them.

Kudus needs to be on the right if we don't push him upfield.