alcaraz and mctominay add some much needed bite in our midfield. paqueta likes to get stuck in so I cant see teams walking past us . rice as good as he is doesnt have the hard/nasty streak in him that all good teams have in midfield. rodri at man city seems to get away with loads but knows when to ...

Fortunes always hiding

TwoTubs wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:27 pm https://www.fpstream.co.uk/link-1.html

Working really well.

I love you!

Anyone else noticed that Dawson and Smallbone have a decent head of hair between them?

Without the injury Johnson is marking Mount and he doesn’t get the time to place the volley. Unlucky rather than poor defending.

We probably need a fine defender up against James. He is what has been making Chelsea tick this season, very similar to Liverpool and their own James, Alexander-Arnold. Control the fullbacks and we have every chance. I hope you’re right mate. Personally I would have preferred Johnson replacing Cres...

Too defensive. Johnson is a fine defender but offers little going forward. Arthur gives us an outlet in this formation to carry the ball up the pitch however clearly Moyes does not trust him defensively without Cresswell on the pitch.

I’m not one for hyperbole, however, we’re clearly going to win the league.

YorksHammer wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 5:32 pm Pjanic on the streets of London?

Pjanic on the streets of Birmingham?

Samba wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 3:01 am Please, please, please, can we just thrash these b*stards for once..
Lord knows, it would be the first time..

See the luck we’ve had could make a good man turn bad

The hayfield wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:58 am didn't we lose the opening 2 games.if so there wrong :lol:

I think we beat Charlton in the league cup in between the Newcastle and Arsenal games so the stat might be true. I fear this weekend is where it will disappear though.....

Fab
Coufal Diop Dawson
Fred Rice Soucek Creswell
Lindgard Benhrama
Bowen

Micky on for the last 20 for whichever of the front 3 that looks knackered, Johnson on for Cress at a similar point to have a run at some tired legs. Solid at the back, width, pace and guile!

You never know........

Noble starts. I love Mark and everything he has done for the club but to reuse the old Teddy Sheringham line when he joined us, he has lost the half a yard of pace he never had.
This team looks pedestrian at best and they are likely to run rings around us.
I hope I’m wrong.

Just watched the YouTube of Patson Daka (I know, I know) and I must say he looks special. Equally, the standard of goalkeeping in Austria is astonishingly poor!

Harsh on Haller but Mick is the better player. Perhaps give Antonio 70 minutes to rough Mings up, then bring Haller in? In any case, I think we need pace and movement rather than brawn against their defence. There's goals for us there, no doubt. Trouble is, they'll be thinking the same. I still see...

This is not West Ham as I know it.

I would tweak the system for this one and move Fornals into the middle and play a 3-5-2. First 25 against Spurs we were over run in midfield and this mob would be even worse. Leave Antonio and Bowen up top and use the ball over the top of their high line. If we do this I’d hope for another high scor...

Is the Car deal completely dead? I’m sure people were saying he wanted to come but then changed his mind. Would that suggest that the deal was not what he was expecting? Would improved terms resuscitate it?

Thanks Denzil

Coufal in for Fredricks and Diop for Creswell (hopefully) or Balbuana (probably) leaves us looking pretty well balanced I believe.
Of course that is the kiss of death and we will get smashed 8-0. 46 years of following this shower Should have taught me never to be optimistic!

Is Diop available or still isolating and was Coufal signed in time to play Sunday?