West Ham Utd 1-2 Arsenal (1/5/22)

[fester]

5 words:

The Spirit of Andy Carroll

[iLoveLasagne]

5 words:

The Spirit of Andy Carroll

Is getting shitfaced on a Sunday really the answer? It is a bank holiday tomorrow I suppose.

[Sticky]

Just send Kral on after 89 mins to scissor kick Arteta in the b*llocks ~ that's all I ask.

[steveyrockstar]

Just send Kral on after 89 mins to scissor kick Arteta in the b*llocks ~ that's all I ask.

Surely he'll have more opportunity to do that from the dugout area.

[SoulCircus]

Stronger team than I was expecting. Good to see Issa on the bench.

[jastons]

Trying to work out our formation...

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

West Ham United: Fabiański, Coufal, Zouma, Cresswell, Fredericks, Noble ©, Rice, Benrahma, Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen
Subs: Areola (GK), Masuaku, Diop, Alese, Král, Souček, Vlašić, Yarmolenko, Antonio

[steveyrockstar]

Diop's back on the bench already.

He's gone strong, only resting Soucek and Antonio

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

From the club website

Five changes made by Moyes for the visit of Arsenal today, with Club captain Mark Noble leading out West Ham United in his 129th and final London derby of his 18-year playing career.

Noble partners Declan Rice in David Moyes’ midfield, with the manager making five changes from the side which took on Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League in midweek.

Łukasz Fabiański returns in goal, with full-backs Vladimír Coufal and Ryan Fredericks and creator Saïd Benrahma also coming into the starting XI.

Alphonse Areola, Tomás Souček, Michail Antonio, Ben Johnson and the suspended Craig Dawson are the players to make way from Thursday.

[NWhammer]

What a weird line up

[Beavis Danzig]

seems a weird call to play a stronger XI sandwiched inbetween two legs of a semi final (the second of which is away and will possibly go to extra time) against an in form arsenal than we did against a dogshit chelsea who got a win against us inbetween losses to brentford and (as i write this) ****ing everton.

[MrHammer73]

Trying to work out our formation...

Hmm either 4 at the back with Coufal playing Centre half with Zouma. Or 3 at the back with Fredricks and Fonals as wing backs?

[I am Lawro]

Coufal, Zouma and Cresswell in a three with Fredericks and Fornals acting as wing backs?

[paulhs1]

What a weird line up

Odd isnt it?

I cant tell if it's a back 3 or 5. Also the only player over 6ft is Zouma which kind of puts the breaks on our set piece action

[I am Legend]

Noble in the middle against one of the fastest passing, moving teams in the league? That sounds like suicide, unless Moyes has some tactic I'm not thinking of.

[poplargeezer]

Can't see any future for Vlasic if he can't even get in the team for a game like this

[Cuenca 'ammer]

Trying to work out our formation...

Coufal/Zouma/Cresswell back 3 ?

Fred and Fornals WBs ?

Noble/Rice/(Lanzini)

Bowen/Benni /(Lanzini)

3-4-3 ? 3-5-2 ?

me too mate !!

[Burnley Hammer]

Quite ridiculous that we don't play Vlasic in this game.

[sendô]

I can see that being a 3-5-2. Fredericks and Fornals the WBs, Noble - Lanzini - Rice avross the middle with Bowen and Benrahma running the channels. Pure counter attack.

[Shaun Newton]

5 words:

The Spirit of Andy Carroll

Vodka?