West Ham Utd 1-1 Newcastle Utd (19/2/22)

[bubbles1966]

12:30 KO Saturday 19 February 2022.London Stadium.

Live on BT in the UK.

[-DL-]

Lunchtime kick-off = loss.

1-2 to the Geordies.

[e17]

1-1. Yawnathon

[sendô]

Don't let Trippier get a free kick near the box and we'll win.

They're not all that good yet.

We do need to turn up though, which has been our biggest undoing.

I suspect Coufal might be sitting this one out in favour of Fredericks in order to counter Saint Maximin.

[funky chicken]

Nothing less than a win will do. If we fail to do so then we’ll be in real danger of missing out on a top 7 place.

[alf git]

You're going home in a diplomatic bag.

[il_martello_di_genovesi]

in favour of Fredericks in order to counter Saint Maximin.

I hope if he changes it, it's for Johnson.

[WCpete]

They've got wind in their sails. It would be good to punch a hole in them.

[bubbles1966]

I watched a fair bit of their game today.

They were energetic and aggressive for 35 minutes - then they were clinging on as Villa dominated them.

Trippier got injured.

Rather face Chris Wood than Calumn Wilson.

[Aztec Hammer]

Daytime kick offs at the London Stadium are catastrophic for the atmosphere. It's a night stadium.

Fans really need to give it some enthusiasm to get us over the line in this one.

[Bubbles Fortuna]

Fabianski
Dawson Zouma Cresswell
Coufal Soucek Rice Fornals
Benrahma
Antonio Bowen

3-0 Charge.

[Peaches]

Don't let Trippier get a free kick near the box and we'll win.

They're not all that good yet.

We do need to turn up though, which has been our biggest undoing.

I suspect Coufal might be sitting this one out in favour of Fredericks in order to counter Saint Maximin.

I think Trippier will mis (at least) this match. He was in a walking boot and on crutches leaving the stadium, you don’t go from that to playing in 5 and a half days. I think they also lost Manquilo. I worry about Willock and Saint Maximin. I’d consider starting Fredericks and Coufal/Johnson to double up on Saint Maximin.

[sendô]

I think Trippier will mis (at least) this match. He was in a walking boot and on crutches leaving the stadium, you don’t go from that to playing in 5 and a half days.

Result. Forget what I said about free kicks then.

Honestly though, they're not suddenly Man City. They've won a couple of games, clinging on against Villa, beating a very poor Everton side and coming out on top against a very unpredictable Leeds.

If we play how we can, we win. If we play like we did vs Kidderminster, or 2nd half tonight, we'll lose.

[stu1]

A big game for us with Liverpool up next. We need to win to stay ahead of Tottenham.

I’d go:
——————-—-——-Fab
Fredricks——Dawson—-Diop—-Creswell
——————-Soucek——Rice
——Bowen———Fornals——Benrahma
—————————Antonio

Bit harsh on Lanzini who I thought was one of our better players against Leicester, but I’d give Benrahma ago. Although I was tempted to drop Antonio instead and put Fornals on the right.

I’d bring Fredricks in for his pace to combat ASM but I fear it doesn’t matter who plays in defence he’ll cause us all sorts of problems.

[kitthehammer]

We need to improve another 20% and play well for more than 60mins if we are to get 3 points from this and some players need to seriously improve.

[prophet:marginal]

We doubled 7 teams last season.

Another double coming up.

[Paolopaul]

I watched a fair bit of their game today.

They were energetic and aggressive for 35 minutes - then they were clinging on as Villa dominated them.

Trippier got injured.

Rather face Chris Wood than Calumn Wilson.

Don’t Wood and Wilson both have a ridiculously good record against West Ham? At least they’re not both fit!

[ironilunga]

We somehow need to freshen things up using resources available. I think we seem a bit stale with 3-4 really struggling.
……………………………Fab………………………………

…………….Diop…..Dawson…..Cresswell………

Fredricks……Lanzini…….Rice…..….Masuaku

…………………Vlasic……………Benrahma……………..

……………………………Bowen…………………………….

[jhammers]

Fabianski
Johnson, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell
Rice, Lanzini, Noble
Bowen, Vlasic, Benrahma

Team needs a bit of a shake up, Coufal, Souceck and Antonio have been poor for a while now.
Had to out Noble in there because not convinced by Kral. Not sure how Ekwah is doing in the under 23s. This transfer window could cost us big time.

[stu1]

We somehow need to freshen things up using resources available.

Masuaku

I don’t think we’ll be seeing Arthur for a while because of his knee injury.