⚽ Leicester City 2-1 West Ham Utd (28/5/23)

[Coops]

I couldn't see a match thread so I thought I would start one.
A massive game for the foxes. not so much for us. So do we rest players or keep the momentum going?
I'm expecting similar to the Leeds game. It would be good to go and get 3 points, finish on a high before the big one, and a semi respectable final league positioning (considering where we were not so long ago).

[Danny's Dyer Acting]

Same sort of strength as the weekend.
Give Antonio 20-25 minutes to turn his legs over.

There's 10 days until the final, tiredness won't be an issue.

[hammers92]

Only rest those with knocks/not 100%. The final is 10 days after Sunday, so I don’t see the need to make changes like we did vs Brentford.

Had the final been next Wednesday I’d have had a different view.

[paulhs1]

10 days before the final so we need to continue the momentum and keep the first 11 match ready. Only sideline those who have a knock

Fab
Coufal
Zouma
Aguerd
Cresswell
Rice
Soucek
Paqueta
Benrahma
Bowen
Antonio

[BobbyMooreLower]

Defo need to give Antonio some minutes here.

Can’t have him going into a final with zero minutes under his belt for 3 weeks

[Coops]

After tonight's result Leicester have to win to stand a chance of survival. That could play into our hands.

[MAC08]

Surely this will be our cup final team as we will have had a weeks rest. And then another 10 days to the final itself.

Need to keep the players ticking over to retain some sharpness.

[Het-Field]

Depends on how we approach this. The incentive is prize money and bragging rights. We are unlikely to overtake Chelsea's goal difference (and they may already pull away from us before the game). So we are jockeying with Bournmouth and Wolves for 13th-15th place. Either way, we're all safe. On the other hand, Leicester have everything to play for, and will have to take a more positive approach than tonight. If they dont win, they are down. If Everton win, they are down. So they could do everything right, and still go down.

[D C]

10 days before the final so we need to continue the momentum and keep the first 11 match ready. Only sideline those who have a knock

Agree with that. I’d start taking off our 5 most important players from half time onwards. Antonio, Rice, Paqueta, Zouma and Bowen

[HarlowEssexHammer]

So not only are we in a European final, but we have the chance to relegate that little rat Vardy as well?

[Liam]

Defo need to give Antonio some minutes here.

Can’t have him going into a final with zero minutes under his belt for 3 weeks

Exactly. I’d start him, proper warm up etc rather than risk him in the second half coming on and straining something.

[NWhammer]

Best side available. 3 wins going into a final would be lovely.

[Paolopaul]

Zouma and Antonio are the big injury risks, so I’d be giving Antonio a half and maybe leave Zouma out completely.

Other than that happy to go full strength.

[goa127]

I'd happily lose this game if it meant Everton got relegated. Unfortunately it wouldn't guarantee it.

[mushy]

I'd happily lose this game if it meant Everton got relegated. Unfortunately it wouldn't guarantee it.

Same here.

[hammers92]

Just to double check, will Leicester be taking part in doing any attacking on Sunday?

[hammerman11]

never want to see us lose. might be a good idea to play areola to build understanding and keep him match ready.

areola
kehrer zouma augerd cresswell
rice soucel paqman
bowen antonio benrahma

subs fab coufal ogbonna emerson lanzini downes fornals ings cornet

2-0 hammers bowen and ant onto to Prague we go !

[prophet:marginal]

Do they still have those stupid clap-sticks, or did that idea get junked?

[sendô]

As others have stated this is a full 10 days before the Conference League final, so there's no need to rest lots of players. In fact given that this game comes a week after the Leeds game I'd want to make sure key players get at least a run out, otherwise it's 17 days with no games for them. Antonio being a key one here, who of course didn't play against Leeds and so would have had 20 days without playing. There's no reason why we can't go with more or less the team expected to play in the final for 45-60 minutes and then change it up.

----------------------- Fabianski -------------------------

Coufal ------- Zouma ------- Aguerd ------ Cresswell

---------------- Soucek --------- Rice -------------------
------------------------- Paqueta -------------------------

Bowen --------------------------------------- Benrahma

-------------------------- Antonio ------------------------

[SiamHammer]

Seeing people teams I think it's very harsh dropping Pablo after an excellent performance against Leeds. Bit of a dilemma as Benny has been decent as well