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“It’s a very good match for us to see where we are and what we need to work on in the next week before we face Manchester United [in the opening Premier League fixture].
West Ham United: Hart, Adrian, Zabaleta, Byram, Masuaku, Fonte, Collins, Ogbonna, Rice, Obiang, Makasi, Noble, Fernandes, Snodgrass, Arnautovic, Holland, Ayew, Chicharito, Martinez
Manchester City: Ederson, Grimshaw, Muric, Walker, Danilo, Kompany, Stones, Sterling, Aguero, Mangala, De Bruyne, Sane, Silva, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Roberts, Otamendi, Jesus, Zinchenko, Toure, Adarabioyo, Diaz, Foden
http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/august/03-august/manchester-city-v-west-ham-united-all-you-need-know
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Oh, and Aguero.
And De Bruyne.
And Silva.
And Sane.
And Jesus...
Our midfield does look particularly weak, IMO.
That said, I'm looking forward to watching this later ;wahoo
Our midfield does look particularly weak, IMO.
That said, I'm looking forward to watching this later ;wahoo
They actually enforce bans for pre season red cards?
Jeez
I guess it makes a kind of sense, otherwise there's no real deterrent.
Just makes the ref's prima donna behaviour more absurd.
I think
Hart
Zabaleta - Fonte - Ogbonna
Byram - Noble - Obiang - Masuaku
Ayew - Arnautovic
Chicharito
Got to get at least 60-70 mins out of that XI. Then the likes of Collins, Fernandes, Snodgrass, Martinez etc from the bench.
(Making my confident prediction that he would start in our early Prem games look ridiculous now ;doh.)
I think Hernandez will start against Man United. He hasn't had much of a pre-season, but that's because he was still playing competitive football over the summer.
I don't think his fitness will have dropped enough to delay his start of the season overly, and we need him if Sakho isn't going to be ready, so I think Bilic will risk it.
Hart; Zabaleta Fonte Ogbonna Masuaku; Noble Obiang; Snodgrass Ayew Arnautovic; Hernandez
I think it's unlikely he'll switch away from a back 4
I personally (if I was looking at getting a 'result' from this game as opposed to 'fitness') would start Fernandes over Ayew as the ACM as he is more defensively minded than Ayew so our 4231 could flow to a 433 when defensive against such opposition, but we will see.
Looking forward to watching it, hopefully seeing a top end performance. coyi ;scarf
(Also considering we have AC, Sakho, Reid, Kouyate, Antonio, Feghouli, Lanzini, and Cresswell all out injured, it's a decent 11, could not have said that a couple of years ago in such circumstances). ;ok
(Jorderz, I was puzzled by your comment until I realised that despite meaning to type 'wouldn't start' in my previous comment, it came out as 'would' ;lol ;doh ;wahoo )
Well , it was 2 yellows, so would only be a 1 game ban, but I don't think friendlies count towards PL games anyway.
(I suppose friendlies still have to be regulated - eg, doping etc.)
That's right.
In the case of Hammers fans, that comes under 'allowable pain medication'.