West Ham vs Huddersfield 11.09.17 Match Thread

puddleglumhammers

Hart
Zabaletta Reid Ogbonna
Byram Obiang Kouyate Cresswell
Antonio Lanzini
Hernandez

Heart says 2-0, but brain says nervy 0-0 or 1-1.

IronHerb

Lanzini is out.

Hammerex

Without Lanzini it will make it even harder to get our first win of the season.
The way we have started this season has been dreadful. If we lose this game
I think Bilic will be gone.

IronHerb

What I'd like to see -

Hart
Zabaletta Reid Ogbonna Masuaka
Obiang Kouyate
Haksabanovic Antonio
Hernandez
Carroll

MrsGrey

I hate it when we play Monday night. (Or Friday night, for that matter.)

thornburyiron

I see Wagner was manager of the month for August so maybe the curse will kick in.

Hamstew

MrsGrey said:

I hate it when we play Monday night. (Or Friday night, for that matter.)

I love it. Means we dont lose at the weekend

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

1-0 irons

sweepy23

Who scored?

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Think Bilic is too stubborn to go with a back 3

What I'd like to see

Hart
Zabaleta Reid Collins Cressy
Antonio Obiang Kouyate Masuaka
Sakho Hernandez

Don't wanna see Ayew or Fonte in the team, I would also like to see Masuaka as a left winger (given we cant choose arnie lr Lanzino yet) in a 4-4-2 and a partner for Chicarito as Sakho can do that job well as he works hard and is a physical presence

What I think we will see

Hart
Zabaleta Reid Ogbonna Cressy
Noble Obiang Kouyate
Antonio Hernandez Sakho

Hamstew

Nil-pwa

adecoker

Hamstew said:

MrsGrey said:

I hate it when we play Monday night. (Or Friday night, for that matter.)

I love it. Means we dont lose at the weekend

But it does mean that you get your whole week spoiled instead of just the weekend.

I'm beginning to learn to love the international breaks. It means we don't get to play at all.

SuzanneClaret

Home win...

Hamstew

adecoker said:

Hamstew said:

MrsGrey said:

I hate it when we play Monday night. (Or Friday night, for that matter.)

I love it. Means we dont lose at the weekend

But it does mean that you get your whole week spoiled instead of just the weekend.

I'm beginning to learn to love the international breaks. It means we don't get to play at all.

Yeah but work spoils my week anyway so may as well do it at the same time.

MrsGrey

I hate that if we lose there's no time to cheer up before bed so you go to sleep sad and wake up sad.

adecoker

MrsGrey said:

I hate that if we lose there's no time to cheer up before bed so you go to sleep sad and wake up sad.

So go to bed at 19:45 happy and full of hope. Wake up the next morning still happy because you're unaware of the full horror that unfolded the night before. Problem solved.

MrsGrey

;nonono

If we win, I miss out on the glorious happy happy joy joy.

Lukerz

Think we should just go for it tbh.

They haven't conceded. Obviously know how to defend and are well disciplined and organised. Ok, they haven't had the toughest opening 3 games but 7 points is a great return.

Might be worth getting Sakho and Chica on the pitch together, especially with Ayew and Lanzini out.

Hart
Fonte - Reid - Collins
Byram - Obiang - Kouyate - Masuaku
Antonio
Sakho - Chicharito

Adrian, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Carroll

MrsGrey

Ayew's available, according to Slav.

ASLEFshrugged

Apparently Ayew has recovered from his "muscle fatigue", I think it must have been the muscle that plays for Ghana but nowhere else, a rare case of internationitis

Pearces_Left_Foot

Hoping the team really show bilic that they want to play for him and turn in a good performance and get a positive result

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

ExWHU reckons Slav is putting out a very attacking line up. Let's hope we take out chances and don't get picked off

coyi

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Conceed 10 goals in 3 games...... send out an attacking lineup

Tactical genius

MunichHammer

So what do you reckon he should do? Defensive lineup, concede a freak goal and then we can't score. He just can't win.

If we are on the attack they can't score because they don't have the ball. Simples!

alderz

His first season was often all out attack and our poor defending wasn't too much of an issue as a result

OutcastLondoner

We often end up making a mistake, giving away a goal and then having no momentum. We might as well go all-out attack.

PrestonHammer

Go out all guns blazing, Ossie Ardiles style... ;lol

SuzanneClaret

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard said:

ExWHU reckons Slav is putting out a very attacking line up. Let's hope we take out chances and don't get picked off

coyi

The Kevin Kegan Defence ;biggrin

tomkinsworldclass

The main thing is always finding a balance and thats whats been lacking past last season and this season so far (for differing reasons). Whilst we have conceded alot this season the back 4 have simply been too exposed, so as long as we have worked on giving them better protection when out of possession (esp infront of the CBs as Noble often drifts out of position) we will be fine. I'd like us to play 3 at the back as it plays to our strengths abit more and gives us greater cover, something like :-

---------------------HART-----------------------
----------FONTE-----REID----OGBONNA------------
--ANTONIO--NOBLE---KOUYATE---OBIANG-CRESSWELL-
---------------HERNANDEZ----SAKHO--------------

Yeoldhammer

So no club has survived relegation with 0 points after 4 games. Bournemouth and Palace 0 points after 4. If West Ham lose Monday relegation spots all but confirmed?????