2018-19 Pre-season: training camps and matches etc (West Ham)

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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Fabianski flapping unconvincingly at a cross, not a good sign, but fortunately comes to nothing.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Nice run into the box by Arnie, but he can't quite get his shot away.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Not at the races today
    All quite slow from us and very sloppy

    Would like for us to try press higher up the pitch the last few years weve never really shown that

  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Better corner that time from Anderson, from the left this time. Jack now taking them from our right.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2018
    Great chance for Yarmie, but won't quite sit right for him and the eventual shot is blocked wide.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Lovely work by Masuaku, gets to the byline and pulls back to Arnie in the box but he can't get his shot or a pass away.

    1-1 HT
  • HamstewHamstew
    Imo a massive difference between Noble/Rice and Obiang/Kayoute in these two games
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 2018
    Not bad i guess,ipswich playing at a higher gear but not much to seperate

    Wolves bournemouth and Brighton are losing to championship opposition right now so nothing to worry about

    Anderson looks way off from match fit it must be said

    Centre backs falling asleep a couple times as well
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Think it is safe to suggest that Kouyate - Wilshere -Obiang is not the MF triumvirate we are looking for.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2018
    Defo some subs, Snodgrass on, as is Noble.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Wilshere and kouyate off

    Yarmolenko playing a #10 i think
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Nice move there with Anderson slipping Snodgrass in but their keeper wasn't too tested by the shot. Ipswich generally been on top since the break though.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2018
    Yarmie and Anderson off, not sure who's come on tbh, think one of them was Haksabanovic.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 2018
    Anderson and yarmolenko off for Sead and Martinez

    In truth both were quiet
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    The other is Martinez.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    2-1 Arnie
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Fella's on fire.

    20 goals a season potential
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Any reason their names are not on their shirts?
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Diop for balbuena and rice for obiang
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2018
    Rice on, sry, I missed that, might have been when I was re-watching the goal. Think it's for Obiang (educated guess).

    And Diop for Rocky (cheers Champo)
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Champo

    Anderson and Yarmo were quiet, but a lot of that, imo, was down to the MF malfunctioning. They hardly got any decent service.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2018
    Lovely from Rice, intercepts and then drives forward before winning a free kick.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Arnie off for Cullen?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Zaba on for Masuaku I think, Fredericks switching to LB.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2018
    2-1 FT.

    Not particularly convincing imo, and might serve to temper some of the optimism after the performance against Villa.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    BubblesNeverDies said:

    Any reason their names are not on their shirts?

    Squad numbers aren't finalised yet.
  • HamstewHamstew
    Rice and Noble are so good.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    buffy

    ;ok We looked very ordinary, and for much of the game our MF really didn't function properly. Arnie spent far to much time coming in to our half to look for the ball for much of the game, and Yarmo and Anderson got almost nothing to work with.

    On the positive side, they have both showed glimpses of what they will bring to us over a season, and Arnie did what he does when he got his chance.

    Still unsure about a back 4. Each game I've seen, it has been too easy for the opposition to split and/or get behind the CBs.Think it might take Liverpool tearing us apart, and a couple of other similar games, for Pelle to wonder if back 3 isn't the way to go for us.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Think that game epitomises what you can expect in preseason

    Ipswich are a young team, under a new manager, at home,against a premier league team in their last preseason before te season starts. They were quick and full of energy, yet didnt exactly batter us

    We looked like we were playing most of the game at half pace

    Obiang-kouyate have now played together under bilic, moyes and Pellegrini and it just does not work.

    Arnie grabbing a goal again is a huge plus

    Got 2 more rpeseason games against Mainz and Angers i think who are in the bunesliga and Ligue 1 respectively

    Agree Grey RE 4 at the back....it so frustrating that despite it being the go to fomration for about 95% of team we just seem incapable playing that way
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2018
    I think it's a bit unfair being overly harsh on the rhythm of the side in that one. Kouyate made his first appearance, Fabianksi his first, Balbeuna his second, Anderson his second, four of the eleven with basically no real match fitness levels. The two he played in midfield could well both be gone come the start of the season.

    But I agree that the side is lacking a protective player to shield the defence. We can't play with Masuaku & Fredericks as full-backs, with Anderson & Yarmo ahead of them, without a proper DM. Kouyate has such poor positional sense he couldn't do it if fit. Noble & Obiang would have a go, but neither think like a defender. That's why I think we're going to have to play every game with Rice as one of the midfield three, so he can sit & drop into the back two if necessary. I think it has to be Rice & one of Noble/Obiang to partner him.

    But Arnie is on fire, the side appears to have a lot of potential & that was a decent result against a young team, two weeks ahead of us (albeit only pre-season). Whisper it quietly, but these results have the early signs of a 'winning mentality'.
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