West Ham v Bournemouth - Sat 18th August 3pm Match Thread
In the words of the 80’s pop star Yazz:
“The Only Way Is Up”
2-0 Irons
“The Only Way Is Up”
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Hopefully we won't be under as much pressure next week. If we can get the ball moving quicker and get them on the back foot we can get the win and get our season up and running.
I thought Antonio was terrible against Liverpool and gave Fredericks absolutely no cover and I don't want him in the team.
Fredericks - Balbuena - Ogbonna - Masuaku
Rice - Wilshere
Yarmolenko - Arnautovic - Anderson
Hernandez
Bournemouth play 4-4-2, so I would just match them and hope we can out-perform them on the day.
But Nobes is the first midfielder on the team sheet? You would make the change after just one game v Liverpool away?
2017/18 we played Bournemouth away after Newcastle at home and at home after Huddersfield away
Lukerz - Arnie wasn't captain at Stoke or Werder Bremen and hasn't captained Austria. There were times under Bilic and Moyes when he seemed to drift in and out of the game so I'm not sure he's the man you want trying to encourage the other players when things aren't going our way.
For this game I'd definitely want to see Arnautovic & Hernandez on the pitch together, with the later in his 'proper' position.
Its not nice to make old ladies cry Ald.... ;wink
Antonio did cover back, and at one point made a crucial intervention in our box having stayed with his man from their half.
..................................Fabianski...........................
.................Diop.........Balbuena.........Oggie..........
Fredericks........Wiltshire....Sanchez?.......Masuaku
...............Yarmolenko....Arnie.....Anderson..........
Bench: Adrian, Obiang, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Snodgrass, Hernandez.
No chance I suppose, totally leaves out Zabaleta as well which seems a little unfair. We have too many players.
;scarf
You and 6/7 dwarfs, statistically.
Fab
Fredericks Rocky Oggy Cress
Noble Rice Wilshere
Yarmo Arnie Anderson
The only difference yesterday was Rice in for Hernandez, which you would expect given his lack of fitness & that we were playing LFC.
He played four at the back in China, he played four at the back with Real Madrid, he played four at the back at Man City, he played four at the back with Malaga and Villarreal even when he was facing tough opposition like Real Madrid or Barcelona.
I can't find any records of his tactics while managing in Chile and Argentina but I think its a safe bet that he played four at the back when he was there.
He plays 4-2-3-1, he plays 4-4-2, he plays 4-3-2-1, he plays 4-2-2-2, he plays 4-3-3, he plays all sorts of combinations of midfield and strikers but always with four at the back.
He's a bit predictable that way