Hammers ⚒ v Man City - “AND IT’S LIVE”

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  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    I remember Wilshire played in a deeper role for England before his injury. He played well in this position and if I remember correctly scored a couple of great long range goals.

    Put him next to Rice against City and it could work.

    Surely he also played in a two at Bournemouth as they usually line up 442
  • horshamhammerhorshamhammer
    welovethehammers said:

    Really really hope Fabianski is fit in time for this game!

    Doesn't look like it.
  • DJ HammerDJ Hammer
    The league table makes depressing reading, we’re in the relegation zone before we’ve even kicked a ball. :biggrin:
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Wilshere has played as a CM in a 4-2-3-1 a few times for us, what I've seen of him has been less than impressive.
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    With Arsenal, Wilshere carried the ball too much and too far, and was tackled and injured as a result. Unless he changes, he won't be a lot of use helping Rice out. I'm hoping the West Ham Way teaches him better habits ;)
  • LukerzLukerz
    Kuchinghammer said:

    With Arsenal, Wilshere carried the ball too much and too far, and was tackled and injured as a result. Unless he changes, he won't be a lot of use helping Rice out. I'm hoping the West Ham Way teaches him better habits ;)

    That is the main worry with Wilshere as a CM. But he does seem to keep it more often than not. When at the top of his game, the ball is like a magnet to his feet.

    But losing it after dribbling forward is going to leave us in trouble once he vacates that position.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Against Bilbao I think he sat back a fair amount and released quickly to one of the three CAMs.

    I agree, I hope he stays as deep as possible alongside Rice, as the three behind the striker have more than enough talent to cause damage to anybody, especially with the overlapping full-backs and Haller to play off.
  • IrondukeIronduke
    Perhaps the wind will blow in our favour.... :bowdown:
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    Against Bilbao I think he sat back a fair amount and released quickly to one of the three CAMs.

    I agree, I hope he stays as deep as possible alongside Rice, as the three behind the striker have more than enough talent to cause damage to anybody, especially with the overlapping full-backs and Haller to play off.

    I think he needs to stay back but make quick, early passes forward to our attacking midfielders to catch the opposition on the break. Only very occasionally when the opportunity presents itself should he be charging forwards.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Ex has said Fab has been declared fit for Saturday :wahoo:
  • McHammerMcHammer
    edited August 2019
    Great news
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    I hope Haller is ready to do battle because I can see a few 50 yarders coming at him. Hopefully Lanzini / Fornals / Anderson will be prepared to do the hard yards.
  • LukerzLukerz
    I found it interesting that Fornals was replaced at half time by Antonio in the final pre-season game, & it was not injury related.

    Suggested to me Pelle is considering going with that second half side on Saturday, or he was undecided in any case.

    Antonio playing behind Haller would certainly give us a real option on the break, would help take advantage of their high line & last season he really caused them issues even though we ended up losing 0-4. He should have had a couple.

    Would be harsh on Fornals, but his time will come. I would be tempted to go with Antonio for this one.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    The one thing that I am excited about is seeing Haller bully defences, he really is a unit. As someone said earlier, what Carroll should/could have been.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    From what I've seen, Haller combines the abilities of :ac: and Arnie. What I have really enjoyed is how well he plays in others, so even if he doesn't score, he is likely to assist, or at least set up chances.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Haller is certainly looking the full Geoff Hurst.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Lawton has it as 1-2 and Charlie Nicholas has it as 0-3 and says we lost Arnie our best player and Pelle hasn’t done the business this transfer window. Do you think he wrote that a few weeks ago.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    We used to sing a song about Charlie Nicholas.

    It seems we were correct in our assessment.
  • AdamAdam
    “Even though they lost Arnautovic, they still have Paulo Di Canio and Paulo Wanchope to cover for the lost goals.”
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    He must be back on the sauce.
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    If either Fredericks or Masuaku aren't fit for this match, I really hope we go for Johnson as second choice in either of these positions.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I’m excited and terrified in equal measure :wahoo:
  • LukerzLukerz
    Rumours circulating on Twitter that Antonio starts.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Considering the way we moved the ball around in the first half against Bilbao, I have to say I’ll be baffled if Antonio started ahead of any of Fornals, Lanzini or Anderson.
  • Brother_SledgeBrother_Sledge
    We are going to try and get away with 4-4-3 :whistle:

  • LukerzLukerz
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    Considering the way we moved the ball around in the first half against Bilbao, I have to say I’ll be baffled if Antonio started ahead of any of Fornals, Lanzini or Anderson.

    We won’t have the ball though.
  • alderzalderz
    Not if we don’t play people who can keep hold of it
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    edited August 2019
    A shock home win

    COYI
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 2019
    I personally don’t think it’s a bad ploy. Antonio off of Haller. We have to cause them problems going the other way. Antonio’s pace on the break will cause their high line issues & it allows us to try and be compact & get everybody behind the ball. I personally would like to see the three who have played in pre-season, but I can see the logic of it in a one-off game against a team poor City. A more direct approach to Haller with Antonio running off him will cause them issues with the wind today.

    Whether Fornals plays or not, we are going to have around 35% of the ball.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Bring it on. :wahoo:
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