Sheffield United (A) 22/11 - Match Thread
It’s has to be.. doesn’t it..
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Good that we do have Diop waiting in the wings, he's an able replacement
I actually think Moyes will start Fornals/Bowen again, but personally I saw enough that Benrahma should start, was very bright in his cameo and this will be another tight game...although he's more likely to make an impact off the bench than Fornals would
Fab
Balbuena Ogbonna/Diop Cresswell
Coufal Rice Fornals Soucek Masuaku
Haller Benrahma
Not a massive change, but having a third CM would allow the wing backs to push on a bit more and hopefully they'll use the international break to work on their crossing. Let Benrahma play close to Haller and see if that brings out the best in the Ivorian lamppost.
The fact that Sheffield United are winless makes me nervous; historically we've been very generous to teams on bad runs, but there's nothing in that team that should worry us too much.
Coat please.
Martin passing the ball out the back to a Sheffield United player for their goal.....
Snodgrass equalising goal being ruled out due to a Rice handball.....
Would love to smash these!!
Think Haller was better against Fulham, and his goal for ivory coast has probably given him a bit of a morale boost
Deserves another chance, but also allows us to unleash Michail in the final 15 if we need a goal
Fabianski
Balbuena - Ogbonna - Cresswell
Zabaleta - Noble - Rice - Masuaku
Lanzini - Haller - Anderson
So likely to be four notable changes to that side (Coufal, Soucek, Bowen, Fornals) & all those changes are positive ones & improve last seasons side dramatically.
Last years game was a nailed on 0-0, decided by a mistake by Martin who came on for Fabianski early on.
This is a game where we are going to need to go into it with the mindset ‘we must not let a goal in’. If we do that, I think we could edge it. If they get 1-0 ahead, it’s going to be very hard for us to get back into it, given their desperation for points & organisation. We must come away from here with at least a 0-0, which would be a point better on last season. We are not going to knock in 3 or 4 goals, that never happens at their place, this will be a maximum 3 goal game, so just whether we have the ability to edge it 0-1 or 1-2.
I think I would be tempted to start Benrahma instead of Haller. Their back 3 are going to dominate him. Benrahma I would play as the middle striker but ask him to drop deeper making an upside down triangle with Bowen and Fornals. Moyes needs to find a way to break this side down, because they are 10 times more organised than Fulham & we all know how that was a struggle.
Without Antonio, a point would not be a bad result given how much they need a win.
2-0 win to the Hammers.
COYI
Saw this today 👍🏻
Just like I only think a pundit knows what they’re talking about when they say West Ham are completely great.