Pre Season 2021

Lukerz

He did

He may be there somewhere, but he is not training with the squad that I can see. Maybe he’s still on his own programme to manage his knee or maybe he is training with the U23s.

Pearces_Left_Foot

I am sure Masuaka played in one pre season game set up a goal for one of the U23's maybe he is on his own training program to help him get over his injury

IronHerb

He played last Friday v Aldershot

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Masuaku came back for 2 games in April which caused him issues and flared up the injury that had kept him out since December 2020

Doubt we'd be seeing much/any of him for the next month, will take him longer to get back to full fitness

OutcastLondoner

Lukerz is just trying to create another Rice-style crisis so he can claim he’s ITK again.

OldCastleSwift

OutcastLondoner said:

Lukerz is just trying to create another Rice-style crisis so he can claim he’s ITK again.

Yeah, there'll be something about Masuaku carrying a bag.

There won't be a bag.

Lukerz

Masuaku is actually carrying a phone, with the caption ‘Return of the King’

PrestonHammer

A phone shaped bag?

Expat_Hammer

PrestonHammer said:

A phone shaped bag?

That don't ring true 😁😁😁

ASLEFshrugged

Last Friday

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/july/30-july/arthur-masuaku-returns-and-armstrong-okoflex-scores-twice-west-ham

OldCastleSwift

Lukerz said:

Masuaku is actually carrying a phone, with the caption ‘Return of the King’

Close, but no cigar.

Or phone.

claretandbluesky

I really like Arthur, frightens the life out of me when closing in on an attacker in our penalty area, but going at the opposition with the ball at his feet he is a joy. I felt he was an obvious one for Moyes to reposition at some point, i feel sure he could play as a winger.

Whitehorsehammer

Agree Claret I like him, as a LWB going forward he is can cause danger to the opposition, when defending he can cause danger to us.

OutcastLondoner

Honestly, I think he's a good defender when his mind is engaged and it's one on one. He switches off when the ball is crossed from the other side and the runner comes in behind him but so does Cresswell sometimes and I've noticed it with some other teams as well.

alderz

OutcastLondoner said:

Honestly, I think he's a good defender when his mind is engaged and it's one on one. He switches off when the ball is crossed from the other side and the runner comes in behind him but so does Cresswell sometimes and I've noticed it with some other teams as well.

He’s good at everything, but his concentration massively let’s him down.

Brother_Sledge

Hope there might be a stream for the Atalanta game? I stumbled upon a site called footypass for the Celtic match which was excellent and got the thumbs up from McAfee.

MrsGrey

I think there will only be a stream if someone is broadcasting it - streams are just 're-broadcasts'.

Club website says:

The game is being broadcast outside the UK in selected territories, meaning the Club is unable to screen a live stream in the UK, Italy, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Korea. If you live outside these territories, you can tune in from 14:55 BST on our Facebook page.

So there may be a stream, or if you have a VPN you could set your territory accordingly?

I might be OK, in Greece ...

ASLEFshrugged

The club website says...

The game is being broadcast outside the UK in selected territories, meaning the Club is unable to screen a live stream in the UK, Italy, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Korea. If you live outside these territories, you can tune in from 14:55 BST on our Facebook page.

By Korea I assume they mean South Korea, when the match is broadcast in North Korea Kim Jong Un will play for West Ham in the first half, Atalanta in the second and score a hat trick for both teams

thornburyiron

How would you know it’s him as everybody has to look the same. We’d have 11 Kim Jong Uns or lookalikes.

ammerinaberdeen

Anyone got a link for the game please

MrsGrey

If there are links they don't usually go live until just before the game.

So although there may be links listed, you can't tell if they are real yet.... usually.

OldCastleSwift

Yikes. If Ex is right it's an interesting line up this afternoon.

Given this is the last game of pre-season and the team and formation is likely to be something like what Moyes is thinking for Newcastle, then there's an interesting experiment involved.

OldCastleSwift

Ex reckons Moyes is going 5-3-2 with Fornals at LWB.

MrsGrey

MrsGrey

Club blog says
Declan Rice captains the side ...
He partners newly-crowned Hammer of the Year Tomáš Souček in midfield, while fellow European Championship stars Vladimir Coufal and Andriy Yarmolenko also start.

It looks to be a 4-2-3-1 formation for David Moyes, with Yarmolenko, Pablo Fornals and the in-form Saïd Benrahma in support of centre-forward Michail Antonio.

West Ham United: Fabiański, Coufal, Diop, Dawson, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio

Lukerz

We’ll lose this game, but I suppose minutes is more important. Where’s Lanzini?

OldCastleSwift

OldCastleSwift

That seems more likely Mrs G 👍

MrsGrey

Not seeing any streams listed on my (normally reputable) sources...

Lukerz

Fabianski
Coufal - Dawson - Diop - Cresswell
Souček - Rice
Yarmolenko - Benrahma - Fornals
Antonio