West Ham Vs Southampton, Sun 26th Dec - Kick off 3pm

Lukerz

Suggestion seems to be he will be available if he returns a negative LFT today…

Lukerz

Fabianski
Coufal - Dawson - Diop - Masuaku
Rice - Soucek
Vlasic - Fornals - Benrahma
Bowen

Areola, Johnson, Ashby, Fredericks, Kral, Noble, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Antonio

Antonio on bench, is the side

steve

Time for Vlasic to step up

jay_in_cpt

And Benrahma, he has been very average of late, Lanzini IMO unlucky to keep his place.

Lukerz

I expect a big game from the 3 behind Bowen. Have not been quite at it of late. Need to win us a game.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Sometimes think Lanzini looks better off the bench as he has game winning ability

But a good side, wonder what condition Antonio is in or if we will see him

Brother_Sledge

COME ON YOU IRONS

ASLEFshrugged

Forster in goal for Saints, hasn't played since 28th October in the League Cup, hasn't played in the Premier League since May

Broja and Walcott up front, Shane Long and Adam Armstrong on the bench

Lukerz

1-0 to Saints

Yeoldhammer

totally switched off at the back there.

MrsGrey

At the back? Looked more like in the middle...

OldCastleSwift

Colour me surprised.

PrestonHammer

3-0 drubbing coming up.

Lukerz

MrsGrey said:

At the back? Looked more like in the middle...

Not the first time

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Rice has been world class this year but something has been off since him and Soucek have swapped roles

Playing right through us

The front 4 aren't helping them but the pair of Soucek-Rice should be offering more protection ad control

Yeoldhammer

Thank the heavens we actually have points on the board, we look like the team that have had a good start to the first half of the season followed by a dive bomb of a second half of the season.

thornburyiron

We’ve regressed 2 years in the past couple of months

MrsGrey

Better.

PrestonHammer

Well we could be Leicester 4-0 down after 25 minutes.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Really putting them under a lot of pressure

But falling short of actual shots on goal

Feel we're trying to be a bit too cute, had the ball on the edge of the box and have tried to play it through a camped box

ASLEFshrugged

Saints so scared of us they're timewasting after 30 minutes

Salisu is quality

And Vlasic putting in a shift

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Rice booked and now suspended for the Watford game

Frustrated challenge

jay_in_cpt

We have been very average IMO
Fornals and Benrahma frustrating, Vlasic has offered more & been more involved… Just need a goal to get us going….
Just not a great watch for us so far…..

Yeoldhammer

We look way below average

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Big chance

Vlasic close, maybe could've given it to Benrahma

PrestonHammer

Who would have blasted over the bar.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Bowen doesn't stand a chance against Salisu

Coufal having a bad game, lost it so many times

MrsGrey

PrestonHammer said:

Who would have blasted over the bar.

Or been offside.

Lukerz

We do look poor. Need some investment in January.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Benrahma off for Antonio (if fit) or Lanzini

Hes just not doing anything atm, just loses it

The other 3 aren't doing much but they're doing more