West Ham Utd v Newcastle Utd. Saturday 19th February, 12:30pm. BT Sport.

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  • whupathmanwhupathman
    conference on you tube
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Howe confirms "it’s likely that Emil Krafth will be drafted in at right-back"

    Dubravka
    Krafth Schar Burn Targett
    Willock Shelvey Joelinton
    Fraser Wood St. Maximin
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Benrahma has to start then. Let him run at Krafth.

    Joelinton in midfield? Since when has that been a thing? Is that good for us?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited February 2022
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Joelinton in midfield? Since when has that been a thing? Is that good for us?

    Joelinton has been playing of the left side of a midfield three since 16th December

    Lost against City and Liverpool with him playing there, then drew Man U and Watford, won the last three against Leeds, Everton and Villa.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Benrahma has to start then. Let him run at Krafth.

    Joelinton in midfield? Since when has that been a thing? Is that good for us?

    Unfortunately Benrahma has stopped running at anyone recently. Howe has played Joelinton in midfield since he got there and he has apparently been a revelation. (Mind he was pretty poor as a striker)
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    So their left side is quite dangerous then. Targett's pretty useful going forward, and ASM we know is a threat.

    Coufal benched for this one I hope.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Lawro says 2-0 to us. We're in trouble...
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited February 2022
    We’ve lost the last 2 at home to them and 3 out of the last 5 so let’s stop the run. They’ve only conceded 3 in their last 5 games.
    Sky have it as 1-2.
  • LukerzLukerz
    I think that, whilst this will be a tough game, they have won 3 games against Leeds, Everton & Villa. All bottom half sides. This will be a much bigger test for Newcastle.
  • epsom_bubblesepsom_bubbles
    We want to stay in and around the top four, so every game will be tough. Before we only needed to get to 40 points. Now we we need to take something from every game. I am still nervous tho'.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    We've lost two of our last nine so it's not all doom and gloom. Both teams need the points for very different reasons. They will come at us which is, in general, what we prefer.

    Home win.

    COYI
  • LukerzLukerz
    I don’t expect them to come at us. That’s certainly not how they’ve approached the last 3 games. Very compact, defensive & hard-working. They’ll take a point today 100%.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited February 2022
    One to watch is Brazilian 24yo DM/CM Bruno Guimaraes, signed from Olympique Lyonnais in January for a rumoured £38m but so far has only been a substitute in the last minutes.

    Started 19 out of 21 league games for OL this season and OL topped their group in the Europa League
  • LukerzLukerz
    May be worth playing an extra midfielder for this one after Newcastle play a straight 4-3-3. I’d quite like to see how we go with Kral anchoring Soucek & Rice.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Lukerz said:

    May be worth playing an extra midfielder for this one after Newcastle play a straight 4-3-3. I’d quite like to see how we go with Kral anchoring Soucek & Rice.

    Cannot see Moyes playing Kral today…
    Would like to see Benrahma in place of Fornals from last weeks starting 11…⚒️
  • LukerzLukerz
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Oh dear, how sad, nevermind. =)
  • HamstewHamstew
    That's a boost
  • HamstewHamstew
    I said a while back he looked injured on their last game
  • LukerzLukerz
    Hamstew said:

    I said a while back he looked injured on their last game

    HamstewITK 🤔
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Joelinton on LW, Guimaraes into midfield?

    Alternatives are Longstaff or Almiron in midfield, Murphy at LW
  • LukerzLukerz
    I think likely to be Murphy on the wing.
  • LukerzLukerz
    thornburyiron said:

    We’ve lost the last 2 at home to them and 3 out of the last 5 so let’s stop the run. They’ve only conceded 3 in their last 5 games.
    Sky have it as 1-2.

    Sky’s is not so much a prediction. It’s that bloke talking about value for money in the betting & he seems to think 4/1 is too good to ignore for an away win, so then says 1-2.
  • LukerzLukerz
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited February 2022
    No Coufal or Lanzini in the squad (injuries).

    Zouma, Fredericks, Benrahma start.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Fredericks? Over Johnson?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Maybe Moyes thought Fredericks' pace v ASM?

    But ASM confirmed as missing. That's a big plus for us. No room for complacency though.
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    edited February 2022
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Fredericks? Over Johnson?

    Maybe thinking about pace of ASM before injury was known?

  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Fredericks.....

    Moyes doing my head in, persisting with players with one foot out the door and not good enough in the first place

    Johnson at LB has been better than Fredericks at RB

    Dunno what Johnson has to do to start
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Murphy in for St.Maximin, Lascelles fit enough for the bench.

    Gotta good feeling about this

    I swapped a 2pm - 9:40pm shift for a 10:30pm - 7am shift so I could watch the whole match

    I believe I am owed a good result for my self sacrifice!
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