West Ham Vs Burnley - Sat 8th, 3pm
Well I didn't expect to be starting this thread, but couldn't be happier to be doing so.
A great performance last weekend in which we showed real character. To go a goal down after five minutes would have ended the game for many teams in the position we were in, yet we fought our way back into it and secured a well deserved victory.
I can't see how Nuno changes anything for Burnley, Potts and Fernandes must start, as should Wilson also as Paqueta was so much more the player he used to be when in the deeper role.
I hope Scottie Parker gets a nice reception in the dug out, I think he was a great player for us. I think he was underrated in general but was one of those players that made the teams he played for so much better and had no weakness in his game.
A great performance last weekend in which we showed real character. To go a goal down after five minutes would have ended the game for many teams in the position we were in, yet we fought our way back into it and secured a well deserved victory.
I can't see how Nuno changes anything for Burnley, Potts and Fernandes must start, as should Wilson also as Paqueta was so much more the player he used to be when in the deeper role.
I hope Scottie Parker gets a nice reception in the dug out, I think he was a great player for us. I think he was underrated in general but was one of those players that made the teams he played for so much better and had no weakness in his game.
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Apart from the win at Wolves they lost all four away games and their only clean sheet was against Sunderland at home.
Not many left from their last stint in the Premier League although ex-Hammer captain Josh Cullen is still a regular starter, as is CB Maxime Esteve who Spurs tried to sign in the summer but Burnley slapped a £50m price tag on him
South African CF Lyle Foster started the season as first choice striker but has suffered recently with injury. He was fit enough to come on and score the winner against Wolves but was ill for last weekend's loss against Arsenal
In his absence Zian Flemming (£7m after a season long loan from some shabby South London club) has been leading the line and scored the other two goals against Wolves
They signed 13 players and took another on loan (DM Florentino, Benfica) but there are some players with Premier League experience; Martin Dubravka, Kyle Walker, ex-Man Utd, Villa and Ipswich CB Axel Tuanzebe (all frees), DM Lesley Ugochukwu (£25m Chelsea) and current top scorer LW Jaidon Antony (Bournemouth £8m after a season on loan). Top for assists is Dutch LB Quilindschy Hartman (Feyenoord £10m).
One new signing that hasn't featured much is Armando Broja (Chelsea £20m) with just 4 substitute appearances and 2 starts in the Carabao. How long before he gets injured?
For some reason CM/DM Josh Laurent is preferred as one of the three centre backs to Swedish international Hjalmar Ekdal who spent the 2nd half of last season on loan with Groningen. Maybe that explains why Sweden are so poor at the moment...
Against Arsenal
Dubravka
Walker Laurent Tuanzebe Esteve Hartman
Ugochukwu Cullen Florentino Antony
Flemming
LW/RW Jacob Brun Larsen, top scorer last time they were in the top flight, French U21 RW Loum Tchaouna (£13m Lazio) and Tunisian ex-Man Utd AM/CM Hannibal (signed last season) are options off the bench
There's even the possibility of a rare appearance of the lesser spotted Ashley Barnes who celebrated his 36th birthday a week ago. He first played us when he was 21, for Brighton in the Championship
Brighton lost
Back in September 2016 Pochettino told a press conference that Edwards reminded him of Messi, gave him 15 minutes at the end of Spurs 5-0 win over Gillingham in the League Cup the next day and never picked him again
Jacob Bruun Larsen was on loan from Hoffenheim when he played for Burnley 2023/24, joined Stuttgart for £1.5m in January then signed for Burnley for £3.5m six months later
He must really like living in Lancashire...
Would go with the same 11 if possible. Won’t be an easy game & I am sure there will be an element of complacency that we didn’t have v Newcastle.
I think this could be another setback today
They are 3rd for long balls which might explain why they're 20th for pass completion (76.8%) and possession (36.8%)
Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Todibo, Diouf, Potts, Fernandes, Paquetá, Bowen ©, Summerville, Wilson
Subs: Hermansen (GK), Walker-Peters, Igor, Golambeckis, Rodríguez, Magassa, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Souček
COYI
RW Tchaouna in for CB Laurent. Foster missing again so Femming starts with Broja on the bench
Dubravka
Walker Tuanzebe Esteve Hartman
Cullen Florentino
Tchaouna Ugochukwu Antony
Flemming