Wolves v West Ham - Monday April 5th 20.:00

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  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    edited April 2021
    The BBC have us playing 4-2-3-1? Surely not! A back 3, to match Wolves
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    We'll still win 2-1.

    COYI
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    baracks_a_hammer said:

    All this hue and cry about one player!!

    You’ve got to move on - it happens to all teams - this can also be seen as an opportunity to try something different

    What I am more concerned about is c&b sky failing to carry out the strict match thread rituals. Not that I’m massively superstitious, but I hope we are not punished by the footballing Gods...

    I think we already are being Baracks! I feel somehow responsible for Rice's injury. What other explanation can there be? he left the England Match as man of the match all is well, suddenly with no football between then and now he is injured.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    ScotHammer said:

    The BBC have us playing 4-2-3-1? Surely not! A back 3, to match Wolves

    The people who post those formations haven't got a scooby when it comes to us. It'll be a back 3 with Coufal and Masuaku as wing-backs.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    ScotHammer said:

    The BBC have us playing 4-2-3-1? Surely not! A back 3, to match Wolves

    Nah, it won't be anything like the BBC's line up. It'll be 5-3-2, which is basically the formation we used when we offered absolutely nothing against Man U.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Why does Moyes drop Benrahma? Some of our more impressive away wins are when he starts (Leeds, Palace, Villa).
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    OldCastleSwift said:

    ScotHammer said:

    The BBC have us playing 4-2-3-1? Surely not! A back 3, to match Wolves

    Nah, it won't be anything like the BBC's line up. It'll be 5-3-2, which is basically the formation we used when we offered absolutely nothing against Man U.
    But isn't it the one we had when we beat Wolves 4-0 and Leicester 3-0? Masuaku playing LWB is totally different to Johnson (young, inexperienced, on his wrong foot) playing there. It was the negative approach in terms of how to play, not the formation that was the problem there, imo.

    Let's hope this is the back 5 we had early on!
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited April 2021
    Disagree OCS

    Fornals has featured predominantly on the left as an attacking midfielder and Lingard has played as a second striker

    Whereas against United we played Noble, Soucek, Rice midfield 3...all 3 are holding midfielders

    Also Masuaku is much more offensive then Johnson
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Lukerz said:

    Why does Moyes drop Benrahma? Some of our more impressive away wins are when he starts (Leeds, Palace, Villa).

    One reason is we've lost a spot for the attacking midfielders as we've had to change formation (I think we stayed with a back 4 if Rice was fit). Another is we're playing Noble, so he probably feels Fornals will help more defensively, and Lingard starts ahead of Benrahma any day of the week atm.

    I'd have played Fornals alongside Soucek to let Bowen or Benrahma start, but Moyes was obviously going to play Noble; just hope it doesn't cost us again, as our stats when Noble starts have been very poor this season.
  • stevesteve
    masuaku must have been great in training to start .Nice to see us holding Benrahma And Bowen back untill we are 2 down after 70 mins
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    steve said:

    masuaku must have been great in training to start .Nice to see us holding Benrahma And Bowen back untill we are 2 down after 70 mins

    We'll almost certainly have to sub off Noble and Masuaku anyway; can't see either lasting 90 mins, so we're really restricted as to what we can change given this starting line-up.
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    I just hope Dawson and Diop can play a back 3, as I remember it being Balbuena and Ogbonna at the start of the season when we did well.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Disagree OCS

    Fornals has featured predominantly on the left as an attacking midfielder and Lingard has played as a second striker

    Whereas against United we played Noble, Soucek, Rice midfield 3...all 3 are holding midfielders

    Also Masuaku is much more offensive then Johnson

    All depends on where you see them playing I guess. Our success came when we played 3-4-3. We've struggled when we've played 5-3-2. It may all be semantics, but I think Fornals will be in a central three tonight and Lingard as a second striker. Maybe we'll have the fluidity to play both as and when necessary, but I get a feeling it'll be defend deep with eight behind the ball and hope that Lingard and Antonio can do something on the break.
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    at least we have 2 impact players on the bench
  • stevesteve
    No Got karen carney in the studio ,What on earth have i done to deserve her
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    Neville predicting a dire match, I will take 1-0 to us dire or 2-1 and we do not score another own goal
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    COYI!!
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Do you get extra points for hitting the post.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Pretty incredible how many times we have hit the woodwork this season. I wonder what the record is.
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    Lingaaaaard!!!!
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    What a goal.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Amazing
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Antonio took that defender completely away.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Lovely little run by Antonio to make space for Lingard
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Quality play from Coufal and Fornals to get it out from the back, too.

    Declan who?

    (Just kidding, Rice. I miss and love you.)
  • yoyoyoyo
    Great goal from start to finish.....sign him up!!
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Lovely flick from Fornals at the start of the move too
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    This could have been 2-2 already
  • yoyoyoyo
    edited April 2021
    2 bookings In the first 10 minutes is a worry
  • alderzalderz
    Two centre backs booked in the first ten minutes is a little bit of a worry
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