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Their new signing eligible to play?
he hasn’t officially signed yet has he? Ifthat’s the case then he’ll have missed the 12 noon registration deadline to play this weekend.
Their new signing eligible to play?
What's going to be strange is having a striker on the bench? Bonus point for anyone to name the last league game we had a striker on the bench when Kane was playing?
PreciselyOthers have already observed that West Ham are going to set up deep and aim to counter. Although we have been prolific in creating chances and goals, we have only played one team in the league so far this season who did that - Newcastle. We created chances against them, too, but their goalkeeper had a day to remember and the chances were different in nature from the ones against Southampton and Man Utd (and Maccabi Haifa), where we were routinely getting behind their defence.
It's going to be crowded in and around the penalty area and some alert, quick, precise passing is going to be needed to fashion chances. If we create 20+ chances, but half of them bounce off a defender and the other half are saved, it's going to be Newcastle revisited, because West Ham have been countering with pace and precision. Antonio has become a very effective, powerful focus for their attack. His movement has improved greatly and he'll give our defenders an enervating 90 minutes.
So the main challenges here are to see if our attacking riches can be prolific against a side that packs the defence and if our midfield and defence can get into position swiftly and reliably enough to stop their counters. We're going to play a number of sides that adopt these tactics and we need to learn to overcome them if is we're ever going to win anything. Mobility and precision are required.
Others have already observed that West Ham are going to set up deep and aim to counter. Although we have been prolific in creating chances and goals, we have only played one team in the league so far this season who did that - Newcastle. We created chances against them, too, but their goalkeeper had a day to remember and the chances were different in nature from the ones against Southampton and Man Utd (and Maccabi Haifa), where we were routinely getting behind their defence.
It's going to be crowded in and around the penalty area and some alert, quick, precise passing is going to be needed to fashion chances. If we create 20+ chances, but half of them bounce off a defender and the other half are saved, it's going to be Newcastle revisited, because West Ham have been countering with pace and precision. Antonio has become a very effective, powerful focus for their attack. His movement has improved greatly and he'll give our defenders an enervating 90 minutes.
So the main challenges here are to see if our attacking riches can be prolific against a side that packs the defence and if our midfield and defence can get into position swiftly and reliably enough to stop their counters. We're going to play a number of sides that adopt these tactics and we need to learn to overcome them if is we're ever going to win anything. Mobility and precision are required.
Apparently the Guardian are saying Bale is expected to start.
Imagine the last 10 mins, Bale makes his cameo and does this again...
???Apparently the Guardian are saying Bale is expected to start.
We’re losing this one.