I just hope Noble keeps his studs off BaleI have a few West ham mates that absolutely hate Bale.
So 2-1 spurs (Bale '89, '93) please.
'Man who looks to the stars, step in dog shit." Confucius.For me...Banana skin - fear touching cloth and all that.
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes THFC exist". S, Hawking
I hope GLC is back for this one in some capacity
He is. Dier was a "probably not" but Lo Celso and Tanganga are definitely out.I thought he and Tanganga were ruled out?
Chaos theory innit.[people who think their "prediction" affects the result]
Some of them are professionals, grownups, people with partners and children.
They think what they write about the match on a forum has an effect on future events. They really do.
[people who think their "prediction" affects the result]
Some of them are professionals, grownups, people with partners and children.
They think what they write about the match on a forum has an effect on future events. They really do.
[people who think their "prediction" affects the result]
Some of them are professionals, grownups, people with partners and children.
They think what they write about the match on a forum has an effect on future events. They really do.
Always an hour before kick offTeams announced at what time?
If he gets injured in the warm up, i'm blaming you
This, and also to make best use of our own wing backs. We need to get behind their defence and the engage in quick and slick passing that pulls their midfield and particularly their defenders out of position.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.
Sissoko brace