‚ö? West Ham v Burnley- Official Match Thread

[charleyfarley]

". ........... V London Stadium 10th Mar 14:00 GMT VAR Andrew Madley Darren England (6) - 32 0 Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Cresswell, Phillips, Souƒçek ¬©, Ward-Prowse, Paquet?°, Kudus, Bowen Subs: Fabia?Ñski (GK), Johnson, Ogbonna, Zouma, ?Ålvarez, Earthy, Ings, Antonio, Mubama Trafford, Assignon, O'Shea, Est?®ve, Taylor, Berge, Cullen ¬©, Bruun Larsen, Vitinho, Odobert, Fofana Subs: Muric (GK), Cork, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Rodriguez, Manuel, Amdouni, Tr?©sor, Delcroix West Ham 4/6: Draw 3/1: Burnley 7/2 ."

[Vexed]

See if you can hit Moyes with half a house brick from the stands would ya? End our fucking misery.

[North Bank]

"On train now left an hour ago and wondering why, if it wasn't for hooking up with the old crowd I probably wouldn't bother, even under Allardyce I never felt this unmotivated. I can't wait until June."

[North Bank]

"On train now left an hour ago and wondering why, if it wasn't for hooking up with the old crowd I probably wouldn't bother, even under Allardyce I never felt this unmotivated. I can't wait until June."

[carters]

"The world and his wife know who will start. The problem this Imbecile of a Eo called Manager has never taken into consideration is simply this. Some of these players are one injury away from ending and totally stuffing up the Season so far. IImagine losing Bowen, Kudus, Alvarez and Pacqueta to a torn hamstring. With the volume of games, it is just a question of time. Please Lord let me be wrong, but you'd think a manager of his experience would rotate his squad. Not this Clown. Same old same old and you know what if the unthinkable happened against Burnley would they sack him ..............??. Soucek, Anrtonio and Cresswell will be his downfall and the sooner the better, Give Scarles and Mubama and Earthy a go. We are at Home and even 15 minutes of these kids may unearth a gem. Will it happen ?? well you know and so do I. JUST GO MOYES YOUR WAY WAY PAST YOUR SELL BY DATE"

[Dr Matt]

Areola Johnson Mavropanos Aguerd Cresswell Orford Phillips Antonio Earthy Mubama Ings

[Sir Alf]

"I fear for him too RM although likely for different reasons than you :-) Big rebuild job on his hands if Moyes stays or leaves. That said, tussling over recruitment targets might not be such a problem if the alleged “terms” are in a new Moyes contract. On the other hand, Moyes has just recruited his son to the scouting team so has a “mole” or “Trojan Horse” for Tim to deal with :-("

[RM10]

"The love for Tim, I fear for him."

[GBHammer63]

"Cresswell shouldn’t even be in the equation, dreadful management. Unfortunately only a minute part of this managers ability to actually manage."

[Sir Alf]

"Moyes claming our defensive issues ( 47 conceded ) this season all down to Rice leaving. The case for the prosecution should rest there. He’s either trying to deflect and kid us and / or delude himself? Yeah both. He finds it impossible to admit that 2 players he picked and pushed hard to be recruited ( Zouma and Aguerd ) have been dreadful at times? His professional life is dominated by self seeking behaviour unfortunately where Moyes Inc. and his reputation is all that matters. Johnson should start ahead of Cresswell but wont. Moyes played him out if position in the dreaded wide left position, where many a victim has been deployed, he was not suited to it, had a stinker and Moyes wont play him again until Cresswell fvcks up which at 33/34 is likely in a league that gets quicker every season. His assembly of a predominently old and slow team / squad which he insists on keeping to 14 actively and consistently used players, is about to reap consequences I suspect. He cannot rotate but has to prioritise between league standing and Europa progression. Snookered himself. Burnley will probably dominate possession and Moyes will flog the same players until late subs if we are losing or drawing. Antonio should start and so should Ogbonna imho but probably wont. The kids on the bench are just “window dressing”’for the illusion of encouraging and using youth . A 3 min cameo if we are winning by 3 clear goals. I expect a frustrating game. Lets hope Moyes gets lucky again. Also lets hope the post gets MOTM like that other time a few seasons back. In the meantime, keep praying that Steidten gets full control asap"

[Surfinglizard]

We should win this game easily even if Paqueta didn’t start. But he will. I think Moyes hasn’t got a formula for an alternate way to win a game without relying on Plan A. IF we happen to run away with it in the first half I’d love to see the young subs come on and show what they can do. But likely neither will happen. 3-1 West Ham.

[Manuel]

"One minute I read we're a one man team, next minute some want to leave out Paqueta? We've seen many times before that Moyes takes one game at a time and will see today as very important, so I think and hope Paqueta will start."

[twoleftfeet]

"Ignore daveyg, the blokes a tool. Areola Johnson Mavropanos Aguerd Cresswell Phillips Alvarez JWP Bowen Kudus Antonio Give Coufal, Soucek and Paqueta a rest."

[daveyg]

"Moyes again got wrong with his defensive negative attitude and approach against Frieburg. If he was just going try to avoid defeat why play Paqueta? I don't think he's match fit and has come back to early. This was a game for 2 up top,go for it and win. Would have made the next 2 fixtures easy to manage. Now his thinking will be the same line up again, when we could have made 5 or 6 changes and still had enough to win. Paqueta has to sit this out for his benefit and the teams. If Emerson is out a different approach will be required anyway. We don't need 3 defensive players against any team let alone Burnley or Frieburg. Saying Soucek is a no 10 is bollocks. He doesn't create anything. We could play Antonio on the left with Bowen on the right, Ings upfront or even Mubama. Kudus center. No Zouma or Alvarez. No Cresswell. Areola Johnson Aguerd Mavropanos Coufal Philips Soucek Kudus Antonio Ings Bowen. I would have liked Johnson at right back but there's no way Cresswell should be starting. Ain't happening but it's a problem Moyes has created for himself, AGAIN."

[Hammer and Pickle]

Just enjoyed a thoroughly pleasant off-season break in ATHENS so not sure this is what the doctor ordered. Maybe I’ll look in if I’m feeling too EBULLIENT at the prospect of going back to the factory - rather not though.

[Fauxstralian]

Saw an extract of Moyes saying what a great job Kompany is doing (WTF!) and how good Burnley are doing INSPIRATIONAL up at 'em stuff from the modern Churchill

[zico]

Bowen as a Captain?

[Mex Martillo]

Hook line and sinker Manuelito.

[Keep dreaming]

"No chance of this cսnt to bllod the youngsters or even use the squad. The only ""surprise"" is what central defender he will play alongside captain Zouma"

[RM10]

"We should have scored 3 in Freiburg, need to get more clinical."

[Manuel]

"Blimey, I'm living rent free in the simple optimists head, lol. If all your predictions were correct we'd be top of the league right now, you simple cսnt. Fwiw, I'm probably one of the more positive ones on here these days, but you just post like a 12 year old."

[Mex Martillo]

"Blooming doom merchants. We will beat Burnley, because we are the better team and they really are pretty crap. We will beat Freiburg, because we've done it before against Sevilla and Lyon. (not confident about the 2nd prediction) Sorry to be so positive Manuel (not really at all sorry) If you do not see it like that, I recommend that a few lunch time vermouths and very little food will help your positivity."

[Sir Alf]

"Think I agree we will end up with nothing this season but an upper half finish in the league. Whole league form has “Stuttered” where we get a couple of wins, some seemed very fortunate, and then some defeats and some very heavy. We are so slow and old as a team and reflect our manager really. He is old in his thinking and slow to change anything. Really the Conference cup win has masked the reality of us being a mediocre and at best mid table side. Now compared to the yearly relegation struggles or actual relegation of previous years its an improvement until you look at the levels of investment in players. And in the end thats the biggest problem. Investing in too many older slow experienced players on high wages and not starting to create a squad with younger players. We have the oldest and slowest team and squad. Steidten needs to have full control and a coach aligned in terms of the way we play. Moyes has been a good interim manager but his time is up if we want to create something that we can sustain for the longer term. Our same players from Thurs will be expected to play againsf a fresher Burnley side. It will be more difficult than many expect especially if he picks Cresswell, Zouma and both JWP/ Soucek in midfield. Draw"

[Vexed]

We should win this with ease but with Moyes and his bottle job tactics I think we will draw and then draw against Freiburg capping off a fucking diabolical season. Get that cսnt out of the club ASAP. Fucking loser.

[Vexed]

We should win this with ease but with Moyes and his bottle job tactics I think we will draw and then draw against Freiburg capping off a fucking diabolical season. Get that cսnt out of the club ASAP. Fucking loser.

[GBHammer63]

Just watched Moyes press conference and if you‚Äôre not one of his favourites he really is the most disrespectful cսnt. Still calling Aguerd Nathan Agard. Snaky spineless cowardly cսnt.