Southampton vs West Ham | Boxing Day 2024 | Match Thread

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Odds: 
West Ham: 13/10
Draw: 11/4
Southampton: 9/4

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[nychammer]

WTF are we doing giving them fee headers like that?

[Mad Dog]

Lazy defending from us there again.  All switched off.  That lanky saints cսnt should have scored

[zico]

My gran could have scored that and she's been dead 30 years!

[Any Old Iron]

A shocking miss

[Mad Dog]

I don't get the vast majority of this fucking moron's managerial decisions

[threesixty]

Sort of understand but not really sure whether Rodriguez is even worth trying anymore. I have never seen anything from him. 
fulkrug needs match fitness so I get that. 

I feel that Summerville should be a starter for us rather than an impact sub.
would have preferred we went at them. I don’t understand playing with 2 defensive mids , said that last week as well. It’s just not necessary. 

Fingers crossed 


 

[twoleftfeet]

We won’t lose.

[Sir Alf]

Very surprising. Rodruiguez and Stavros?

Todibo is not 100% still I guess?  Not sure why Lop has reverted to the statuesque Rodriiguez though unless we are going to sit deeper and play on the counter in a Moyes style.  

Lets hope Fullkrug is a bit fitter and involved. 

Not confident ( I never am ) but the starting 11 looks very capable of doing another great impersonation of cardboard cut outs. Southampton will fancy their chances

[Rusta]

I didn’t think Fulkreg was ok out of possession, thought he was slow and lumbering when closing those passing lanes. Maybe it’s fitness but it was like night n day when Bowen did the same job out of possession.. 

I’m genuinely hoping he’s the answer to our number 9 problem tho so let’s hope that starts today as he’s fitness levels get higher 

[onsideman]

I'm sure that if the selection was down to rotation, Alvarez and Todibo are not the players he would be resting

[stubbo-admin]

Fullkrug was ok out of possession, closing passing lanes etc.   but terrible when we had the ball.

Weird line up though. I get he's rotating against a weak team, but we're not really coming from a position of strength.

[onsideman]

Also suspect some may not be starting with the extremely difficult Liverpool match to follow soon after this one. We'll need the Squad to rotate.

Or, more likely, he just doesn’t know his best team?

We are 14th in the league and, although not exactly a relegation 6 pointer, we are not really able to rest players away at S'oton. 

[Massive Attack]

"On paper" Southamptons Team and Formation if they do go with 3 at the back and 2 up top, should get battered. Looks wide open to exploit and over run in midfield. This is West Ham though..

Also suspect some may not be starting with the extremely difficult Liverpool match to follow soon after this one. We'll need the Squad to rotate.

[kylay]

Mavros and Guido, yikes. Well that's sure to put the back line under pressure.

[Any Old Iron]

Fullkrug was abysmal against Brighton and as soon as Bowen was switched to the middle we scored.  How is he back in the team?

Cos the manager’s a clueless fuckwit

[Any Old Iron]

I’m not being deliberately pessimistic when I say that I can see us making a bollocks of this, on the lines of Leicester away. 
And we can’t keep relying on the skipper so it’s time for some more of them to step up

[Alfs]

Fullkrug was abysmal against Brighton and as soon as Bowen was switched to the middle we scored.  How is he back in the team?

[twoleftfeet]

Fabianski 
Wan Bissaka
Mavro
Kilman
Emerson

Rodriguez
Soucek
Soler

Bowen
Fullkrug
Kudus

very very uninspiring.

[onsideman]

Another game where Mavropanos is mysteriously preferred to Todibo and where Summerville will be under increased pressure to perform... if given a chance

[twoleftfeet]

Fabianski 

Wan-bissaka Todibo Kilman Emerson

Soucek Alvarez

Kudus Soler Summerville 

Bowen 

0-3

I’d go with this but in my dream world Scarles plays ahead of Emerson and then he and Summerville boss the left hand side of the pitch.

[Gaffer58]

We need to press them in their own box/half as under the previous manager he insisted on playing out from the back,this led to many conceded goals. Saying that their new manager might not mind the big clearance.

[violator]

A nervous 1-0 win

[Ladysmith]

I think this will be a comfortable win for us, I’m going 3-0!

Irons!

[Massive Attack]

Fabianski 

Wan-bissaka Todibo Kilman Emerson

Soucek Alvarez

Kudus Soler Summerville 

Bowen 

0-3

I’d like to see

                  Fabianski
AW-B  Tobido  Kilman  Emerson
                    Alvarez
         Kudus               Soler
Bowen        Fullkrug    Summerville

Scope for Guilherme, Scarles or Soucek to come on later in the game. 

So just Alvarez defending our Team in that Midfield as everyone else tries to score. It is Southampton though, so it might work.

[Hammer and Pickle]

Fabianski 

Wan-bissaka Todibo Kilman Emerson

Soucek Alvarez

Kudus Soler Summerville 

Bowen 

0-3

I’d like to see

                  Fabianski
AW-B  Tobido  Kilman  Emerson
                    Alvarez
         Kudus               Soler
Bowen        Fullkrug    Summerville

Scope for Guilherme, Scarles or Soucek to come on later in the game.