West Ham vs Liverpool | 29.12.2024 | Predictions & Match Thread

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Odds:

West Ham: 13/2
Draw: 22/5
Liverpool: 2/5


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[Takashi Miike]

exactly, regarding todibo. mindless picking three fullbacks, and then we get that fucking slaphead taylor and his bent officiating. most nailed on away win ever

[Leonard Hatred]

We will defeat Liverpool by two goals to one.

[twoleftfeet]

Has AWB played centre back before? Why not just pick Todibo and leave AWB on the right

I’m sensing the Spanish Moyes is looking for damage limitation 

[Elpojohn]

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Álvarez, Paquetá, Soler, Kudus, Bowen ©
Subs: Foderingham (GK), Cresswell, Scarles, Todibo, L. Guilherme, Irving, Summerville, Füllkrug, Ings 


Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk ©, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Díaz
Subs: Kelleher (GK), Tsimikas, Quansah, Endo, McConnell, Danns, Elliott, Núñez, Jota


  Referee: Anthony Taylor

[Takashi Miike]

as I expected, a back five in a free hit game. spanish moyes cսnt

[goose]

Maybe Emerson left midfield? 

It’s a back 5.
AWB will play as the 3rd centre back, which is sensible.

Midfield 3 of Alvarez, Soler & Paqueta.
Front two of Bowen & Kudus.

[goose]

Five at the back, no striker, Bowen central and Kudus out on the left. 

I hate it.

Still struggling to get a grip I see.

[mallard]

5 at the back?

Kudos and Bowen up front?

Absolutely no idea!

[Hammer and Pickle]

Five at the back, no striker, Bowen central and Kudus out on the left. 

I hate it.

[twoleftfeet]

Maybe Emerson left midfield? 

[twoleftfeet]

Interesting line up

Areola
Mavro
Kilman
Coufal
Wan Biss
Alvarez
Soler
Paqueta
Kudus
Emerson
Bowen

sort that out

[side effect]

Don't forget wherever you are in the ground today that you hug a scouse tourist and take selfie for them.

[Lato]

They are probably the best team in Europe at the moment which is difficult enough. But then we also have to contend with the three biased officials on the pitch and those at Stockley Park, and not forgetting Salah falling down as soon as any of our players look at him.

1-3 to the bin dippers, damage limitation hopefully. COYI.

[violator]

2-1, a lot of wall pushers out here in corralejo so I might be representing on my own

[only1billybonds]

The're main strength is their pace when they are attacking,they look so dangerous when they are coming at you. Hopefully, we can somehow compete in midfield where they are also very strong but it's going to take a he'll of an EFFORT to get anything at all from this.

[northbankboy68]

We will never contain them. I'd play Summerville, Kudos and Bowen up top, drop Füllcrock.  I'd play Vlad at right back and Wan Bissaka on the wing in front of him.  Alvarez and Soucek midfield.  Kilman, if fit with Todibo alongside and Emerson at left back.  Mav if Kilman is injured.  Fab/Areola.

[Massive Attack]

I tell you who I'd love to see play tonight, Lewis Orford. The boys got it, it's just a matter of time and with so many central midfielders out and if Irving isn't fancied, maybe he could be asked to play. I don't think he'd let us down either. 

 

[Far Cough UKunt]

I'm going for a Len Hatred.

Get in!

[Texas Iron]

Odds:

West Ham: 13/2
Draw: 22/5
Liverpool: 2/5

About right on current form…

C O Y I …

[Sir Alf]

We will gladly serve you humble pie Massive. I will even put a cherry and cream on top of it if its anything than a comfortable and resounding win for the Bin Dippers this evening

And as for a Fullkrug hattrick, you get a bottle of Don Perignon 1969 !!!

[Massive Attack]

This is the perfect game I want to dine on plenty of servings of humble pie should Fullkrug suddenly turn it on and find the back of the net against these super cunts of a football club. Show us why we paid an absolute fortune for him as we ain't got the time to wait any longer for it to happen at his age and fully settled now.

Hat-trick would do nicely.

Bang up for this.

​​​​​​​Come on you fucking Irons!

[GreenStreetPlayer]

They normally just past the ball around us, so we should expect nothing different.
Let’s keep it compact, two banks of five and get them on the breakaway.
They still seem to find a way however, so you can’t see anything but them winning, but by how many?
Hoping to be proved  very wrong of course!

[Sir Alf]

Duke, Im of the same mind. They play at such a high tempo and so physically strong / athletic with the players they have.  Cannot see our midfield being able to deal with it even if they were all fit and our back line will be vulnerable to those little chipped balls over the top which has happened a few times already this season. Then there’s Salah and Diaz down the flanks.

To compete imo requires Paqueta deeper and to have a game like he did against Newcastle away, Alvarez to  “stay in control” avoid an early card and be positionally disciplined, Kudus to wake up and be back to his previous levels but in a central or free role, Bowen to be on fire and Sommerville to be physically strong as he needs to play too imo.

We need Stavros not to give away a pen or handball or rickett and Todibo to be good in the air. Above all else we have to be ruthless and clinical in transition because we wont have a lot of the ball and cannot beat their pressing.

Just too many things have to be right and thats without mentioning the need for an even handed ref which Taylor isn’t and VAR going our way.  Of course we’d take a “shithousery” win with Liverpool defy the laws of physics by missing 99% of their chances and us taking most of maybe 2 or 3 clear chances we get.

Nah a comfortable, cruise control victory for the bin dippers confirmed early on as they race into a 2 goal lead in under 20 mins

realism and pessimism 

[John Coffey]

1-4

[DukeofDevo]

This could be embarrassing. Let’s hope they’ve been working on passing to our own players! If we give the ball away like we’ve been doing all season L’pool will slaughter us. They may well slaughter us anyway. I’m hoping for a 100% performance, which may see us keep the score down!