West Ham vs Crystal Palace | PL | 18.1.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

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Match Centre:

Odds:
West Ham: 9/5
Draw: 5/2
Crystal Palace: 17/10

Pre-Match Press Conference:
Official Press Conference

Tactical Preview: 
Babbling Irons

Watch-along:
Hammers Chat Watchalong

Streams:

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[Full Claret Jacket]

Manager has gone to the negative football playbook to try and scrape points. The previous manager at least had a team that would get shots on goal. This looks like a Moyes team just sitting there waiting to concede. Disappointing when the opposition  isnt all that. Maybe he will change it for last 20 mins to pinch a win but have a feeling wont be disappointed with a draw. 

[zico]

There isn't an option to bring Aguerd back in January

 

Ah, my error cheers. Got to say though Fornals, Kehrer or even Benny would probably be an upgrade on some of these. At least certainly Pablo and Thilo seemed like they wanted to be here Soler has to come on for Rodriguez. You could call him the Rock, they don't move much either!

[Fauxstralian]

Turgid
Whole team needs a rocket up ‘em
More energy please

[Takashi Miike]

It hasn’t been pretty but I don’t see too much that Rodriguez has done wrong for the holding midfield role? His mate on the other hand has picked up his mandatory yellow card and now can’t tackle for the rest of the game. 

 

 

Ron, he's given the ball away numerous times, almost cost us a goal

[Manuel]

60,000 watching that rubbish? Fucking joke. Get the Brazilian kid on and even Ings, it's Palace ffs. Does Potter have the bollocks to do it though, or just hoping for a 0-0?

How can Orford be any worse than Rodriguez?

[Keep dreaming]

Not great but i feel strangely calm.

 

 

Sums up every player 

[the exile]

What an absolute shit-show that was. Reminds me of some of our worst performances under Moyes. Got to change something to offer more of a threat. Soucek in a more advanced role is a fucking abject waste of space.

[Maverick180180]

While I appreciate we’ve got some serious injury problems, playing Cresswell and Rodriguez is not necessary
needs to make changes at half time cos this line up and performance is exactly the sort of crap Lopetegui would do

[Ron Eff]

It hasn’t been pretty but I don’t see too much that Rodriguez has done wrong for the holding midfield role? His mate on the other hand has picked up his mandatory yellow card and now can’t tackle for the rest of the game. 

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

Shit line up. Shit performance. We aren’t going to create a single goal threat unless it changes. Our defence is so slow in possession we struggle to get the ball forward, and aren’t creating any space.

I’d swap Soler for Cresswell.

[Takashi Miike]

Were the likes of Kehrer and Fornals really worse than Rodriguez?

 

 

Plus all the other players that moyes couldnt work with, its a crying shame. Im sure potter could have got something out of most of them.

 

 

Orford's a better option that Rodriguez, so is Soler and the Brazilian youngster. This no different to Moyes senior player hierarchy club, it's shit

[honky cat]

Not great but i feel strangely calm.

[nychammer]

What a shit game of football. Palace well on top but we've done enough to keep them out. 0-0 or 1-0 either way and based on what I've seen it wont be to us with our zero shots on target. As a spectacle it can only get better. 

[Helmut Shown]

Cresswell has more reverse gears than an Italian tank

[honky cat]

Were the likes of Kehrer and Fornals really worse than Rodriguez?

 

 

 

 

Plus all the other players that moyes couldnt work with, its a crying shame. Im sure potter could have got something out of most of them.

[Any Old Iron]

It’s painful to see us so bad against moderate opposition. Potter needs to work some magic at half time

[goose]

Moyes spent something like £450m, Lopetegui spent over £100m, how can our squad be this shit?

It’s 18th January today? We should have been sorting this mess out January 1st

 

criminal isnt it, and yes you would hope we've been at least scouting out players in positions where we are short, could we have FFP issues in making signings given what we spent?

 

 

We’ve plenty of PSR ‘headroom’ but cash is a challenge. We owe a lot more in transfers than we are due to receive.

[Takashi Miike]

I've always said we can't pick two of alvarez, soucek or rodriguez in the same team. So of course, he's now playing all three. And why the fuck is Cresswell playing? He was done two years ago. Stay out of selection matters Noble
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[Keep dreaming]

So short squad wise can't do worse than bringing JWP and Aguerd back. Too little movement off the ball. Got to give passers angles to hit.

There isn't an option to bring Aguerd back in Jan.

[happygilmore]

Tuchel must have got the nod that Creswell was starting.

[Keep dreaming]

Outplayed at home .
Fans quiet and Potter shaking his head 
Lucky if it's all square at half time.

Where do we go from here?
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[threesixty]

Midfield…. Do we have to keep saying the same thing?

Can’t create much in this league without at least 2 creative mids or one with pace. How do you support the forward without it?

Hes trying to manage the game instead of going for the team that will get goals. 
risky tbh.. as you will end up chasing this one. 

[zico]

So short squad wise can't do worse than bringing JWP and Aguerd back. Too little movement off the ball. Got to give passers angles to hit.

[collyrob]

Scrappy shit match. Why can’t we just have players ready to come in as soon as the window is open. Does my bollocks in every year 

[Keep dreaming]

Absolutely shocking. Gotta be some question marks on Potter with that line up.

Wouldn't worry to much about Potter, This is his squad after all, and he gets the answers most of us has been yelling about.
It is a worry though if  he keep on with it...