‚ö? West Ham v Brighton - Official Match Thread

[charleyfarley]

"........... V London Stadium Tues 2nd Jan 19:30 VAR Rob Jones Sam Barrott : (8) - 28 1 Areola, Johnson, Mavropanos, Ogbonna ¬©, Emerson, ?Ålvarez, Ward-Prowse, Souƒçek, Fornals, Benrahma Bowen Subs: Fabia?Ñski, Cresswell, Casey, Laing, Coventry, Orford, Cornet, Ings, Mubama Steele, Milner, Webster, van Hecke, Estupi?±?°n, Gro?ü ¬©, Hinshelwood, Buonanotte, Gilmour, Jo?¢o Pedro, Welbeck Subs: Verbruggen (GK), Kavanagh, Samuels, Moder, Dahoud, Baleba, Lallana, Baker-Boaitey, Ferguson West Ham 7/5: Draw 5/2: Brighton 17/10 Sky Sports ."

[wd40]

Some still slagging off Moyes some of you really do have a problem with this game of football. Club wins- club wins cup- club is 6th- club is in the best state its been for 30/40 years.

[Sir Alf]

"It will be very close to that Vexed and he will likely resort to “The Alamo” tactics again as you say. With the likes of Soucek and no Kudus or Paqueta, we ain’t winning any midfield possession battle. Might be useful to have one of those split screen set ups on the tele tomorrow? The game only in our half will fit one side and Antiques Roadshow on the other if we want some excitement ? ;-)"

[Vexed]

I think Moyes will set us up like he did against Arsenal and Brighton away where we barely got out of our area for 90% of the game. ----------------------------Areola Coufal-----Zouma---------Ogbonna------Emerson --------------------------Alvarez Bowen-----------Soucek----JWP-----------Fornals --------------------------------Ings This is the depressing team and formation I fear Moyes will field tomorrow. If we get anything out of this one we'll have done well.

[Hammer and Pickle]

"I'd have thought the whole point of dispensing with Soucek's services, at least at the start of games, was to play a proper wide-attacking player like Cornet and allow others to play a more central role. With Paqueta still unavailable, that would be Kudus, and if he isn't starting then we might as well go defensive and start with Soucek. And of course, JWP starts in all cases. Logic and simplicity serve each other, right?"

[onsideman]

Not a fan of Ward-Prowse then?

[Mex Martillo]

"As many are saying Antonio and Paqueta are out. While Aguerd, Zouma and Kudus have late fitness tests and 50% chance of playing. Of the three I think we need Kudus most and hope he can start... Areola Coufal Mavropanos Ogbonna Emerson Soucek Alvarez Kudus Fornals Cornet Bowen"

[Mike Oxsaw]

"We need to win 3 games more than any of Villa, Arsenal & Tottenham over the second half of the season to be in with a sniff of the CL via a league placing. I can't see any of those 3 dropping 9 points more than us in the next 18 or so games. With that in mind, though, this is definitely one of the games we should be aiming to bag all three points. Europa again should be our focus - that will be 4 straight years of European football. As it's West Ham though, however many years in Europe we play it will always be one year too few to be regarded as ""consistent"" by some."

[Mike Oxsaw]

"We need to win 3 games more than any of Villa, Arsenal & Tottenham over the second half of the season to be in with a sniff of the CL via a league placing. I can't see any of those 3 dropping 9 points more than us in the next 18 or so games. With that in mind, though, this is definitely one of the games we should be aiming to bag all three points. Europa again should be our focus - that will be 4 straight years of European football. As it's West Ham though, however many years in Europe we play it will always be one year too few to be regarded as ""consistent"" by some."

[daveyg]

"David L Of course he has,now he thinks he has his contract. Like he gave up the EFL and countless other games."

[RM10]

"Sitting on the fence draw, tough one without those key players."

[onsideman]

"norwaytips 7:23 Sun Dec 31 And 3 years ago we had 35 points, so unless we win on Tuesday we've gone backwards* * neither comment is accurate, of course. Just making a point"

[nychammer]

"We're overdue against this lot at home, although they're pretty handy at the moment they are beatable. We will have to defend well and take what chances we get - much like Thursday. 2-1 Hammers COYI!!!"

[Side of Ham]

"If it is being written off it is because Moyes has a got a very good team going but not a good squad to keep it going.....hopefully some of the squad replacements will do a job but it is hard when few minutes are had by any of them to get into form, and the fact they rarely get to play with our better players like Paqueta or Kudus as they are their replacements......this is where I'd like to see Moyes manage the squad better."

[David L]

"Tbf nutsin, Moyes has probably written this one off"

[norwaytips]

"A tough game of course, but then they all are. If we win this one, we’ll be on 36 points. Last year, we had 15 points after 20 games. That is some improvement. If they all turn up, we could well beat Brighton again and, amazing as it sounds, will be in touch with the CL places. All to play for, IMO, although I dare say the moaning minnies will be predicting a defeat. ⚒⚒⚒⚒ Oh, Happy New Year, everyone."

[Grumpster]

"Tough game and the sort of team who we dont seem to be able to get anywhere near at home. Can see us getting dicked, though hopefully the stand in's will put in a good performance as we have fuck all in the squad that comes close to replacing the missing players."

[Nutsin]

I see the usual wankers are on here writing us off before the game.

[Vexed]

"No Kudus or Paqueta, gonna be hard to get too excited about this. A draw would be a good result. We aint gonna score many without those two. Fucking Ebola cup."

[Surfinglizard]

Happy for a draw given who’s likely to be out. would expect a win if any of our second line were likely to step in with impact but I can’t see that happening. When was the last time anyone made a big impact for us coming off the bench?

[lab]

Any team that can put four goals against Tottenham are a good side . Beware .

[ludo21]

Front three of: Benrahma Mubama Bowen Fornals and Ings need to be left on the bench.

[fraser]

So this is down to ex Brighton manager Hughton to decide... The plastic paddy yid cսnt.. If he allows him to play he's a good West Ham top bloke of course :-)

[fraser]

The Kudus thing is annoying as due to TV scheduling if he can't play

[Fifth Column]

Kudus thing there are mixed rumours. Benrahma and Fornals are the only options arent they. Cornet is clearly never getting a chance. It will be a struggle.

[Slim Shady]

I think Moyes will keep the Kudus info secret to suprise Brighton