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"Leverkusen V West Ham Bay Arena 11 Apr 20:00 BST Referee:- Artur Dias (POR ) VAR :-Tiago Martins POR Leverkusen:- Kov?°?ô, Stani?°iƒá, Tah ¬©, Tapsoba, Grimaldo, Xhaka, Palacios, Frimpong, Wirtz, Adli, Schick Subs: Hradecky (GK), Lomb (GK), Hincapi?©, Kossounou, Hofmann, Andrich, Borja Iglesias, Arthur, Tella, Boniface, Puerta West Ham:- Fabia?Ñski, Coufal, Zouma ¬©, Mavropanos, Cresswell, Emerson, Ward-Prowse, Souƒçek, Paquet?°, Kudus, Antonio Subs: Anang (GK), Knightbridge (GK), Aguerd, Ogbonna, Johnson, Casey, Earthy, Orford, Cornet, Mubama, Ings Betway:- Leverkusen 4/9 : Draw 7/2 ; West Ham 11/2 TV :- discovery + / TNT Sports 2 ."

"marty feldman 3:57 Wed Apr 10 Re: ‚ö? Leverkusen v West Ham - Official Match Thread The January transfer window gets worse every time . Why oh why didn't we strengthen properly I think I could have handled not strengthening as I've come to expect it, it's the weakening that really pisses me off"

"I wouldn't normally pay much attention to a friendly result, but this lot didn't just beat us they swept us aside and we set up not to get done like that hence the concern......"

We cannot play cresswell in this . He's a sending off waiting to happen against frimpong . It wouldn't surprise me if he puts Johnson there with Emerson in front of him . The January transfer window gets worse every time . Why oh why didn't we strengthen properly .

I wouldn't take a friendly seriously. I remember us winning everyone in 2010 . yet still finished bottom the following season.

"Mad?? I'd go with totally clueless. I literally wouldn't let that disaster cut the oranges, let alone play in our biggest game of the season."

I'm kind of with Ludo on this one although I'd have Cresswell as the 3rd centre back and let Johnson & Emerson bomb on. I might be mad but I'd play Phillips over Soucek. Based on nothing but a gut instinct that somewhere within him is a decent footballer and maybe this could be the game. Like I said I might be mad.

"Our chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, fear and surprise. Our *two* weapons are fear and surprise, and ruthless efficiency. Our *three* weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical dedication to the Moyes."

"Yeah, probably best to completely ignore the previous game this season where they thumped us, and just pretend it never happened. We'll find out in a couple of days if that's what Moyes has done."

They must have been knackered then just coming back off of their holidays and all that......

The team only arrived in Germany about three hours before that preseason friendly due to problems getting a flight.

", 12:56 Wed Apr 10 ""Starting eleven against Leverkusen 5/8/23.."" Which is why I was very careful in saying squad, comma. Along with that, you've got it massively wrong with your starting eleven there that started the game back in August. Try harder, next time."

"So much for a piss poor German league, Bayern who by their standards are having a shocker of a season held a rampant Arsenal who have a decent chance of winning the Premiership. Leverkusen should do a number on us as they are the standout team but got a sneaking feeling we will get something over there, all hail the Moyesiah, probably get done 5 nil!"

If Areola is fit I would start him otherwise I'd go: ------------------------ Fabianski Mavropanos-- Zouma---Aguerd Johnson ------Soucek---- JWP -----Emerson --------------- Kudus -------------Paqueta ------------------------ Antonio Moyes will probably go with Cresswell I expect. Johnson over Coufal I think in the slightly more attacking role but as we will probably be defending for 99% of the game perhaps Coufal is a better pick? Wouldn't surprise me id we finish the game with Ogbonna (for Antonio) on the pitch as well by the end with 4-5 CBs lined up in front of our goal.

What I would say is ALL the pressure iis on them given they are the greatest team in the history of German football and Alonso is the modern day Alex Ferguson Everyone is already wanking over a Liverpool v Leverkusen final ....... we will be in Dublin to finish Klopp's Liverpool career with a 4-0 thrashing as Gerrard WEEPS in the stand.

the starting eleven that game was..... Fabianski Kehrer - Zouma - Ogbonna - Emerson Soucek -Downes - Paqueta Bowen - Mubama - Benrahma

Starting eleven against Leverkusen 5/8/23 Areola Coufal Ogbonna Cornet Kehrer Aguerd Soucek Coventry Formals Johnson Antonio Don’t think that las years pre season game has much of a bearing on what’s coming up.

"Vhat is your GAME? Don’t tell him Moyes, it will get you sent to the Russian front!"

"""Reads like a thread from last year.. Goner loose. Moyes is shit. No chance with the players.we have"" Who said that about any of the teams we played in the Intertoto Cup last season? We were up against mostly Championship standard clubs, it would have been an unbelievable achievement NOT to win the thing. Most people expected us to beat AZ fucking Alkmaar. Leverkusen are a different kettle of fish. Admittedly, most people would have been saying similar before our league games, that's because we lost 20 league games and spent nearly the entire season in a relegation battle, so it's hard to argue being negative going into those games, it's fair to say?"

"They beat us 4-0 in Germany in preseason. They've only got better, and our squad is arguably weaker than it was back then."

Anyone who thinks we are not in for a serious dry bumming here is living in dream land

Anyone who thinks we are not in for a serious dry bumming here is living in dream land

"I fear we could be on the wrong end of a thumping here, and too big a margin to claw back at the bowl"

"*takes out rattler I'm probably one of the more 'positive' ones on here, cսnt. But could I be a simple optimistic, delusional cսnt who worships Moyes like you do? Nah."

Manuel finds positivity hard?üòÇ

"I just remember how much we struggled against frankfurt, who I think were inferior in quality to leverkusen"