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charleyfarley 5:14 Sun Apr 7
⚽ Leverkusen v West Ham - Official Match Thread

Leverkusen V West Ham

Bay Arena
11 Apr 20:00 BST

Referee:- Artur Dias (POR )
VAR :-Tiago Martins POR

Leverkusen:- Kovář, Stanišić, Tah ©, Tapsoba, Grimaldo, Xhaka, Palacios, Frimpong, Wirtz, Adli, Schick
Subs: Hradecky (GK), Lomb (GK), Hincapié, Kossounou, Hofmann, Andrich, Borja Iglesias, Arthur, Tella, Boniface, Puerta

West Ham:- Fabiański, Coufal, Zouma ©, Mavropanos, Cresswell, Emerson, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Paquetá, 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

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ludo21 1:03 Tue Apr 16
Re: ⚽ Leverkusen v West Ham - Official Match Thread

They won’t be pissed, they didn’t even drink those huge beers… just poured them over Alonso!

LeroysBoots 2:58 Mon Apr 15
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Hopefully they will still be pissed !!


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Lee Trundle 2:26 Mon Apr 15
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People think we're going to go for it on Thursday? hahahahaha

It'll be the usual trying to keep them at bay for 70/80 mins, then try a bit at the end.

Usual team, usual shitty tactics, usual reactive subs giving them no time to do anything.

Sir Alf 2:20 Mon Apr 15
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Get tye right coach and 4 or 5 additiins of which 3 or more prove to be good quality and integrate a coupke of young uns and its possible we can see the start of something that is sustAinable. Will take selling Paqueta unfortunately as we need a top class CB or two, a striker or two, a wide left midfielder and another central midfielder to replacePaqueta. Bring Downes back as at least we know we have tye bedt defensive midfielder in the championship and a new coach could likely get a tune out of Cornet ( no pun intended ) . Antonio back to being a wide man still useful.

We should say goodbye to Zouma, on Ings , Soucek, Cresswell, Aguerd, Oggy, Mubama and get a few bob to boost the budget on top of 85 mill for Paqueta and 100 mill the board will need to stump up making 200 million that will be needed.

Steidten and the analytical team and scouts are obviously critical to everything.

Will Sullivan allow proper change to happen and fully let go of footballing matters? Thats still one of the biggest risks or likely impediments to it bring successful.

Acting fast and no procrastination involving meetings to “manage by committee” also helps.

The exit from the Europa this Thurs and next defeat in the league should ensure the Moyes era is finally over

Rossal 2:17 Mon Apr 15
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I dont really see how we can go for it without Emerson and Bowen

Ings was anonymous again yesterday. Cresswell will get pinned back by Frimpong

No Paqueta I can't work out if that is a bonus or not after his last few games, but then a midfield of Alvarez JWP and Soucek just makes me want to throw the towel in

martyboy 2:15 Mon Apr 15
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I generally dont care too much what the result is, provided we go out there Thursday night and have a go!! Any side ways and backward bollocks, and hoping for a set piece just aint going to work!!
Expect Moyse to sit back, and hope to counter, the negative Jock Git!!

zico 1:58 Mon Apr 15
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Well the good news is that away goals don't count double anymore!!

Iron Duke 1:16 Mon Apr 15
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Our only hope is for Bayer to go on a four day bender and completely forget that they have a second leg to play. That still might not be enough.

Swiss. 1:04 Mon Apr 15
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Bar a miracle on Thurs our season is over. A total wasted opportunity by Moyes.

Worse still iif he goes, which I hope he does, the next manager will inherit an old squad without Paqueta and a terrible unorganised defence and no Europe.

What a depressing thought.

ludo21 11:24 Mon Apr 15
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I see that Leverkusen beat Bremen 5-0 yesterday to clinch the title! Not a bad way to do it.

Barty 9:18 Sat Apr 13
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If we manage to keep Kudus and Bowen next season despite not being in Europe I wont be that bothered about it as it could affect our league performance positively next season

Vexed 9:09 Sat Apr 13
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Now us and Liverpool are both out of the Europa League, does this affect how low down the table the European places will go? I know some were expecting g Europe down to 8th, is that s I'll the case now us and Liverpool have fucked it up? Not that we'll get 8th in the league the way we've been managed.

chim chim cha boo 8:48 Sat Apr 13
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I'm not saying that all of you cunting Moyes off are right or wrong but if that's the case surely the 2-0 scoreline is the perfect result?

It means that we HAVE to play expansive football on Thursday night, doesn't it? We either give them a game and win or open up and get tonked in which case Moyes was right to defend for dear life in the away tie.

It will be interesting either way.

El Scorchio 5:17 Sat Apr 13
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Agree. Moyes in this situation would set up to defend a lead and have us do a hard night defending the box. Alonso will go out to put the game beyond us early and quickly kill off any chance of a comeback.

We simply have to somehow score a very early goal and put some doubt in their minds.

Mex Martillo 5:14 Sat Apr 13
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Agree Percy, Leverkusen will want and go for an early goal. As we have to as well. It obvious, but who gets the first goal will have a massive influence on the game.

Percy Dalton 5:07 Sat Apr 13
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Don't think Leverkusen are quite finished with us yet I'd expect Alonso will have his two subs that scored on from the start and them taking the game to us and coming out convincing winners.

El Scorchio 4:37 Sat Apr 13
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It’s completely remarkable what he’s done there. To beat Bayern Munich to the title by such a margin is an absolute feat given their complete stranglehold on German football, even if they’ve looked a bit vulnerable in the last year or so. Fucking comedy Kane went to at the time probably the safest bet in world football to win a trophy immediately and is likely coming away empty handed this season. Meanwhile it’s entirely possible Leverkusen could win a treble including a European trophy without losing one single game. That has to be a first?

Mex Martillo 4:31 Sat Apr 13
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Obviously can't say for sure decisions not going Antonio way almost ever is rascist, but as Ludo says, I do often wonder. I would say it's not really a concious thing, just deep rooted in our society.
Hammer and Pickle, I also saw Zouma immobilized with an arm lock for that corner. It did seem incredible. Spanish commentator even said that it was generally in all games getting out of hand and it needed to be addressed.

onsideman 4:07 Sat Apr 13
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The other thing to remember about BL is that they were 2nd from bottom and in relegation trouble when Alonso went there in 2022. He took them to a Europa League semi-final and finished in 6th to qualify for this season's EL, but I'll wager he has never once banged on about how he saved them in interviews. He's got a better professional focus

onsideman 3:58 Sat Apr 13
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Cheezey Bell-End 12:39 Sat Apr 13

Cards are wiped after the Quarters

Yeah, that's right, Paqueta and Emerson only had to go 90 mins

Side of Ham 3:46 Sat Apr 13
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I don’t go for that Scorch….In Moyes’s world that’s not possible and it’s been done on a relatively modest budget…

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