Attwood
9:40 Sat Sep 24
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Randolph
Byram Reid Ogbonna Arbeloa
Kouyate
Antonio Lanzini Feghouli
Payet
ZaZa
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Vexed
9:38 Sat Sep 24
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Collins should be bench at best. We have to persist with Zaza and hope he comes good, no good shuffling through the other rubbish strikers (Calleri, Fletcher) to no effect. Obiang must have earned a start surely?
We'll see what comedy disaster side the pissed up Croatian picks tomorrow. Bound to be ridiculous.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:19 Sat Sep 24
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Playing Collins ahead of Oxford is sending everyone all the wrong signal I fear.
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Sir Alf
9:16 Sat Sep 24
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I am alone in wanting Kouyate on the bench. Start with Obiang and Noble centre mid and try to be a lot more disciplined with tracking back as a team. Kouyate can come on later if needed when defenders start to get tired. Kouyate is too wasteful with the ball at present and does not track back to help out enough for me.
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Hammer28
9:12 Sat Sep 24
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.................Randolph
Byram Collins Reid Ogbonna
............Noble Kouyate
Antonio..... Lanzini .....Payet
...................Zaza
Would be tempted to play Obiang in midfield and fletcher up top but think this would be my side for tomorrow.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:10 Sat Sep 24
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Come on - we've all done it.
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Willtell
9:04 Sat Sep 24
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Someone can't count...
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balhampete
7:49 Sat Sep 24
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Lastgasp
Nice try - 12 players!
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balhampete
7:48 Sat Sep 24
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I'm matching Soton's diamond midfield and controversially pushing our top scorer forward to CF and dropping all the slow starters/useless ones (mostly new signings).
Randolph
Nortveidt Ogbonna Reid Arbeloa
Obiang
Lanzini Payet
Fletcher
Antonio
I'd consider Oxford at RB as I don't rate Havard much yet. However, Bilic won't pick this team though. I fully expect a frustrating afternoon without Obiang but Zaza up front and seeing the galloping 3rd division clueless Calleri, thye lumpen Tore or Ferghouli brought on if things go against us. I suspect Kouyate will start too and Noble need s some bench time to wake him up.
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theaxeman
7:03 Sat Sep 24
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Randolph
Oxford Reid Ogbonna Arbeslowa
Antonio Kouyate Noble Lanzini Payet
Fletcher
We need to settle down and play with discipline, we got players popping up all over the shop, when we lose the ball we're all over the place defensively.
Would start the keeper and back 4 to start regularly injury permitting and get some solidaty there. Oxford in at rb can play similar to Tomkins did and tuck in and allow us out the left with arbeloa lanzini and payet linking. Antonio has been terrific going forward but has to remember his defensive duties as do kouyate and noble. Lets be solid and let payet lanzini and fletcher to weave some magic. Patience and support needed from the crowd, time to back bilic and the lads COYI
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Sir Alf
6:58 Sat Sep 24
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I'm surprised so many think Kouyate should be starting but its all about opinions I guess? He has been worse than Noble IMO (takes some doing). Headless chicken with poor passing technique this season.
Obiang is about the best we have for a DM and we need someone disciplined who will keep things simple and passes well. He needs to work harder at closing down but like I say best we got to help shore us up defensively.
Ginge should be rested. Reid has been indifferent but is the better option I think with Oggy.
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the exile
6:58 Sat Sep 24
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Stubbo 9:05 Sat Sep 24
Spot on.
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Last Gasp
6:49 Sat Sep 24
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I think the team will look like this on Sunday:
Adrian
Nordtveit Collins/Reid Ogbonna Arbeloa
Kouyate Noble/Obiang
Antonio Lanzini Payet
ZaZa
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Stubbo
9:05 Sat Sep 24
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Really dont think we should turn on the likes of Ginge so quickly. How can we expect or want player loyalty when we turn so quickly.
Ginge was one of our best players last year, is a good honest pro, will be grafting to get back to form and at a time when our team are accused of being lacklustre and lazy, gritty proud players like Ginge are the kind of characters we need to drag the rest along.
If I was a player reading this forum, I'd be saying screw West Ham the fans are a bunch of fickle turncoat assholes.
A few bad games isn't the time to bin the team that performed so well last year. Need to pull together, not divide and fragment.
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The White Horse
12:46 Sat Sep 24
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If he keeps playing Collins we're fucked and he deserves the sack. That's all
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Private Dancer
7:26 Fri Sep 23
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Stubbo 6:37 Fri Sep 23
Agree ref Zaza. Yes, he looks like a pub player so far, but he should be given 1 or 2 more games. For all those punting for Fletcher, he is not the answer.
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Stubbo
6:37 Fri Sep 23
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-------------------Adrian (needs a performance though)
Arbeloa - Collins - Reid - Ogbonna
------------Kouyate - Obiang
-----Antonio - Lanzini - Payet
-------------------Zaza (we need to persevere here - any of our other strikers lack pedigree and are punts, Carroll and Sakho aside)
Bench:
Randolph, Oxford, Nordveidt, Noble, Feghouli, Calleri, Fletcher
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,
6:01 Fri Sep 23
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On current form I'm stuck to figure out which is our least worst eleven.
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goose
5:57 Fri Sep 23
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i'm assuming Arbeloa will now fill in at left back??
otherwise i'd have Reid & Oggy at centre back.
in front of them i think Obiang has to start with either Noble or Kouyate. I'd go for Kouyate but Nobes will prob get the nod.
the rest picks itself........... Zaza will likely start with Payet, Lanzini and Antonio.
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Sir Alf
5:00 Fri Sep 23
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To use the pundits current favourite word... "intensity". We show little in our play nowadays. Slav seemed to get carried away with the idea of us morphing into a cavalier, passing team.
He talked a lot about us being better in possession, retaining it better. And he became myopic and has taken his eye off defending, tracking back, running your nuts off and above all else "discipline". This has been reflected IMO in the selections and formations since late last season. All, I repeat all the greatest and best teams are built from the back and based on being able to defend well.
Those that went in midweek suggested that Obiang was one of the better performers? Kept it simple, sat in the holding role and was disciplined in his play? He has to start. If he doesn't then Bilic will open to a visit to the shrink as the old definition of insanity will come into question (doing the same thing time and time again and expecting a different outcome).
Hence:
Randolph
Nordveit---Reid---Oggy---Abeloa
Ferghouli---Obiang----Noble---Lanzini
----------------Payet------------------------
---------------Antonio----------------------
Ferghouli had a stinker in midweek but I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
Bilic will IMO pick:
------------------------Adrian
Nordveit----Collins----Oggy-----Arbeloa
Antonio---Kouyate---Noble---Lanzini---Payet
-----------------Zaza-----------------------------------
Kouyate and Noble aint working. One or both should be rested for a while longer. Antonio can score goals so should play upfront.
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pdbis
3:03 Fri Sep 23
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Just our luck to be playing them when they seem to be finding some form.What a waste of time Calleri & Zaza are.Playing Colins will mean yet another defeat.
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