West Ham United 3-0 Crystal Palace (14/01/17)

[chalks]

couldnt agree more Libero.

For me, unless we take a chance and change formation on Saturday, we will struggle. We are the perfect team for a SA team to play against

[Chicken Run Supreme]

Big Sam will love it Kevin Keegan styley if he can turn us over on Saturday. I would not be surprised in the least if he bangs another nail in Slav's coffin, maybe even the final one,

[brooking1966]

As I've posted many times before; Carroll is immobile, slow, does not run the channels and enables the opposition to camp high up the pitch. His strength in the air is not in doubt, and should therefore be used in a pair, or as an impact sub.

Agree 100% Play with 2 if AC starts otherwise pace uptop (Fletcher/Antonio) I like the idea of 4-3-3 at home or 4-2-3-1

----------------------------------Randolph
Fernandes-------Oxford----------------Reid--------Cress/Mas
------------------------Obiang----------Noble/Nord
---Antonio---------------------Lanzini-----------------Payet
----------------------------------Fletcher

3-1

[LincolnshireHammer]

Know a few Palace in the home end on Sat, viva the new West Ham!

Don't we do this at away grounds too?

[LincolnshireHammer]

Fair enough, the management is shocking, stop/go, this way, that way.......but why is it like that ? Why don't they let us go the way the 80k went home ?

Who knows mate. All the shoppers don't help.

Would like to hear reviews of how they managed this fairly successfully at the Olympics, if anyone attended the evening sessions in 2012?

[CentenaryUpperHammer]

Shall be going on Saturday despite the unrest. The team on the pitch still represent West Ham so I've got to support them.

Would like to see us actually attack the game & we all know that Sam will try to look to soak pressure and hit on the break with Townsend, Puncheon etc.

For me, I thought we played out best football when Carroll come off the bench last season. When Carroll is playing, we only have one game plan which hasn't really worked bar Swansea. I'd go with Antonio up top running the channels and try to get Lanzini/Payet/Obiang dictating in the midfield. I don't rate Ledley & Cabaye is losing his legs so can see the midfield battle being key.

3 points are needed so even a last minute deflection off Oggy's arse will do.

Oh and the chicken balti pies are pretty good too.

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

I'm gonna put £20 on Zaha scoring a brace.

[DDHammer]

I'm gonna put £20 on Zaha scoring a brace.

Against Togo?

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

I know he's at the African Nations. My original stake was £10 before I found out....

[Nesticles]

Big Sam will love it Kevin Keegan styley if he can turn us over on Saturday. I would not be surprised in the least if he bangs another nail in Slav's coffin, maybe even the final one,

Before turning around and cupping his ear at Brady and the two Daves

[Lostcoco]

Randolph
Nordtveit Reid Ogbonna Cresswell
Obiang Lanzini
Feghouli Payet Antonio
Fletcher

Don't think Oxford and Byram are fully fit but if they are then i'd put them in the team over Oggy/Nordt

what slav will put out

Randolph
Nordtveit Reid Ogbonna Cresswell
Obiang Noble
Antonio Lanzini Payet
Carroll

2-2

[Chicken Run Supreme]

It's very difficult to be anything other than pessimistic about this game. I hate to be a harbinger of doom but a draw is as good as I reckon we'll get. Happy to be proved wrong but all is not well at the moment and I reckon the board are, sadly, ready and waiting to pull the trigger on Slav.

[Claret&Blue,Thru&]

viva the new West Ham!

Agree: Viva!

[TheHandOfDog]

If we lose to Palace, which there is a 50/50 chance in my eyes and the scummy board end up sacking Bilic because of it, I am done with our club until these owners are gone.

[Samo]

I would go with something different and will probably get slated.
442 diamond

Randolph. (Would rather Adrian but we know thats a no now . )
Rb. Havard
Cb. Reid
Cb. Ogbonna
Lb. Cresswell
Cdm. Obiang
LCM. Noble
RCm. Antonio
Cam. Lanzii
LS. Carroll
Rs. Martinez

Drop Payet, don't like the attitude, plus Fat Sam won't expect us to bench him, his game plan all week will be Payet this Payet that, he wants to leave he won't be 100% target him West Ham lose.

[dodger]

I would go with something different and will probably get slated.
442 diamond

Randolph. (Would rather Adrian but we know thats a no now . )
Rb. Havard
Cb. Reid
Cb. Ogbonna
Lb. Cresswell
Cdm. Obiang
LCM. Noble
RCm. Antonio
Cam. Lanzii
LS. Carroll
Rs. Martinez

Drop Payet, don't like the attitude, plus Fat Sam won't expect us to bench him, his game plan all week will be Payet this Payet that, he wants to leave he won't be 100% target him West Ham lose.

Drop Payet, but play Noble? Noble has been poor all season, and although Payet hasn't been as good as last year, he is still much better than Noble. Plus, Noble cannot play in a left-sided midfielding position.

[Samo]

Like I said Sam's tactics will be about neutralising Payet. Noble has been poor all season, no one is shining at the moment. But feel he would be better with a more advanced role. Plus he'd have cresswell to back up on the left. Nothing else is working try something different.

[szola]

The big pitch and Slav's system leaves the sole striker completely isolated and easy to mark out of the game. Sam will bring Palace on Saturday knowing that stat and knowing exactly how to snuff out our attacking options.

I know what you are saying, and agree that it is a weakness of ours. We've been winning games though, at home, this season.

Our attacking options are just as much Payet, Lanzini, Antonio, Feghouli.
Not much, but still enough to be able to win one nil

[carnage]

Nothing else is working try something different.

Yeah must try anything, even dropping Payet, who has created more chances than anyone ekse in Europe this season and replace him with the ineffective Noble who has no left foot, no pace and passes sideways or backwards.

[traxop]

Like I said Sam's tactics will be about neutralising Payet. Noble has been poor all season, no one is shining at the moment. But feel he would be better with a more advanced role. Plus he'd have cresswell to back up on the left. Nothing else is working try something different.

So we are advocating dropping Payet? On the strength of performances, I would have though Noble and Cresswell would have been more likely candidates. Really surprised that Cresswell doesn't get more barbs, he has been well below par this last few weeks.