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Colours never run wrote:Not for me. It would still involve plenty of midfield, but it would also give us another dimension going over the top either holding it up or running in to the channels.
we'd have one less bloke in midfield and will have our pockets picked all day.
if you're going two up top in the modern game you're knocking it long and they'll keep coming back at us as our passing completely breaks down over the course of the 90. we've seen it time and again.
they don't like playing on big pitches. they were pony at wembley and their inability to go to the big away grounds and get results will cost them the title, we just look like we're starting to get used to it and we can be the ones using the extra space to knock it about the middle of the park for once.
comebackjoecole wrote:Sometimes I really do think I hate Sp*rs more than I love West Ham, it's quite an unhealthy situation
0-4
or maybe
0-5
Its not as unhealthy as you think.
Id have to emigrate if these slags ever won the league. Ive been cheering Chelsea goals like our own in the last few weeks and I feel dirty for doing so......but thats just how much I hate Spurs. It just adds to my disillusionment of football in this country.
352, it's serving us well, continue with it just improve the side with better starters in a couple of places ie a Sakho and or Carroll (I'm assuming one or both will be fit - see once the time comes who is available) for Calleri and possibly Ayew.
Agree with those thinking it's a 3-5-2 for us again - depending if we actually have two fit strikers to start and finish the game. I'd be happy to start with Ayew and Sakho . . . if Sakho can last 90 minutes.
If - and it's a big if - our mob play their absolute best and the Spurs players have a mare maybe we can nick a point from this.
it's not a 352 for a start, it's a 343, with the front three all being mobile and interchangeable. you lose all that with carroll and there's a reason we've looked pony every time we've tried it with him.
Who was the third player playing up front alongside Ayew and Calleri then in the last 2 games?
Lanzini has been dropping deep to receive the ball working tirelessly carrying the ball forward and helping out to retrieve it, so it can't be him which makes me believe it's a 352.
Got to admit, I'm definitely not so confident. The most impressive difference about Spurs this season compared to last, is their mental strength in the league thus far. Last year clearly hurt them badly like the big fall out of "the battle of the bridge" and won't let anything faze them this time around. The only way we pick up a result, is to play out of our skins like we did at the Boleyn. Especially at the Olympic Stadium I can't be so confident. But should we manage to play brilliantly and beat them again, it would be just the tonic to help us settle in some more to our new surroundings and take to it more. That's just as important as stopping Spurs from winning. Such a tall order though but here's hoping.
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A header from Jonathan Calleri late in the first half was enough to guarantee safety for the Hammers and all but end Spurs title hopes. After saving well from Alli, Kane and Eriksen, it was Adrian who started the move which saw West Ham quickly break and Calleri get on the end of a tantalising rabona cross from Lanzini to grab the only of the game. An effort from Ayew cannoned off of the bar early in the second half before Spurs camped in the Hammers half for the final 20 minutes but both Adrian and his backline held firm.
Don't risk any player who is 80% or who has a knock ... let's face it our best eleven versus their best eleven is no contest at the moment ... give fit squad players a run and pray ......
Make sure Nordveit doesn't move ftom his position, dropping in to CB when required. Byram and Masuaka get forward. Match them like for like
What will happen is we will play five at the back and although we won't get thrashed it will be a run of the mill, not breaking sweat 2-0 to them, with us having some corners and three shots
Carroll will be on the bench , Bilic as much as said so today, he referred to Crouch and his impact for 20 mins , I just hope we're still in the game with 20 left .
Colours never run wrote:3 players high up the pitch? They'd rip us to shreds with that much space to exploit in the middle of the park.
Maybe, but I woukd rather we gave it a good go and went for it rather than just sit back and pack the defence and let them coast to a victory without breaking sweat
Play up the pitch and put their full backs on the back foot
I fundamentally don't agree with playing a line up at home with only three attacking players