Leicester City 0-2 West Ham Utd (05/05/18)

Relive every moment of every first team game since the beginning of the 2005/06 season. Our archive of matchday threads originally posted in the General Discussion Forum.

Moderator: Gnome

Post Reply
User avatar
funky chicken
Posts: 9761
Joined: Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:36 pm
Has liked: 320 likes
Total likes: 1231 likes

Leicester City 0-2 West Ham Utd (05/05/18)

Post by funky chicken »

Saturday 5th May 2018, 15:00 Kick-off.

Big big game. We've had a few this season, but this one really is the one we MUST target if we want to be in the Premier League for another season.

Will the players be up for the fight? Let's hope so!

My team at the moment, pending on no more injuries being picked up and players being fit:


--------------------------------------Hart------------------------------------

----------------------Collins----Ogbonna----Cresswell---------------

Zabaleta--------------------------Rice---------------------------------Masuaku

----------------------Kouyate-------------Noble-----------------------------------

---------------------------------Arnautovic------------------------------------------

---------------------------------Hernandez-----------------------------------------


Subs: Adrian, Evra, Fernandes, Cullen, Lanzini, Carroll, Huggill.
User avatar
prophet:marginal
Posts: 43564
Joined: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:54 pm
Location: Engels l;vin, necessary pence
Has liked: 836 likes
Total likes: 1980 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by prophet:marginal »

I don't want to see Hernandez ever again. What did he do today, to merit a start?

Hart?

Collins and Zabaleta against Vardy?

No Lanzini?
User avatar
Puff Daddy
Gone for a Burton
Posts: 42249
Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:08 pm
Location: Westham Way
Has liked: 248 likes
Total likes: 1160 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Puff Daddy »

I don't ever want to see Noble and Kouyate wear the West Ham shirt ever again. Other than make up the eleven, just what do they offer, just what do they do ?
User avatar
MD_HM
Posts: 7677
Joined: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:00 am
Location: London
Has liked: 38 likes
Total likes: 339 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by MD_HM »

——————— Adrian ———————
——- Collins —- Rice — Ogbonna ——
Zabaleta ——————————- Masuaku
————— Noble —- Kouyate ————-
——————— Lanzini ———————
————- Arnautovic — Carroll ————
User avatar
prophet:marginal
Posts: 43564
Joined: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:54 pm
Location: Engels l;vin, necessary pence
Has liked: 836 likes
Total likes: 1980 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by prophet:marginal »

Puff Daddy wrote:I don't ever want to see Noble and Kouyate wear the West Ham shirt ever again. Other than make up the eleven, just what do they offer, just what do they do ?
Does Mark Noble dive to the floor the first time the ball comes to him? Hernandez did.

Noble and Kouyate played a decent first half today, notwithstanding these facts:

1. They are older and simply less capable as any of the City players, and
2. The pressure on their area of the pitch was unrelenting for them, but they were still in there battling for the first 49 minutes.

There was nothing either of them could have done about City's first two.
kevino
Posts: 629
Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:32 am
Has liked: 1 like
Total likes: 1 like

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by kevino »

Puff Daddy wrote:I don't ever want to see Noble and Kouyate wear the West Ham shirt ever again. Other than make up the eleven, just what do they offer, just what do they do ?
Did nothing today, that's for sure, other than to stand back and admire the opposition. Been useless for weeks now. Noble's been a great servant over the years but really needs replacing in the summer, as does Kouyate
User avatar
Northammer
Posts: 867
Joined: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:19 pm
Location: Norway
Has liked: 24 likes
Total likes: 5 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Northammer »

I’m not a premiership manager, but I’d be tempted to go all out against Leicester (whom have pretty much nothing to play for).

Hart
Rice-Ogbonna-Cresswell
Zabaleta-Lanzini-Noble/Kouyaté-Masuaku
Arnie-Carroll-Hernandez
User avatar
bubbles1966
Posts: 66966
Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:01 pm
Location: I'm holding onto nothing, and trying to forget the rest
Has liked: 2436 likes
Total likes: 4292 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by bubbles1966 »

Adrian and Rice had shockers today.
User avatar
Puff Daddy
Gone for a Burton
Posts: 42249
Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:08 pm
Location: Westham Way
Has liked: 248 likes
Total likes: 1160 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Puff Daddy »

bubbles1966 wrote:Adrian and Rice had shockers today.
Adrian was ****ing horrible in goal. That is for sure
User avatar
Vic_Watson
Posts: 8033
Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:25 pm
Location: Brazil
Has liked: 167 likes
Total likes: 259 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Vic_Watson »

Puff Daddy wrote:Adrian was ****ing horrible in goal. That is for sure
A direct result of being dropped for no apparent reason?
User avatar
Puff Daddy
Gone for a Burton
Posts: 42249
Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:08 pm
Location: Westham Way
Has liked: 248 likes
Total likes: 1160 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Puff Daddy »

prophet:marginal wrote:
Does Mark Noble dive to the floor the first time the ball comes to him? Hernandez did.

Noble and Kouyate played a decent first half today, notwithstanding these facts:

1. They are older and simply less capable as any of the City players, and
2. The pressure on their area of the pitch was unrelenting for them, but they were still in there battling for the first 49 minutes.

There was nothing either of them could have done about City's first two.
Kouyate was his normal clumsy self, horrible, heavy touches, stumbling over his own feet and all Noble did was casually jog
around the midfield. Not once, did he make a tackle and not once
did he try to get us into the game, unlike a certain Billy Bonds
Online
Crouchend_Hammer
Posts: 26342
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2004 9:31 am
Location: Forest Gate
Has liked: 137 likes
Total likes: 2353 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Crouchend_Hammer »

Adrian

Zab
Oggie
Rice
Arthur

Cullen
Noble
Kouyate

Lanzini
Arnie
Hernandez

If Collins is fit he comes into the back four and rice goes into midfield
User avatar
funky chicken
Posts: 9761
Joined: Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:36 pm
Has liked: 320 likes
Total likes: 1231 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by funky chicken »

bubbles1966 wrote:Adrian and Rice had shockers today.
Hence why Adrian isn't in my team. Hart can be shaky as well, don't get me wrong. I want both Keepers out of the club in the summer. But I think Hart is slightly better coming for crosses. As Leicester will be a threat from these, let alone the ball over the top to Vardy. Rice I agree he was poor and it makes sense to take him out of the firing line. But with Obiang out I would stick him in midfield where he can hopefully help defensively. And he can hopefully have less pressure on him in midfield.

The only change in my team I would've made is Kouyate for Collins, as Kouyate has more pace to hopefully keep up with Vardy. But with no Obiang again we have no choice.

To say no Obiang is effecting us is an understatement.

I didn't know who to go with up top out of Hernandez and Carroll up top. I just about went with Hernandez to offer us a bit more pace and to give us more of a goal threat. But truth be told I am still a little undecided on that part.

To help us be better defensively for me we can't play Lanzini, unless Obiang was fit. We have to either go with either him, or Hernandez and not both. As they are both passengers defensively.

I am surprised I've seen on a few posts in other threads that some people think Obiang will be involved, let alone start. Didn't Moyes say he wouldn't be involved unless it's the last game of the season? Or did I imagine that? :?
User avatar
e17
Posts: 17957
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:52 pm
Location: Deep deep down
Has liked: 280 likes
Total likes: 940 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by e17 »

It will be Arnie on his own upfront and I reckon 1-1
User avatar
bubbles1966
Posts: 66966
Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:01 pm
Location: I'm holding onto nothing, and trying to forget the rest
Has liked: 2436 likes
Total likes: 4292 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by bubbles1966 »

Carroll will start, if fit.
User avatar
DrVenk
Posts: 3920
Joined: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:30 pm
Location: Republic of North Essex
Has liked: 359 likes
Total likes: 467 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by DrVenk »

I am so sick and tired of this back 5 shyte. My pointless wish...


——————— Hart ———————

Zab--------Rice---------Ogbonna ——Cress

--------------------Kouyate-----------------------

——— Fernandes —- J.Mario ————-

----------------------Lanzini-----------------------

————- Arnautovic — Carroll ————
User avatar
S-H
Posts: 49113
Joined: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:05 am
Location: Kumb Inn
Has liked: 5738 likes
Total likes: 9649 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by S-H »

We are sleepwalking towards relegation, what have we got to lose by giving it a go, playing 2 strikers and attacking from the off.

Obviously with morbid Moyes in charge, we will start with the same line-up as we did today give or take a couple of changes, Hart for Adrian (meh) and Masuaku for Evra.

Can't wait.
User avatar
bubbles1966
Posts: 66966
Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:01 pm
Location: I'm holding onto nothing, and trying to forget the rest
Has liked: 2436 likes
Total likes: 4292 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by bubbles1966 »

----------------------------Hart
----------Kouyate-----Ogbonna-----Cresswell
Fernandes------Zabaleta-----Noble------ Masuaku
----------Arnautovic--------------------Lanzini
---------------------------Carroll

We'll beat them 6-0.

I'll reconsider the XI if Collins or Obiang is available.

Subs I' - Adrian, Evra, Mario, hernandez, Hugill, Cullen, browne
Last edited by bubbles1966 on Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
stu1
Posts: 12525
Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:57 pm
Has liked: 658 likes
Total likes: 1024 likes

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by stu1 »

bubbles1966 wrote:Carroll will start, if fit.
I doubt Carroll will be starting if the stories are true that he stormed off down the tunnel after the triple substitution.
User avatar
Rio
Ronnie Biggs was here
Posts: 25987
Joined: Wed Dec 04, 2002 1:29 pm
Location: Reykjavik comma Iceland full stop
Has liked: 159 likes
Total likes: 1080 likes
Contact:

Re: Leicester City v West Ham United: Match Thread

Post by Rio »

A woefully out of sorts Leicester against us.

Nailed on Home win. Players look ripped asunder both in terms of morale and desire.
Post Reply