Liverpool 4-0 West Ham Utd (12/08/18)

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
Vienna
Posts: 3321
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:11 pm
Location: PUGILIST
Has liked: 157 likes
Total likes: 291 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Vienna »

From bbc:-

Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko is struggling to be fit because of ongoing hip and thigh issues.

I have a feeling he is gonna be a sicknote. :(
User avatar
Awooga_Iron
Posts: 767
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:23 pm
Has liked: 81 likes
Total likes: 16 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Awooga_Iron »

I love what I saw of Balbuena first up pre season, but I really worry about his pace against Liverpool.

I think that, given Yarmo is unlikely, I'd be tempted with something like:

Adrian
Fredericks Diop Ogbonna Masuaku
Noble Rice Dirty Sanchez
Wilshere
Arnie Anderson
User avatar
mjustincredible
Posts: 3995
Joined: Thu May 06, 2004 9:24 am
Location: Chelmsford (formerly seven kings)
Has liked: 29 likes
Total likes: 26 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by mjustincredible »

West Ham to win 2-1 - Arnie to score anytime - 75-1

Got to be worth a quid right :scarfer:
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: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Puff Daddy »

Vienna wrote:From bbc:-

Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko is struggling to be fit because of ongoing hip and thigh issues.

I have a feeling he is gonna be a sicknote. :(
No probs. Stick Perez in
User avatar
Blow Bubbles
Posts: 1114
Joined: Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:35 pm
Location: Searching for our damn fortune...

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Blow Bubbles »

Awooga_Iron wrote:I love what I saw of Balbuena first up pre season, but I really worry about his pace against Liverpool.

I think that, given Yarmo is unlikely, I'd be tempted with something like:

Adrian
Fredericks Diop Ogbonna Masuaku
Noble Rice Dirty Sanchez
Wilshere
Arnie Anderson
:shock: Lack of width up front and gung ho fullbacks filling the gaps would leave Diop and Oggy massively exposed, even with Rice dropping in they would be torn to pieces by Liverpool’s front line!
User avatar
My_Sobriquet
Posts: 3655
Joined: Fri May 20, 2016 3:24 pm
Location: Cornwall
Has liked: 89 likes
Total likes: 92 likes
Contact:

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by My_Sobriquet »

———— Fabianski ——————
Fredricks diop ogbonna masuaku
————— rice ———————
——— Noble - Obiang ————
———— Wilshere —————-
—- Anderson ————————
—————— Arnautovic ———


Or

———— Fabianski ——————
Fredricks diop ogbonna masuaku
————— rice ———————
——— Noble - wilshere ————
———— Anderson —————-
—- yarmalenko ——————-
—————— Arnautovic ———

Or

———— Fabianski ——————
Fredricks diop ogbonna masuaku
————— rice ———————
——— Noble - Obiang ————
———— Anderson —————-
—- Antonio ————————
—————— Arnautovic ———

Long live the diamond!
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: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by prophet:marginal »

Wilshere is going to be well up for this.

This is the start of the road back to international recognition.
User avatar
The Old Man of Storr
Posts: 32777
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:17 am
Location: Lost In the Recesses Of My Mind .
Has liked: 2640 likes
Total likes: 1746 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by The Old Man of Storr »

Upsets can happen on the opening weekend - Liverpool are fully expected to win , there'll be no pressure on us at all - we're a completely different outfit to the one they beat last season and I wouldn't be surprised if we go there and win once more - The Pellegrini Effect .
User avatar
Awooga_Iron
Posts: 767
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:23 pm
Has liked: 81 likes
Total likes: 16 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Awooga_Iron »

Awooga_Iron wrote: Adrian
Fredericks Diop Ogbonna Masuaku
Noble Rice Dirty Sanchez
Wilshere
Arnie Anderson
Blow Bubbles wrote: :shock: Lack of width up front and gung ho fullbacks filling the gaps would leave Diop and Oggy massively exposed
Really?! . That gives far more protection to the back 4 than any of the previous guesses to start the first game. We can only play 11 players, you can't play 5-5-5.

4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 (4-1-2-3) is clearly our preferred option but we're likely to get torn a new one at Liverpool whatever. 4-1-2-3 we'll get destroyed.
User avatar
IlGallo
Posts: 114
Joined: Wed May 23, 2018 4:25 pm
Has liked: 1 like
Total likes: 19 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by IlGallo »

If Yarmolenko isn't fit I'm hoping for something like:

Adrian
Fredericks Balbuena Ogbonna Masuaku
Rice
Wilshere Noble
Anderson
Perez Arnautovic

Gone are the days of 3 defensive-minded midfielders and a isolated striker craning his neck as hopeless punts fly towards him every time we play a decent team, let's (at least try) to take the game to them.
User avatar
Cuenca 'ammer
ex 'ouston 'ammer
Posts: 40710
Joined: Thu Dec 05, 2002 4:19 pm
Location: Journey to the dead of night. High on a hill in Eldorado
Has liked: 1904 likes
Total likes: 1612 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Cuenca 'ammer »

Anderson/Antonio is going to play side right I reckon, try to peg back Robertson...we need pace to make sure that either of their FB's stay pegged back a bit or we will get overrun ......

Their midfield is also good on pressing and retaining possession and/or winning it back high up the field...

If we can't find a way to push the FB's back at least some, things will get tough to break out of our own half...
traxop
Posts: 1422
Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:40 pm

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by traxop »

Vienna wrote:From bbc:-

Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko is struggling to be fit because of ongoing hip and thigh issues.

I have a feeling he is gonna be a sicknote. :(
Puff Daddy wrote: No probs. Stick Perez in
Feels so good to have quality in our squad depth now. We're no longer have to try to force fit the likes of Fernandez, Antonio, Byram etc. on the Wings - players that aren't natural Wingers or don't fit the style or profile of our play, instead we can call upon the likes of Perez to cover.
hammerman11
Posts: 15807
Joined: Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:01 pm
Has liked: 25 likes
Total likes: 744 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by hammerman11 »

1 day to go and cant wait. heres hoping for a shock and we can do it but unlikely.
yarmolenko doubtful so in comes Antonio

Adrian
fredericks diop ogbonna cresswell
noble rice
Antonio wilshere Anderson
arnautovic

subs fabianski zabaleta Balbuena masuaka obiang perez Hernandez

some good players on the bench

if we can match their fullbacks and strikers for pace we can do this. would take a draw now obviously as this is the hardest game we will have all season.

1-0 cockney boys with the claret and blue army in full voice for 90 mins and the team at full throttle for 90 mins.

a famous victory is coming !
User avatar
Monkey Mike
Posts: 6090
Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:44 am
Location: Sunny Sandwich
Total likes: 1 like

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Monkey Mike »

I dreamt last night that we lost 3-1. Antonio scored for us.
User avatar
NW5hammer
Posts: 860
Joined: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:22 pm

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by NW5hammer »

Monkey Mike wrote:I dreamt last night that we lost 3-1. Antonio scored for us.
shame he's injured then...
OnePaulHilton
Posts: 753
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:00 pm
Location: At home working on a retractable seating plan.
Total likes: 16 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by OnePaulHilton »

Monkey Mike wrote:I dreamt last night that we lost 3-1. Antonio scored for us.
Who played in goal? Did Wilshere play O.K.? What were the possession stats?
User avatar
Aceface
Posts: 16360
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:01 am
Location: Blighty
Has liked: 358 likes
Total likes: 1446 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Aceface »

Vienna wrote: Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko is struggling to be fit because of ongoing hip and thigh issues.

I have a feeling he is gonna be a sicknote.
Did find it curious how motivated Dortmund were to shift him on. Must be the fastest deal we've completed in years. Injury issues would help explain it.

Antonio historically plays well against Pool so not the worst game for him to miss out on.

I don't agree that it's a free hit – it's certainly ok for us to lose, but to come away on the end of a hiding ala last season's opener would be disastrous for the season ahead. I couldn't call the result of this fixture, but a blow out seems just as likely as every other outcome – Liverpool have been comfortably dispatching better sides than us in pre-season.
User avatar
Absolutely Hammered!
Posts: 2071
Joined: Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:45 am
Location: Spoons... Table 28... It's on the left.
Has liked: 62 likes
Total likes: 254 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Absolutely Hammered! »

So no Antonio or yarmalenko, excellent! Perez out on the right then?

Shame as I fancied Antonio in this one. Usually scores.
User avatar
Yea Why Not
Posts: 16954
Joined: Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:49 pm
Location: Chips & Gravy you say? Well you can shove that up your ass

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by Yea Why Not »

As much as I rate Rice as a center half I can see him being taught a thing or 2 if he starts in midfield

I reckon thisll be a comfortable win for Liverpool which isnt a big deal. The main worry is people flapping over it and not realising that our team wont evolve overnight
User avatar
hammer1975
Posts: 16639
Joined: Mon May 21, 2007 10:16 pm
Has liked: 933 likes
Total likes: 1088 likes

Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread (12/8/18)

Post by hammer1975 »

Antonio and Yarmo not fit? Thought Pellegrini said everyone was bar Reid, Lanzini and Carroll?
Post Reply