V West Ham

[Jairzinho]

My boy Lallana to open his account with a brace.  Hopefully not on his neck.

 

Finally it's starting to make sense.

[TheHowieLama]

I'm taking this season as one massive pre-season

 

No sweat Chip  - so is Sturridge

[Tony Moanero]

Isn't it glorious?

Yer ma, Tony, lad.

[niallers]

If we sit back, they've caroll to go long to. Have they any genuine pace to hurt us?

[Phoenix]

If we sit back, they've caroll to go long to. Have they any genuine pace to hurt us?

 

Payet and Valencia.

[Mathewbet1]

Lucas will slot in for henderson and should do a decent job. I would start Ibe ahead of Lallana.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Lucas will slot in for henderson and should do a decent job. I would start Ibe ahead of Lallana.

 

Lucas does a "decent job" in the same way Gerrard did at DM last season.

 

Which is to say his lack of mobility is a huge liability and we're definitely going to miss Henderson.  West Ham's midfield may not be the best technically but athletically they're miles ahead of whatever we're going to play tomorrow.  We'll need our centre backs to have a good game without much protection and one of the front players to give us something special to take three points.

[Ipplfc]

I'm very apprehensive about this one. With so many injuries it's hard to see a balanced side emerge to go out there and threaten them. With that said, I have been pleased by the fortitude we've shown in the last couple. If we dig in against West Ham and show the same sort of fighting spirit we can come away with three points. 

 

So, what the heck... it's the New Year and we are going to start as we mean to go on. It will be hard fought, but we're coming back with three points. 

 

Come on you reds!

i'm with you on this one,if we show the fight like against Sunderland in the second half we can sneak this.big Ben strikes again!

[Jhinge Machha]

guaranteed win. benteke to score two.

[Paulie Dangerously]

1-0 Benteke

[an tha]

3rd game in a week - barely 2 days since last game, travel, early kick off, injuries....what can go wrong....

[Paco]

I hate away to west ham

[Rotpeter]

Origi injured yet Sturridge left at home.

 

Makes no sense.

 

If he is fit to train and has been for a while he is fit to play some part

 

This mini pre season smells of desperation and bollocks

The mini-preseason smells of:

 

Not fit to play, eh? Hmmm, how about a couple of weeks doing cross-country runs, daily, to help with that?

 

One week later:

 

Oh, you're fit to play now are you? See that daily cross-country running really works. Do one more week for stamina & resilience though. And remember Daniel, next time you feel you can't play, just let me know, we know what to do now, don't we :)

[dylstar]

We hav ways of making you play

[Allan]

Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Firmino, Ibe, Coutinho, Benteke

 

Bogdan, Toure, Lallana, Allen, Brannagan, Smith, Randall

[Jairzinho]

Glad to see Ibe starting.

[Allan]

Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Lanzini, Noble ©, Antonio, Valencia, Carroll

 

Randolph (GK), Jenkinson, Obiang, Song, Payet, Zarate, Jelavic

[manwiththestick]

We really need to improve our options from the bench. I know injuries haven't helped but that subs list hardly shouts gamechangers.

[Dr. J]

Ibe for Lallana, finally, best team we can muster right now.

[Frankenhooker]

Our midfield is in real danger of being overrun, but there isn't a great deal we can do about it with the injuries we have.  Their bench is much stronger.

[Kevin D]

we re not gonna bother playing the game tomorrow. west ham have been given the points. theres talk we re gonna fold and start again in unibond league north division 8 next season. no point really. we re 7th 9 points off top. easier to pack it in.

We keep our surrenders for must-win games at the Bernebeu.

[billypilgrimnz]

Our midfield is in real danger of being overrun, but there isn't a great deal we can do about it with the injuries we have.  Their bench is much stronger.

 

Klopp doesn't seem to be much of a fan of Allen; we really, really need another midfielder ASAP...

[thompsonsnose]

That's the best we can offer at the moment.

[an tha]

Grim times when West Ham have a better bench than us

[manwiththestick]

Harry Redknapp in LMA mode again there.