West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO

[ceborame]

Match day thread .....

[Pearcey]

COYC!!!

[Goody1975]

Just over fifteen minutes till the teams are announced and the possible meltdown on here.

I think Brownhill returns will Odobert reverting to the left wing.

[Roosterbooster]

My predicton
....................Trafford
Assignon DOS Esteve Taylor
................Cullen Berge
........Vitinho Brownhill JBL
.....................Fofana

I dont think that's necessarily our best 11. But I think it's the best basis for what should be our best formation. And would probably work away from home

[Carlos the Great]

Let’s see what the side is but I don’t think will be a meltdown as we are used to strange selections

[ArmchairDetective]

High hopes, low expectations.

[FCBurnley]

My team prediction is Trafford plus 10 from the lucky bag

[HahaYeah]

1 Trafford
20 Assignon
2 O'Shea
33 Esteve
3 Taylor
22 Vitinho
16 Berge
24 Cullen
47 Odobert
23 Fofana
34 Bruun Larsen

Substitutes

4 Cork
7 Gudmundsson
8 Brownhill
9 Rodríguez
10 Manuel
25 Amdouni
31 Trésor
44 Delcroix
49 Muric

[BurnleyFC]

Same starting eleven as against Bournemouth.

[ervi34]

Good to see another awful lineup.

[FCBurnley]

VK obviously happy with the Bournemouth performance

[daveisaclaret]

Hopefully keep it tight today and then bring Tresor and Rodriguez on after 92 minutes to go for a winner.

[FCBurnley]

Bowen to score first goal must be a decent bet

[summitclaret]

Same starting eleven as against Bournemouth.

The most stubborn man in history. Another handing of cm to the opposition?

[BobSykes]

I'm wondering seriously about his mental state now

[Goody1975]

Vitinho and JBL have big jobs today, they have to help the midfield two, we are going to be outnumbered in there again.

[bumba]

All those wingers signed and we persist with Vitinho on the wing

[expoultryboy]

Dave : and Benson in the 93rd min

[Goliath]

I back Kompany quite a lot on here but i really have to question the judgement of a man who has given Vitinho so many starts this season when hes so far out of his depth. Now even crow barring him into a wide midfield role when he has signed so many wide players including JBG who he gave a new contract i believe.

JBG is better defensively and going forwards so if you want someone there to be solid hes the obvious choice.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Wide open again with that line up. It really does boil my ****

Why the hell he can't play 3 in midfield I'll never know. Cullen/Brownhill holding with Berge pushed up a bit!!

[BobSykes]

Any responsible employer seeing a senior employee under the kosh, under performing, making irrational decisions, surely has to seek a professional assessment of mental state?

[Petersa]

Plan A is a disaster so repeat
Plan A is a disaster so repeat
Plan A is a disaster so repeat

Continue ad infinitum

[expoultryboy]

How about starting with Berge , Cullen and Brownhill in midfield Vinny with Berge playing slightly forward ? Overrun again in midfield .

[Murger]

An absolute pisstake. All those that say VK is learning are morons. From game 1 this season, he’s learnt **** all.

[Goody1975]

All those wingers signed and we persist with Vitinho on the wing

The formation we have with two central midfielders means we cannot play out and out wingers.

To play two wide men would mean that Brownhill has to play the attacking central midfield role.

[expoultryboy]

Must of been writing at the same time Wellernut . Haha

[Carlos the Great]

Bowen to score first goal must be a decent bet

Bowen to score a hat trick be a better bet

[Goliath]

Also, isnt JBL on loan? It seems strange that hes suddenly starting games if he was going back. Maybe a sign that hes going to be signing permanently?
Or just more hard to comprehend decisions from VK

[Buxtonclaret]

Bowen to score first goal must be a decent bet

And the 3rd ...5th & 6th.....


COME ON UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU CLARETS!!!

[bfcjg]

Moyes is such an experienced canny manager he will have already watched the Bournemouth video knowing it's what we will start with, Kompany must be the only manager who does the oppositions homework.

[RetroClaret]

We earned that wooden spoon, VK is just ensuring we keep it now.

[Carlos the Great]

Vk let it slip before at the press conference .. he a City man .. that’s why we paid 19 million for Trafford ..

[Neil]

The formation we have with two central midfielders means we cannot play out and out wingers.

To play two wide men would mean that Brownhill has to play the attacking central midfield role.

So why sign them all?

[Cooclaret]

We will win one of these games eventually, and then we will see the deluded ‘Kompany in’ brigade dine out on it as proof ‘we’ve turned the corner’.

It’s likely to happen today, so batten down the hatches for the return of the self righteous come FT.

[Burnley Ace]

Just over fifteen minutes till the teams are announced and the possible meltdown on here.

I think Brownhill returns will Odobert reverting to the left wing.

Possible??

[Carlos the Great]

Moyes will have briefed his side about Trafford and watch high balls coming into the box Zz

[Clive 1960]

Well fancy that same team as last week when we got beaten but we did play ok against a average Bournemouth team just couldn't put ball in the net ..

[summitclaret]

Moyes is such an experienced canny manager he will have already watched the Bournemouth video knowing it's what we will start with, Kompany must be the only manager who does the oppositions homework.

Moyes Thurs night. Have Friday and Saturday off lads. On Sunday just pizz about for 15 minutes, then press on their short pass out to their cm and they'll give us an early goal. Then do same just before and just half time and it's feet up time.

[bumba]

The formation we have with two central midfielders means we cannot play out and out wingers.

To play two wide men would mean that Brownhill has to play the attacking central midfield role.

But he's using Odobert and Vitinho as our an out wingers.
If he's asking Vitinho to do a role inverted and dropping in to central midfield we are in serious shít

[Goody1975]

So why sign them all?

I don't know if you realise but I'm not in charge of recruitment.

[morninbob]

All west ham have to do is the same as the rest, just wait, and we will make a mistake.

[BurnleyFC]

Sky Sports bigging us up pre-game - interviewer saying to Moyes that our performances have been far better than the points we’ve yielded.

I’m not sure I believe that.

[Goody1975]

But he's using Odobert and Vitinho as our an out wingers.
If he's asking Vitinho to do a role inverted and dropping in to central midfield we are in serious shít

Odobert played as the number ten last week

Vitinho and JBL will work back to give us a more solid bank of four, thus meaning Berge and Cullen have less ground to cover.

In the Championship we could get away with having just two central midfielders, at this level it's suicide with our crop of players.

[Quickenthetempo]

I hope today goes well for Vinny, as a defeat could mean the end for him.
The fans have turned and he wants to die on Trafford Hill.

[claretgimmer]

Don`t quite get the vitriol re Vitiniho, I agree he isn`t quite premier league quality but at least wherever he plays he tries to put a shift in, he is also one of the few players who try to inject a bit of pace into our game rather than the pedestrian bo****ks that our manager seems to advocate, other than that I agree with most of the points other posters have made. UTC

[Goody1975]

Sky Sports bigging us up pre-game - interviewer saying to Moyes that our performances have been far better than the points we’ve yielded.

I’m not sure I believe that.

They are but not by much, if things had all gone our way we may be on twenty points now.

[TheOriginalLongsider]

Meltdown

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

I hope today goes well for Vinny, as a defeat could mean the end for him.
The fans have turned and he wants to die on Trafford Hill.

Pace is happy to lose every game this season and continue in championship. Not a peep from him on the managers position.

[derryclaret]

Afternoon all, cold and dreary up here a bit like my mood at the moment,hoping against hope as usual.COYC!

[Goody1975]

Still, as it stands I still believe we can get something today.

I'll report back at 2.15pm, which is the standard time we implode. 🫤