Relegation 2022/23

[Mark Bisson]

Having a choice Between Holgate and Godfrey at right back is like asking do you want volleying in the bollox or a broken nose.

Would take both of those now if it meant we stayed up

 

[kenada_blue]

Yeah I know, there may well be other factors but those two played out from the back with ludicrous ease. That being said I think simms had gray with him at utd and not doucoure who is a good presser

When I recall the United game it went like the Spurs one the previous week where we played a high line and they exploited the wings, switching play -- mainly Godfrey on the left.

 

[Walken]

When I recall the United game it went like the Spurs one the previous week where we played a high line and they exploited the wings, switching play -- mainly Godfrey on the left.

I think fernandes pinged about 10 long balls after they walked through simms and gray

 

[Infernus]

19 Percent? Really?

 

[jazzy]

19 Percent? Really?

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It certainly doesn't feel like that

 

[brieverton]

19 Percent? Really?

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Feels like 50/50 if we cant win and Leicester do.
If they were away I'd be a little more confident.
But you have to have some hope, even though our home form is poor and the injuries.
I hope the Old Lady will carry them through once more.

 

[overkill]

Would put Iwobi there myself

Issue with this is putting one of our most creative players in a back line when we rarely score anyway

 

[sandybrownsbighead]

It certainly doesn't feel like that

This must be what 19 per cent feels like...horrible, isn't it,?

 

[coollino]

I think people will form an opinion based on what team Moyes fields at Leicester.

I could understand him fielding a strong team against Leeds as he had rotated v Brentford the week before but as a West Ham fan, I would want him to give our best players some much needed rest after a long season, get them to prepare mentally before the final a week or so later.

I hope I am wrong and he plays the same team as he did against Leeds, to keep momentum going but I expect he will already know the team he will play in Prague so will change things up and rest those starting players, giving minutes instead to Lanzini, Fornals, Cornet, Johnson, Mubama etc.

i think all managers who are playing against the 3 relegation teams, will start fairly strong sides. I think it would be out of order not to, and they will prob agree.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Just think, VAR probably has the opportunity to decide which club gets relegated if the odd goal would completely change the complexity of who goes down. We've seen there is no accountability, and that only the most ridiculously obvious glaring errors get met with a "we were wrong on that one, soz about that" from the FA. I would like to know who is manning the VAR controls and what affiliations they have with teams in the Premier League.

Imagine one of these incorrect calls goes against us and puts us down, a non-handball (arms against body, natural position, ball smashed at defender from 2 yards away) against our defender that leads to a penalty in the last minute that turns 1-0 into 1-1, or an offside which is never offside after we've just netted. I think in that case the FA would under no circumstances apologise as they'd surely be opening themselves up to all sorts of litigation from the club in terms of suing for lost revenue in the tens of millions of pounds.

 

[Runub]

19 Percent? Really?

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I make it 0%, 100% and 100% given that we will beat Bournemouth

 

[luuk_deventer]

i think all managers who are playing against the 3 relegation teams, will start fairly strong sides. I think it would be out of order not to, and they will prob agree.

Bournemouth and Spurs will as it's another Premier League game and they'll want to finish on a high. They also have nothing else to consider after this game.

I will be amazed if Bowen, Rice, Antonio or Paqueta start for West Ham. If we were in a European final next week and had nothing to play for, we would expect, even demand, the manager to rest them all.

 

[sandybrownsbighead]

Just think, VAR probably has the opportunity to decide which club gets relegated if the odd goal would completely change the complexity of who goes down. We've seen there is no accountability, and that only the most ridiculously obvious glaring errors get met with a "we were wrong on that one, soz about that" from the FA. I would like to know who is manning the VAR controls and what affiliations they have with teams in the Premier League.

Imagine one of these incorrect calls goes against us and puts us down, a non-handball (arms against body, natural position, ball smashed at defender from 2 yards away) against our defender that leads to a penalty in the last minute that turns 1-0 into 1-1, or an offside which is never offside after we've just netted. I think in that case the FA would under no circumstances apologise as they'd surely be opening themselves up to all sorts of litigation from the club in terms of suing for lost revenue in the tens of millions of pounds.

Jesus, mate, what are you doing to yourself? The regular nightmares not enough for you?

 

[Martin Alvito]

19 Percent? Really?

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Those models don't account for things like an opponent resting players. Some of them deal with injuries well, and some of them don't in my opinion.

What the models are telling you is that Leeds and Leicester have been really bad for thirty-seven games. Which you already knew.

 

[NathDogg]

Bournemouth and Spurs will as it's another Premier League game and they'll want to finish on a high. They also have nothing else to consider after this game.

I will be amazed if Bowen, Rice, Antonio or Paqueta start for West Ham. If we were in a European final next week and had nothing to play for, we would expect, even demand, the manager to rest them all.

There’s 10 days between the final league game and the final - I think moyes will want some more match minutes In the limbs of any players who aren’t sporting a knock.

They won’t all start but he will start some of them and prob bring on the others.