Friday, March 17, 2006
Bits n Pieces!
* The Man City cup game is on ESPN this Tuesday morning 6am Brisbane time. Gotta love all this coverage we've had lately.
* We appear to have a massive fixture pile up. Portsmouth tomorrow coupled with the cup tie means we have 2 games in 3 days straight after going 120 mins against Bolton this week. This suggests to me Pardew will again ring the changes for the visit of Portsmouth at Upton Park this weekend and rest a few legs before the cup game.
I would give Pardew one message - do NOT mess with the defence. Our biggest downfall vs Bolton in the league last week was not keeping the defensive partnership of Gabbidon and Ferdinand that has been so successful this season. Of course playing Ferdinand out of position did nothing but hinder our midfield also. So FFS Pardew - leave the defence alone! In fact I would just leave out Harewood, Ashton & Yossi and bring all 3 on at half time or shortly after.
* We appear to have a massive fixture pile up. Portsmouth tomorrow coupled with the cup tie means we have 2 games in 3 days straight after going 120 mins against Bolton this week. This suggests to me Pardew will again ring the changes for the visit of Portsmouth at Upton Park this weekend and rest a few legs before the cup game.
I would give Pardew one message - do NOT mess with the defence. Our biggest downfall vs Bolton in the league last week was not keeping the defensive partnership of Gabbidon and Ferdinand that has been so successful this season. Of course playing Ferdinand out of position did nothing but hinder our midfield also. So FFS Pardew - leave the defence alone! In fact I would just leave out Harewood, Ashton & Yossi and bring all 3 on at half time or shortly after.
Posted by Dave at 5:02 pm
whubris said...
I think we should play a 4-3-3 with 3 of Mullins, NRC, Dailly, Fletcher, & Newton in the middle, and Zamora up front with Teddy and Yossi supporting - keep it narrow for this game and keep possession, up front as much as we can.
c+p BBC
Pardew: "I'm going to try to field the best possible team that I can but obviously with one eye on Monday night. I have to do that for the good of West Ham but I do take the concerns of David Gold and everybody who is in that situation on board. It's not the greatest dilemma I have ever faced but one I will have to sleep on. We are not going to moan about it as to have this problem is much nicer than being out of the cup and not having it but it is a tough agenda for the players. I have a lot of responsibility to the people who have paid tickets for Saturday and are desperate to see us win. We don't just have a duty to the teams who are involved in that position but also to ourselves as we want to do well in the league The two routes for Europe are there for us and we need to attack both."
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whubris said...I think we should play a 4-3-3 with 3 of Mullins, NRC, Dailly, Fletcher, & Newton in the middle, and Zamora up front with Teddy and Yossi supporting - keep it narrow for this game and keep possession, up front as much as we can.
c+p BBC
Pardew: "I'm going to try to field the best possible team that I can but obviously with one eye on Monday night. I have to do that for the good of West Ham but I do take the concerns of David Gold and everybody who is in that situation on board. It's not the greatest dilemma I have ever faced but one I will have to sleep on. We are not going to moan about it as to have this problem is much nicer than being out of the cup and not having it but it is a tough agenda for the players. I have a lot of responsibility to the people who have paid tickets for Saturday and are desperate to see us win. We don't just have a duty to the teams who are involved in that position but also to ourselves as we want to do well in the league The two routes for Europe are there for us and we need to attack both."
