West Ham -v- Arsenal FA Cup, Sun 16.15

Frisbee

-v-

Tough 3rd. Round tie for both teams here, have to say when I heard it was West Ham I was fairly unimpressed, much easier ties out there.

The Arsenal lineup at a guess:

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Fabianski

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Sagna

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Senderos

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Vermaelen

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Traore

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Ramsey

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Denilson

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Diaby

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Walcott

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Eduardo

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Rosicky

therokerroar

2-1 West Ham

Royale with Cheese

That lineup looks a bit too strong, and Senderos will definitely not play.

Frisbee

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

That lineup looks a bit too strong, and Senderos will definitely not play.

I thought his fitness test wasn't until tomorrow?

yahoo_moe

Whatever about Senderos (I think he'll play if fit with Gallas and Vermaelen hopefully rested), I don't see why Song wouldn't be in there. He's available for the match so may as well play him before he heads off. With him in there, we can also rest more players around him.

Zonda999

This one's on ITV1 btw lads

Would be thinking towards a scoreline of 1-1

Royale with Cheese

Senderos has been ignored for months. Why would he play now that's he able to be sold?

Frisbee

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Senderos has been ignored for months. Why would he play now that's he able to be sold?

Because Wenger said the other day if he's fit he's starting

G1032

Song is going to start. He's off to ANC after. Why would he not start????

Frisbee

ronaldochokes wrote: »

Song is going to start. He's off to ANC after. Why would he not start????

All I know is he's leaving on the fourth.

No idea when on the fourth so I erred on the side of caution when making a team prediction.

G1032

Frisbee wrote: »

All I know is he's leaving on the fourth.

No idea when on the fourth so I erred on the side of caution when making a team prediction.

He's gonna play. Wenger will get another game from him. I think Silvestre will start too, along with Senderos. Thought Walcott was injured?

G1032

He might start Wilshere too. Would be great experience for him.

Hammer Archer

Well might as well throw a West Ham point of view in here:

Kurucz

Faubert
Tomkins
Da Costa
Daprela

Jiminez
Kovac
Collison
Stanislas

Diamanti/Sears
Nouble

Personally I will be astonished if even force a replay in this one.
I'm hoping the game isn't a humiliation and that it doesn't require a replay.

Frisbee

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Personally I will be astonished if even force a replay in this one.
I'm hoping the game isn't a humiliation and that it doesn't require a replay.

tbf you gave us a good game earlier in the season, that's why I can't see Wenger making too many big changes and playing a severely weakened team.

G1032

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Personally I will be astonished if even force a replay in this one.
I'm hoping the game isn't a humiliation and that it doesn't require a replay.

It'll be very interesting to see West Ham's team. Zola may field a weakened side and keep his best players fresh for the Premier League....

Hammer Archer

Frisbee wrote: »

tbf you gave us a good game earlier in the season, that's why I can't see Wenger making too many big changes and playing a severely weakened team.

True but we had (more or less) a full team in that one. At the moment we are without our main scoring threat (Cole) and the backbone of our team (Parker). We're also without Franco, Hines, Noble and I think Collison (so he can be replaced by Behrami in my team above).
And also, I'd prefer to focus solely on remaining in the Premiership this year rather than have the distraction of the FA Cup.

G1032

Hammer Archer wrote: »

And also, I'd prefer to focus solely on remaining in the Premiership this year rather than have the distraction of the FA Cup.

Absolutely. West Ham's number one priority is to stay in the premiership. FA Cup is secondary this season. But they won't go down.

Hammer Archer

ronaldochokes wrote: »

Absolutely. West Ham's number one priority is to stay in the premiership. FA Cup is secondary this season. But they won't go down.

If you say we're too good to go down I'll slap you

Het-Field

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Well might as well throw a West Ham point of view in here:

Kurucz

Faubert
Tomkins
Da Costa
Daprela

Jiminez
Kovac
Collison
Stanislas

Diamanti/Sears
Nouble

Personally I will be astonished if even force a replay in this one.
I'm hoping the game isn't a humiliation and that it doesn't require a replay.

Doubt Zola will start with Nouble, or Daprela. Id say Sears and Spector will get the nod. Im only interested in seeing Upson, Behrami and Green start. Parker and Cole wont be cup tied, and as such can still be lost

yahoo_moe

Het-Field wrote: »

Im only interested in seeing Upson, Behrami and Green start. Parker and Cole wont be cup tied, and as such can still be lost

I might be reading this wrongly but are you saying you think Parker and Cole are less important to West Ham's survival than Upson, Behrami and Green? Cole and Parker are key to their chances of avoiding relegation if you ask me.

Frisbee

yahoo_moe wrote: »

I might be reading this wrongly but are you saying you think Parker and Cole are less important to West Ham's survival than Upson, Behrami and Green? Cole and Parker are key to their chances of avoiding relegation if you ask me.

Cole is injured and Parker is, iirc Suspended?

So he's saying the rest better start as unfortunately Parker and Cole won't be cup tied.

ragg

Is this on the box??

Hammer Archer

yahoo_moe wrote: »

I might be reading this wrongly but are you saying you think Parker and Cole are less important to West Ham's survival than Upson, Behrami and Green? Cole and Parker are key to their chances of avoiding relegation if you ask me.

Of course they are. But they're both injured at the moment.

Paleface

UTV & Setanta

Leixlip_Red

Any team news yet?

Hammer Archer

West Ham Team:
Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Upson, Daprela, Kovac, Behrami, Stanislas, Diamanti, Jimenez, Nouble
Subs: Stech, N'Gala, Da Costa, Payne, Lee, Edgar, Sears

Leixlip_Red

Arsenal team in full: Fabianski, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Silvestre, Merida, Ramsey, Song, Wilshere, Vela, Eduardo
Substitutes: Mannone, Diaby, Nasri, Traore, Eastmond, Emmanuel-Thomas, Gilbert

leninbenjamin

Leixlip_Red wrote: »

Arsenal team in full: Fabianski, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Silvestre, Merida, Ramsey, Song, Wilshere, Vela, Eduardo
Substitutes: Mannone, Diaby, Nasri, Traore, Eastmond, Emmanuel-Thomas, Gilbert

Nice to see Wilshere get a run. Should be an interesting game.

newbie2

stream anyone?

Het-Field

yahoo_moe wrote: »

I might be reading this wrongly but are you saying you think Parker and Cole are less important to West Ham's survival than Upson, Behrami and Green? Cole and Parker are key to their chances of avoiding relegation if you ask me.

If I had my way, I would have Parker and Cole on the bench, and if we are out of it, id make a double sub with a minuite to go and cup-tie both of them

Frisbee

Leixlip_Red wrote: »

Arsenal team in full: Fabianski, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Silvestre, Merida, Ramsey, Song, Wilshere, Vela, Eduardo
Substitutes: Mannone, Diaby, Nasri, Traore, Eastmond, Emmanuel-Thomas, Gilbert

De-lighted

I wonder will Merida or Wilshere play in the middle with Ramsey.
I'm gonna guess Merida

newbie2

Wilshere behind the top two?

efb

Come on Arsenal!

Frisbee

I'm happy to see the younger lads get a run out, but I'm also kind of worried about it at the same time.

I really hope Wenger takes the FA Cup seriously this year, I can see this being a close game and wouldn't be suprised if WHU get a win.

leninbenjamin

Well we're underway. Hard to read anything into the lineup at the moment, it still has to settle.

Frisbee

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Well we're underway. Hard to read anything into the lineup at the moment, it still has to settle.

It looks like:

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Fabianski

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Sagna

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Gallas

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Vermaelen

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Silvestre

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Ramsey----Song----Merida

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Wilshere

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Vela

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Eduardo


although as you say, hard to be sure yet

everdead.ie

Sagna not showing much strength there he got bullied there trying to shepard the ball out of play

Frisbee

everdead.ie wrote: »

Sagna not showing much strength there he got bullied there trying to shepard the ball out of play

In all fairness your man Nouble is built like a brick sh*thouse

Hammer Archer

Nouble looking decent so far.
COME ON YOU IRONS!!

leninbenjamin

Arsenal slowly getting into it more and more. Merida in particular looks well up for it.

Christ! Eduardo should have done better from there imo, seemed to be caught flat footed.

Frisbee

Song was lucky to only get yellow there.

He nearly knocked Kovac into next week

everdead.ie

Frisbee wrote: »

Song was lucky to only get yellow there.

He nearly knocked Kovac into next week

Sure no worry for him if he gets sent off and Arsenal still win because he'd be gone for the suspension West Ham getting stuck in now

Hammer Archer

Behrami is class today.

cson

Behrami is playing insanely well.

everdead.ie

Scott Parker would be making mince meat of arsenals midfield a real shame he's injured so often

ragg

Lovely finish

everdead.ie

What a goal out of nothing mind thought for a second it wasn't going to go in

Bandit12

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

ragg

everdead.ie wrote: »

What a goal out of nothing mind thought for a second it wasn't going to go in

I was the same, thought the fingertips were going to keep it out

Hammer Archer

Atta Boy Diamanti

anplaya

ye same here thought keeper got to it,thought it was a fairly poor finish to be honest for a one on one.went in though.