West Ham United v Manchester United Match Thread 30/11/10

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KO: 7:45pm
Venue: Upton Park
Channel: Sky Sports 1

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Game might not go ahead as Mark Clattenburg is stuck on a motorway.:pac:

The Floyd p

Come on you hammers and don't get hammered

NUTZZ

flahavaj

^^^^^^^

Confirmed team?

If so happy out.

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Yeah, delighted with that team, Obertan, Bébé, Chicho, Fabio, Smalling, Macheda and Anderson all starting is sex.

flahavaj

Delighted to see Anderson in there again. Like most players he thrives on gametime. Him and Fletcher is a very good blend of their differing skillsets.

Mars Bar

Is that really the team?!
I like it!

Nemanja91

Nice attacking team although West Ham seem to be fairly attacking themselves, looking forward to this now!

Jax Teller

Clattenburg is there now

PHB

I love that team. Fletcher is the oldest player on the Unitd team, yet still we've got oodles of quality. Rafael too good for the league cup now.

Want to see a big performance from Anderson today. Macheda too!

adox

I was so impressed with Anderson at the weekend. Hopefully he can reach near those heights on a consistent basis.

Is this only on Sky?

Nemanja91

Average team age is just under 23.

NUTZZ

adox wrote: »

I was so impressed with Anderson at the weekend. Hopefully he can reach near those heights on a consistent basis.

Is this only on Sky?

Sky Sports 1/HD1 :: KO 19.45

flahavaj

Glad there's no Parker in the WH team as well. Injured?

Also anyone got the benches?

homerjay2005

is that really the team?im not too sure if it is, seems too obvious.

if so, any word on the bench?

Peyton Manning

That United team is just a prediction. Still hasn't been confirmed yet. Team is never confirmed until 45 minutes before kick off most of the time.

Mars Bar

I hate it when people don't say that they are making a prediction.

Mitch Connor

BBC saying that Brown is captaining the side.

Le King

PHB wrote: »

I love that team. Fletcher is the oldest player on the Unitd team, yet still we've got oodles of quality. Rafael too good for the league cup now.

Want to see a big performance from Anderson today. Macheda too!

Seriously he is and he better be RB at Blackpool this weekend.

Delighted with the team.

Mitch Connor

Confirmed United side:

PIG

O'Shea
Evans
Smalling
Fabio

Anderson
Fletcher
Giggs

Obertan
Bebe
Chico

SUBS: Kiko, Amos, Brown, Park, Carrick, Rafa, Eikrem

WEst Ham Side:

Green

Faubert
Tomkins
Upson
BenHaim
Barrera
Spector
Kovac
Boa Morte

Obinna
Cole

flahavaj

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Confirmed United side:

PIG

O'Shea
Evans
Smalling
Fabio

Anderson
Fletcher
Giggs

Obertan
Bebe
Chico

SUBS: Kiko, Amos, Brown, Park, Carrick, Rafa, Eikrem

Happy out. I'd like to see a 4-4-2 there with giggs and Obertan wide and Bebe through the middle with Chico.

Le King

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Confirmed United side:

PIG

O'Shea
Evans
Smalling
Fabio

Anderson
Fletcher
Giggs

Obertan
Bebe
Chico

SUBS: Kiko, Amos, Brown, Park, Carrick, Rafa, Eikrem

WEst Ham Side:

Green

Faubert
Tomkins
Upson
BenHaim
Barrera
Spector
Kovac
Boa Morte

Obinna
Cole

Right, Kiko needed to start.

JerryHandbag

Good to see the birthday boy in the side

CR 7

PIG

O'Shea Evans Smalling Fabio

Bebe Anderson Fletcher Giggs

Obertan

Chico

I imagine it'll end up something like this to start, with Obertan, Bebe and Chico constantly switching positions, as usual.

flahavaj

Poor aul Wes goes from being captain to being dropped.:pac:

Happier to see JOSH at RB anyway, he needs a game and is a more reliable option.

Big night for Smalling and Evans; Cole and Obinna will give them a good workout.

Pro. F

Our second string rocks.

Good to see Ando getting back to back games. Hopefully he kicks on... *goes and gets hopes up*

CR 7

Pro. F wrote: »

Our second string rocks.

Good to see Ando getting back to back games. Hopefully he kicks on... *goes and gets hopes up*

It's definitely strong enough to win our next FA cup match anyway.

Anderson's been showing the type of play we wanted when he signed this season, running with the ball, playing just behind the strikers. He is the midfielder we are looking for, could be as good as Ozil if he keeps it up.

Hammer Archer

Jaysus that's a shocking team we have out.
Ben Haim, Kovac (who seems incapable of playing a simple pass), Spector (Ferguson must still be laughing that we bought him) and Boa Morte all starting.
Great to see Zavon Hines back on the bench though. He could be a great player for us.

Rekop dog

How many goals have this West Ham team scored this year? Cole and Obinna 1 goal each- anyone else score?

Hammer Archer

Rekop dog wrote: »

How many goals have this West Ham team scored this year? Cole and Obinna 1 goal each- anyone else score?

Parker's got 6 in all competitions. Piquionne's got a handful too. Obinna's actually got 2 in the Carling Cup as well.

Rekop dog

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Parker's got 6 in all competitions. Piquionne's got a handful too. Obinna's actually got 2 in the Carling Cup as well.

Yeah was just talking about this team tonight. Why has he left out Parker and Piq? this United defence is very vunerable but hard to see this Hammers attack causing too much problems.

Nailz

Here's hoping Eikrem gets on at some stage over the second half. Looking forward to it, I always enjoyed seeing a team like that playing.

Le King

Rekop dog wrote: »

Yeah was just talking about this team tonight. Why has he left out Parker and Piq? this United defence is very vunerable but hard to see this Hammers attack causing too much problems.

Why do you think the defence is vulnerable?

Hammer Archer

Rekop dog wrote: »

Yeah was just talking about this team tonight. Why has he left out Parker and Piq? this United defence is very vunerable but hard to see this Hammers attack causing too much problems.

To be fair we've got Sunderland at the weekend and, while beating Man U would be great, I'd prefer a win at the weekend and getting off the bottom.
Also, I'd say one or both will come on if things are going bad in the second half.

nicklauski

Fabio with the short sleeves on the hardy little hooorrr.

limpdd

Anyone got a stream for the match

Hammer Archer

Le King wrote: »

Why do you think the defence is vulnerable?

One word: Spector :pac:
No matter where he plays, he's always good for giving away a goal.

nicklauski

Hammer Archer wrote: »

One word: Spector :pac:
No matter where he plays, he's always good for giving away a goal.

He's in midfield tonight. so you might be alright

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nicklauski wrote: »

Fabio with the short sleeves on the hardy little hooorrr.

He must've seen the peolpe dissin' Southern Americans in the neckwarmers thread.:P

Le King

Hammer Archer wrote: »

One word: Spector :pac:
No matter where he plays, he's always good for giving away a goal.

He said the United defence. I'd like to see why he has come to that conclusion.

Mars Bar

Bébé getting in in the action quite well...

nicklauski

I had to laugh, Geoff asks Fergie how will the S. Americans handle the cold, and out strolls Fabio like that

Nailz

Arg!!!!

Mars Bar

AWW!! Unlucky Obertan!

Le King

What was Fletcher doing there?

Peyton Manning

Wonderful save

Mars Bar

What is Giggsy's position?

Hammer Archer

World class save from Green. He's having a fantastic season despite what happened to him in the summer.

Nailz

mars bar wrote: »

What is Giggsy's position?

It looks like he's wandering the midfield, no position in particular.

Mars Bar

Nailz wrote: »

It looks like he's wandering the midfield, no position in particular.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, he's over on the right a lot though.

Mars Bar

It looks uncomfortably cold out there...