West Ham Utd vs Arsenal (Upton Park) KO: 17:30 (ESPN)

DenMan

Really looking forward to this. Seventh against eight in the table. Carroll should start for the Hammers and Mertesacker returns for the Gunners.

Team news to come later when available.

West Ham will get in Arsenal's faces that's for sure. Hoping for an Arsenal win.

0-2 Arsenal

Live on ESPN

The_Kew_Tour

I fancy Hammers to get result.

F1ngers

West Ham United: Jaaskelainen, Demel, McCartney, Reid, Collins, Noble, Nolan, Diame, Vaz Te, Jarvis, Carroll

Arsenal: Mannone, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Gervinho, Podoslki, Giroud

Nice to see Jarvis and Carroll starting together.
Quietly confident of getting a result against Arsenal.

shano_88

Happy with the starting line up. I reckon It will be close but Im predicting a 2-1 win.

tayto lover

Arsenal to win 3--1. The cream always comes to the top.

Need a win today or the only target will again be 4th.

DenMan

Confirmed line-ups via the BBC.

West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, McCartney, Noble, Diame, Vaz Te, Nolan, Jarvis, Carroll. Subs: Henderson, Tomkins, Cole, Maiga, Taylor, Benayoun, O'Neil.

Arsenal: Mannone, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Cazorla, Arteta, Gervinho, Giroud, Podolski. Subs: Martinez, Koscielny, Andre Santos, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coquelin, Arshavin.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

I expect to see Walcott and Arshavin on later. Come on Arsenal!!!

The referee failed a fitness test last season. I hope he's up to speed now!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2148389/Phil-Dowd-fails-fitness-test.html

Mickeroo

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Need a win today or the only target will again be 4th.

I thought you'd resigned yourself to fourth after last week

Clean sheet and Gervinho hat-trick would suit me (and my fantasy team) just fine!

tayto lover

Hope Phil Dowd does a good and fair job on this match as West Ham will try their bully-boy stuff early.

Mickeroo

Mickeroo wrote: »

I thought you'd resigned yourself to fourth after last week

Pretty much getting there tbh. It's disappointing in the first week of October to be thinking like that but it's that or delusion. Anyway a hat-trick for Giroud and I'll be happy enough.

Hope Ramsey has a great game today.

Mickeroo

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Pretty much getting there tbh. It's disappointing in the first week of October to be thinking like that but it's that or delusion. Anyway a hat-trick for Giroud and I'll be happy enough.

He wasn't far away there!

Mickeroo

Mickeroo wrote: »

He wasn't far away there!

How many bloody times is that?

shano_88

started brilliantly here.

Drexel

shano_88 wrote: »

started brilliantly here.

Never seen so many arsenal player in the box before

Ramsey's some ****in tank, can't believe he was able to flatten Carroll like that.

Arteta is the Bruce Spingsteen of the midfield.
Players always looking to pass to him.

Drexel

15 minutes in and the west ham keeper has started time wasting already

tayto lover

Can Mertzacker actually jump? I have yet to see him get his two feet off the ground. He need to stay closer to Carroll.

Gervinho has red Sellotape on the back of his legs.:D
Christmas come early for him.

wandatowell

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Arteta is the Bruce Spingsteen of the midfield

That cant be a good thing

wandatowell

wandatowell wrote: »

That cant be a good thing

= The Boss

applehunter

Arsenal well on top here.

I think Giroud would've scored that had it not been deflected

Mickeroo

Giroud's been pretty good so far. Good team performance in general at the mo.

Mickeroo

Mickeroo wrote: »

Giroud's been pretty good so far. Good team performance in general at the mo.

Shut the **** up.

Paul Tergat

Nice from Diame

F1ngers

Get in.

Awful defending.

Drexel

Fûck. Great goals tho

Good goal Diame.
We got a game here

shano_88

Serious goal but how are we losing?

tayto lover

Pure fcuki** muck Ramsey.

applehunter

Wow.

1-0 West Ham

That was a bit too easy.

emergingstar

Great finish

everdead.ie

That was almost arsenalesque!

Ah look at the bubbles lol

Jelle1880

Great start

markie29

that was a class finish from Diame but poor by arsenal defensively

wandatowell

Same sh1t different match

DenMan

Some finish from Diame. Wonderful goal. Game on!!!

shano_88

shano_88 wrote: »

Serious goal but how are we losing?

West Ham have scored more goals so far.

Mickeroo

Great finish in fairness.

tayto lover

Dowd chickened out again. Never gives us anything the cnut.

niallo27

Could have been off there very easily.

Mickeroo

Shakey enough there.

Ffs Gervinho, no excuse.

Shouldn't have gone offside but what was Giroud playing at giving the ball to him?

UnknownSpecies

Should have gone. No point booking him for the celebration if it means he's going to let him off a booking later on.

tayto lover

Great defensive work again from Podolski.

Jaysus we look like we are bottling it, where's that great start gone.

"Zonal marking" ffs.