Team V West Ham

Well after today we need the shake the team up a bit. Andy King needs to be dropped, Beckford doesnt deserve a start and the back line was a bit shaky today so i think there should be some changes. St. Ledger has done ok but hasnt exactly made the shirt his own so Matt Mills will come back in for the Leeds game. David Nugent was our best player today purely for his effort. With West Ham full of tall players like Charlton Cole, John Carew, Addoulaye Faye and Kevin Nolan i think Steve Howard should start to help us defend corners, free kicks and I think he would link up well with David Nugent. I think John Pantsil should come in aswell with him playing against his former club and the freshen the team up, not saying Peltier is playing bad but we could do with a little experience next week. So here is my team for West Ham

Schmeichel

Pantsil
Bamba
St. Ledger
Konchesky

Fernandes
Johnson
Gallagher
Wellens

Howard
Nugent


Peltier
Abe
Dyer
Danns
Beckford

 

Same back 5 for me.

Nugent and Schlupp up front.

But please forgive me, I cannot pick a midfield again. It's a waste of time. Who deserves to start? Who has performed well consistently? Who is most likely to make an impact? After todays performance Dyer should start, but the rest is anyones guess. You could put Danns and Fernandes in to shake things up but they havent been consistent either.

If Gally's fit, I might pick him.

But honestly, I haven't got a clue who to put in midfield.

 

Gally is fit, he could of played today but Sven didnt want to risk him. We missed his set peices and Mills leadership today

 

Smeich

Konch
Bamba
Peltier
Pantsil

Dyer
Johnson
Fernades
Danns

Nugent
Beckford

Howard
Schlupp
St ledge
Wellens
Abe

 

King has got to be dropped - looked totally out of his depth, was gobsmacked he didn't get hooked today

 

bring in howard.

when times get hard, theres always howard.

 

But Sven won't will he? His team selections have always been the thing that has frustrated me most about Sven - it's like he's playing Football Manager on the PC or something. He doesn't seem to cater his team selections to the likely personnel or tactics that the opposition are likely to bring. Now, whilst I wouldn't recommend wholesale changes simply based on the way your next opponent is likely to play, the players aren't just ball-kicking automatons; sometimes, picking certain players for certain situations can be the difference between 0 points and 1, or 1 point and 3. Sven, unfortunately, doesn't seem to quite grasp this.

 

So Beckford has found his level,priceless

 

Hes just got a few nerves now hes playing for a big club

 

……………………….Schmeichel…………………………

Peltier………St Ledger…….Bamba…….Konchesky…….

………………………..Johnson……………………………..
…………Fernandes ……..…………Wellens………………
……………………………Danns……………………………
…………………..Nugent………. Schlupp.…………………

Beckford
Howard/Vassell
King
Dyer
Pantsil

If we are to persist with this diamond thing then this would be my team.

 

If we were to go for some width i would put Johnson & Wellens central, Dyer left, Danns right and leave the as is. But maybe West Ham away is not the game for this.