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West Ham Vs Chelsea (EFLcup) Wed 26/10 2016 KO 19:45 GMT

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RLC must be injured ?

Aina will be down the right i presume ?

Oscar and Willian no surprise to see them return.

Michy up front, just wish he could have had his countryman Hazard on the pitch as well.

30 minutes ago, g3.7 said:

confirmation there that conte's not happy with loftus cheek after veiled references in the pre match conference IMO.

what is the rumour?  I must have missed the veiled references as I was multi tasking while listening.

He seemed to be a favourite earlier in the season, despite to see him being played further up field 

Big game for chalobah, a few things so far

 

he looks like a man now, strong solid frame, won't be pushed around easy

he seems like a natural leader, would love to see him nurtured to be our next captain 

he actual looks like the most complete center mid we have 

 

hopefully he dominates the game today and never looks back 

7 minutes ago, PedroMendez said:

I dont really see him as a Conte type player he isn't really dynamic or physical enough to be in that two man midfield. if Cesc is struggling you can be damn sure Mikel will be 

He doesn't necessarily have to play in midfield.

 

Pretty happy with that lineup. Encouraging to see Chalobah and Aina getting starts (I think it's the former's first isn't it?), and it is very good to see Oscar and [obviously] JT return to the fold. Matic and Hazard have played every game so far so are probably due a rest; that said Azpilicueta and Cahill haven't missed a single minute so far and they are both in the starting XI.

I would expect JT to start in the middle of the three, I don't think he really has the pace to play in one of the wider roles considering just how close to the touchline those players are positioned when in possession - consider also that he hasn't played a game in over six weeks. The CFC twitter feed (for the little it's worth) has Aina left and Azpi right as well.

West Ham's lineup: Randolph, Kouyate, Reid, Ogbonna, Fernandes, Noble, Obiang, Cresswell, Antonio, Payet, Lanzini

On paper there are only two changes from their last game (and one is to bring in Randolph for Adrian), suggesting they want to go far in this competition. Considering the versatility with which Bilic has been using his squad in light of the injuries they've had it's hard to predict with total confidence how they are going to line up, but my guess is that they're sticking with the formation (also three at the back, not dissimilar from ours on paper) which got them through the last two games:

-----------------------------------Randolph

--------------Kouyate------------Reid-----------Ogbonna

Fernandes-----------Obiang----------Noble---------------Cresswell

-----------Lanzini--------------------------------------------Payet

-----------------------------------Antonio

 

Quite like the look of the line up and a strong bench if we need it.  In the UK Radio 5Live Sports Extra are doing a live commentary.

Apparently a thousand stewards on duty inside the ground and a heavy police presence outside, lets hope it all goes peacefully.

 

Come on The Chels

 

 

5 minutes ago, DonAntonio said:

na live commentary, Bien connect America are posted teh link above 

cheers man,

gotta be quick on that one, when you hit play first there is a pop up (even with ad blocker) that can freeze your PC

@g3.7 I am also curious to hear what Conte said/insinuated.


Btw in the Pikey lineup I predicted guessed there are at least three players 'out of position': Kouyate, Antonio and Fernandes (who is apparently a Swiss attacking mid - I have admittedly never heard of him).

Just now, mad_mac said:

cheers man,

gotta be quick on that one, when you hit play first there is a pop up (even with ad blocker) that can freeze your PC

Thats why I only buy mac my friend :) Working fine they are just showing the stadium, zero talking. Think they are going to show the channel 5 commentary who have the highlights later at 10, heard teh plonker testing the Mic saying he cant hear himself.  

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