West Ham Build Up Thread

[Zapater]

We'll outplay them, look on course to winning and then they'll pull a flukey/magestic goal or two out of their ass and we'll draw or lose.

[Pablo]

You bunch of moaners!

I get excited for each and every Liverpool game. You get to watch Gerrard and Torres in action, that enough for me. For a whole 90 minutes nothing else matters. I live for those 90 minutes.

Just enjoy every minute of every game and count yourself lucky you were born a red.

Incidentally I think we win get back on track tonight with a win.

[ronniedrew]

Massive Massive game. Need to kick start our season. Fancy us to win and can see Rafa playing a very strong team.

----------------Pepe-------------------
Finnan-----Carra-----Sami---------JAR
SG-------XAbi-------Masch------Kewell
----------Benni-----------------------
----------------Torres----------------

id swap babel for benni and that would be it.

i would love to see xabi , masch & stevie in the same team tonight

[Craig_H]

You bunch of moaners!

I get excited for each and every Liverpool game. You get to watch Gerrard and Torres in action, that enough for me. For a whole 90 minutes nothing else matters. I live for those 90 minutes.

Just enjoy every minute of every game and count yourself lucky you were born a red.

Incidentally I think we win get back on track tonight with a win.

[Nicey]

Same here

And me ...

The wind was knocked out of my sails a couple of games ago ..

Still looking forward to the rest of the season but have lost that its all or nothing feeling anything other than a miracle now and we are playing for our European spot again this season

Still its soo close I can almost taste it

[Taffy]

Crucial game for us tonight and I'd go with this team:

---------------Reina
Arbeloa--Carragher--Hyypia--Riise
----------Gerrard--Alonso
Benayoun------------------Babel
----------Crouch--Torres

However, I feel Rafa will play Pennant instead of the 'in form' Benayoun and Kewell in place of Babel on the left. Wouldn't surprise me to see him stick the 'off form' Kuyt up front alongside Torres too though!

A simply must win game though and I expect us to do it too!

[Nicey]

Still will be getting up at 4.00 am to watch the game though

[bigfooty]

Crouch has only scored 3 in his last 4 games, and scored against West Ham last season home and away, so I reckon he's a cert to be on the bench. .

[Pablo]

Still will be getting up at 4.00 am to watch the game though

Thats commitment

[Red Chilli]

Draw written all over it I reckon.

I'm with Shanks on this one. It's got a draw written all over it and I think Bellamy might score too

[Pablo]

Does anyone think Skrtel will play after his nightmare debut the other day? I have a worrying feeling Rafa might stil pick him.

I thought he looked very nervous and it might be better served to ease him into the side slowly like we did with Agger.

[AFII]

I'm with Shanks on this one. It's got a draw written all over it and I think Bellamy might score too

Wouldn't surprise me if the ref would allow a player to score from the stands.

[Red Chilli]

Wouldn't surprise me if the ref would allow a player to score from the stands.

Is he injured again? Can't say I keep up with injury prone ex-Reds careers

[Red Chilli]

Ice Ham Build Up Thread

Does anyone think Skrtel will play after his nightmare debut the other day? I have a worrying feeling Rafa might stil pick him.

I thought he looked very nervous and it might be better served to ease him into the side slowly like we did with Agger.

Agger looked a bit shakey in his first season, I think Rafa will play Skrtel in certain games, but not against a team as potentially dangerous as Ice ham. Maybe someone like Boro at home or something.

[AFII]

Is he injured again? Can't say I keep up with injury prone ex-Reds careers

From BBC....

Craig Bellamy (stomach), Bobby Zamora (knee), Nolberto Solano (hamstring) and Danny Gabbidon (groin) have resumed training but are unlikely to feature.

According to some other West Ham sites he is out.