West Ham at home LC Wednesday 8pm

[SB]

Will be interesting to see how many changes Slot makes for this

[Buzzo]

Can see it being a lot.

Kweev

Bradley
Gomez
Quansah
Tsmikas

Endo
Jones
Macca

Chiesa
Jota
Gakpo

[SB]

Can see it being a lot.

Kweev

Bradley
Gomez
Quansah
Tsmikas

Endo
Jones
Macca

Chiesa
Jota
Gakpo

That really is some serious changes. You forgot Morton for Macca

[BigChief]

I can see his point though. All of those players barring Morton need actual game playing time.

[labourRed]

I can see WH giving this a go as they've been abysmal in the league. Sadly i can also see us giving it a go as we did won it last year and Slot won't want to bomb out of a cup early doors.

The reality of it though is it may be better for us to drop out given the amount of games we'll have this season.

[SB]

I can see his point though. All of those players barring Morton need actual game playing time.

Yeah I agree but Macca has played a lot of minutes too & id hate to have him miss important matches if he was to get a knock here.

[Irishnev]

Can see it being a lot.

Kweev

Bradley
Gomez
Quansah
Tsmikas

Endo
Jones
Macca

Chiesa
Jota
Gakpo

No Jota, no Macca please - ideally Morton and even Nyoni to come in

[Buzzo]

Jota didn’t get any mins at the weekend so would be surprised if he didn’t play. Forgot about Morton.

We don’t know Slot yet selection policy wise so will be interesting.

[SB]

No Jota, no Macca please - ideally Morton and even Nyoni to come in

I’m not against Jota playing in this one if it helps him find his goal scoring touch.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Can see it being a lot.

Kweev

Bradley
Gomez
Quansah
Tsmikas

Endo
Jones
Macca

Chiesa
Jota
Gakpo

Such a shame Elliot is injured as he could have been the third change in the centre for your line up.

Would go, as many said, with one of the younger lads instead of MacAllister though. Rest of your line up I would agree with.

Have the current starters on the bench in case they are needed in the second half, but go with XI that did not start at the weekend so we are getting competitive minutes into the legs of the guys looking to push the starters.

Those back ups need as many minutes as we can spare them imo so that if/when they are needed for the first team they are not coming into the competitive set up cold.

[Buzzo]

Yeah there has been a drop off in almost every game when subs have come on and I think that is understandably down to them not quite having the same familiarity with the system.

In the two short periods where Chiesa has come on I definitely noticed he lacked the positional discipline we are used to and I think he has in both cameos been desperate to get on the ball and make an impression.

A full 60-70 mins will allow him to relax a bit.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Yeah there has been a drop off in almost every game when subs have come on and I think that is understandably down to them not quite having the same familiarity with the system.

In the two short periods where Chiesa has come on I definitely noticed he lacked the positional discipline we are used to and I think he has in both cameos been desperate to get on the ball and make an impression.

A full 60-70 mins will allow him to relax a bit.

Yep, would give new players to the club/country, like Cheddar, invaluable early game experience along with giving others minutes to gain match sharpness.

[SB]

Yeah Fedde & Jota should definitely start this, only question is who joins them. I’d imagine it’d be Cody if Slot intends to play Nunez on the weekend or I suppose he could go with Trey on the left as he did in PS but I doubt it.

[BigChief]

Yeah I agree but Macca has played a lot of minutes too & id hate to have him miss important matches if he was to get a knock here.

Agreed, Macca is our Alonso right now. But a whole new midfield would be a worry (we got cut through by Bournemouth a bit too easily). Some calm and experience will be required especially if we are going with a complete new back line.

[BigChief]

I'll tell you what though. We have a fantastic second XI even without an injured Elliot.