West Ham United vs Everton - 22/12/12

[Carl J]

howard

coleman, jags, distin, baines

naismith, hitz, gibbo, osman, pienaar

jelavic

think this will be the side but would like to see barkley played behind jelavic meself

 

[chicoazul]

Its gonna be another physical game. Will be interesting to see who will replace Fellaini. I reckon he'll shove Naismith up front and play Barkley on the right.

 

[Brownie]

Realistically we know that Phil Neville is going to be reinstated at right back with Coleman pushed forward one.

 

[Maestro Haze]

Daily fail saying that Neville is probably going to be in the squad this weekend.

 

[Goalspy]

odds

The last odds from bet365
West Ham2/1, draw12/5, everton13/10

We remain favourites for this fixture, with William hill providing odds of 13/10 for an away victory.

 

[Julian Carax]

Got excited when I saw this thinking it was later in the week, still got 4 days left in work. Nice one for getting my hopes up Joao.

I remember two years ago away at West Ham around Christmas, I'd been to see Paul Karlkbrenner the night before. The worst I've ever seen us play and the worst I've ever felt. Horrible.

Gonna be another battle.

 

[Snoka]

It might be an interesting (hopefully positive) psychological effect without No. 25 on the pitch. Other players will perhaps step forward and take more responsibility. COYB!!

 

[Sideliner]

WestHam plays with an aggressive defending style crowding the opposition off the ball -
slick passing and a wide game without depending on the long ball too much might work -
i would play with 2 strikers up front to spread their defense and make it more difficult for them to isolate our players -
WestBrom's single talented striker Long was effectively neutralized by them last week -
play Velios next to /behind Jelavic and replace the worst of them after the break with Naismith or even Anichebe to get us out of the drawing rut we have fallen into lately-
play our tallest defenders because they believe we are vulnerable against the high ball into the box ( like last week )-
when last have we seen a beautifully struck Everton goal from distance ? we have passed / squeezed too many (or too few maybe ) for my liking lately - in the last game we depended on the opposition to even do it for us -
Come on Everton show us you can !

 

[Big Fat Sam]

One one draw.

 

[evertondotcom]

if Phil Nev is fit then he'll be RB with Coleman wide right. He'll probably give Naismith a shot behind the striker too.

 

[paulbefc]

If we were to lose, at least the 4th place talk could go on the back burner for a while and the games would be a little less stressful. All the high expectations have taken some of the fun there was in watching us out, or at least ramped up the stress factor. A few years ago we'd have been pleased enough with a point at Stoke and optimistic about kicking on from there.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Draw or defeat.

 

[D410]

will bubble get a game behind jelly on sat? it,s possible after he slotted 2 this week for the reserves.

same side with bubble for MF.?

 

[Baines' left foot]

A scrappy 1-0 would do me fine. We just need 3 points at any cost.

 

[D410]

West Ham have a lot of injuries and a resolute defense BUT this is a winnable game for us with the squad we have minus the 2 belg lads.