kellzfresh

He's been grumpy of late, the other day he attacked you. I dont know whats up with him

You intentionally left out where i said he's solidified their defense tactically and youre trying to make it seem like i said he's some guardiola.

Stupid points like what? You jumped into a conversation and picked something to make yourself feel like you're right about something. Just accept the fact that you were wrong about sam alardyce and stop being a grumpy ....

That's a huge problem, we don't know if they'll turn up. Its a derby so I hope they're fired up for this.

Don't worry this tactics discussion is too much for u to grasp. I'll get in touch with u when I see pigs flying though

All I was suggesting is a quick fix of our attacking problems early in the first half since this is a must win game. 1. We have been changing to 3-5-2 because we were under pressure to win and it worked. Now what stops us from putting out a group of players that can switch between the two formations without making any subs early when things are slow in the first half? Nothing wrong there. The players can just switch position to get the goal early instead of hoping an ivanovic cross will find somebody. 2. If west ham score in the first half, then we change to the 3-5-2 to rescue us in the 2nd half. We would have just wasted 60mins of hoping instead of doing it early on in the first half to try and lead before halftime. 3. What I said is juventus change formations during matches, like against madrid. They played 4-3-3 and pushed chellini to leftback. Its just a tactical switch. They know what they have to do in that formation since we've used it a few times now. By 15 mins mourinho can see if westham prepared 2 blocks of 4 to stop us and smartly change to the 3-5-2 early on to suprise them. No need for subs because the same players can play that position.

Can you boldly tell me that we have looked more threatning than when we changed to 3-5-2 against small teams?? The plan B can be used earlier to relieve the pressure from the team. The formation i put is just a tactical change that can render westham's game strategy useless. Why?? Because they wont expect it. and will line up to do what westbrom and newcastle did to us in the first half. The same players can still switch back to 4-2-3-1 cech ivanovic terry luiz willian ramires mikel bertrand mata Eto/torres Hazard cech ivanovic terry luiz bertrand mikel ramires willian mata hazard eto/torres The same players can switch formations in the first half and get an early goal instead of waiting to see how we can break the defence till the second half and then changing when its too late. Juventus do this all the time, its not like i created it out of no where

You are making it seem like I've thrown away the whole team, no. The starters are still the same, they can easily switch back to a 4-2-3-1 at any point in the match. I'm busy right now, I'll be back.

calm down dude. alardyce is a good defensive strategist. Unless you started watching premier league last season then i can understand if u dont understand

This game is a must win game. The way we have struggled to break down teams in the first half cannot be afforded here. We need to attack and score early and we just havent found the right formula against defensive teams with 4-2-3-1. But 3-5-2 tears defensive teams apart. You know alardyce more than me, he is a master tactician. West ham have conceded one of the fewest goals this season, if we go with 4-2-3-1 and play like recently we will not even score.

We need to fix the midfield first, but i cant deny we are lacking someone to put the fear of God into opponents in our attack

Im i the only one that wants us to start with 3-5-2 and score quickly instead of waiting till the second half? cech Ivanovic terry cahill willian ramires mikel bertrand mata Eto Hazard West ham wont see this coming, their two banks of four will be rendered useless from the go and we can switch back to our usual 4-2-3-1 after we score cech ivanovic cahill terry bertrand ramires mikel willian mata hazard Eto/torres

chris fukin foy, damn it this match just got tougher than its supposed to be

Only if we had someone who can pass 20-80 yards from deep and turn defense into a goal scoring opportunity with one pass

shit, there goes the cheapest way to settle the pivot

argh damn....i thought they'll be their usual buy all selves

I heard madrid are in for matic because of khedira's injury. Hope its true so we can knick alonso

Thats the price we paid for instant success. As you can see, madrid no longer bring youths through their ranks, instant success and constant changing of managers cause this. Life is a b*tch sometimes

The only way this issue can get better is to keep a coach for more than 3 years. That will bring the needed continuity to the club. Once a new coach comes in, he needs to have instant success to secure his job before thinking of the youth. So the only way the youth will have a chance, is for continuity of one coach. That is the reality

True, gustavo and paulinho's high energy alone allow them to bomb forward like that

we need more runners into the box in our team, thats the only way our high pressing can work. Hazard needs to make diagonal runs into the box more often just like he did once against westbrom for oscars long pass to him

That's exactly how i wish chelsea to play or like realmadrid's laliga winning season with mourinho. NO time for spains slow tika taka stuff.

Effortless play sometimes, makes things look easy. I want him, mata and hazard to start a game so that we see if the creativity of our team gets a huge boost

This lads creativity is criminally underated

Fantastic world cup coming up, strong teams galore. Ronaldo single-handedly qualified portugal for the world cup. I dont know what more ronaldo has to do to win the ballon d'or, if he doesnt win it, like drogba said - "its a f**kin disgrace"