West Ham 0-3 Chelsea

[ZAPHOD2319 4,487]

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

 

Saturday 21st September 2024
Premier League
London Stadium
12:30PM UK

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

1 win in last 7 there. Always hard for us to go there. 

[Blue Armour 4,289]

Probably our toughest fixture until Liverpool in October.

Can never say anything for sure with this team, but if we pass this test, then it'll be looking good until the Pool game.

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

Just been looking at league positions 7th and we're the 2nd highest scorers in the league behind Haarland oppps sorry I mean Shitty.

[TheHulk 1,859]

 

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

9 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

Just been looking at league positions 7th and we're the 2nd highest scorers in the league behind Haarland oppps sorry I mean Shitty.

Sounds good but when you take Wolves game out 2 goals in 3 games doesn't. 

[mkh 277]

Reece James remains out with a hamstring injury, with no sign of an imminent return.

(@NizaarKinsella)

[mkh 277]

Ben Chilwell will return to first-team training this week and Enzo Maresca is under pressure to hand him game time in order to improve the possibility of selling him in January.

[Vytis33 1,144]

2 hours ago, mkh said:

Reece James remains out with a hamstring injury, with no sign of an imminent return.

(@NizaarKinsella)

Seems like forever ago Reece looked like a worldbeater bombing up the right side

[Pizy 18,368]

1 hour ago, Vytis33 said:

Seems like forever ago Reece looked like a worldbeater bombing up the right side

Been so long since Reece had a long spell in the team that I honestly nearly forgot about him. It’s sad to say.

It genuinely feels as though Malo Gusto is our #1 RB these days because RJ is injured 90% of the time.

[DDA 9,690]

21 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Been so long since Reece had a long spell in the team that I honestly nearly forgot about him. It’s sad to say.

It genuinely feels as though Malo Gusto is our #1 RB these days because RJ is injured 90% of the time.

Gusto isn’t far behind him on the operating table.

[Vesper 28,855]

39 minutes ago, DDA said:

Gusto isn’t far behind him on the operating table.

no, Reece has been injured far more

 Reece James 129 games missed with Chels, v Malo missing 9 games with Chels, 20 games missed with Lyon

 

Malo Gusto

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

8 hours ago, DDA said:

Gusto isn’t far behind him on the operating table.

If you replaced Gusto with Lavia, that would be true...😆

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

On 16/09/2024 at 14:29, Blue Armour said:

Probably our toughest fixture until Liverpool in October.

Brighton won't be any easier with the way they've playing under the new manager, and then Forest will be hard as well as they just managed to beat Liverpool at Anfield...

I feel like the lack of experience in midfield/defense is going to cost us against all these 'plucky' sides. 

[Special Juan 27,429]

Reece will be gone after this season, he's completely and utterly finished.

As for this game, cannot see anything but a draw at best, we need to improve massively from that Bournemouth performance, second half was better but first was horrific, our performances have to go up ten fold if we are wanting to win these sort of games, or WHU will smother us to death

[Fulham Broadway 16,862]

Yup, Chilwell almost certain to make an appearance

[Fulham Broadway 16,862]

We used to hammer (no pun intended) these regularly back in the noughties along with those chaps at 3 Point lane - how times have changed.

[Pizy 18,368]

It’s as impossible to predict how we will perform as it is to predict what our XI is going to look like. 

If you tell me that Lavia and Enzo are back and straight into the midfield with Caicedo and I’ll feel pretty confident. Likewise if Malo Gusto is back so we NEVER have to watch Disasi at RB again.