Sevilla vs West Ham Official Match Thread

[Ibbyham]

Our biggest test of the season, hope West Ham will be ready for this. Bowen is likely to be out and hopefully he will be back by April after the international break. I DON'T want to see Benrahma in our squad as he was very poor against Liverpool and lack respect to the manager and the team and the sooner he is sold this summer, the better for us. He is clearly far too weak, like Felipe Anderson type. Question is, who will replace Bowen? The only option is Lanzini in that side. Hope to have Rice back as we need him to keep us in good shape. I think Moyes will use the 5-3-2 formation or 5-4-1 as Sevilla is the 2nd strongest team in Spain, like Liverpool. Will Moyes put Areola or Fabianski?

Squad

Areola

Johnson
Dawson
Zouma
Diop
Cresswell

Lanzini
Soucek
Rice
Fornals

Antonio

We will need to give a maximum and hope we will get something from this game as Sevilla is the top favourite to win the Europa Cup.

COYI

[BlackDiamond]

Our biggest test of the season, hope West Ham will be ready for this. Bowen is likely to be out and hopefully he will be back by April after the international break. I DON'T want to see Benrahma in our squad as he was very poor against Liverpool and lack respect to the manager and the team and the sooner he is sold this summer, the better for us. He is clearly far too weak, like Felipe Anderson type. Question is, who will replace Bowen? The only option is Lanzini in that side. Hope to have Rice back as we need him to keep us in good shape. I think Moyes will use the 5-3-2 formation or 5-4-1 as Sevilla is the 2nd strongest team in Spain, like Liverpool. Will Moyes put Areola or Fabianski?

Squad

Areola

Johnson
Dawson
Zouma
Diop
Cresswell

Lanzini
Soucek
Rice
Fornals

Antonio

We will need to give a maximum and hope we will get something from this game as Sevilla is the top favourite to win the Europa Cup.

COYI

Very timley Ibbs - no slacking when your on the case.

Big game for DM. Obviously he will hope the boys can convert - if they get the type of Anfield opportunities - and keep the tie in the balance.

Probably need 8s and 9s from Zouma,Dawson and Areola in this one. If Soucek plays to his normal standard, I would get Noble on for the second half.

And I would thrust Okoflex into the fray before utilising Benrahma's uncertain skill set. Somebody could well emerge as a hero...

[Ibbyham]

Our biggest test of the season, hope West Ham will be ready for this. Bowen is likely to be out and hopefully he will be back by April after the international break. I DON'T want to see Benrahma in our squad as he was very poor against Liverpool and lack respect to the manager and the team and the sooner he is sold this summer, the better for us. He is clearly far too weak, like Felipe Anderson type. Question is, who will replace Bowen? The only option is Lanzini in that side. Hope to have Rice back as we need him to keep us in good shape. I think Moyes will use the 5-3-2 formation or 5-4-1 as Sevilla is the 2nd strongest team in Spain, like Liverpool. Will Moyes put Areola or Fabianski?

Squad

Areola

Johnson
Dawson
Zouma
Diop
Cresswell

Lanzini
Soucek
Rice
Fornals

Antonio

We will need to give a maximum and hope we will get something from this game as Sevilla is the top favourite to win the Europa Cup.

COYI

Very timley Ibbs - no slacking when your on the case.

Big game for DM. Obviously he will hope the boys can convert - if they get the type of Anfield opportunities - and keep the tie in the balance.

Probably need 8s and 9s from Zouma,Dawson and Areola in this one. If Soucek plays to his normal standard, I would get Noble on for the second half.

And I would thrust Okoflex into the fray before utilising Benrahma's uncertain skill set. Somebody could well emerge as a hero...

Hope ALL our players to get 8s to 9s ratings to get anything from this game. Only Zouma, Dawson, Rice and Bowen get a regularly 8s to 9s but need others to do so. Cresswell is getting better, Fornals did well against Liverpool and hope he can play to his maximise and maybe slot in right winger but Benrahma has been very poor and only very few percentage of him were good, especially at the start of the season. I would hope Oxo-Flex will participate the game in 2nd half and who knows, he may be our next Tony Cottee/Jermaine Defoe.

[andyginbrasil]

Antonio always looks more dangerous cutting in from his natural wing position. Maybe, , because it's not going to happen , start Lanzini in for Soucek play Antonio on the right wing and have young Oxoflex starting up front.

[Newmarket]

Moyes has had ample opportunity to take a chance on the kids this and last season .
If ANY outside the normal 12/13 get a sniff here then my pricks a bloater.
Same as yesterday. Apart from Areola .
Team and tactics .

Not necessarily a bad thing in this one , try keep it down to one or two.

[BlackDiamond]

Antonio always looks more dangerous cutting in from his natural wing position. Maybe, , because it's not going to happen , start Lanzini in for Soucek play Antonio on the right wing and have young Oxoflex starting up front.

Exactly Andy, now that shows an understanding on how to win football matches. DM might do this, because winning football matches is what he does, right ?

[Whiskyman]

Moyes has had ample opportunity to take a chance on the kids this and last season .
If ANY outside the normal 12/13 get a sniff here then my pricks a bloater.
Same as yesterday. Apart from Areola .
Team and tactics .

Not necessarily a bad thing in this one , try keep it down to one or two.

I’d be more than happy with the same tactics tbh. Sevilla are a good side, but not as good as Liverpool imo. And let’s be honest we should have got something from Saturday, and would have with better finishing. A similar level of performance ought to be good enough to come back with a decent result.

I’ve enjoyed the European trips so far, despite not being able to go to Vienna and hopefully this one won’t be the last. It’ll be a decent trip thanks to Ryanair’s limited flights from Luton so, despite Mrs W being with me the Cruzcampos could take a hammering..

[Ibbyham]

Antonio always looks more dangerous cutting in from his natural wing position. Maybe, , because it's not going to happen , start Lanzini in for Soucek play Antonio on the right wing and have young Oxoflex starting up front.

Exactly Andy, now that shows an understanding on how to win football matches. DM might do this, because winning football matches is what he does, right ?

Would be a good idea if Antonio as a right winger and Oxo-Flex as a striker

[JayK]

I don’t think Oko-flex is allowed to be included is he? Probs wrong

[palerider]

I don’t think Oko-flex is allowed to be included is he? Probs wrong

No. Not in the squad. Why I've no idea.