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West Ham (A) Build Up and Matchday Thread

I’d very much hope we’ll be raring to go by the time this kicks off, as I have huge faith and confidence in our fitness team to have them peaking for the game, and everyone knows their place in the system - I’ve only seen one friendly game lined up though (forest) where a few other prem teams have already been playing, that’s the only thing that bothers me slightly.
 
Who has been playing?

All i have seen is games arranged for the coming week as long as no positive tests at each club.

I have no worries on how prepared we will be nor our fitness but I do think we will see some odd results in the first few round of games as teams settle into the oddness.
 
Can’t have anything but utmost confidence that everyone at the club are daring to go and will have set up perfectly, we are really bloody good at it lately. 2-0 to us, Jimenez and Jota.
 
Who has been playing?

All i have seen is games arranged for the coming week as long as no positive tests at each club.

I have no worries on how prepared we will be nor our fitness but I do think we will see some odd results in the first few round of games as teams settle into the oddness.

Villa have played Albion (and drew), not sure about any other games.
 
The fans can be pretty toxic at West Ham, so it's a pity it's an empty stadium as they will probably be more relaxed.
 
I think there are too many intangibles to have a firm view on this. I don't see West Ham losing home advantage, since they've moved they don't really have one. We are a better side, but in this environment it remains to be seen how much that counts for. We didn't play well against Olympiakos, how much of that was down to strerile atmosphere?

My only confident prediction would be the starting 11.
 
Who has been playing?

All i have seen is games arranged for the coming week as long as no positive tests at each club.

I have no worries on how prepared we will be nor our fitness but I do think we will see some odd results in the first few round of games as teams settle into the oddness.
Arsenal beat Charlton 6-0 yesterday
 
We have better players and a better manager, so should win.

As others have said, it won’t be that straightforward as players get used to the new circumstances. We have the Europa game under our belt but it was ages ago now so probably won’t have much impact.

I’m going to go for a cagey 1-0 win.
 
West Ham are probably used to playing with no atmosphere so shouldn’t be a loss for them.
 
i note the game is on sky, but thought it had been said at some point that these games would be shown on terrestrial tv due to the grounds being closed.
 
There are 25 games on Sky that will be available through Sky Pick. 4 on the beeb, 4 on Amazon. Those are the free to air. None of our games so far (one on normal Sky two on BT)
 
i note the game is on sky, but thought it had been said at some point that these games would be shown on terrestrial tv due to the grounds being closed.
4 games are on the BBC, 4 free on Amazon Prime and 25 on Pick which is free to air. The rest are on BT and Sky paid for
 
I hope not too many of our games are on BT, I’ve only kept sky for these games before I bin it off completely
 
The second and third games are on BT so far.
 
It's obviously had to predict who will perform best in these unprecedented circumstances. We are a better team than them clearly, but we were very subdued in that Olympiakos game. That could be more to do with the uncertainty around the virus though, now we know they will only play against players who have tested negative, in an environment that is doing its utmost to ensure the safety of the players.

I think the teams who do best in this period will be the best conditioned ones, who pick up the least injuries. It's going to be so tough to a) player at full capacity on such limited preparation and b) playing this amount of games in such a short time span. What gives me confidence is that we have arguably the best fitness team (in large part for how closely integrated they are into the coaching) in the league. It will be tough with a small squad but if we can keep everyone fit, fresh and sharp it could also be an advantage.

West Ham have a terrible injury record in recent years as it is, so hard to imagine they will be in tip top shape. We will see I guess!
 
we were very subdued in that Olympiakos game. That could be more to do with the uncertainty around the virus though,

We didn't want to play the game and that showed. It should not havebeen played and once it was in the heads of the players that they didn't want to play it, it was always an uphill task to play like we can. We weren't shit that day but the 10 men helped our cause somewhat
 
It was a good result considering the circumstances! Puts us in a good position for the eventual second leg
 
Far too optimistic on here, so I'm going with 'we never start well after a break' so struggle to a 1-0 win
 
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