Man City vs West Ham | PL | 20.12.25 | Predictions & Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

I'll stick up all the usual match content a bit later, but thought I'd get the thread up:

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This weekend brings what has been in recent times arguably the most daunting match of the season 

Away at the ever fluent, ball-dominating Manchester City...a club that in previous times we had much in common with and a certain kindred spirit, but that in more modern times merely emphasise the difference that getting owners of means with a true desire for sporting success versus barrow merchants with no interest in the Club beyond buying it cheap, taking advantage of circumstance, and like house prices....doing just enough to keep it viable while watching the market trend see it's value appreciate.

We go into this game notably affected by the departure of two largely ever presents to AFCON.

AWB and Diouf are off in search of glory at the International stage. Füllkrug is unlikely to be risked with a move to AC Milan (!) seemingly on the agenda, and with January feeling as far away as ever our lightweight squad and it's meagre offerings take in one of the juggernauts of the North.

Predicted Line-up:

All eyes will be on the full-back slots, as well as if Nuno reverts to a 3 at the back.  Scarles is fit again.

Areola

Mavropanos   Kilman.  Todibo

KWP.     Magassa.  Fernandes.     Scarles

Paqueta

Bowen (c).    Summerville

Subs: Hermansen, Igor, Myers, Rodriguez, Soucek, Potts, Wilson, Earthy, Irving

Predicted Result:

Man City: 4 - 0 :West Ham

Can't see anything but a heavy defeat in this one after too much PTSD with the Sky Blues. Expect Haaland to run amok as usual.

Hope for the best. Expect the worst. But a 1-0 defeat would feel like a win.

COYI.

 

[honky cat]

Not losing. 

Someone saying we're gonna lose 9-0. Why would you even carry on supporting west ham if you felt like that.

[stubbo-admin]

Just hoping if Ollie is brought back in, he's played ON THE LEFT!

 

[fraser]

We will lose narrowly, or get a point... 

[twoleftfeet]

4-0 half time
1-1 second half

[Tomsdad]

Be lucky to get a corner against this lot

4-0 sorry

[fraser]

I think we’ll definitely see a back 3/5. Could Summerville possibly play right wing back like at villa last year? With kwp on the left? That’s what I think I’d do and put Wilson and Bowen up top. 

Django out! 

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

9-0

[El Scorchio]

I'd love to see a shock win but I think they just have too much and are in too good form. I think we've been pretty unlucky with these two games one after the other against THE two form teams when we need points swiftly. The fixture list is not helpful either with two very hard games nicely spaced out and then the two winnable ones squished together in three days.

Home win, move on as quick as possible to getting a good plan for Fulham and Brighton 

[Django]

I think we’ll definitely see a back 3/5. Could Summerville possibly play right wing back like at villa last year? With kwp on the left? That’s what I think I’d do and put Wilson and Bowen up top.