Our first chance to see Graham Potter’s West Ham United XI to take on Aston Villa in the F A Cup tonight.
After a whirlwind week for just about everyone, Hammers fans can settle down to see any signs of a ‘united’ West Ham squad with the tough away trip to Villa Park tonight.
Seen largely as a ‘free hit’ for Graham Potter, with Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio, Jean-Clair Todibo and, we hear, Emerson Palmeri likely to be absent, the squad and playing style will all largely be dictated by Potter’s predecessor as there was insufficient time to create real change.
One training session only has given the head coach a teeny insight into the strengths and weaknesses of his squad.
Conundrums which will have been on Potter’s mind include which goalkeeper retains the jersey tonight and how to create a more solid and productive midfield: For a change, the front line picks itself with few options available!
The first “Potter-era” West Ham United looks like this:
Fabianski | Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanous, Kilman, Scarles | Soucek(c), Alvarez, Paquetá | Kudus, Fullkrug, Summerville
True to his ethos, Graham Potter has selected Ollie Scarles at left back for his first ‘starting’ spot in the senior team.
A first start for Ollie Scarles
And remember, no replays in the FA Cup tonight, so 30 minutes extra time and penalties await if the two teams can’t be separated. and – whoopee, no VAR tonight either.
This is what we we want, enjoyable football, I don’t remember us giving the ball away, even the keeper is distributing the ball better,🤞same performance 2nd half and it’s all over
Do know if anyone else agrees but it took me less than 40 seconds to see we are a different team to what loppy was trying to do
Regardless of Soucek being a passenger in near enough every game. Even with a new manager…he still gets selected FFS
Where’s areola?
Good that Scarles has been selected but Paqueta has been caught out in his last 10 games & still starts
Some of u are unbelievable…..pick, pick, moan, moan….I’m sure some of you just can’t help yourselves! This is what we have all been waiting for FFS!! Just stop whinging about the insignificant things and get behind the team. After all the infighting, moaning and *****ing that we have had to put up with so far this season, just get behind the lads and support them for an Effing change….and let’s see what happens!!
Already Potter picks one of the kids, good start hopefully.
Coufal has been caught out in the last two games, so I think it’s a good move by Potter