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LEROY: Slav must keep winning momentum going

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leroylogoIt’s going to be very interesting to see the kind of team Slaven puts out against Leicester City tonight but he will know better than anyone how important it is to keep out momentum going.

I don’t expect to see Sakho or Payet and were it not for the fact that Antonio is Cup tied I don’t think we would see Victor Moses either.

After the amazing result at the Etihad at the weekend there are going to be some very tired bodies around but the manager has shown us enough so far for us to believe he will get it right.

Claudio Ranieri has made it clear there will be a lot of changes in the Leicester team which is hardly a surprise – he’s not known as the Tinkerman for nothing!

I fully expect to see Andy Carroll lead our line and it will be fascinating to see how Slav changes things to suit the big fella’s game if that’s the case.

Until we see the teams it’s a very hard game to call but such is the confidence running through the team I expect the Irons to edge it.

Winning at Manchester City is about as big as it gets and there will be players coming in who know they have to do everything to nail down a place in the future so we’ll see a team that has real edge.

We have so many options now that we can go anywhere and get a result which is why I reckon we’ll put it across the midlands outfit tonight.

I’m going for a 2-1 and some big performances from the boys who get a chance perhaps for the first time this season.

COYI

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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  • Danny C says:

    We are The Kings Of The Road,nothing to worry us about here.3-1 to The Irons.No probs.

  • bubs says:

    I like reading Leroy,s post but I wish the words how will we change things to suit Andy Carroll was removed from everyone,s thoughts and Slav came out and made it clear our club is bigger than AC
    He needs to fit into our way of playing,which I believe he is good enough to do
    Is Roy going to make England play a special way to accommodate AC NO
    This club is bigger and better than AC
    If Tinkerman makes as many changes as the papers are saying I expect us to come out winners by 3 goals ( that’s where my money is 0-3 to the hammers )

  • Sams P45 says:

    Hope Cullen gets a go at some point tonight,looks like a decent prospect from what i have seen of him 😉

  • The Boleyn Badger says:

    Is a good young player P45.Dont know how many chances he will get with us now though or going forward in the next couple of seasons.He is going to be a good player though imo.I wont Call You Out on this one mate,lol

  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    I reckon it will be a tough game, the Leicester City fans are always up for it and will lift their players, hopefully though with a lot of changes to both teams our strength in depth will show and we can get a result to send us through COYI !!!

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