With their second game inside 72 hours, West Ham United take on league leaders Swansea in a good old fashioned first v third top of the table Saturday 3pm kick off.
Nuno’s side come into the clash on the back of their six goal thrashing of nine man Lincoln City but will be taking nothing for granted against a Swansea City team who have had an extra day’s recovery- and who have the solid early season form to be heading the table.
Quite how the Irons have recovered will be revealed with Nuno’s starting eleven.
The manager stated that all were ‘fit’ other than Venezuelan midfielder Keiber Lamadrid, but the Hammers manager is notorious for pulling unexpected changes – few fans will remember when the manager last sent out unchanged starting line ups in consecutive games.
West Ham’s lineup for the 3pm kick off has just been announced and here it is, looking like a tactical switch with three midfielders starting:
West Ham United:
Hermansen | Veltman, Mavropanos, Kilman, Morato | Engels, Mukasa, Kanté | Bowen, Pablo, Solomon
We’ll have ‘Gonzo’s player ratings’ and my ‘final whistle, first impressions’ articles immediately the game is over so check back to compare your opinions with yours and make your comments known on our ‘fan forum’. If you can’t see the game this afternoon – which is not televised in the UK – then why not head over to hammerschat.com and enjoy the build up show and watch along – entertaining and occasionally hilarious..
Come On You Irons.
Not our strongest line up so expect early second half changes. Why Kilman starts every game I just can’t fathom. That is where the boredom starts with repetitive five yard passes between him and Mavrapanos. Austbo has done enough to be first choice over Solomon who runs a lot but with no end product. Midfield trio needs to get more creative and Engels needs to stop over hitting everything, a bit more subtlety.
Pablo with the first two breakthrough before bringing on the cavalry to fill their boots?
Just wonder if this is Nuno’s “get to half time with a clean sheet” eleven