EFL Championship : West Ham v Derby @ home, Saturday 5th Sept @ 3pm ( UK Time )
So being told to pull my finger out by @Expat_Hammer here we go....๐โ๏ธ
After picking up our 1st win of the season we move on, hoping we can make it 2 in a row and climb the table.
Our win, was a win, but somewhat a strange game, unconvincing at times, yet 4 goals scored....But at this moment, results IMO are more important than performance....That can hopefully come....
What team will NES put out is anyones guess, he always seems to tinker with his starting line up and with 2 more to choose from, who knows, I'm not even sure he does TBH........
Even though I've been critical of Scarles at times, I thought it was his best showing for a while, and also I am in the party that likes Pablo, he's gangly and awkward in style, but somehow manages to do his thing and make a difference, I'd love to see him score, think it would really boost his confidence as well...
Our 1pm surprise signing, will he feature, will it be time to party with Vardy or more likely to be a new LB that most here have no clue what he's like....
Ref appointed -
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Fourth Official: Sandoe, Lewis
COYI โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
After picking up our 1st win of the season we move on, hoping we can make it 2 in a row and climb the table.
Our win, was a win, but somewhat a strange game, unconvincing at times, yet 4 goals scored....But at this moment, results IMO are more important than performance....That can hopefully come....
What team will NES put out is anyones guess, he always seems to tinker with his starting line up and with 2 more to choose from, who knows, I'm not even sure he does TBH........
Even though I've been critical of Scarles at times, I thought it was his best showing for a while, and also I am in the party that likes Pablo, he's gangly and awkward in style, but somehow manages to do his thing and make a difference, I'd love to see him score, think it would really boost his confidence as well...
Our 1pm surprise signing, will he feature, will it be time to party with Vardy or more likely to be a new LB that most here have no clue what he's like....
Ref appointed -
Referee: Langford, Oliver
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Fourth Official: Sandoe, Lewis
COYI โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Comments
Last season they finished 8th, 4 points short of the playofffs, quite an achievement as the previous season they'd avoided going straight back to League One by 1pt
John Eustace was appointed in February of that first season, last summer he made 13 signings including last season's top scorer Carlton Morris (12) and 2nd top scorer USA international Patrick Agyemang (10)
They're both injured so CF Lars-Jorgen Salvesen and Ireland's LW/RW/AM/CF Sammie Szmodics (on loan his 2nd time from Ipswich) have filled in, both scored against Pompey
Last season they were 2nd for yellow cards and fouls, this season they're top for yellows with 13 (plus another in the Carabao) and 2nd for fouls (Stoke are top)
Expect long balls and fouls
Alderz did a good analysis of his contribution on the Wolves game thread.
The Wolves manager to the BBC last night -
"We needed to make more fouls to stop the [flow of the] game. We made less than I wanted. We tried to manage the ball more and we hit the bar twice.
Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Scarles
Mukasa - Engels
Bowen - Pablo - Solomon
Taty
Iโm trusting alderz & sticking with the Pablo effect
Weโll be incredibly open with Engels & Mukasa & the way we defend, but letโs just outscore them
Similar game this to Charlton at home