The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

For everything Leeds United related and everything not - Have your say... the Marching on Together way!
Forum rules
Please be sure you are acquainted with the forum rules outlined within our FAQs.

Help support the site by using our Amazon Affiliate link when making any purchases from Amazon.
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Breakfast Debate The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

Screenshot 2021-03-06 at 20.40.06.png

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?

3) Your starting XI

Your preferred choice of player

a) Rice or Phillips?
b) Soucek or Klich?
c) Antonio or Bamford?

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

10) Your predicted score?
User avatar
The Subhuman
Superstar
Superstar
Posts: 55506
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:03 am
Location: God's own county

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by The Subhuman »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

Yes

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?


No

3) Your starting XI

Meslier
Ayling
Llorente
Cooper
Dallas
Struijk
Klich
Raphinha
Rodrigo
Harrison
Bamford

Your preferred choice of player


a) Phillips?
b) Klich?
c) Bamford

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?

Rice

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?

I always said he was a good manager

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

None

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||


Awful

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

No

10) Your predicted score?

West Ham start favourites
"Never debate an idiot, they'll only drag you down to their level and they have the advantage of experience"
Cjay
Superstar
Superstar
Posts: 28187
Joined: Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:01 pm

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Cjay »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

No id try and frustrate Wet Spam 1st half and be more solid. Bring Rodders on 2nd half.

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?

Poveda yes Berardi no, to old to slow to unfit.

3) Your starting XI

Meslier, Ayling, Ali, Struijk, Coops, Llorente (dm), Raph, Harrison (doesn't deserve it tbh) Klich, Dallas, Paddy.

4) Your preferred choice of player

a) Rice
b) Soucek
c) Bamford

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be

Soucek

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?

Manager of the season imo with Bielsa, made them a solid outfit.

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

None

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?

Its crap and cheap, Millwall would be proud of it.

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

No

10) Predicted score

2-2
Signed

King Cjay

Fountain of all knowledge and wisdom
User avatar
Lumiukko
First Team
First Team
Posts: 2000
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:29 pm
Location: Santa Monica, USA

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Lumiukko »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?
Yes. Probably can only manage 60 minutes though. We need his class and guile.

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?
Why not? Berardi has come through 2 U23 halves and Poveda looked on the pace in his half the other day.

3) Your starting XI
Meslier, Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Dallas, Llorente (DM), Raph, Klich, Rodrigo, Harrison, Bamford

Your preferred choice of player

a) Rice or Phillips? Phillips
b) Soucek or Klich? Right now, Soucek
c) Antonio or Bamford? Bamford

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?
Antonio

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?
Done a very good job, and seems to have redeemed himself at West Ham after his dismal failure at Scum.

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?
Never been to a game away at Wet Spam.

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||

As per my comments in the game thread.

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?
Unlikely, but something in my bones says a rare draw for us.

10) Your predicted score?
Have it down 2-1 to WH.
User avatar
HarryofOz
Superstar
Superstar
Posts: 16446
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:46 am

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by HarryofOz »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

No, I'd start with Klich and Dallas

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?

No preferences one way of the other

3) Your starting XI

Meslier
Ayling
Llorente/Struijk
Cooper
Alioski
Llorente/Struijk
Raphinha
Klich
Dallas
Harrison
Bamford

Your preferred choice of player

a) Rice or Phillips? Phillips as he is a proven Bielsa player of high quality
b) Soucek or Klich? Klich as he is a proven Bielsa player of high quality
c) Antonio or Bamford? Bamford as he is a proven Bielsa player of high quality

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?

Haven't seen them play week in and week out, so cannot judge

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?

Yes, he is a good coach

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

Never been there

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||

It's not great but not a reflection on West Ham

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

We could

10) Your predicted score?

Impossible to do
Un Marcelo Bielsa, solo hay un Marcelo Bielsa. Gracias Marcello. Marsching on together.
User avatar
Smudge3920
Superstar
Superstar
Posts: 5204
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:08 pm
Location: Canada

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Smudge3920 »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?
Absolutely... hoping for a good 60 minutes at least.

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?
Not yet

3) Your starting XI
Meslier, Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Dallas, Llorente (DM), Raph, Klich, Rodrigo, Harrison, Bamford

Your preferred choice of player
a) Rice or Phillips?...Phillips
b) Soucek or Klich?...Klich
c) Antonio or Bamford?...Bamford

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?
Rice, maybe Antonio

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?
He is doing well with the team.

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?
Never been

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||
TBH I never look at other websites

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?
Hopefully

10) Your predicted score?
1-1, but I love to be wrong in certain circumstances.
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

No

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?

Yes with Rodders on in the 2nd half

3) Your starting XI

Mesler
Ayling Llorente Cooper Dallas
Phillips Struijk
Raphinha Rodrigo Harrison
Bamford

Your preferred choice of player

a) Phillips?
b) Soucek
c) Bamford?

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?

Soucek, a defensive midfielder who scores goals, Hammers top scorer with 8 goals, was impressive at ER & until the arrival of Lingard was West Ham's top-rated player. All round type midfielder, imagine how much tighter defensively we'd be with Soucek alongside Phillips?

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?

Excellent, lets hope he isn't lured into another supposedly top job for his own sake

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

Tony Yeboah's thunderbolt that could have broke the net. I was right behind the goal, had TY missed the target his shot would have knocked my block off :lol:

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||
Dreadful dated formatted site. The Hammers Kumb.com sit is much more user friendly & what you'd come to expect reading a football forum.

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

West Ham are a very good side, our London hoodoo is a major concern plus the fact we struggle to break teams down who are defensively savvy, fingers crossed we can come away with something from this game.

10) Your predicted score?

Lets hope we do what we did to the Foxes. 1-3
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

Remember this folks

How could you forget this cracker?

gessa
Guest
Guest

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by gessa »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

Yes.

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?

Neither at the moment

3) Your starting XI

Meslier
Ayling
Llorente
Cooper
Davis
Raphinha
Dallas
Rodrigo
Harrison
Klich
Bamford

Your preferred choice of player

a) Phillips?
b) Klich?
c) Bamford?

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?
Do they have a good LB

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?
Don't like his football, expected them to be bottom half tbh, they have done well this season

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

The one Vinny had Brooking in his pocket and Brooking cried about it in his interview afterwards

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||

It's sh!t and they know it is

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

Hopefully but a draw will be fine

10) Your predicted score?

2-2
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

Imagine having a Yeboah in our team?

You wouldn't have to walk the ball into the net with Tony around, he was lethal from the goal line to 30 yards out 8-)
[/quote]
User avatar
Irish Ian
Site Contributor
Site Contributor
Posts: 12933
Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:53 pm
Location: Directly above the centre of the Earth.

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Irish Ian »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo? Yes.

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench? Not yet

3) Your starting XI Spiderboy Ayling Coop Llorente Struijk Dallas Shacks Klich Harrison Raph Bamford Not sure hat the story is with Shacks. That is a back 3 with two wingbacks with Shacks and Kilich to press their two DMFs.

Your preferred choice of player

a) Rice or Phillips? Phillips
b) Soucek or Klich? Soucek
c) Antonio or Bamford? Bamford

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be? Benhrama

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season? Surprised would be more accurate WH dont impress me

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park? Never been but a person I know was heavily involved in this. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/c ... 66133.html

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1|| I was surprised but its all facebook these days

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season? At least a draw

10) Your predicted score? 3-2 to us
'
"Football is about the people and the players,” he said. “Then there are those who will mingle in the middle: the coaches, executives and journalists. That last group represents the worst part about football" Marcelo Bielsa
User avatar
Chilli D
Site Contributor
Site Contributor
Posts: 6346
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:31 pm

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Chilli D »

1. Yes and I think he will start

2. Poveda yes, Beradi not yet he needs more U23 games.

3. Meslier
Ayling
Llorente
Cooper
Dallas
Raphinha
Struijk
Klich
Harrison
Rodrigo
Bamford
Subs: Casilla, Alioski, Hernandez, Poveda, Costa, Davis, Gelhardt, Huggins, Roberts

4. Phillips
Soucek
Bamford

5. Soucek

6. He's done well to be fair

7. None

8. Absolute shite. Run by 50 year old school boys

9. I doubt it but here's hoping

10. 2-0
The flowers of common sense do not grow in everyone's garden
User avatar
Leeds1000
Site Contributor
Site Contributor
Posts: 3750
Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:11 pm

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Leeds1000 »

1) Would you start with Rodrigo?

Yes instead of Bamford. Steady. :)

2) Would you have Berardi & Poveda on the bench?

Love to see Bera in at LB. Still not sure about Pov but he's got time on his side.

3) Your starting XI

Bera in at LB, Dallas pushed forward into DM, Rodders to replace......Roberts.

Your preferred choice of player

a) Rice or Phillips? Phillips
b) Soucek or Klich? Who? Klich
c) Antonio or Bamford?

5) If you could pluck one Hammers player out of their current team, who would it be?

Antonio

6) How impressed are you with David Moyes this season?

Very... Everton Mk 2

7) Your favourite memories of games at Upton Park?

Pass

8) How poor is the West Ham Online website? surely for a London PL club you’d expect a forum with modern formatting & user friendly?
http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?9692626||1||

Havn't had time to look. I'm forever blowing bubbles. Does anyone know if its about MJ monkey that song.

9) Will we gain our first victory in London since the 2017/18 season?

YES.... I have never been more certain. I have even been to the bookies and £10 ew

10) Your predicted score?

Raph to tear it up and Leeds go crazy. 1-4
User avatar
Leeds1000
Site Contributor
Site Contributor
Posts: 3750
Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:11 pm

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Leeds1000 »

1964white wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:24 pm Imagine having a Yeboah in our team?

You wouldn't have to walk the ball into the net with Tony around, he was lethal from the goal line to 30 yards out 8-)
[/quote]

Can you imagine a front 3 of JFH - Yeboah - Lorimer....Boom

Finger clicking good.
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

Just click the link I provided to view the West Ham site
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

I'm going to change my team now I know Phillips is in the squad
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

To combat West Ham's two DM's, we go with Phillips & Struijk

Also plenty of height at the back to deal with their aerial threat

Meslier
Ayling Llorente Cooper Dallas
Phillips Struijk
Raphinha Rodrigo Harrison
Bamford
User avatar
Lumiukko
First Team
First Team
Posts: 2000
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:29 pm
Location: Santa Monica, USA

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by Lumiukko »

1964white wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:55 pm To combat West Ham's two DM's, we go with Phillips & Struijk

Also plenty of height at the back to deal with their aerial threat

Meslier
Ayling Llorente Cooper Dallas
Phillips Struijk
Raphinha Rodrigo Harrison
Bamford
If we manage to play that team, we should give a good game. Solid (as long as Struijk doesn't get in the way of KP).
User avatar
1964white
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 127690
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:46 am
Twitter: @1964white

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by 1964white »

Lumiukko wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:20 pm If we manage to play that team, we should give a good game. Solid (as long as Struijk doesn't get in the way of KP).
That team would allow Rodrigo to have a free role.

Bielsa won't go with that team, unfortunately he'll stick with the out of form/maybe injured Klich & Roberts who produces nothing apart from the odd fancy flick. We need to strengthen the midfield up or else the Hammers will overrun us in that department.
rab_rant
Guest
Guest

Re: The Leeds United Weekend Debate - West Ham v Leeds

Post by rab_rant »

Quite simply put this will be Russell Crowe versus Russell Brand.

The gruff gladiator versus the kaftan sniggering hippie.

Sent from my Redmi Note 8 Pro using Tapatalk

Post Reply