[Class of 63]

It's raining cats and dogs yet the sprinklers are still working overtime, mmm, cunning plan from United to get the game postponed due to a waterlogged pitch?

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

If we win 4:0 we can afford a 1:0 defeat.

 

[DRM]

F5 F5 F5

 

[Fully Fledged]

Just don't lose over the next two matches and we are in CL.

 

[Raw]

We should have a sticky megathread on goal difference in direct head to head going into the Leicester game.

You'd think people would get to grips with it considering we've been fecked over by GD twice in recent times (11/12 and 15/16).

 

[TMDaines]

Team news leaked: expected XI bar Shaw and AWB benched/rested.

 

[Chaky_Best]

If we win 4:0 we can afford a 1:0 defeat.

We are 28 GD on par with Leicester.

If we win 4:0, we ll be 3 pts ahead and 4 goals ahead so Leicester would need to beat us by a 3 goals margin i suppose

 

[Stookie]

West Ham will be full of great confidence after watching a bad Chelsea take United apart the other day. Plus United are not on that crest of a wave that they were after that shambles.

 

[r3idy]

I would love it if we gave West Ham a good hiding tonight and I mean proper good hiding of 4,5,6 goals. One to shut Moyes up about the difference between him and the other managers after him was a just they had more time. No, David you just were not the guy for the job. The other because beyond LFC I actually think West Ham is my second favourite team going. Bunch of game raising ****ers !!!

 

[Chaky_Best]

I m so f***** nervous about this game

 

[Carl]

We are 28 GD on par with Leicester.

If we win 4:0, we ll be 3 pts ahead and 4 goals ahead so Leicester would need to beat us by a 3 goals margin i suppose

No they wouldn't. Remember, for every goal Leicester score its minus 1 for United. So say we have a 2 goal lead going into Sunday, leicester would only need to win 1-0.

 

[Chaky_Best]

De Gea, Fosu-Mensah, Maguire, Lindelof, Williams, Matic, Pogba, Fernandes, Greenwood, Rashford, Martial

 

[Class of 63]

If we win 14-0 is that West Ham back in a relegation dog-fight?

 

[Damien]

We should have a sticky megathread on goal difference in direct head to head going into the Leicester game.

I've put a message above the reply box.

 

[Yagami]

I m so f***** nervous about this game

Nerves are over 9,000!!!!

 

[Jaxa]

2 more games, play the best team no messing.

If we get this right, we can piss about in the Europa to our heart's content.

If we qualify through domestic league i hope we go on to win the europa and not piss it up the wall, it would be great to end with a trophy and with the bonus of being in the ucl for next year.

 

[RedNed77]

We are 28 GD on par with Leicester.

If we win 4:0, we ll be 3 pts ahead and 4 goals ahead so Leicester would need to beat us by a 3 goals margin i suppose

Two goals margin would do it for them on the basis that we’d be tied on GD and they have scored more goals than us.

 

[Alemar]

De Gea, Fosu-Mensah and Williams start, others were obvious

 

[macheda14]

Finally giving AWB that break he needs

 

[Raw]

Those fullbacks, wow.

 

[el3mel]

Weird timing to decide to rest AWB but overall a good lineup.

I still expect it to be ugly but we should squeeze through this with the points. 2-1 for us.

 

[Tony247]

If we win 3-0 and then lose 2-0 we're still 4th due to goal difference right?

beat WH by margin of 5 goals > we must either draw or not try to lose by more than 2 goals
beat WH by margin of 3 or 4 goals > we must either draw or not try to lose by more than 1 goal
beat WH by margin of 1 or 2 goals > we must draw, cannot lose
draw with WH > we must draw, cannot lose
lose against WH > we must win, cannot draw

 

[Kajus]

We are 28 GD on par with Leicester.

If we win 4:0, we ll be 3 pts ahead and 4 goals ahead so Leicester would need to beat us by a 3 goals margin i suppose

2:0 would be enough for them since they’ve scored more so they would be ahead if the GD is equal

 

[DRM]

Really thought Romero would start!!

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

Really don't think De Gea should be playing tonight.

Really hope he doesn't cost us points.

 

[Raw]

I guess we need AWB more against Leicester.

 

[TMDaines]

Can understand AWB being rested tonight. West Ham have far less threat down the left currently.

 

[el3mel]

Finally giving AWB that break he needs

Should have been rested in Chelsea game not this.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Glad they'r giving AWB a much deserved rest.

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

Aaron rested. Good lineup.

 

[cj_sparky]

Feels weird seeing Fosu Mensah and Williams start, but being more worried about De Gea between the sticks.

 

[3KDré]

If De Gea costs us top 4 again...

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Sensible decision to hook AWB for this one. He's looked crap in the last couple.

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

Absolutely.Spot.On

We're still playing a team in the bottom 4 and we have more quality, and people are shitting themselves?

EXACTLY.

We’ve lost 1 game & rested key players in doing so; if our first choice 11 can’t beat West Ham at home we don’t deserve Top4 [though a draw obviously takes us a point ahead of Leicester].

Today’s the opportunity to make a statement, if they don’t rise to the occasion then I’m not getting upset.

 

[VeevaVee]

My app showed Romero as starting at first.

 

[Damien]

Pre-match is going to be 50mins on Liverpool, 10mins on our game.

 

[Nou_Camp99]

Weird timing to decide to rest AWB but overall a good lineup.

I still expect it to be ugly but we should squeeze through this with the points. 2-1 for us.

He's been dreadful for last 4 games. Gives the ball away all the time.

 

[Carl]

Not sure why anyone is nervous about this, it doesn't really change anything for Sunday. Sure, a win makes it slightly more comfortable but no matter what happens here today, if leicester beat us on Sunday they finish above us.

 

[Adcuth]

Antonio will cause Maguire all kinds if problems

 

[Sassy Colin]

10/11

Full backs look weak.