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Jurgen Klopp

Submitted by Stevey shep on

great article by Martin Samuel.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2999828/Forget-David-…
Personally i'd go for Rafa, a lot of people saying i'm aiming too high but i think he'd be better than Moyes and in my opinion a lot of players would want to come with him in charge.
As the article above says we should be aiming high as we are becoming a very attractive club.
No settling for second best anymore, time to push on and Allardyce while being a safe bet is past his date at West Ham. Not sure about Kloppi don't think he'd leave Dortmund.. Thoughts?

Westham v Sunderland (Sat 5:30pm kick-off)

Submitted by Essexhammer on

Checking the injury latest ,Cole and Reid should be back Saturday,nobody else.Don't know how Allardyce will set up the side for this game ,but I think he would go with Adrian,Jenkinson,Reid,Collins,Cresswell,Noble,Kouyate,Song,Downing,Sakho,Cole in a 4-3-1-2.Hopefully Downing playing behind the front two where he is most effective rather than stuck out on the wing where he tends to fade.Then again, knowing Sam, he may go 4-5-1 bringing in Jarvis or Nene(who is a winger and specialist free-kick taker) and leave Sakho up front alone,but it would mean playing wingers and having Downing playing out wide.Whatever team is put out, Sunderland will be no pushovers, they will not put on a repeat showing of last Saturday's debacle against Aston Villa.A team that has wounded pride and no manager will be out to prove something,players will be out to show they are worthy of their place for the new manager.Missing Valencia is a big loss, as he and Sakho work well together, with the pace and movement they bring to the team pulling opposition defences all over the place.Only Tomkins missing, other than that from a full strength side,but team confidence won't be great after a poor run of results and fan pressure in the Upton Park cauldron could weigh heavily if they fall behind,so really its no easy call this match.How do you think it will go?

Season Stats So Far

Submitted by madhammer on

Managed to get hold of some overall stats for the season so far it will be interesting to see how they change between now and the end

Summary
Yellow Cards 50
Red Cards 02
Average Possession 45%
Pass Success % 75%
Aerial Duel won per game 23
Defensive
Shots conceded per game 15.4
Shots blocked per game 4.5
Tackles per game 17.7
Fouls per game 10.9
Interceptions per game 14.2
Offensive
Shots per game 13.1
Shots on target per game 4.2
Dribbles won per game 7.5
Fouls won per game 11.3
Offsides per game 2.4