EPL ~ West Ham v Manchester City - 10:00pm
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Saturday, 11 August
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West Ham v Man City - Channel: 22 - 10:00pm - (Live)
West Ham are without Lucas Neill and Scott Parker but their knee injuries should only keep them out for one game.
Craig Bellamy and Freddie Ljungberg are in line to make their debuts, but Julien Faubert, Nigel Quashie and Calum Davenport (hernia) are sidelined.
Manchester City new signings Vedran Corluka and Valeri Bojinov will not feature unless they receive international clearance in time.
With keeper Andreas Isaksson injured, Joe Hart or Kasper Schmeichal stand by.
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West Ham : Green, Wright, Spector, Pantsil, Ferdinand, Upson, Collins, Gabbidon, McCartney, Ljungberg, Bowyer, Noble, Boa Morte, Etherington, Mullins, Ashton, Bellamy, Zamora, Cole.
Man City : Hart, Schmeichel, Onuoha, Sun, Richards, Dunne, Corluka, Garrido, Ball, Hamann, Geovanni, Fernandes, Elano, Ireland, Johnson, Petrov, Bianchi, Vassell, Samaras, Bojinov, Corradi.
REFEREE
Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley on continuing their winning run from the end of last season:
"If we make a start like that I would be delighted. "West Ham is a big club and we made the back pages for the wrong reasons too many times last season. "The club needs a solid season after four topsy-turvy years - we are looking for a top-ten finish."
Manchester City Sven-Goran Eriksson:
"There has been a bit of a revolution here. The biggest challenge in bringing so many players in is to make them work together as quickly as possible. "It will take time to find our best team but we still need to make a quick start to the season." -
Starting line-ups
West Ham
1 Robert Green (G)
5 Anton Ferdinand (D)
3 George McCartney (D)
18 Jonathan Spector (D)
6 Matthew Upson (D)
29 Lee Bowyer (M)
7 Fredrik Ljungberg (M)
16 Mark Noble (M)
10 Craig Bellamy (S)
34 Luis Boa Morte (S)
25 Bobby Zamora (S)
Substitutes
21 Richard Wright (G)
4 Daniel Gabbidon (D)
11 Matthew Etherington (M)
17 Hayden Mullins (M)
9 Dean Ashton (S)
Man City
(G) Kasper Schmeichel 19
(D) Vedran Corluka 16
(D) Richard Dunne 22
(D) Javier Garrido 24
(D) Micah Richards 2
(M) Blumer Elano 11
(M) Dietmar Hamann 21
(M) Stephen Ireland 7
(M) Michael Johnson 6
(M) Martin Petrov 15
(S) Rolando Bianchi 10
Substitutes
(G) Joe Hart 25
(D) Nedum Onuoha 4
(M) Fernandes Gelson 28
(M) Deiberson Geovanni 8
(S) Valeri Bojinov 29 -
I saw taksin
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hope there are babes on the bench
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Vs
Bolton v Newcastle
Bolton
22. Jussi Jaaskelainen
2. Nicky Hunt
15. Gerald Cid
25. Abdoulaye Faye
3. Jlloyd Samuel
4. Kevin Nolan
19. Gavin McCann
6. Gary Speed
20. Ricardo Vaz Te
39. Nicolas Anelka
14. Kevin Davies
Newcastle
13. Steve Harper
2. Stephen Carr
27. Steven Taylor
4. David Rozehnal
14. Charles N'Zogbia
22. Nicky Butt
20. Geremi
17. Alan Smith
9. Obafemi Martins
36. Mark Viduka
16. James Milner
REFEREE
Chris Foy (St Helens, Merseyside) -
28 mins:
Bolton 0 - 3 Newcastle
Charles N'Zogbia 11
Obafemi Martins 21 -
Bianchi scores!
Citeh in charge at Upton Park.. they're all over the Hammers -
Hey Kasper Schmeichel is the Man city keeper...
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Is it just me or is it true that West Ham are getting owned at home by Man City...
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Sammy Lee is a useless manager i guess... Under him and Bolton now don't look like they used to be... One good news for Arsene Wenger i guess... The future Bolton won't give them too much problem anymore...
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his father was there to watch.Originally posted by zocoss:Hey Kasper Schmeichel is the Man city keeper...
lousy west ham. cant even score against a rookie at goal. -
Geovanni celebrates with fans after scoring City's second
West Ham 0-2 Man City
Rolando Bianchi and Geovanni scored on their debuts as Sven-Goran Eriksson's new-look Manchester City side got off to a winning start at West Ham. The Hammers toiled unconvincingly early on and City were well on top by the time Bianchi slid in to score at the far post after Elano's impressive run.
West Ham came back strongly but the closest they came to an equaliser was when Dean Ashton's volley flashed wide. Geovanni's low shot sealed the win late on after good work by Nedum Onuoha. It was a display that was sure to have pleased watching City owner Thaksin Shinawatra, who has bankrolled Eriksson's spending spree.
The Swede gave debuts to five of his foreign summer signings - Vedran Corluka, Javier Garrido, Elano, Martin Petrov and Bianchi - with three other recent arrivals on the bench. But there was plenty of home-grown talent on display too with Kasper Schmeichel, making his first start in goal, bringing the number of academy graduates in City's side to four. And any fears that Eriksson's hastily-assembled team would take time to settle were dispelled by a confident start by the visitors. -
times certainly looking good ahead for manchester city. they certainly look like a force to be reckoned with.
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the new players are really good, especially petrov.
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So Sven proving that he is a good coach after all?
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Actually i think West Ham made Man City look good.Originally posted by zocoss:So Sven proving that he is a good coach after all?
Cheers.
CK -
I'm in love in city already....
with elano and petrov they've got one of the best if not the best wings in the epl......
geovanni, bojinov and corluka also looking good....bianchi was a little lazy for me, traditionally italians coming to epl has been hard workers..well except for corrado grabbi
actually i'm surprised that those taken over clubs dun sign those players that city have signed....those not household names but still big names enough players with champs league and international exp....before city signed those players i tot it's still hard for clubs to attract them but apparently it's not.... -
ManCity = the People$ Team