Is this how West Ham could line up against Southampton?
Our home defeat to Southampton earlier this season was the worst performance of the campaign so far.
It was a performance no different to those of last season that had us all calling for Allardyce’s head.
But since then, aside from a flew blips, we’ve been a far cry from that. In fact, our improvement this season has been compared with Southampton’s, although we’ve managed to slip off the pace somewhat recently.
Our draw last weekend against Man United was a good one in hindsight, and it shows just how far we’ve come since last season when we’re disappointed to have only drawn with the Premier League’s most successful team ever.
We’re still in with a chance of a top six finish, so tonight’s meeting with third placed Saints might just be the most important game of our season so far.
It certainly won’t be easy, but as long as Allardyce continues to stick with Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia as a strike partnership then we’ve got every chance of beating anyone.
So here’s how we could line up against Southampton today…
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13. Adrian
| Season | League Apps | League Clean Sheets | Cup Apps | Cup Clean Sheets | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Clean Sheets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 10 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 10 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 125 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 150 | 43 |
3. Aaron Cresswell
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 24 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 35 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 18 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 153 (5) | 6 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 182 | 6 |
5. James Tomkins
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/2008 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2008/2009 | 11 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 2009/2010 | 22 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2010/2011 | 18 (1) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2011/2012 | 45 (2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 4 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 18 (8) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 20 (2) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 23 (2) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 3 | ||||
| Total: | 193 (18) | 8 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 243 | 11 |
8. Cheikhou Kouyate
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 30 (1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 34 | 5 | 7 (1) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 5 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 32 (1) | 2 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 127 (2) | 12 | 16 (2) | 3 | 20 | 2 | 147 | 15 |
18. Carl Jenkinson
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015* | 29 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2015/2016* | 13 (7) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 42 (10) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 2 |
21. Morgan Amalfitano
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 14 (10) | 3 | 1 (3) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 14 (10) | 3 | 5 (3) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 3 |
16. Mark Noble
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/2005 | 10 (6) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2005/2006 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2006/2007 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2007/2008 | 25 (6) | 3 | 3 (2) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2008/2009 | 28 (1) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 5 | ||||
| 2009/2010 | 25 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2010/2011 | 25 (1) | 4 | 7 (2) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2011/2012 | 46 (2) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 8 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 25 (3) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 3 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 27 (1) | 2 | 4 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 29 (1) | 3 | 4 (1) | 2 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 28 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 29 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 5 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 390 (27) | 51 | 44 (11) | 6 | 98 | 5 | 472 | 57 |
11. Stewart Downing
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | 29 (3) | 1 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 36 | 6 | 4 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 6 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 65 (3) | 7 | 6 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 7 |
30. Alex Song
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015* | 25 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2015/2016* | 8 (4) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 33 (7) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
31. Enner Valencia
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 25 (7) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 10 (9) | 4 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 38 (16) | 8 | 12 (2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 10 |
15. Diafra Sakho
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 20 (3) | 10 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 18 (3) | 5 | 2 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 0 (14) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Total: | 40 (22) | 18 | 6 (3) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 24 |