Is this how West Ham will line up against Spurs?
Much has been made of our injury problems and questions have been raised of Sam Allardyce’s ability to adopt the attacking philosophy demanded by the co-owners.
But he managed to play an surprising, but interesting, 3-5-2 against Sampdoria last weekend and, dare I say it, we looked good. And that’s without a full squad to pick from.
The addition of Enner Valencia and Diafra Sakho I think could prove to be very shrewd business, while Andy Carroll’s return over the Christmas period should also give us a boost.
Aaron Cresswell has impressed immensely during pre-season, while Cheikhou Kouyate looks to be the beastly defensive midfielder we’ve been looking for a while now.
Mohamed Diame should get his spot back in the middle of the park, although it appears Kevin Nolan’s spot in the team still looks as safe as houses.
Correctly predicting the starting XI Allardyce will go with isn’t easy. Will he revert back to what he knows, he go with the same approach as last weekend? Let’s hope it’s the latter.
So here’s a wild guess at how I think West Ham might line-up against Spurs this afternoon…
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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
2. Winston Reid
Season League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Yellow Cards Reds Cards Total Apps Total Goals
2010/2011 3 (4) 0 4 (1) 1 1 0 12 1 2011/2012 30 (1) 3 2 0 5 0 33 3 2012/2013 36 1 1 0 8 0 37 1 2013/2014 18 (4) 1 0 0 2 0 22 1 2014/2015 29 (1) 1 3 0 10 0 33 1 2015/2016 23 1 5 (1) 0 6 0 29 1 2016/2017 30 2 6 0 11 1 36 2 2017/2018 17 0 2 0 5 0 19 0 2018/2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019/2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total: 187 (10) 9 23 (2) 1 48 1 222 10
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
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
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
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
21. Mohamed Diame
Season League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Yellow Cards Reds Cards Total Apps Total Goals
2012/2013 31 (2) 3 1 0 3 0 34 3 2013/2014 28 (6) 4 3 (3) 0 4 0 40 4 2014/2015 0 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Total: 59 (11) 7 5 (3) 0 7 0 78 7
4. Kevin Nolan (C)
Season League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Yellow Cards Reds Cards Total Apps Total Goals
2011/2012 45 13 1 0 10 1 46 13 2012/2013 35 10 2 (1) 0 7 0 38 10 2013/2014 33 7 1 (1) 0 7 2 35 7 2014/2015 19 (10) 1 3 (1) 0 4 0 33 1 2015/2016 1 (1) 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 Total: 133 (11) 31 10 (3) 0 28 3 157 31
10. Mauro Zarate
Season League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Yellow Cards Reds Cards Total Apps Total Goals
2014/2015 5 (2) 2 0 (1) 0 1 0 8 2 2015/2016 9 (6) 3 6 2 2 0 21 5 Total: 14 (8) 5 6 (1) 2 3 0 29 7
24. Carlton Cole
Season League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Yellow Cards Reds Cards Total Apps Total Goals
2006/2007 5 (12) 2 3 (1) 1 4 0 21 3 2007/2008 21 (10) 4 4 (2) 2 9 0 37 6 2008/2009 26 (1) 10 4 (1) 2 4 2 32 12 2009/2010 26 (4) 10 1 (1) 0 4 0 32 10 2010/2011 21 (14) 5 5 (3) 6 5 0 43 11 2011/2012 31 (12) 15 0 0 7 0 43 15 2012/2013 14 (13) 2 2 0 2 1 29 2 2013/2014 9 (16) 6 2 (2) 0 1 0 29 6 2014/2015 8 (14) 2 0 (3) 1 3 0 25 3 Total: 161 (96) 56 21 (13) 12 39 3 292 68