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Before his injury Sykes would have been in my top 5. Looked off colour last night. Anyway: 1. Dickie - rarely put a foot wrong. There's me thinking how good is a defender from a really bad QPR team going to impress? 2. O'Leary - he's improving all the time. Still think we need a good enough back up. 3. Knight - faded in the last few weeks, but coming back into form in the deeper role. 4. Vyner - not been as solid as last season but still mostly consistent and reliable. 5. Tanner - much improved. Not brilliant, but does the basics well. A traditional, no nonsense, blast from the past right back. May seem harsh not including Williams. Maybe he pushes Tanner for that final spot. The fact that there are no attacking players here is clearly very revealing.

This can't be underestimated. There have been few and far between since we got promoted in 2014/15. The first half of 2017/18 was great, the Man U win was an evening we'll never forget. But, there haven't been many in almost 10 years, which is damning. No play off campaign, no fight to get into the play offs in the last few weeks of a season. It's all been very samey and quite turgid. I'm very often bored when watching us, which isn't great.

Flippin' eck. Give the guy a break. Do you know hard it is to get an away ticket for Leeds fans? I regularly bump into a bloke on my work commute who lives and works in Bristol but is a Leeds home and away season ticket holder. The latter are really hard to get. Anyway, hope we stuff them tonight!

I think he will stay. Not sure we can afford to lose him, James and King. Not that we'll miss King (on the pitch). Assuming Twine doesn't sign in the summer (and no way will we stump up £5m), leaves us very light in midfield. Williams has put in some excellent performances this season. He just needs to stay fit. Another injury between now and the summer however and the club will probably let him go.

Yep. Even when he's fit, his set pieces are nowt to be excited about. It's a real problem though. We're not blessed with creative type midfielders who can unlock defences. Set Pieces should offer a decent alternative, but we waste ours. We're also quite a short team which doesn't help.

My god do we need someone who can take set pieces. Naismith was supposed to be that guy.

West Ham have been allocated 3,414 tickets. And great to see their STHs only being charged £10. Assume because ours were too. Very good to see. Date provisionally set for Tues 16th Jan, 7.45pm, but could change once TV selects its ties.

Sorry. Ignore me. I'll delete my comment above. I just assume everyone asks to get theirs posted out. My mistake. I was referring to people who've not yet received them by post.

See my post below. That info's out of date.

That info's out of date. That's from 29th Dec. Before tickets were even posted out. For fans who've not received their tickets, call the club and arrange to collect tickets from West Ham's ground on Sunday.

Hi all, I tweeted Jerry (our Supporters' Liaison Officer) earlier to ask about what happens for those fans whose West Ham tickets haven't arrived by Sunday. I was also asking why oh why are physical tickets still being issued? Especially when the post has become so unreliable. Why aren't all tickets, home and away, now emailed? Anyway, his response: "The tickets sent to us by West Ham were physical tickets and not digital so we couldn’t email. West Ham will do reprints for supporters whose tickets haven’t arrived. We can trace undelivered postal tickets as they were all sent recorded delivery. Should yours not arrive today please email supporterservices@bristol-sport.co.uk to request a reprint. So many further questions (which I've also asked!): - Doesn't someone need to be in to sign for a recorded delivery? - I assume reprints would be ready for collection at the ground? - I assume/hope supporters' services check their emails on a Saturday?!

Who wants to play 'how awful will the view be from my seat on Sunday?' Clearly, not too bad if lower tier. I'm upper, block 224. Let's hope we score all our goals where we can see(ish) them... https://aviewfrommyseat.co.uk/venue/London+Stadium/seating-chart/soccer/

All tickets for all matches, home and away, should be on your phone. And for those who want hard copies or aren't confident using the tech/don't have a smartphone, you're able to select this option when booking. It's ludicrous tickets are still sent out in the post. And it costs the clubs more and post has become really unreliable.

Map of the Elizabeth Line: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/elizabeth-line-map.pdf Reduced service not on the bit from Stratford to Paddington that I can see.

Are you sure about the one train an hour thing? This is from the TFL site: ELIZABETH LINE: Sunday 7 January, a reduced service operates between Paddington and Maidenhead / Heathrow. Heathrow Terminal 4, West Drayton, Langley, Slough, Burnham and Maidenhead will be served by two trains an hour. West Ealing will be served by four trains an hour. Ealing Broadway, Southall and Hayes & Harlington will be served by six trains per hour.