West Ham United 25/26 relegation thread

[muskie]

Odds slashed from 5/1 to 7/2.

Watch this space.

I think we're fucked.

[Mad Ferret]

I didn’t realise that we have gone 21 league games without a clean sheet plus the 5th worse defensive record in Europe.

Phenomenal. 

That's why we snapped up Disasi mate.

[twoleftfeet]

I didn’t realise that we have gone 21 league games without a clean sheet plus the 5th worse defensive record in Europe.

Phenomenal. 

[Tomshardware]

A win against Burnley and we will be on the coattails of either Leeds or Forest or both if they draw on Friday evening.    

[THUNDERCLINT]

Got a load of grief a month ago for calling it an asset strip and Sullivan happy to go down whilst pocketing cash. 

After that window leaving our squad thinner and a negative net spend.....

Where is the intent to stay up and where is the money?    Anyone care to explain..... 


 

He threw in the towel after Forest.

I hate myself for saying it, but from a financial perspective he was probably right, no point digging this hole any deeper.

[Rossal]

Got a load of grief a month ago for calling it an asset strip and Sullivan happy to go down whilst pocketing cash. 

After that window leaving our squad thinner and a negative net spend.....

Where is the intent to stay up and where is the money?    Anyone care to explain..... 

 

[Manuel]

"In West Ham's case, despite a gut-wrenching 3-2 defeat by Chelsea on Saturday night, the numbers make for slightly better reading, with the Hammers' chance of safety rated at 17.06%.

With a game against strugglers Burnley to come next week, West Ham - who looked dead and buried a month ago - are now starting to play with the freedom of a side with nothing to lose and everything to gain"

The beeb puts a stat and a bit of hope.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dgjj6e31mo

There is no doubt at all we are looking a lot better right now, and if we carry on playing as we are we WILL win games, the question is will we win enough. We will know a lot more come Saturday tea time on our survival chances.

[Mex Martillo]

"In West Ham's case, despite a gut-wrenching 3-2 defeat by Chelsea on Saturday night, the numbers make for slightly better reading, with the Hammers' chance of safety rated at 17.06%.

With a game against strugglers Burnley to come next week, West Ham - who looked dead and buried a month ago - are now starting to play with the freedom of a side with nothing to lose and everything to gain"

The beeb puts a stat and a bit of hope.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dgjj6e31mo

[Manuel]

I've long thought Leeds would be the one's to catch realistically. They are the newly promoted Club with a manager who will feel the pressure and someone who has struggled in the past to keep them in the division (Leeds and Norwich) so he doesn't have the know-how, Dyche does who also has a better set up at Forest. We play them last game of the season at the cesspit and I think is our best bet of staying up. What I don't want to see Friday is Leeds winning, a draw or Forest winning would feel the better outcome for me.

What a desperate fucking mess though to be in thanks to Nuno and the Owners. 

Exactly what I think, it's Leeds or no-one. All this talk about Palace and Spurs is just fanciful. They have a tough Feb and we have them at home still. We do not want them to win on Friday.

[Sir Alf]

Bless you lads. While its mathematically possible to survive, fans can still hope I guess but for me its been over since xmas. Too weak in key areas of the squad before the season began and not addressed this window.  Burnley will see us as a chance for 3 points and beat us I think especially since Kilman and Mavropanos will start. 

Sullivan is only interested in managing the cash flow now to keep the listless ship, that is West Ham, afloat for the immediate term before we go down. 

Sullivan, when we go down, will officially become the worst owner in our 126 year history.  Screwed the club over financially and as a footballing force and we will be back to where we were in the 1950s, a second tier club.

[Leonard Hatred]

Can't really see us getting out of this.

Gannin doon like a homesick mole.

[Massive Attack]

I've long thought Leeds would be the one's to catch realistically. They are the newly promoted Club with a manager who will feel the pressure and someone who has struggled in the past to keep them in the division (Leeds and Norwich) so he doesn't have the know-how, Dyche does who also has a better set up at Forest. We play them last game of the season at the cesspit and I think is our best bet of staying up. What I don't want to see Friday is Leeds winning, a draw or Forest winning would feel the better outcome for me.

What a desperate fucking mess though to be in thanks to Nuno and the Owners. 

[Mad Dog]

We're 6 behind them and a shot goal difference, they can actually win home games.
what on earth makes you think we'll overtake them?  

[Mad Ferret]

Fancy us surviving over Leeds.

[Mex Martillo]

Just a point conceded to Forest, not a great change. Still time and points. Take it game at a time blar blar blar.

[twoleftfeet]

What Burnley need is a match against us

[Sir Alf]

White flag being raised over the bowl as we speak.   

Funeral march to replace Bubbles before each game.  

A slow “death march” to the championship gets fully underway now.  

Only positive might be that it wakes up a few fans to the protests.

[Mad Dog]

Doesn't really matter if we get anyone in today to be honest.
we arent staying up, its too big of a task especially if we  dont learn from mistakes and keep throwing away leads using cowards tactics
so it makes no fucking difference

[Sir Alf]

“Thats about it”. I meant

Nothing gonna change under this owner. Will only get worse now imo.

[Sir Alf]

Thats about Leroy.

RIP West Ham Disunited

[LeroysBoots]

The club have clearly thrown the towel in, the support of the manager has been shocking. We had one of the smallest squads anyway and since Jan 1st they have asset stripped the squad in readiness for the relegation. Fullkrug, JWP, Irving, Guillherme, Paqueta, Earthy, Rodriguez,  Marshall, all shipped out. 4 after today brought in. 2 non scoring strikers, a busted flush either and a defender who has not kicked a ball in the Prem all season. Sullivan is a cսnt of the highest order 

[Westham67]

I was not a regular at Upton Park since 1998, when my work took me all over the North of England and then overseas. From memory, in the second division, depending on who we were playing, the gate would be 19,000 to 25,000, but there was an atmosphere there. It wont be there at the London stadium when it's half full

[Far Cough UKunt]

Have to beat Burnley saturday and then a huge game v Bournemouth when teams around us have harder fixtures. 

Sadly though, if we can't keep a clean sheet we have no chance of staying up. 

I also suspect the Todibo red will be something we look back on. We simply can not afford at this point to lose him for 3 games. Thankfully is one of them Burton? 

Yep. one includes Burton.

So Todibo has gone for a Burton?

[Manuel]

Have to beat Burnley saturday and then a huge game v Bournemouth when teams around us have harder fixtures. 

Sadly though, if we can't keep a clean sheet we have no chance of staying up. 

I also suspect the Todibo red will be something we look back on. We simply can not afford at this point to lose him for 3 games. Thankfully is one of them Burton? 

Yep. one includes Burton.

[Rossal]

Have to beat Burnley saturday and then a huge game v Bournemouth when teams around us have harder fixtures. 

Sadly though, if we can't keep a clean sheet we have no chance of staying up. 

I also suspect the Todibo red will be something we look back on. We simply can not afford at this point to lose him for 3 games. Thankfully is one of them Burton? 

[Sir Alf]

Yeah seems like we get slapped down quickly to remind us not toget above our station Zico.

The whole problem we all know is the owners or in our case, the controlling owner which is David Sullivan. He is not qualified to run a business like West Ham, a modern era PL elite level football club. Its really that simple. Get the right leader ( doesnt have to be an investor and can be appointed) and we have a chance of getting out of this “Groundhog Day” style loop every decade or two. Easier said than done of course as we have seen plenty of owners do even worse than Sullivan. Im convinced he’s a narcissist and that is ultimately what prevents him from beimg successful in running the club. He wants success but also has to have adoration and appreciation ( narcissistic supply or “fuel”). He cannot let go. One of the primary aims of narcissism or NPD is “control” unfortunately. He is unable to recognise he is the biggest problem and likely believes he is doing a great job.  Its the players, the managers, Steidten, Macaulay, Kretinski’s and of course the fans fault why its all gone “tits up” for a second time under his stewardship.  All very sad really for everyone connected to West Ham including Sullivan.  But we all know, some of us consciously, some unconsciously ( in denial etc ), that real footballing success, next level or whatever we want to call it, is impossible under the current owners. Accept that, try and hopefully enjoy the odd good period of results.

Anyway, Im the best part of 10 years younger than him and like many of us on WHO, we just have to hope to outlive him. But knowing our luck he’ll go on well into his 100s.