West Ham vs Bournemouth | PL | 21.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread

[Mad Ferret]

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WHU: 8/5
Draw: 11/4
Bournemouth: 17/10

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Not sure I'd bring Todibo straight back in.

.........................Hermanson

AWB.....Mavropanos.....Disasi.....Diouf

Bowen.....Fernandes.....Soucek.....Summerville

..........................Taty Costalot

..............................Wilson

[fraser]

Baldy's team selection fucked us there. Selecting the useless Magassa was just throwing away a chance to win.

He should have gone with the logical team I predicted he would have gone for. We would have won if he had done that.

Magassa must never start for us again. Terrible footballer.

You're trying way too hard, so you wanted the negative coward Nuno (your words or close) to go more defensive by picking the Barca reject championship level centre back Todibo (again your words) and this would have won us the game.. Hilarious 
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[Manuel]

Btw, we know in the bigger picture this is situation is on the owners, but our current position is all down to that spineless, fraud Potter, and that cսnt Brady for hiring him. What are these rumours that she is leaving? Fucking hope so.

We are comfortably a top 10 side right now and it's going to be gut wrenching if we go down and to see the squad stripped bare.

Looks like it's gonna happen though, but until it's done it's the tiniest hope that kills. 

We will know a lot more about how Forest are shaping up under the new bloke later, but I fear the worst for sure.

If Palace lose to Wolves they are still in it, as will Spurs if they lose. We're not down in February, but we need to pull some results out the fire, starting from next week.

[fraser]

Btw, we know in the bigger picture this is situation is on the owners, but our current position is all down to that spineless, fraud Potter, and that cսnt Brady for hiring him. What are these rumours that she is leaving? Fucking hope so.

We are comfortably a top 10 side right now and it's going to be gut wrenching if we go down and to see the squad stripped bare.

Looks like it's gonna happen though, but until it's done it's the tiniest hope that kills. 

[Manuel]

Btw, we know in the bigger picture this is situation is on the owners, but our current position is all down to that spineless, fraud Potter, and that cսnt Brady for hiring him. What are these rumours that she is leaving? Fucking hope so.

We are comfortably a top 10 side right now and it's going to be gut wrenching if we go down and to see the squad stripped bare.

[Manuel]

In isolation it's a decent point and we are defending well now, and maybe we haven't done our dough on Mads after all, but we needed a win and now we are looking for Liverpool for some help later, it's beginning to get very tiring.

When you break it down, Summerville aside, we just lack any real quality in the final third. Watching the game it started to become fairly obvious we weren't going to score. Taty tries hard but lacks real quality and Bowen hasn't really stepped up IMO, and I don't think we need to worry about any of the big boys coming in for the Portugeezer anytime soon.

Couldn't fault Nuno's game plan or his subs.

Not looking good, is it.

[fraser]

Spot on Any Old, other clubs down the bottom have the courage to really go for the jugular and have reaped the rewards, Sadly I think Nuno will take us down with his over- cautious approach 

If the other clubs down the bottom have the bollocks to go for the wins and are reaping more rewards than us can you explain how we while playing 3 of the top 4 form teams over the last 6 games have more points than all those teams down the bottom over those last 6 games? 

[DukeofDevo]

 

Wow, he has been running his socks off and had a great game tbf

 

 

 

When you’re sat in row Z and the ball hits your head that’s Magassa!
Needs to hit the target from 20yds!

You can't define his match performance down to that shot. Get a grip ffs

I know! He’s a good addition to our midfield and has some engine on him! Thought I’d add a bit of levity to the day with an old Bobby Zamora song.Which was also unwarranted I might add!

[Electric Retro-pants]

Think this game was crying out for someone like Fearon to come on to give some real attacking pace nd fst passing, especially through the middle.
Felt like we dawdled a fair bit in the passing compared with previous, do think the nerves were showing with a lot of snatched passes.

[Alfs]

Kante? He's even worse than Magassa. You clearly didn't watch the abomination of the Burton performance then with those two clowns supposedly being our central midfield.

They are both awful footballers. Kante gets a bit of a pass as we picked him up as a youth for next to nothing. But these idiots shelled out nearly £30 million for Magassa. A total waste of money and ridiculous signing given he is an awful footballer.

Wind it in, Nostradamus.  It was wasn't long ago that you wrote off Summerville as a 'Championship player with no end product'.

Bowen is knackered, hence his down turn in form, but is 100% focussed on getting more knackered to keep us up.  That came from a close relative of his, who I cross paths with from time to time.

[twoleftfeet]

The utter misery on here. Man up you fucking babies. 

[BillyJenningsBoots]

A draw is a decent result against a very organised side who defend as a unit and have been averaging 2 goals a game. So a clean sheet is pretty impressive on its own. We had a few chances but a draw was fair and lets hope Forest and Spurs slip up.

[Mickey Rat]

Spot on Any Old, other clubs down the bottom have the courage to really go for the jugular and have reaped the rewards, Sadly I think Nuno will take us down with his over- cautious approach 

[Tomshardware]

Kante? He's even worse than Magassa. You clearly didn't watch the abomination of the Burton performance then with those two clowns supposedly being our central midfield.

They are both awful footballers. Kante gets a bit of a pass as we picked him up as a youth for next to nothing. But these idiots shelled out nearly £30 million for Magassa. A total waste of money and ridiculous signing given he is an awful footballer.

Wasn't long ago you had written off Summerville.  Now it's Magassa and Kante.   Magassa cost 17 million by the way.

[twoleftfeet]

I never knew COYI was a top class manager, fingers crossed he gets the job next time round. 

[Nutsin]

Kante? He's even worse than Magassa. You clearly didn't watch the abomination of the Burton performance then with those two clowns supposedly being our central midfield.

They are both awful footballers. Kante gets a bit of a pass as we picked him up as a youth for next to nothing. But these idiots shelled out nearly £30 million for Magassa. A total waste of money and ridiculous signing given he is an awful footballer.

I agree with you he is not worth $30 million, not today. But I wouldn’t be surprised to see him come good.

[Any Old Iron]

These draws are no good to us. Unfortunately we are lumbered with a manager who doesn’t have the courage to send out a team to ‘go for it’.  We’re at the stage where we have to take a few risks in order to get some wins.  The trouble is don’t think he has the bollocks for it.

[Come On You Irons]

Kante? He's even worse than Magassa. You clearly didn't watch the abomination of the Burton performance then with those two clowns supposedly being our central midfield.

They are both awful footballers. Kante gets a bit of a pass as we picked him up as a youth for next to nothing. But these idiots shelled out nearly £30 million for Magassa. A total waste of money and ridiculous signing given he is an awful footballer.

[Nutsin]

I don’t think Magassa is as bad as some say, he’s a bit raw but he is showing signs of settling in. The young kid that came on for him is another that needs more playing time Kante, he could end up becoming A player for us.

Mavro took his time but he’s been playing well lately. The young keeper, Fernandez and Summerville are thriving under Nuno. Diouff is becoming a key player for us as is Taty.

Bowen’s form has dropped off a bit but he’ll come good.

Bournemouths defense were pretty solid got some nice crucial tackles in today, it wasn’t all about missed chances.

 

[Gary Strodders shank]

We had the chances second half but ultimately fluffed out lines once more 

Bowen would be the player you would put your money on to score when given a gilt edged opportunity but it wasn't to be.

Taty had another but his first touch belonged in the ryman league not premier.

He is lauded for his workrate but that won't keep us up and his goal ratio certainly won't.

Magassa showed his class with a high wide and mighty effort that would not be out of place at Twickenham and was generally poor throughout.

He is another one who runs about a lot but produces very little..

These two players along with many many others throughout this boards recent tenure are simply not good enough and we have continually been short changed in the recruitment stakes.

I feel for the likes of Bowen and Soucek and a few others who continue to give there all and obviously care about the club.

It's like being at work where you are knocking your pipe out but HR keep hiring people who are clueless to replace solid characters.

A shambles of a football club.

[Iron Duke]

If we do go down it won’t be because of this game. Bournemouth are a good team and in form. We probably do need to get an unexpected win out of the bag somewhere, though.

[Vexed]

Baldy's team selection fucked us there. Selecting the useless Magassa was just throwing away a chance to win.

He should have gone with the logical team I predicted he would have gone for. We would have won if he had done that.

Magassa must never start for us again. Terrible footballer.

Tell us how your much more negative team selection would have helped us win the game? 

[,]

Two teams in the PL are unbeaten in their last six league games they being ManU and Bournemouth. In our quest to avoid relegation we have drawn with both teams during their runs. Those games would earlier in the season have been defeats so maybe it’s two points gained rather than being lost. Notwithstanding that our perk up in form looks to be too late in the day to save us by our own efforts alone.

On a positive note we managed a clean sheet against a good team in good form. 

[Mad Dog]

By "no product" I thought his passing could have been  better and his shooting was awful.  I liked the way he got about the pitch though (the good engine comment)

[eusebiovic]

Thought Magassa was excellent today...he's a defensive midfielder who was bought to play at 6 and spent half his career at CB, and we've got posters moaning about his lack of end product. Do me a favour! He brought energy and ball winning and strength and played some smart passes too. He's only young too in his first PL.season having been a bit part player for Monaco. 

9 time out of 10 that game today goes out way. Just it wouldn't run for us today. On to the next one. 

There is clearly a huge margin for improvement with Magassa. I haven't disliked what I've seen so far. He ain't anywhere near the finished article but he has shown promise on a few occasions. 

He's trying to adapt to a quicker league in a struggling team... it's a bit harsh to dig him out considering he was parachuted in at the last possible moment due to the absolute shit show created by the Brady/Sullivan stand off regarding the Potter appointment. 

[Tomshardware]

Thought Magassa was excellent today...he's a defensive midfielder who was bought to play at 6 and spent half his career at CB, and we've got posters moaning about his lack of end product. Do me a favour! He brought energy and ball winning and strength and played some smart passes too. He's only young too in his first PL.season having been a bit part player for Monaco. 

9 time out of 10 that game today goes out way. Just it wouldn't run for us today. On to the next one. 

Agree, I was at the game and thought he was excellent, he's also a clever player, did a lovely turn and left a Bournemouth on the deck.