Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread

[Mad Ferret]

Thanks to the Chutney Ferret for getting this up and going nice and early. 

I'll post up the usual guff in a bit...

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Seeing as stubbo waits til the very last minute to make a match thread...

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

KWP.....Mavropanos.....Kilman.....Scarles

Traore.....Magassa.....Fernandes.....Lamadrid

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

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

[Iron Duke]

No doubt about it, we’ve been terrible. Mostly down to the shit formation.

[Metroplex]

The pitch is shit. The ref is letting them manhandle our players. The conditions are totally different to what they're used to playing in.  

Aw bless their cotton socks

[threesixty]

The pitch is shit. The ref is letting them manhandle our players. The conditions are totally different to what they're used to playing in.  Burton wants it more. 

Frankly I'm glad we dont have Fernandes out there risking rolling his ankle in a divot or Summerville snapping that hamstring on a heavy pitch, or Taty getting an impact injury from some meathead centreback. 

They should be trying to just give it to Adama and asking him to steamroll through these cloddimg cunts. The ref and the pitch are very much evening things up here.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, no way I’d want to risk our best players in this shit tbh. Bad enough having todibo out. Just imagine Summerville or Bowen getting injured in this shit. Nah. 

[cup of tea]

Absolutely shocking, utter boresfest 

[stubbo-admin]

Also the weight of passing is off because they ball moves so slowly on the pitch, it bobbles when it arrives. The pitches at Rush Green put this pitch to shame. 

There are lots of "levellers" in play in this game. 

 

[Keep dreaming]

Poor Kante. Cant pass, cant run, can't defend.
If this is the top pick from our u23, then help me God

[Mike Oxsaw]

We're getting schooled here.

[onsideman]

The pitch is shit. The ref is letting them manhandle our players. The conditions are totally different to what they're used to playing in.  Burton wants it more. 

Frankly I'm glad we dont have Fernandes out there risking rolling his ankle in a divot or Summerville snapping that hamstring on a heavy pitch, or Taty getting an impact injury from some meathead centreback. 

They should be trying to just give it to Adama and asking him to steamroll through these cloddimg cunts. The ref and the pitch are very much evening things up here.

That and basic fucking ineptitude 

[Keep dreaming]

The pitch is shit. The ref is letting them manhandle our players. The conditions are totally different to what they're used to playing in.  Burton wants it more. 

Frankly I'm glad we dont have Fernandes out there risking rolling his ankle in a divot or Summerville snapping that hamstring on a heavy pitch, or Taty getting an impact injury from some meathead centreback. 

They should be trying to just give it to Adama and asking him to steamroll through these cloddimg cunts. The ref and the pitch are very much evening things up here.

Absolutely right Stubbo, risking our XI is madness

[stubbo-admin]

The pitch is shit. The ref is letting them manhandle our players. The conditions are totally different to what they're used to playing in.  Burton wants it more. 

Frankly I'm glad we dont have Fernandes out there risking rolling his ankle in a divot or Summerville snapping that hamstring on a heavy pitch, or Taty getting an impact injury from some meathead centreback. 

They should be trying to just give it to Adama and asking him to steamroll through these cloddimg cunts. The ref and the pitch are very much evening things up here.

[Keep dreaming]

Kante and Magassa are a car crash in midfield. Two truly awful footballers.

 

That's harsh on Magassa. Hasn't don't anything wrong so far has he?
The problem is Kante and the back 5 formation 

Perhaps but I watched him closely against QPR (a game Nuno hooked him at half time in), and I lost any faith in him after he stunk the place out in that game.

He is a poor passer and doesn't put himself about. A waste of space (and £20 odd million or whatever they paid for him).

 

 

 

 

Fair enough. But I think the biggest problem in this match is
1.The system 523 against Burton ffs
2. Myers is a complete waste
3. Kilman is an accident waiting to happen.
4. Kante, totally lost here.
5. Traore, not a footballer. More like a torpedo.

[zico]

If anyone is trying to get into the usual starting line up they aren't doing themselves any favours. This is awful stuff.

[threesixty]

not really what you'd expect at all from highly paid professionals. you missed out, shit formation

 

Is this burtons first team? I’d expect a team thats well drilled and played together for a while will cause trouble for a random set of players with very few minutes together. Even if the divisions are quite different. Individual skill might get us through this. But that’s about it. 

 

Do you think our players randomly meet up over the park once a fucking week? They're supposed to be a well drilled cohesive unit, working on things during training. Not looking like people that have just met each other. They're apparently coached by your hero, Nuno

 

 

You know it doesn’t work like that. This is high level professional sport. Patterns of play, understanding between players and just overall sharpness all come with minutes in proper competitive games. Not training. You can accommodate a few rusty players but not 10! It will always produce stuff like this. 

[Iron Duke]

Magassa has been pony

[Ron Eff]

Cor this is drab. Some of these fringe players just aren’t good enough. Magassa after some early promise I’m really not sure about. 

Kilman even looks out of touch at this level. 

[claret on my shirt]

Why does Nuno at times go to 532, it never works, we have 2 lumps in midfield and zero creativity. Get a CB off get Potts on FFS

[Chedylan 3]

If i see tit in goal roll the ball 2 yards to killman one more fucking time.

no bowen or soucek on the bench are we throwing this?

[Metroplex]

10 changes ffs. What a soppy bald tit

[Chip Shop Charlie]

To me, the team selection shows that Sullivan priorities PL survival over the FA Cup. Maybe it isn't solely down to Nuno

[goose]

Traore is the only player with a forward thinking thought in his head.

[Come On You Irons]

Kante and Magassa are a car crash in midfield. Two truly awful footballers.

 

That's harsh on Magassa. Hasn't don't anything wrong so far has he?
The problem is Kante and the back 5 formation 

Perhaps but I watched him closely against QPR (a game Nuno hooked him at half time in), and I lost any faith in him after he stunk the place out in that game.

He is a poor passer and doesn't put himself about. A waste of space (and £20 odd million or whatever they paid for him).

[greenie1]

Hopefully Burton will get tired out in the second half and we will nick a goal. Other than that, scrappy, not exactly enjoyable to watch. Is this the squad we will have if we get relegated?

[Takashi Miike]

Traore the fucking state of it, looks like hes shat his nappy. A giant walking arse.

 

 

Hahaha

[Keep dreaming]

Kante and Magassa are a car crash in midfield. Two truly awful footballers.

 

 

That's harsh on Magassa. Hasn't don't anything wrong so far has he?
The problem is Kante and the back 5 formation 

[Takashi Miike]

Looks like a team that’s never played together before. I suppose what you’d expect.
very rusty, inaccurate passing (bad pitch?) 

I suppose what you’d expect. 

not really what you'd expect at all from highly paid professionals. you missed out, shit formation

 

Is this burtons first team? I’d expect a team thats well drilled and played together for a while will cause trouble for a random set of players with very few minutes together. Even if the divisions are quite different. Individual skill might get us through this. But that’s about it. 

 

 

Do you think our players randomly meet up over the park once a fucking week? They're supposed to be a well drilled cohesive unit, working on things during training. Not looking like people that have just met each other. They're apparently coached by your hero, Nuno