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Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 11 Feb 2026, 09:03
by 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...
Streams:
https://en84.sportplus.live/football/en ... p/7565338/
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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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:06
by Iron Duke
No doubt about it, we’ve been terrible. Mostly down to the shit formation.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:06
by Metroplex
stubbo-admin wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 13:01
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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:05
by threesixty
stubbo-admin wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 13:01
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.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:05
by cup of tea
Absolutely shocking, utter boresfest
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:04
by 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.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:04
by Keep dreaming
Poor Kante. Cant pass, cant run, can't defend.
If this is the top pick from our u23, then help me God
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:04
by Mike Oxsaw
We're getting schooled here.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:03
by onsideman
stubbo-admin wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 13:01
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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:02
by Keep dreaming
stubbo-admin wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 13:01
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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:01
by 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.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:00
by Keep dreaming
Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:53
Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:51
Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:47
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.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:59
by zico
If anyone is trying to get into the usual starting line up they aren't doing themselves any favours. This is awful stuff.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:58
by threesixty
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:51
threesixty wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:47
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:41
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.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:58
by Iron Duke
Magassa has been pony
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:57
by 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.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:57
by 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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:56
by 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?
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:55
by Metroplex
10 changes ffs. What a soppy bald tit
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:55
by 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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:54
by goose
Traore is the only player with a forward thinking thought in his head.
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:53
by Come On You Irons
Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:51
Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:47
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).
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:52
by 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?
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:52
by Takashi Miike
honky cat" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:50
Traore the fucking state of it, looks like hes shat his nappy. A giant walking arse.
Hahaha
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:51
by Keep dreaming
Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:47
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
Re: Burton Albion vs West Ham | FA Cup | 12.2.26 | Predictions & Match Thread
Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 12:51
by Takashi Miike
threesixty wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:47
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:41
threesixty wrote: ↑14 Feb 2026, 12:37
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
