Areola KWP Mavro Kilman Diouf Fernandes Magassa Paqueta  Bowen Wilson Summerville  Really hoping not to see Soucek back for this one. For me he represents the past and was a major factor in what was a failing midfield.  I don't mind which of the Callums starts, but either way, I would hope the other...

Areola KWP Mavro Kilman Diouf Fernandes Magassa Paqueta  Bowen Wilson Summerville  Really hoping not to see Soucek back for this one. For me he represents the past and was a major factor in what was a failing midfield.  I don't mind which of the Callums starts, but either way, I would hope the other...

It's hard to see Antonio as the solution to this situation, even if it's only as backup. Trouble is, this is going to mean Wilson gets a lot more time on the pitch - knowing his fragility, it probably won't be long before he gets injured too. I rate Marshall very highly and I'm kind of glad that he'...

Yes, the manager seemed to be happy with Fulkrug, but I would like to see Wilson get at least half an hour. What he lacks in terms of being a battering ram he more than makes up for in intelligence and guile.

Stopped reading when he wrote that we are an "East End" club. We're not. We are an east London club. And the distinction explains a lot about West Ham and its fans, which this bloke has just merged into the rest of London (including the plastic, soul-less City). Not surprising that a hack...

I would be delighted to be wrong but I can't see us getting anything out of this except some encouraging signs and a gutsy, competitive performance leading to a narrow scoreline. Agree with the lineup.

I think many of us are overlooking the fact that the problem with a lack of leadership wasn't Bowen but Potter. Nuno has already shown more leadership and strength of purpose in a few days than Potter did in a few months.  Okay, so Bowen isn't an "in your face" kind of leader on the pitch ...

Ban this fuckwit!

Well if we're going to lose, we might as well lose in style to put the final nail in Potter's coffin.

I wonder if they'll be in the directors' box today...

Anyone got any tips about streams? It's getting harder and harder these days to find one that works.

Same team as Sir Alf but Wilson in for Marshall, who would be better coming on after 60 against tired defenders. Also tempting to play Todibo instead of the ineffectual Kilman but they're probably as bad as each other. Another tonking and I reckon it'll be curtains for Potter. Not at all confident t...

Totally agree with Gank about him being a mini Potter. In fact he could be Potter's long-lost son - they even look vaguely alike. Both good at being Mr Nice Guy but both are spent, having somehow lost whatever skills they once had. I don't know if they have gone backwards or the football world has m...

I don't know where this PE teacher idea comes from. I have had countless PE teachers as colleagues over the years and they were all, without exception, hard as nails. Potter is way too soft, too much Mr Nice Guy to ever be a teacher. He wouldn't last 5 minutes. He'd have a tough lesson and witter on...

I'm not usually one for knee jerk reactions when it comes to getting rid of managers, but what we saw yesterday was absolutely dire and proved that Forest was just a flash in the pan.  Firstly the team selection. No striker, particularly leaving out Wilson after his performance last week. Starting w...

Anyone got a working stream?

Please?

Council Scum" wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 14:41 Not sure why anyone would want AWB in, he's been awful preseason and the start of this season. 

Hermansen

AWB    Mavro.   Kilman.   Diouf

Fernandes.  Magassa.  Paqueta

Bowen.   Wilson.   Summerville 

Stubbo - there's no way he isn't playing Wilson up front. (Better wrap him in cotton wool til Saturday and leave him out of the warm-up.)

Looks like a very tidy player, both in front of goal and in the build-up. I reckon he also went to the same diving school as Paqueta. Sign him up.

Oh dear never mind we'll have to play Marshall. ​​​​ Marshall is shit. Wilson is shit. Fullkrug is a useless  broken old wreck and is shit - but was the only barely viable striker we had.  Potter is the stupidest man alive for putting us in this situation. What a completely fucking obvious fuck up ...

That was such a good side. Loved watching them live at UP.

Yes, I know it's early days, but I thought it would be an interesting discussion. Obviously it depends partly on the formation that Potter settles on, but I'll go with the 4-3-3 that worked so well at Forest, or call it 4-5-1 if you like.  Hermansen - still gets the benefit of the doubt. Hope he se...

exile is an actual cսnt tbf. I remember ousting him from making ‘team for’ threads. Good times. Right, so you're that massive attention-seeking plank who used to be called faux-bear or something like that, among other names that you have used over the years. I wonder why you keep changing names. Pr...

Wow! I didn't realise how much things have changed on here since the days when I was regularly posting. I expected a bit of abuse (cheers MF) - fair enough, nothing's changed there. I expected a few joke posts too. But I didn't expect this much disinterest and disengagement. Five years ago a post li...

Yes, I know it's early days, but I thought it would be an interesting discussion. Obviously it depends partly on the formation that Potter settles on, but I'll go with the 4-3-3 that worked so well at Forest, or call it 4-5-1 if you like.  Hermansen - still gets the benefit of the doubt. Hope he set...