Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

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Well after the disaster of Monday at Brentford, the thought of more West Ham in the same week is enough to put anyone in a bad mood.  The 'pros' always talk about wanting to get bad games out of their system quickly, and this gives them that opportunity, but also sets up a horrible start to the weekend for the rest of us!

Teamwise, Mavro is out with what looked a nasty hamstring injury.  Fullkrug is still broken, and Earthy remains unfit.  Otherwise the rest of the squad are fit from a health perspective....maybe less so from a 'wear the shirt' angle.

Nuno's logic for his inverted fullbacks it's been revealed was to try and counter Brentford's inverted wing thread, by showing them onto the defender's strong foot...the less said about the success of that the better.  And it struggles to explain Irving and Soucek in the pivot, beyond maybe 'they're both tall'.

Anyway, hopefully that's the last of the experimentation and we can revert to what at least appears a bit less shit.  Wouldn't surprise me to see him go with a back 5 in this game though (and what I'll assume for my predicted XI).

Predicted lineup:

Areola

Wan Bissaka    Kilman     Igor   
Summerville                                            Diouf
Magassa Fernandes Paqueta

Soucek

Bowen

Subs: Hermansen, KWP, Todibo, Scarles, Potts, Irving, Guilherme, Wilson, Marshall

The squad is now a real quandary.  We don't have a good CB pairing...Todibo looks hopeless, Kilman and Igor both left footed, with one an unknown and the other weak as the senior CB.  Mavro was signed to be 3rd choice, but he's suddenly the most important man in the back line...a problem in itself.

Summerville is a must have...the only true pace in the side so leaving him out can't be compromised.  If 3 at the back and 3-4-3 was viable, not a problem....but once again we don't have a midfield with a logical two-man pairing.  Add in that Bwoen and Soucek are the only goals, and Paqueta is the only real 'vision' and we are in a bad place with a squad that don't work in combination.

So will he gamble on a bad back two, an untried midfield pair, or leave out one of the 'key' players in Soucek, Bowen, Paqueta, and Summerville.

And as for playing a real striker....

Predicted Score: Leeds 2 : 0 West Ham.

Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.

COYI!

[El Scorchio]

It makes no financial sense for him. And money is all he cares about really. Our position currently is a mix of incompetence at running a football club and a failed gamble we would have had just enough to stay up. He's probably shitting it about the prospect of going down because it means losing out on tonnes of money and plenty more to try and get us back into the PL.

He's well out of his depth and he knows it.

[Any Old Iron]

Our club, not just the team, are in a death spiral.  The rot starts at the head and as long as Sullivan remains as Chairman we are going to be in a very dark place very soon.
As for Leeds away, if Nuno can get a point from this fixture with the demotivated rabble that constitute our squad then the bloke must have magical powers.

[Takashi Miike]

what evidence have you got that Sullivan's trying to avoid the drop? he's just consecutively employed three of the worst managers around, and I know for some odd fucking reason you loved the spanish one

[Massive Attack]

"The notion was completely denied by the club"

​​​​​​fucking board puppet cսnt

If we were say around midtable (I know, what a nutty idea!) it would be a lot more plausible for Sullivan to then demand not bothering playing Wilson for the sake of paying him more. However everyone knows Sullivan fears losing his Premier League meal ticket more than anything else and so even if it means paying Wilson a few bob more a week, he'd reluctantly go along with it if it was more likely to mean we avoid the drop. There's no way Sullivan is demanding Wilson doesn't play to numpty Nuno. That's on him.

[Come On You Irons]

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

how? because he's our only fit fucking striker with any experience, and he's on £100k+ per appearance. why else would he not be starting games? you thick fantasist cսnt

Can't agree. It was Sullivan that pushed to get Wilson in ans has always had a hard-on for him as a Striker often flirting with the idea of getting him here. This one's on humpty Nuno when you look at some of hus equally moronic decisions already in the last match.

Well done. More honest.

[Takashi Miike]

"The notion was completely denied by the club"

​​​​​​fucking board puppet cսnt

[honky cat]

Hermansen
Igor
Todibo
Kilman
Mavropanos
JWP
Rodriguez
Irving
Soucek
Guilherme
Wilson

1-2

[Massive Attack]

I also think Wilson should play at some point. Nuno is showing some odd decisions.  Ignoring Wilson, out of position full backs, fucking JWP off.

A few of my alarm bells have already gone off and it's giving me a slight Fat Ange feeling about all this. Early days but some of his decisions are wacky as fuck. Ward-Prowse hasn't been performing well (like everyone else!) but for him to be effectively out in the cold straight away upon arrival when we are in no position to be choosey is strange management. You never know for instance how injuries pan out, let alone form..

Sort your shit out Nuno and stop cutting off your nose to spite your face! You need the dressing room on your side, not taking off their boots mid game or told to do one and go look for another Club long before the window next opens.

[Mex Martillo]

I also think Wilson should play at some point. Nuno is showing some odd decisions.  Ignoring Wilson, out of position full backs, fucking JWP off.

[stubbo-admin]

Ex posted today in relation to Wilson omission being pay related:

"We did our research and asked the question around. The notion was completely denied by the club and we were told that the manager just doesn’t fancy him."

[Massive Attack]

if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

how? because he's our only fit fucking striker with any experience, and he's on £100k+ per appearance. why else would he not be starting games? you thick fantasist cսnt

Can't agree. It was Sullivan that pushed to get Wilson in ans has always had a hard-on for him as a Striker often flirting with the idea of getting him here. This one's on humpty Nuno when you look at some of hus equally moronic decisions already in the last match.

[Far Cough UKunt]

 "you thick fantasist cսnt" ag ag ag

[Takashi Miike]

if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

how? because he's our only fit fucking striker with any experience, and he's on £100k+ per appearance. why else would he not be starting games? you thick fantasist cսnt

[Come On You Irons]

if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

[Takashi Miike]

if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

[joe royal]

2-0 Leeds

[twoleftfeet]

Areola
KWP
Igor
Todibo
Diouf
Potts
Magassa
Fernandes
Bowen
Summerville
Wilson

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

He's done a Nuno on Summerville, the poor sod.

To be fair, next to his 15 minute cameo vs Forest, Summerville at right wing back vs Villa in the FA cup last year was probably his best performance for us, although it only lasted 45 mins.

[Attwood]

Areola
Wan Bissaka
Todibo
Kilman
Diouf
Magassa
Fernandes
Paqueta
Bowen
Wilson
Summerville
 

[Lato]

Can't see anything other than a comfortable Dirty Leeds win!

[Massive Attack]

He's done a Nuno on Summerville, the poor sod.

[Keep dreaming]

Lol Stubbo, if that is your predicted lineup I'm sure as hell  glad you aren't the manager 

[Sweep]

Ideally he needs to go back to the sort of set up that we used v Everton and Arsenal. 

Magassa, Diouf, Wan-Bissaka, Wilson. ➡ KWP, Scarles, Soucek, Irving

If Mavropanos was fit, I'd put him in instead of Todibo. 

Would be typical of this West Ham to actually turn up away from home and deliver a performance after stinking the place out at Stratford.




 

[El Scorchio]

Bowen
Wilson*
Summerville

*by default I guess. However I think as much as his stock has risen simply by sitting on the bench, it'll drop like a stone when he's on the pitch and further the longer he's actually on the pitch (would love to be wrong but he is clearly not the answer. The answer is not at the club presently) assuming Sullivan hasn't vetoed using the bloke HE brought in over everyone's head on that deal in order to now save money which would make this the most pointless transfer possibly in our history?
 

i can think of a number of transfers we've made in recent times and been screaming 'WHY?!?!?!?' because its so fucking obvious that they are not going to work out. Sullivan punts that will cost us out PL Place. 

Absolutely. I think on the face of it we've signed worse/less talented players, but every facet surrounding this one (past it, injury prone, old manager didn't want him, new manager doesn't want him, fans didn't want him, Salthouse brown envelope special which no doubt benefited Sullivan personally, clearly unable to be relied on to lead the line or stay fit, was completely the wrong player for us, other better options ignored) plus the possibility managers have been forbidden to use him for cost purposes just makes this one so fucking pointless in every way. NO ONE benefits aside from Sullivan and his agent. It's a pain for the manager, he doesn't improve the team, the player seems unhappy, it's ridiculous.

[Mad Ferret]

I've lost all hope for this new cսnt, not even potter played ollie at RB. nailed on, home win

Good job that Ange is available again, eh.