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]

I don't understand this line up. It was so shit on Monday and he's picked the same midfield.
How do Scarles and Diouf both fit in? Diouf as a winger?

There's either some shit going on behind the scenes or it's hard to think he's not trying to get fired, genuinely.
What are all these managers seeing in these players and selections that defy all logic? Does someone hit them over the head with a baseball bat when they walk through the door on their first day or Men in Black them? It feels like he's picking the weakest side he can get away with.

It was OK against Everton and Arsenal. It was shit against Brentford, so he's gone the Brentford way?

Fernandes MUST be unfit to start, what has Magassa done to get dropped? Why Irving and Soucek? Why NOT Potts? This is truly baffling. I was POSITIVE he'd really change it up and go back to what had worked to an extent. 

We're fucked. I can't see anything other than a loss tonight.

 

he wants the sack. the cսnt should never have been employed by us, he jumps from club to club picking up compensation for fuck all end product

 

 

 

 

It's hard to see a whole bunch of other logic behind this line up. How after Monday has he managed to make the starting midfield even weaker? That takes some doing. What even will the formation be?

It's like he's seen what DIDN'T work and doubled down on it.

[Sir Alf]

2 down by half time before he changes it 

[Sir Alf]

Its jaw droppingly bad from Nuno

 

[Lee Trundle]

Nuno looking for a quick pay off like Postecoglou

It's looking like that.

Good on him.  Fuck Sullivan up even more.  Make him look like the stupid fucking idiot he is.

[Massive Attack]

A reminder that these next 5 games are our easiest of the season starting with Brentford. After that it gets very difficult. But by all means fanny about with these Team selections now Nuno to get up a head of steam.. 

[Tomshardware]

Can't believe that lineup.   Surely Paqueta is not playing false 9 again.  Rather Soucek was up there at least he can win headers. 

[Sir Alf]

Heavy defeat

Nuno is clueless ot seems

[Takashi Miike]

I don't understand this line up. It was so shit on Monday and he's picked the same midfield.
How do Scarles and Diouf both fit in? Diouf as a winger?

There's either some shit going on behind the scenes or it's hard to think he's not trying to get fired, genuinely.
What are all these managers seeing in these players and selections that defy all logic? Does someone hit them over the head with a baseball bat when they walk through the door on their first day or Men in Black them? It feels like he's picking the weakest side he can get away with.

It was OK against Everton and Arsenal. It was shit against Brentford, so he's gone the Brentford way?

Fernandes MUST be unfit to start, what has Magassa done to get dropped? Why Irving and Soucek? Why NOT Potts? This is truly baffling. I was POSITIVE he'd really change it up and go back to what had worked to an extent. 

We're fucked. I can't see anything other than a loss tonight.

 

 

he wants the sack. the cսnt should never have been employed by us, he jumps from club to club picking up compensation for fuck all end product

[Massive Attack]

It reeks of an arrogant managers stubbornness to accept when they got it badly wrong. Only 3 days Training Away to a hostile crowd in Leeds and he sticks with it. 

[El Scorchio]

Nope. One change. THREE full backs with Fernandes benched

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

Nuno looking for a quick pay off like Postecoglou

[threesixty]

That’s a windup right? That isn’t the same team as Monday. Please tell me it’s a joke?

[El Scorchio]

I don't understand this line up. It was so shit on Monday and he's picked the same midfield.
How do Scarles and Diouf both fit in? Diouf as a winger?

There's either some shit going on behind the scenes or it's hard to think he's not trying to get fired, genuinely.
What are all these managers seeing in these players and selections that defy all logic? Does someone hit them over the head with a baseball bat when they walk through the door on their first day or Men in Black them? It feels like he's picking the weakest side he can get away with.

It was OK against Everton and Arsenal. It was shit against Brentford, so he's gone the Brentford way?

Fernandes MUST be unfit to start, what has Magassa done to get dropped? Why Irving and Soucek? Why NOT Potts? This is truly baffling. I was POSITIVE he'd really change it up and go back to what had worked to an extent. 

We're fucked. I can't see anything other than a loss tonight.

[Massive Attack]

The only possible explanation is that he is deliberately throwing games to force the sparkly jacketed midget's hand in January.

 

 

I just don't believe that for a second. You can effectively relegated a Team by trying to be that clever and this aint clever at all. 

[Mad Dog]

Fuck off nuno.  What the fuck is that midfield?

Is he trying to beat ange's 39 day record?

[Massive Attack]

Is he taking the piss?

 

 

He's fucking taking something alright, fella..

[Jasnik]

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[Jasnik]

bbc not sure what he is doing either.  So dont know where to put out players. 

[northbankboy68]

The only possible explanation is that he is deliberately throwing games to force the sparkly jacketed midget's hand in January.

[Mex Martillo]

No forward is disappointing, but I´m not writing us off yet.
I see some potential there...

[collyrob]

What an absolutely depressing line up 

[zico]

Are Potts, Magassa, Fernandes, Wilson all on pay as you play deals?!

[goose]

Is he taking the piss?

[Massive Attack]

3 year contract remember, a huge pay out, I've already questioned whether Nuno really wants to be here after some of his wacky decisions. The contract they managed to wrangle out of Sullivan was too good to be true and lapped it up. 

Postecoglu lasted just 8 games and if this carries on from Nuno, he too could be soon out the door. 

[Nick QQQ2]

How to fuck off as many fans as possible.  Nuno quickly putting himself into the firing line.  What a weirdo