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 just can't believe this line up still, even with an hour to process it. I still cannot see any sense or logic behind it. Nothing on Monday suggested this will work if tried a second time.

How are Fernandes and Magassa and Potts on the bench while Irving and Soucek start again after chasing shadows on Monday? Paqueta up front again? Just... what the fuck?

What's he seeing that makes him think this is the way to win a football match after Brentford absolutely arse fucked us?
 

[twoleftfeet]

Maybe it’s his way of trying to get his own team in.

I also think Scarles will be left back but who knows he might play him right wing

[stubbo-admin]

Ex has now reported that it's way more mental than 3-4-3

Scarles RB
Paqueta at 10
Summerville CF
Diouf LW

With ROTATION 

[Massive Attack]

This cսnt Nuno is gaslighting us.   Everyone slagged him for Mondays line up and so he doubles down.  What a fucking clown.  
Leeds must be licking their lips at the prospect of playing through that lot.  If he carries on like this for much longer then we’ll be looking for yet another manager.

 

 

I picked up on something in his last press conference where he spoke about how he knows how bad it is at West Ham trying to play at home and it just came across as an outsiders viewpoint rather than he's all that bothered about changing it. Is his heart really in it? I'm not so sure.

[Lee Trundle]

None of our players look up for it.  Looking at the floor.

[RootsRadical]

How fucking idiotic & depressing is that line up.

Get ready for Ange at this rate, and then the Championship with  Russell Martin.


Next level.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Championship, hahaha, league one beckons.

[Lee Trundle]

Mrs V is going upstairs to watch strickly. I might join her, or make her swap seats.

SEVEN
(rip to a fellow Hammer)

[violator]

Mrs V is going upstairs to watch strickly. I might join her, or make her swap seats.

[Lee Trundle]

Irving (£1.5m) keeping Fernandes (£40m) out of the team is proper LOL.

Nice one Sullivan and Potter.

[goose]

Calvert Lewis is nailed on to score 

[Massive Attack]

Has anyone told Nuno that Scarles ain’t a right back? Slow as fuck midfield again. I wish them luck but I won’t be watching 

Oh no you fucking don't you cսnt, we're not having another one to leave it to us to endure as you get away scot free..

Now lie back!

[Iron Duke]

Has anyone told Nuno that Scarles ain’t a right back? Slow as fuck midfield again. I wish them luck but I won’t be watching 

[ragingbull]

Only one good thing will come out of this line up, Irving should be starting for Scotland if he is starting for us.

[Massive Attack]

For further context of this fixture, Leeds are fucking wank full of shit in their side who haven't won in the last 3 games.

[cholo]

I expected nuno to want out and start playing silly buggers after about a year. I didn't expect it after 3 games tbf.

[claret on my shirt]

I feel for our fans that have travelled up there.

I hope they slaughter Sully and Brady and we can hear it loud and clear. If we lose badly they should be refunded

[goose]

Todibo has kept 1 clean sheet in all his appearances for us  

[kinglewy]

I feel for our fans that have travelled up there.

[Alwaysaniron]

Has Nuno had a fucking massive whack around the Vince. Who in their right mind picks that midfield. Even fucking Sheffield Wednesday wouldn’t pick that midfield. 

[Takashi Miike]

the midget is probably reading all these comments and laughing his head off, he's that fucking spiteful

[Any Old Iron]

This cսnt Nuno is gaslighting us.   Everyone slagged him for Mondays line up and so he doubles down.  What a fucking clown.  
Leeds must be licking their lips at the prospect of playing through that lot.  If he carries on like this for much longer then we’ll be looking for yet another manager.

[the coming of gary]

Takashi and massive attack are right

No - compo managers on the cheap

Someone else's failure becomes our failure
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[Dick Shaftsbury]

Absolutely outrageous that he has picked that team after team after last week.

[kinglewy]

We are all getting shafted from our own fucking football club.