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!

[Rossal]

 

I didn't want him starting either, I wanted Potts and Fernandes! But don't let that get in the way of your incessant hatred for Tomas Scapegoat you wanker.

 

 

fuck off i’ve been saying he is shit all week and you’ve been telling me the opposite. Then have the cheek to moan about the starting 11 when your starboy
is picked 

You’ve been championing him last few days, fucking own it

 

No you fuck off you braindead div. I've defended Soucek because apparently we "only play with 10 men" whenever he plays and yet he has made a shitload of goals for us and helped us to stay in the Prem, go on 3 deep European Cup runs that actually led to silverware.

You can try as hard as you like to boil it down to the start of this seasons form which I haven't defended, just the bits where he hasn't "done fuck all" with clear examples of when he does. But you only want to hound a player out who has given everything to West Hams cause which I am very grateful for, even if you aint.

 

 

yeah it is playing with 10 men, you not watch the game tonight? Fuck what he did 2 years ago, i care about now and he is a fucking passenger as i have said all week

[Texas Iron]

blame Nuno…

Reverse Full Backs…Stupidity…

Cannot de fend A Corner…an obvious weakness he has not addressed…

[Metroplex]

Make no mistake, that was a woeful Leeds team. A team that, as awful as we've been for the past few seasons, we'd usually defeat. We're going backwards under this cսnt. And I didn't even think that was possible.

[Massive Attack]

Paqueta is wank, he shouldn’t be in the starting XI

 

been banging this drum all season too, again this week had a load of stick for it

fucking see it now do we all? 

 

 

The one thing we have both been in full agreement on. He has been terrible which has dated back to 2 seasons now.

[Rossal]

Paqueta is wank, he shouldn’t be in the starting XI

 

been banging this drum all season too, again this week had a load of stick for it

fucking see it now do we all? 

 

I think you’ll find I’ve been digging him out for months, I didn’t include him in my favoured starting line up. He offers nothing, I’d rather see Fernandes in the Paqueta role.

wasnt a response to you, was agreeing with you and a response to the forum 

[Massive Attack]

 

 

Yeah glad Soucek started he was fucking unreal yet again tonight you absolute tool

 

I didn't want him starting either, I wanted Potts and Fernandes! But don't let that get in the way of your incessant hatred for Tomas Scapegoat you wanker.

 

 

fuck off i’ve been saying he is shit all week and you’ve been telling me the opposite. Then have the cheek to moan about the starting 11 when your starboy
is picked 

You’ve been championing him last few days, fucking own it

 

 

No you fuck off you braindead div. I've defended Soucek because apparently we "only play with 10 men" whenever he plays and yet he has made a shitload of goals for us and helped us to stay in the Prem, go on 3 deep European Cup runs that actually led to silverware.

You can try as hard as you like to boil it down to the start of this seasons form which I haven't defended, just the bits where he hasn't "done fuck all" with clear examples of when he does. But you only want to hound a player out who has given everything to West Hams cause which I am very grateful for, even if you aint.

[twoleftfeet]

Paqueta is wank, he shouldn’t be in the starting XI

 

been banging this drum all season too, again this week had a load of stick for it

fucking see it now do we all? 

 

 

I think you’ll find I’ve been digging him out for months, I didn’t include him in my favoured starting line up. He offers nothing, I’d rather see Fernandes in the Paqueta role.

[southbankbornnbred]

Pathetic. Gutless. Clueless.

With the exception of our fans, EVERYBODY involved in that catastrophe tonight should hand their heads in shame. Manager, coaches, players, fitness staff etc. Absolutely abysmal.

Not even close to Premier League standard.

[twoleftfeet]

Who knew that playing players in their best positions would make a difference

[Rossal]

Paqueta is wank, he shouldn’t be in the starting XI

 

 

been banging this drum all season too, again this week had a load of stick for it

fucking see it now do we all? 

[Massive Attack]

It was how it was laid out on the screen, nothing more than that. More a dig at Nuno, not you.

Ok point taken

 

I actually like the players you selected. Not far off what I'd go for.

 

 

F.A.O. Rossal

[Rossal]

 

 

Of course you only concentrate on Tomas Scapegoat as others like Paqueta gets overlooked!

 

 

Yeah glad Soucek started he was fucking unreal yet again tonight you absolute tool

 

I didn't want him starting either, I wanted Potts and Fernandes! But don't let that get in the way of your incessant hatred for Tomas Scapegoat you wanker.

 

 

 

 

fuck off i’ve been saying he is shit all week and you’ve been telling me the opposite. Then have the cheek to moan about the starting 11 when your starboy
is picked 

You’ve been championing him last few days, fucking own it

[Vexed]

This one's on Nuno again, the bloke is a fucking idiot. Rob Green coating Nuno on Sky, rightly so.

Special mention for Todibo who is the shittest player I've ever seen pull on the shirt in the last decade. I hope someone ends his career with a neck high two footer in training. 

Baffling, there needs to be some sort of enquiry as to what the fuck Nuno was playing at with that fucking lineup, useless cսnt. 

[El Scorchio]

I quite liked the 2nd half, which we won.

Makes you think 'what if' for the starting line up doesn't it. 

[Mex Martillo]

I quite liked the 2nd half, which we won.

[Pedro.]

That’s all on the manager. 

Two games thrown there. What was that lineup?

Strange how we look good when you put your players in the right positions. 

We are going down if he carry’s on with that starting lineup. 

[El Scorchio]

That's on Nuno with that pathetic starting line up. Lot better with Fernandes and Potts on although didn't create a great deal but at least we competed. Can't see us getting out of it though with our two centre backs. Maybe move Soucek and Irving back there, at least they won't have to run too far!

 

 

They were in full on defensive mode by then. We could have won that game with other players.

Rob Green is slaughtering us right now and rightly so. 'How can you make 5 subs and end up with a better team in a better formation than what you started with?' Too right mate. Too right.

[Massive Attack]

 

 

yeah mainly because he picked your useless cսnt of a mate Soucek yet again. As i said, playing with 10 men!

 

 

Of course you only concentrate on Tomas Scapegoat as others like Paqueta gets overlooked!

 

 

Yeah glad Soucek started he was fucking unreal yet again tonight you absolute tool

 

 

I didn't want him starting either, I wanted Potts and Fernandes! But don't let that get in the way of your incessant hatred for Tomas Scapegoat you wanker.

[Come On You Irons]

What a cսnt Todibo is. We get a lifeline and then we floats a shit ball into the keepers arms and then wasted two minutes giving away a stupid free kick and then getting himself booked with a mardy show of dissent.

I haven't hated a player more than him for a long, long time.

[onsideman]

Todibo completing a whole match despite being utter dog shit.

 

 

 

 

How bad must Igor be?

[twoleftfeet]

Paqueta is wank, he shouldn’t be in the starting XI

[Rossal]

Absolutely disgraceful Nunothing chucking away 2 back to back important 6 pointers against 2 relegation rivals like that. Leeds are well away from us now. Fucking joke.

 

 

yeah mainly because he picked your useless cսnt of a mate Soucek yet again. As i said, playing with 10 men!

 

 

Of course you only concentrate on Tomas Scapegoat as others like Paqueta gets overlooked!

 

 

 

 

Yeah glad Soucek started he was fucking unreal yet again tonight you absolute tool

[Massive Attack]

Second time we have lost because of team selection!

 

 

Yep threw 2 games on the bounce with the most bonkers tactics, formation and selections. Nuno's lost his tiny mind.

[Sweep]

On the plus side, at least we scored a goal.

Lost that game when the team sheet went in, just like Monday. 

Ref was poor.

[zico]

That's on Nuno with that pathetic starting line up. Lot better with Fernandes and Potts on although didn't create a great deal but at least we competed. Can't see us getting out of it though with our two centre backs. Maybe move Soucek and Irving back there, at least they won't have to run too far!