West Ham vs Liverpool | 29.12.2024 | Predictions & Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Match Centre:

Odds:

West Ham: 13/2
Draw: 22/5
Liverpool: 2/5


Pre-Match Press Conference:

Post Southampton Liverpool Discussion


Tactical Preview: 

Babbling Irons Preview


Watch-along:
TBA


Streams:

Sport HD 


(With all live streams be mindful they can carry viruses etc.  Don't click on any ads and use a VPN).

  

[threesixty]

Ultimately Sullivan is the worst kind of micro manager. He’s probably not at the training ground etc but he makes key decisions that the people he employs should be making. And because it’s an ego thing he tries to cover his tracks as if it’s not him who is the disruptive person in all of this. 

the whole point of the DOF is that they set the direction of footballing matters. And they do it with the long term in mind. I don’t understand why you’d put one in and not just let them do the job. This whole committee nonsense of 3 people agreeing. Makes no sense. 

Feels like without Sullivans input we would have had Duran as a striker and Amorim as a coach. Why does he make things so hard?
 

[Hammer and Pickle]

Think Steidten will be delighted to get the sack

[Sir Alf]

We need 15 points or so. Thats our main goal for the rest of the season. Dont expect them anytime soon and expect Steidten to be sacked before Lopetegui as Sullivan has started to try and hood wink fans that just a recruitment failure and not his appointment of Lop is the reason for zero progress despite a 130 mill spend. 

[torino hammer]

Glad that my worst ever search (completely unsuccessful) for a dodgy stream did not work as it would have been very painful. I expect losses as I have done in nearly sixty years of support but gutless performances were not the norm in the days of under achievement and we accepted it more easily as the players were nearer to our lifestyles but the overpaid modern version really don't care what we think

[claypole]

I saw a little bit of the wolves game and was impressed with how much better they looked with about 3 weeks under a new manager.

[Sir Alf]

No one worth mentioning other than a few cracking saves from Areola.

But Alvarez was certainly not the worst of our midfielders. Paqueta was by a distance.  

Once the third went in the heads went down and then 2nd half our attempts to grab a consolation just led to Liverpool playing within themselves but wasily picking us off with their pace and slick one and two touch passing

We would have sat deeper and no overloading AWB with Moyes but result similar.

New owner needed as ever and new coach, a strategy, proper DOF and 4 or 5 quality players

[Takashi Miike]

Chairman looks looks he's been made into a human chrysalis.  And is that his son next to him....good God?

 

I turned it off but it's often Salthouse sat next to him, offering up more useless fucking cunts that can rape us for money

Wasn't Salthouse who is generally clean cut. This guy looked like a tramp in a suit.

 

 

Salthouse, Silkman, the money mad Czech cսnt, Brady, his two divvy Sons. does it matter? none of them know anything about football

[northbankboy68]

Fair play to Sullivan.  I think Lop was an inspired appointment and can appreciate what he saw in him. He sets up tge team really well, and I can see what he is striving to achieve.  His post match interviews are on the money and I am convinced we will end the season strongly.  Moreover, our star players are clearly inspired by him and will want to further their careers by learning from him and playing for him.  Thank you Mr Sullivan.

 

No, I was in favour of Moyes going.

oh, is this more ironic moyes cult gaslighting? no one wanted the Spanish version of your hero

 

[Hammer and Pickle]

Paqueta looks like he's having some sort of emotional breakdown - he's there but not really there. It's a real shame.

[Takashi Miike]

Fair play to Sullivan.  I think Lop was an inspired appointment and can appreciate what he saw in him. He sets up tge team really well, and I can see what he is striving to achieve.  His post match interviews are on the money and I am convinced we will end the season strongly.  Moreover, our star players are clearly inspired by him and will want to further their careers by learning from him and playing for him.  Thank you Mr Sullivan.

 

 

oh, is this more ironic moyes cult gaslighting? no one wanted the Spanish version of your hero

[Sir Alf]

Salthouse was there last game but regardless Sullivan will do anything but admit he appointed the wrong man. 

[Sir Alf]

Irvine is a better bet than Paqueta at the mo. Far less risk in possession but he aint a game changer for us. We need pace, physical strength and work rate desperately

[WHUFCUSA]

It was Jack Sullivan

[threesixty]

The mad thing is there are a number of supposedly “big sides” with top managers also playing shit at the same time. Spurs drew at wolves. Man Utd are shit. Man City still look a bit crap. It’s conceivable we get a result at Man City and we end up in 10th place above spurs and Man Utd. 

Under those circumstances you kind of don’t sack him.

We really need a top creative mid. Like a payet or something. Someone that makes things happen. I just can’t think of any who would come.. 

 

[stubbo-admin]

Chairman looks looks he's been made into a human chrysalis.  And is that his son next to him....good God?

 

I turned it off but it's often Salthouse sat next to him, offering up more useless fucking cunts that can rape us for money

Wasn't Salthouse who is generally clean cut. This guy looked like a tramp in a suit.

[ragingbull]

Every time Irving comes on he looks solid on the ball,.good at the one touch passes, and no worse getting around the field than any of our other midfielders.

Not sure why he isn't getting more game time given the other options.

 

 

No nonsense solid play almost an assist as well.

[northbankboy68]

Fair play to Sullivan.  I think Lop was an inspired appointment and can appreciate what he saw in him. He sets up tge team really well, and I can see what he is striving to achieve.  His post match interviews are on the money and I am convinced we will end the season strongly.  Moreover, our star players are clearly inspired by him and will want to further their careers by learning from him and playing for him.  Thank you Mr Sullivan.

[Sir Alf]

Sullivan sitting with Salthouse is his way of saying “dont blame me, it was Steidten and as you see I’m sitting with Will to fix his mistakes

[Leavemyarcelona]

Moyes out!!

Once again passing, defending absolutely atrocious. Paqueta, Mavropanos proving what a complete and utter waste of oxygen they are. Wan Bissaka all over the place. Season is a write off

[Pub Bigot]

Hope the nonce cսnt David Sullivan dies, and painfully. 

 

[Massive Attack]

On the way back with the oldun.. That was one of the worst performances I've ever seen us play. The manager, all the players were a fucking joke tonight. They deserve all the stick they get for that so called performance. 

[ragingbull]

We knew it was going to be bad and so it proved to be,it does look like the players are not playing for Lop and  they're just going through the motions.

[claypole]

There was a real chance in the summer to build and progress and they have really fucked it up

[Alfs]

And no doubt the humiliation will continue next week.

[Sydney_Iron]

We have obviously saved the worst for last this season? And fuck me that takes some doing remembering some of the shit we have served up, but this my fellow Hammers takes the award for shitcunt performance of the year.

Surely Lopi goes now? and he can take some of the players with him.