West Ham vs Fulham | PL | 14.1.25 | Predictions, Lineups and Match Thread

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Match Centre:

Odds:
West Ham: 23/12
Draw: 13/5
Fulham: 29/20

Pre-Match Press Conference:
Official Press Conference

Tactical Preview: 
Babbling Irons

Watch-along:
Hammers Chat Watchalong

Streams:

SportHD 

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[lowlife]

Thought he was excellent tonight, and a great bit of skill towards the end of the game. Always been reliable and clearly loves the club.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

That was a terrible game where we played for 10 mins and were outplayed the rest of it.

Scored 2 goals that were absolute gifts into empty nets and still tried to throw it away with two terrible soft goals. Very little quality and I dont think we had any shots on goal other than the goals. I hope Potter can do something better with this side, really must have trod in something to come away with the points after that. 


 

You're the sort of fella that gets up an hour early to pummel that 4k treadmill .

[Massive Attack]

37 goals for us sorry, forgot to include the 3 goals he also scored for us whilst on an initial Loan. Fantastic return for a predominantly Defensive Midfielder and doesn't rely on Penalties to puff them out either.

[lowlife]

A lot of people in our section started leaving around 75 minutes. Fucking hell.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Why are there so many empty seats?

Not proper  WHU that's why.
Tourists ..floaters ..cunts..

[lowlife]

Feels like the first time in a long time where it was nice to be in the stadium. Enjoyed that, and thought our passing is starting to look a lot sharper. Pressing was good too.

Delighted for Ings - came on with a great attitude, got the assist and celebrated like he’d scored. He’s got his haters, but continue with commitment like that and I reckon he can do a job for us (and score a few).

What I like about Potter, and it was mentioned in his appearance on the High Performance podcast, is that he wants all of his squad to get game time. Great to see Irving get some decent minutes tonight too - looked good on the ball, albeit a little rusty in patches.

Feeling positive, roll on Saturday.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Odd one that, bit lucky but then again we helped them with their two goals, but considering the team we had out we did well 

And some.
We didn't FOLD
Did you go tonight fraser?... I hope you weren't wearing gloves.

[nychammer]

Nobody got injured tonight, NYH.

Thank God, but its still a dire injury situation!

[Massive Attack]

The Midfield Goal Machine

Looks like he collected yet another war wound to his collection on his face. Nothing less than full commitment from our Czech Warrior. Excellent Captain performance by him today.

Three managers in a row see something in him. Even pulled out a trick or two tonight. Important player. 

Joint top scorer again too and contrary to popular belief he only really scores headers, that's his 3rd open goal with his feet. Still not hit 30 yet either with plenty more left in the tank, 34 goals and counting...

[Mad Dog]

What the fuxk happened there?
. that takeahi mike post about  f"uck all this moaning i acrually enjoyed that.. "was my post.  How on earth did it end up as being from him?

Must have somehow edited his post.

sorry Takeshi, 

[62Hammer]

Fuck all this moaning.  I just actually enjoyed a west ham game for fiesta time in bloody ages.  It was FAR from prefect but night and day to recent performances.  We actually passed the ball and finally we actually pressed a team rather than just sit back and let them do what the fuck they want.

Get some players back and keep this up and I might finally cheer the fuck up

Exactly. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a game this much. The players and the crowd all seemed to be enjoying themselves and the mood on the journey home was buoyant. It's what I've been waiting for.

[Fauxstralian]

Liked Potters post match on the bbc website 
Not getting carried away, mentioned several times that we have a lot to do

Fulham the better side in general play but we hung in there & took our chances.
On to Palace on Saturday 

[El Scorchio]

The Midfield Goal Machine

Looks like he collected yet another war wound to his collection on his face. Nothing less than full commitment from our Czech Warrior. Excellent Captain performance by him today.

Three managers in a row see something in him. Even pulled out a trick or two tonight. Important player. 

[Massive Attack]

The Midfield Goal Machine

Looks like he collected yet another war wound to his collection on his face. Nothing less than full commitment from our Czech Warrior. Excellent Captain performance by him today.

[cholo]

One thing is for sure is that you can never write Soucek off. Good performance and another goal to go with it.

[Takashi Miike]

Fuck all this moaning.  I just actually enjoyed a west ham game for fiesta time in bloody ages.  It was FAR from prefect but night and day to recent performances.  We actually passed the ball and finally we actually pressed a team rather than just sit back and let them do what the fuck they want.

Get some players back and keep this up and I might finally cheer the fuck up

**** note sorry takeshi, i somehow posted over your post**** mad dog

[El Scorchio]

That was a win for being positive and working hard off the ball. Forcing them into mistakes and capitalising from it. No way we score any of those goals under the last two managers. Pressing that high up the pitch was verboten. This is a great result as it will feed confidence and belief in what GP is trying to instil. Considering the amount of attackers injured we did great to score three goals. Sure we rode our luck but fuck it. I don’t care. The team for the most part stick to the plan and looked like they knew what we were doing, forced the oppo into mistakes and capitalised. That’s a win for being positive and forcing things, and a win when not playing well. 

Under Moyes or Lop we pathetically lose that game without a whimper. 

[Takashi Miike]

[twoleftfeet]

That was a terrible game where we played for 10 mins and were outplayed the rest of it.

Scored 2 goals that were absolute gifts into empty nets and still tried to throw it away with two terrible soft goals. Very little quality and I dont think we had any shots on goal other than the goals. I hope Potter can do something better with this side, really must have trod in something to come away with the points after that. 



 

I genuinely despair at some of our “ fans “.

How can you despair at honesty. It was awful stuff. Sure there was a bit of energy but very little quality. Clearly the manager isnt helped with the side he was able to put out and my expectation wasnt high going into this. So yes good 3 points but awful forgettable match. 

Whatever

[Massive Attack]

Potter working his magic.

In all seriousness, that was a freak result really when you look at the goals. The stats speak for themselves…although the work rate looked higher already.

Not impressed at all with Fulham. We were there for the taking and they completely bottled it.

That’s true, and it finally makes up for the Leicester match.

 

 

And hopefully this ain't just a freak managerial bounce like what happened in that Leicester game before they then went on a horrific run of losses soon after. We have a chance to attack the next game against Palace again at Home and get right amongst the top 10 middle of the table. Potter is getting a tune out of the Team with everyone working hard but they need to keep this up and maintain this level of effort. So far, so good.

[Full Claret Jacket]

That was a terrible game where we played for 10 mins and were outplayed the rest of it.

Scored 2 goals that were absolute gifts into empty nets and still tried to throw it away with two terrible soft goals. Very little quality and I dont think we had any shots on goal other than the goals. I hope Potter can do something better with this side, really must have trod in something to come away with the points after that. 


 

I genuinely despair at some of our “ fans “.

How can you despair at honesty. It was awful stuff. Sure there was a bit of energy but very little quality. Clearly the manager isnt helped with the side he was able to put out and my expectation wasnt high going into this. So yes good 3 points but awful forgettable match. 

[ironsofcanada]

Some good things for sure. 
We can pass when we need to and our players have skill.
The press was pretty good at points. 

But you can certainly see how slow we are, especially with the injuries to Bowen and Summerville. 
Lupetegui bringing  in two midfielder ( to go with Alvarez and Soucek,) who also have middling pace at best, was a huge misstep.

I like Mavropanos but need at least Todibo pace there as well. 
 

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

I like that Potter knows he has a big, if injury-ravaged, squad and is prepared to use his bench.

[Gank]

Nobody got injured tonight, NYH.

[nychammer]

A good result if fortuitous.Fulham will be kicking themselves for the mistakes that cost them at least a point. 

For us, aside winning, the positives are that we got a performance and we saw Scarles come on again. The Negatives are the dire injury situation, better hope we are doing business in this window !