West Ham vs Chelsea | PL | 22.08.25 | Predictions & Match Thread

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WHU: 4/1
Draw: 16/5
Chelsea: 5/7

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[simons]

We do this every season. Go into the start of it ill-prepared. 

Every fucking season, we play catch up with the rest of the division, thanks to that tight little cսnt who owns us.

[El Scorchio]

Yep the Derby County 11 point target is in sight. We’ve left things until too late in the transfer window. 


 

HOW????   how have we left it late when we've know for months what the gaping holes in our squad are!!!! We should have been scouting players since the last failed window. There is no excuse for where we are this late in August. No other club does this. 

Two words. 

Sullivan
Brady

[nychammer]

Yep the Derby County 11 point target is in sight. We’ve left things until too late in the transfer window. 

 

HOW????   how have we left it late when we've know for months what the gaping holes in our squad are!!!! We should have been scouting players since the last failed window. There is no excuse for where we are this late in August. No other club does this. 

[Sir Alf]

Yep the Derby County 11 point target is in sight. We’ve left things until too late in the transfer window. 

Changing the manager is all we have as a way to change things. We have no choice but Sullivan will leave it too late. 

Relegation looks inevitable

[Fauxstralian]

A stroll for Chelsea & could have had ten
Probably would have if Cole Palmer wasn’t injured in the warm up
Walked through our non existent midfield, we couldn’t defend to save our lives & the keeper we bought instead of a midfielder chucked 2 of them in. 
Thought Diouf was ok & Potts at least moved above glacial pace when he came on
Just utterly shocking
If we don’t buy 3 midfielders at least one centre half and a striker next week I could see us challenging Derby County’s 11 point season
Though I can’t actually see where 11 pts comes from

[Massive Attack]

The Yes Man gimp is on a long cushy 2 year deal. He aint doing shit.

[El Scorchio]

I feel like he’s just going to snap in one of these pressers and end up going nuclear about the owners before getting sacked the day after.

now THAT would be the way to get to the Dwarf. Having had a gut load of his shit, walk while you still have any integrity / chance of ever being hired again and then go to the press and spill your guts about  what a shit show our club is.

It could happen. Although I bet the little fucker made him sign NDAs

[F 129 Row66]

All the goals were give aways. The first a poorly defended corner, the second was a clear foul on Paqeta (Rich 6 reffing), two were goalkeeping cock ups (what a waste of money). Chelsea did not so much win as gratefully received the presents from West Ham,  We opened our door for them and could have let in more. I've been watching West Ham since 1963 and have seen some fucking rubbish in those years, including relegations, but this team since the start of last season, is the absolute worst I have seen; worse than all the relegated teams. Wiser men than me can speculate as to the cause of this malaise, but from an ordinary spectator's point of view I would say we are fucked

[goose]

I'll say it again when Moyes left.......be careful what you wish for 

Remind me where you said we’d finish this season………

[Massive Attack]

I'll say it again when Moyes left.......be careful what you wish for 

[nychammer]

I feel like he’s just going to snap in one of these pressers and end up going nuclear about the owners before getting sacked the day after.

now THAT would be the way to get to the Dwarf. Having had a gut load of his shit, walk while you still have any integrity / chance of ever being hired again and then go to the press and spill your guts about  what a shit show our club is.

[nychammer]

I was in work meetings all day so couldn't watch this circus THANK GOD, Sounds pretty grim

[El Scorchio]

I feel like he’s just going to snap in one of these pressers and end up going nuclear about the owners before getting sacked the day after.

[Mex Martillo]

We're a mess Attwood and I think it is too much for any one person to sort out, needs new owners and a complete revolution.

[southbankbornnbred]

Sullivan never takes action early and hides behind “we give managers time” as if its some badge of honour.  But this week he has one job and thats to get in at lwast 2 midfielders and a CB would be handy and a forward. But they got to be decent. Then thoughts can turn to lining up the next manager. 

I  would have said buy Iraola out of his contract but that is a non starter with Sullivan. That said, whoever comes in has a tough job with that squad. 

8 days to do some positive in the transfer market. Get some pace and strength in asap

Yeah. Whether the plan is stick with Potter or not, it’s at the point where he has to do something substantial in the transfer market right now if he gives a shit about staying up. There’s not enough for anyone to work with in that squad. It’s complete patchwork and so far below the level required to do anything except moyesball and pray. No one worth their salt is coming here while he just neglects the squad in favour of buying joke players from his mates. 

We probably need four good premier league ready players to go straight into the team. 

Chelsea weee strolling as well. Make no mistake. 

 

 

That’s the really worrying thing: Chelsea didn’t even play that well for long periods, and barely had to get out of first gear. If they’d have put their foot down in that second half, it would have been seven or eight - quite easily.

Just cut through that abysmal back three like a knife through butter. And, for once, AWB switched off, too. His worst game in claret and blue.

[Attwood]

I thought Potter was going to cry in his post match interview 
The job is too big for him, we ain’t Chelsea but we ain’t Swansea or Brighton either, he just doesn’t have the gravitas to manage West Ham

 

[Mex Martillo]

Disaster.
Potter is crap, but it really an't all his fault.
If you haven' t watched this then fucking watch it!
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[El Scorchio]

Sullivan never takes action early and hides behind “we give managers time” as if its some badge of honour.  But this week he has one job and thats to get in at lwast 2 midfielders and a CB would be handy and a forward. But they got to be decent. Then thoughts can turn to lining up the next manager. 

I  would have said buy Iraola out of his contract but that is a non starter with Sullivan. That said, whoever comes in has a tough job with that squad. 

8 days to do some positive in the transfer market. Get some pace and strength in asap

Yeah. Whether the plan is stick with Potter or not, it’s at the point where he has to do something substantial in the transfer market right now if he gives a shit about staying up. There’s not enough for anyone to work with in that squad. It’s complete patchwork and so far below the level required to do anything except moyesball and pray. No one worth their salt is coming here while he just neglects the squad in favour of buying joke players from his mates. 

We probably need four good premier league ready players to go straight into the team. 

Chelsea weee strolling as well. Make no mistake. 

[David LE]

Not even Will Still would take the job atm.

[Pub Bigot]

I'll say it again when Moyes left.......be careful what you wish for 

Even Moyes would struggle with the lack of the support from the board, and he regressed each season after our semi-final loss to Frankfurt, so he was never the answer. 

[XKhammer]

I'll say it again when Moyes left.......be careful what you wish for 

[XKhammer]

Fucking embarrassing 

[Sir Alf]

Sullivan never takes action early and hides behind “we give managers time” as if its some badge of honour.  But this week he has one job and thats to get in at lwast 2 midfielders and a CB would be handy and a forward. But they got to be decent. Then thoughts can turn to lining up the next manager. 

I  would have said buy Iraola out of his contract but that is a non starter with Sullivan. That said, whoever comes in has a tough job with that squad. 

8 days to do some positive in the transfer market. Get some pace and strength in asap

[Iron Duke]

I gave up watching at half time.

I’m past the point of caring now. If we go down, so be it.

[onsideman]

This is the 8th time West Ham have lost by 5+ goals in 9 years at the London Stadium. This happened once in 16 years at Upton Park.  

Wow

That’s crazy.

We also didn't lose by 5+ goals tonight

Be thankful for small mercies