Nott'm Forest vs West Ham | PL | 31.08.25 | Prediction & Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Next up in the Potter disaster class ...Forest away.

Looks like we'll be bolstered by Fernandes arrival in the squad, but Magassa won't be signed in time. 

Prediction: 3-1 Forest (Wood 2, MGW 1; Bowen for us)

Lineup:

Hermansen 

Todibo Mavropanos Aguerd

Walker-Peters Fernandes Rodriguez Soucek Diouf

Bowen (c) Paqueta

Usual match day gubbins to follow.


Match Centre: 

 Odds: 
WHU: 17/4
Draw: 16/5
Forest: 7/10

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[Gary Strodders shank]

On today's albeit limited evidence if Wilson stays fit he could turn out to be a half decent signing.

A decent goalscorer and looks like he fancies the job 
We just need to give him the service like he got today..


 

[fraser]

My step mum had a stroke ,bleeded from the brain and now slowly dying ,I've now got to to look after my disabled ill dad  who is bouncing after that win. That was fucking brilliant   ,anyone who says different is a moron. Im smiling again after 4 horrible days . Coyi 

 

My motherin law had three brain bleeds in January, wasn't given much hope.. Has gone back home 4 weeks ago.. Hope she pulls through 

[stubbo-admin]

I thought Irvine has looked decent in most of his cameo appearances. A better version of Soucek in his work on and off the ball but very unlikely to
match Tonny’s goal threat. Would he be happy as an impact sub? If he was ok , he might be worth retaining. Did well in his minutes today as the fame became stretched. 

Is he worth more to us than the fee we’d get for him? Probably, depending on who else leaves. I think we owe it to him not to stand in his way though if a decent offer came in that he liked and we were just going to use him as cover. 

True especially given he's mid career and we're paying him a relative pittance.

[El Scorchio]

I thought Irvine has looked decent in most of his cameo appearances. A better version of Soucek in his work on and off the ball but very unlikely to
match Tonny’s goal threat. Would he be happy as an impact sub? If he was ok , he might be worth retaining. Did well in his minutes today as the fame became stretched. 

Is he worth more to us than the fee we’d get for him? Probably, depending on who else leaves. I think we owe it to him not to stand in his way though if a decent offer came in that he liked and we were just going to use him as cover. 

[El Scorchio]

Surely it has to be keep Irving and bin off JWP? Big mistake if we don't....

Irving staying now bud.

No idea if you've got actual knowledge of this but hopefl so. IMO he's massively underrated. Pretty much our best 1 and 2 touch passer. Works hard, good shot, ok in the air, positionally disciplined.  If he was more naturally athletic he'd be worth a lot of money.

About as much as he has of kit suppliers. Just desperate for attention. 

[BRANDED]

It wasnt just a win. We found a way to not concede. We avoided calamity and then found our scoring boots. It was cathartic after a long stretch of absolute shit cuntery. 

[nerd2]

My step mum had a stroke ,bleeded from the brain and now slowly dying ,I've now got to to look after my disabled ill dad  who is bouncing after that win. That was fucking brilliant   ,anyone who says different is a moron. Im smiling again after 4 horrible days . Coyi 
 

[twoleftfeet]

Great to get a win, but some people here are going way over the top that there's some kind of renaissance here. We were fucking shite for the first 80 minutes. The only good we've seen from Potter has been the first 45 vs Fulham on his debut and the last 10+ today: ie Summerville's only time on the pitch. Hopefully he's a Harry Potter-esque magic man and can play 90 mins every match for the rest of the season or else we're in trouble.

Maybe it ain't about Summerville being a talisman as much about playing people in their right positions, as was said by some of us on here at half time about putting an actual left winger on.

Fuck me you are a miserable cսnt.

3-0 away to Forest and you are finding something to moan about.

Unbelievable 

[Sir Alf]

I thought Irvine has looked decent in most of his cameo appearances. A better version of Soucek in his work on and off the ball but very unlikely to
match Tonny’s goal threat. Would he be happy as an impact sub? If he was ok , he might be worth retaining. Did well in his minutes today as the fame became stretched. 

[stubbo-admin]

Surely it has to be keep Irving and bin off JWP? Big mistake if we don't....

Irving staying now bud.

No idea if you've got actual knowledge of this but hopefl so. IMO he's massively underrated. Pretty much our best 1 and 2 touch passer. Works hard, good shot, ok in the air, positionally disciplined.  If he was more naturally athletic he'd be worth a lot of money.

[yngwies Cat]

When was the last time when 9 mins came up and we thought oh fuck .

[Eerie Decent]

I've watched Liverpool vs Arsenal, which was pony, and now the Villa vs Palace game, also shit.

I think most games now are boring, it's the way football is, overly tactical.

We played well today overall, scored 3 goals, their keeper made 3 world class saves, and Wilson took one off the boot of Bowen. Fuck knows what more you expect from an away game.

[Ron Eff]

As always, someone has to be negative. We weren’t shit for 80 minutes. It wasn’t hugely entertaining, but it wasn’t shit, and against a side most accept are quite decent and with a lump up front that has caused us problems for years.

They never really looked like scoring. You might not like watching it, but it but it was far from shit. It was a professional away performance with a number of positive signs, and realistically, could have been four or five once we started picking them off.

Reminded me a bit of the game early on against Brighton in 2023, which everyone lauded, except in that, they had more than 20 shots and we had 22% possession!

[honky cat]

I don't know what's happened with Villa, did they lose interest or did he?

 

 

Until the deadline passes we won't know. If I was Mr P I would keep giving the fans what they want, until I am no longer a west ham player. Why burn bridges and the move falls through?  Someone has put this story out to test interest in the player, I think. 

He was good today to be fair. 

[fraser]

Great to get a win, but some people here are going way over the top that there's some kind of renaissance here. We were fucking shite for the first 80 minutes. The only good we've seen from Potter has been the first 45 vs Fulham on his debut and the last 10+ today: ie Summerville's only time on the pitch. Hopefully he's a Harry Potter-esque magic man and can play 90 mins every match for the rest of the season or else we're in trouble.

Maybe it ain't about Summerville being a talisman as much about playing people in their right positions, as was said by some of us on here at half time about putting an actual left winger on.

If you can't go over the top when we keep a clean sheet, score three goals and win three points away from home when good days are far and few between wtf is the point.

I doubt anyone thinks it's a renaissance but there was something to cling on to, some hope. 

We did play well though and snuffed them out as I'm sure the plan was to be solid and not lose to get us at least a point, the three goals at the end along with the three points is a lovely way to go into an international break after so much misery... 

[Mr Anon]

We were fucking shite for the first 80 minutes.

 

Bollocks. 

It was a textbook away performance. Looked good at the back for a change, and looked the much more likely to score throughout the game. And eventually did.

I guarantee you wouldn't have said that if we hadn't won, as looked likely until after the 80th minute.

mate if you can't be happy after that you're following the wrong team

[Alfs]

I don't know what's happened with Villa, did they lose interest or did he? Whatever, I liked his intention from the phone celebration today and I am hoping we have the old Paqueta back.

Apparently it was a false rumour started by that Fabrizio geezer.

[Briano]

As it is I'll park letting Kudas go and the thousands of micro-fuck ups our idiot chairman has committed to make us a laughing stock. Fuck Sullivan, fuck Nayef, fuck Kudas (we've got Summerville) until at least Tuesday.


 

Kudus had an explosive 1st 2 games then yesterday went back to being the player we’ve been watching, Spuds fans were moaning like fxck. 
Looks like good business

[wils]

While Paqueta can be frustrating you can't ever accuse him of hiding on the pitch.  Always wants the ball, he worked hard defensively as well and is pretty good in the air.  I called him a liability in the first half but very pleased to eat humble pie.

 

 

I was pretty much down on him before kick off. My son sent me the news on social media that Villa were talking to him and my response was 'good riddance' for a number of reasons. I know how sublime he can be and how creative he is in our attacks but I think that clouds people's perception of how much he costs us in terms of losing possession. Even today where he has been at his best, so many of Forest's attacks started from him giving away possession on what should have been a simple pass. I also hate the way he breaks up play by diving during our attacks even though he won some useful free kicks today. But more than anything, if the rumour was true that he was forcing a move to Villa, I was a bit pissed off that is how he chose to pay the club back after sticking by him through the betting scandal. 

I don't know what's happened with Villa, did they lose interest or did he? Whatever, I liked his intention from the phone celebration today and I am hoping we have the old Paqueta back.

How fickle life is as West Ham supporter. I was convinced relegation was a certainty before kick-off and here I am optimistically looking forward to the Spurs match.

[Lee Trundle]

Whoever would have thought playing 4 at the back would have wielded that result?

Hopefully that'll be the end of playing 3/5 at the back for good, but I doubt it.

[Mad Ferret]

We were fucking shite for the first 80 minutes.

 

Bollocks. 

It was a textbook away performance. Looked good at the back for a change, and looked the much more likely to score throughout the game. And eventually did.

I guarantee you wouldn't have said that if the score had remained 0-0, as looked likely until after the 80th minute.

Did you even watch the game, pal?

Their keeper made about 3 big saves before we scored, whereas Hermansen didn’t make a save all game.

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

We were fucking shite for the first 80 minutes.

 

Bollocks. 

It was a textbook away performance. Looked good at the back for a change, and looked the much more likely to score throughout the game. And eventually did.

I guarantee you wouldn't have said that if we hadn't won, as looked likely until after the 80th minute.

[Tomshardware]

While Paqueta can be frustrating you can't ever accuse him of hiding on the pitch.  Always wants the ball, he worked hard defensively as well and is pretty good in the air.  I called him a liability in the first half but very pleased to eat humble pie.

[Mr Anon]

How the fuck can Fernandes come off before Soucek 

because he was clearly knackered and went down twice with cramp?

[Mr Anon]

Great result.
Awful game, apart from the last 6 minutes. I thought it was going to be a 0-0 bore fest.
Amazing how having one player, Summerville, with the ability to take the ball forward absolutely transformed us.

opinions and all that but absolutely disagree with that, at no  point did I find it boring, was great to watch them first half and us second half