Everton vs West Ham | PL | 29.7.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Until West Ham find out mojo again,  a game against a David Moyes managed side will always have some kind of extra significance.

Layer on the pressure on Potter who looks like a dead man walking, and this game is under intense scrutiny. 

It looks for all the world like Potter has two games, not to save his job, but to buy a stay if execution, against Everton and Arsenal, made none the easier by these two being amongst the best set piece side in the league....the Hammers clear achilles heel.

The stats this far have backed up the eye test...West Ham ARE terrible at defending the box, none of the keepers help out on crosses, and we give up corners willy nilly.

But if Potter is to cling on, nothing but a win here will do.

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Match Centre: 

 Odds: 
WHU: 9/2
Draw: 29/10
Everton: 3/4

 Pre-Match Press Conference: 
Official Site

 Match Preview: 
Analytics United 

 Watch-along:
Hammers Chat


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Predicted LineUp:

With Everton's prowess at set pieces, Soucek's absence, and Potter's love to tinker, I expect him to fuck around with things and go to a back five.

Areola

Mavro.  Kilman.  Scarles

KWP.                JWP.                Diouf

Paqueta.          Fernandes. 

Bowen.         Fullkrug.

Subs: Hermansen, Todibo, Igor, Irving, Potts, Magassa, Summerville, Guilherme, Wilson

Predicted Score:
Everton: 3
West Ham: 1 (Bowen)

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Post Game

Breakdown: 





 

[Keep dreaming]

Hahaha, back on the field after 12mins.

Guess they had a hairdryer treatment. 45mins to shoutout worth...

[Sir Alf]

We need CBs that attack every ball and ones that talk. Buy a CB who can lead and direct the other defenders. Makes a big difference.

As mentioned problems in the spine at the back and up top. We need a proper striker who can lead the line.  And Paqueta how frustrating is he  ? He’s a massive liability at times and must think he’s some magician with some of the balls he gives away needlessly.  Needs to play with far more discipline for the team

Nuno has a massive job on his hands

[Far Cough UKunt]

What's "You're fucking useless" in German, anyone know?

 

scheisser

Never did like the cսnt, get Wilson on for fuck sake.

[honky cat]

Imagine we'd got magassa in July and done a preseaon.

I like diouf a lot, not the finished article by far but give him a season, and a couple of decent centre backs alongside.

[kylay]

The result may be the same, but I thought that passed the eye test. This is a competitive match which is more than we can say about most of our games this season and last. Much more intent in the middle and attacking third. Fullkrug is at least receiving service, and summerville is giving us another dimension on the left flank. Still need a lot of improvement and you can only polish a turd so much. 

[Keep dreaming]

Come on Nuno, make some racket and kick their Fucking fat arses. This is not good enough.

Sub:
Igor for Kilman
Potts for Paqueta . Okay Fernandes as can
Marshall for Fullkrug 
 

[Iron Duke]

Areola could have done a lot better with the goal too. What's he flapping at?

 

 

He had two Everton players on him. Someone from our team should have made sure that couldn’t happen.

[Massive Attack]

To call that goal ‘from a corner’ is a bit of a stretch. 

 

 

That's because it's not, the silly cunts. Areola actually deals with the actual corner excellently knocking it away from danger. The cross after that was where we all fell asleep ball watching like 10 year olds.

[ragingbull]

What's "You're fucking useless" in German, anyone know?

 

 

scheisser

[threesixty]

I dont think Bowen is getting much out of the wing today. I’d actually bring Guilherme on at right wing and put Bowen in the middle. If that doesnt work I’d take KWP off, play a back 3 and put Wilson on as well. 

I’d also wish we went back to man marking, Its just simpler. No one should get a free header in the box. They had 2 in the first half and scored one.Its mad.

[southbankbornnbred]

Got to be Wilson for Fullkrug at half-time, surely?

The German needs to spend about 90% less time whinging to refs and about 90% more time moving. He’s as immobile a striker as you will see.

None of this is Nuno’s fault, of course. But, feck me, this team needs a lot of work!

That said, we look more direct in the final third. Summerville makes a big difference.

[Mex Martillo]

Magassa looking very tidy, nice to have a midfielder making good forward passes. Sumnerville looking good. Fernandes good.
Paqueta misfiring, what was that shit at the end? Needs to step up.
Fullkrug passing around the box awful, get Wilson on.

[Massive Attack]

Areola could of done a lot better with the goal too. What's he flapping at?

[Iron Duke]

Nice to see Sky have Ferguson and Carragher as the half time experts. Nice balance.

[twoleftfeet]

Is Paqueta playing

Bring Wilson and Potts on and move Fernandes further up the pitch. 

[northbankboy68]

I would hook Fullkrug for Wilson 2nd half

[El Scorchio]

To call that goal ‘from a corner’ is a bit of a stretch. 

[Ron Eff]

Clearly a better plan with the ball, trying to play in their half. Got his work cut out sorting the usual frailties with idiot centre half's marking a yard away from the player. 

As for the fucking ref. Got so scared of that jug eared prick Tarkowski after not booking Magassa for winning the ball that he then proceeded to not book Keane for wiping out Bowen when breaking or O’Brien for a ludicrous challenge on Summerville, yet booked KWP for a nothing foul. 

[Iron Duke]

Apart from Summerville, Magassa and Walker-Peters, no one has played that well. We need a few more to step up. Then just hope we don’t concede another corner.

 

[Steady]

Magassa has Marc Vivian-Foe vibes, and I remember we slaughtered him his first few games and thought he was crap. Will take him some time to get up to speed with the Premier league, but definitely an upgrade on James Ward Potter-Prowse

[zico]

Nuno will certainly see he needs to work on the defence. Not much confidence in the centre backs or keeper. Magassa has grown into it after a nervy start. Need more from Paqueta, Fernandez and Bowen. Summerville a threat as usual. Wilson or Marshall on for Fulgrug for me. Positives we are still in it.

[Dick Shaftsbury]

Magassa made a few mistakes early on and was off the pace but now growing into the game, and he’s on the ball ALOT. Was in the right place at the right time quite a few times and stifled their attacks. I like him, just what we need 

[Keep dreaming]

Kilman and Mavropanos are equally bad. They also do not help eachother.

I would also go for subbing Paqueta and Fullkrug for Potts and Marshall 
Magassa and Potts take center and push Fernandes forward

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

Dreadful first half. We simply have no real clue or cohesion in forming an attack, and have the two worst centre backs in the PL in defence.

Can’t see anything changing unless we address it in the jan transfer window.

[goose]

It wasn’t terrible but we lack quality at either end of the pitch.