West Ham vs Brentford | PL | 20.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

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 Odds: 
WHU: 8/5
Draw: 5/2
Arsenal: 19/10

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It will have been 16 days since we saw what football at the top end of things could look like by Arsenal, who made us look second class citizens in footballing terms.

This game is unusual this season, in so far as the bookies have us down as favourites to win.  Monday nigth, under the lights....but how empty will the bowl be.  With a boycott planned, kids for a quid, general sale tickets up for cheap, and Nuno's first home game, the atmosphere and attendance is anyone's guess.

Injuries wise, our Big Fucking German is big fucking injured again...reducing the options up front to the two Callum's.  Nuno chose to save ~86k in wages last time out, preferring the pace and mobility of Marshall over Wilson, and it will be interesting to see if he does the same thing here, or goes for a 'makeshift' centreforward.  And of course Soucek is back.

Other than that, there are no fresh concerns reported going into the weekend.

Predicted Starting Lineup:

Areola

Wan Bissaka   Mavropanos    Kilman    Diouf

Magassa

Fernandes             Soucek       Paqueta       Summerville

Bowen (c)

Subs: Hermansen, KWP, Igor, Potts, Guilherme, Marshall, Rodriguez, Wilson, Scarles

Predicted Score: 1-0 (Soucek)

COYI

 

 

[Vexed]

Relegation looks a probability now I think. 

[nychammer]

1 shot on target. New low.

Another dud.

We are going down, good. Start again with new owners and players who give a shit.

 

 

No we’ve had games without shots on target 

[Maverick180180]

Anyone know what the record is for the least amount of goals scored in a premier league season? 

[nychammer]

Is this what the death of a football club looks like ?  Forget relegation, that’s  nailed on, but who’s going to go that hole to watch championship or league one football. If we goo can see us staying gone. 

[Sir Alf]

Bowen will be off too end of season

[Pub Bigot]

1 shot on target. New low.

Another dud.

We are going down, good. Start again with new owners and players who give a shit.

 

 

We won’t get new owners if we go down. We’re stuck with him until he croaks it. 

[Nick QQQ2]

Nuno has managed to to erode any good feeling towards him in 90 mins.  This is our worst performance of the year.  I genuinely didn’t think that was possible.  Turgid

[Sir Alf]

Relegation without doubt and fully deserved

[El Scorchio]

Great. Down to 10 men. Cant even fucking send a physio to Mav. It feels that amateur

[Sir Alf]

Nuno aint the saviour or Messiah thats for sure. Any positivity from his first game has long gone.  Now Stavros is crocked

[twoleftfeet]

1 shot on target. New low.

Another dud.

We are going down, good. Start again with new owners and players who give a shit.

[Keep dreaming]

The stadium should be fucking empty until now.
Fucking pathetic from owners, managers, players to fans.

We deserve absolutely nothing 

[Sir Alf]

Areola ffs 

AWB has looked ok tyats about it

[El Scorchio]

This is all just inexplicable. It really is. 

[Electric Retro-pants]

Have we lobotomised our players?
There just doesn't seem an iota of thinking about where to be, to run, hold on or pass...playing like children.

[Westham67]

Nuno, the manager who got Forest into Europe. We have a disjointed squad, three Managers since Moyes 

[collyrob]

Honesty one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen some proper dogshit over the years

[Django]

This is a master lass on how to alienate the fan base further. Absolutely baffling management. 

[Sir Alf]

Its literally hit and hope from us

we aint scoring if we were here all night

[threesixty]

I’m hoping it’s some kind of test. 
He’ll start Wilson at Leeds, Guilherme etc 
I just can’t see how thought any of his selections was going to win this game. 
I want marshall to succeed but I think not putting on Wilson just threw the game away. And then not putting on Guilherme.. I mean. You’re not WINNING, why get a basic slow midfielder on? You’re not holding a lead ffs 

 

[Tomshardware]

Seen 3rd division sides give Premier League teams more of a game than we have tonight.

[Keep dreaming]

Another relegation battle on Friday gents.
Superb idea to "save our best players" in this match.

 

[goose]

Can we just knock this on the head and take the 0-1?

we won’t score if we carry on playing all week.

[Sir Alf]

2 wins in 2025 at home. Relegation is almost a guarantee looking at this season’s home games.  Sliw, weak CBs, no central midfield or striker. We cant get or keep the ball. Brentford are totally dominant, stronger, faster, better passing and movement .  

Im resigned to relegation. I see no way to avoid it with this squad and the managers we appoint

[Nutsin]

This is as bad as watching a fat Sam team.

This is as low as it gets for me. Hard to find a reason to keep watching.