West Ham vs Newcastle | PL | 2.11.25 | Prediction and Match Thread

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WHU: 24/5
Draw: 17/5
Newcastle: 4/6

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Another game at the soulless bowl. All eyes will be on the team selection in the first instance, with the hope that we revert to the Everton form, and purge the experimentation of the last two games.

Nuno seems to have confirmed that for him Paqueta is a fixture in the side at 10, so suggestions he might make way look impossible. Fullkrug remains sidelined. Earthy is back in contention, and Mavro remains on the sidelines. Ezra Myers and Fin Herrinck have been called up to train with the first team.

Predicted LineUp:

Areola

Wan Bissaka
Todibo
Kilman
KWP

Potts
Fernandes

Bowen (c)
Paqueta
Summerville

Wilson

Subs:
Hermansen, Igor, Diouf, Magassa, Irving, Soucek, Marshall, Earthy, Guilherme

Predicted Result:
More of the same seems likely, with them on form and another side with a powerful aerial presence. 

West Ham 1 - 3 Newcastle

COYI

[Mike Oxsaw]

Can only see a defeat by 2 goals or more and probably all over by half time.

Last gasp for my acca too, as Manchester fucking United let me down to the tune of 40 quid yesterday.

So Man Utd lost you this week's benefit fraud?

Is that how much benefit fraud currently is?

I bow to your superior wisdom on the subject. Don't dare to ask how you acquired such knowledge though - you revealing how would be akin to, oh, at random, off the top of my head, admitting to abusing an under-aged land mine victim in Cambodia.

[southbankbornnbred]

Won’t be at the game or protest today - work beckons.

But I hope it all goes well for those who will be there. Make your voices heard after the game.

One day this shit will end.

[southbankbornnbred]

We’re quite hopeless, so this is like trying to rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic.

But I’d go:

Areola
AWB, Todibo, Kilman, Diouf
Magassa, Kante/Potts
Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville
Wilson

But, Kilman (awful) and Todibo (lazy) are poor as a CB pairing.

Our squad is piss poor in too many areas. But I feel like Kante has to start getting some games/subs for us.

[southbankbornnbred]

We can't keep playing Kilman and Todibo. I would go so far to say that playing a U21 CB or Soucek instead of Kilman would be a better option.

It's gonna be a loss anyway. 

Soucek is too slow to play centre half in the Premier League. And our best u-23 centre back is on loan at Swansea.

We don’t have many options there.

[Harrow Hammer]

Their midfield is going to rip us apart....0-3 - a moral victory!

[XKhammer]

Can only see a defeat by 2 goals or more and probably all over by half time.

Last gasp for my acca too, as Manchester fucking United let me down to the tune of 40 quid yesterday.

So Man Utd lost you this week's benefit fraud?

[Mike Oxsaw]

Can only see a defeat by 2 goals or more and probably all over by half time.

Last gasp for my acca too, as Manchester fucking United let me down to the tune of 40 quid yesterday.

[simons]

Being now an exemployee of the club, I shall be watching this indoors, staying behind on the sofa for a good hour at least after the game in protest. I think we could win, like Len says, law of averages and all that innit. 

[Gary Strodders shank]

I think they will expose our weak centre backs once more unfortunately.

We can probably nick a goal but they could hit four or five.

I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised but my head tells me another defeat 

 

[Sir Alf]

Law of averages are being tested by our weak, inadequate squad. 9 months since a home win and only 2 this calendar year. That is simply a club in freefall.  

The younger players being picked is our last hope as we will be so far cut adrift by xmas that a transfer window will be irrelevant.  Nuno can then start preparations for a future in the championship by bringing thru the core of the U21 team. 

Btw, I doff my cap to the blind faith of 7 posters who think we will win today. 

[Massive Attack]

We will defeat Newcastle by two goals to one.

I know this seems unlikely but we can't always lose, to everyone,  all the time. 

The law of averages says we have to win a game of football sooner or later.

That's SCIENCE, innit.

SCIENCE is on our side.

Nuno and Potter both say hi!  

[Leonard Hatred]

We will defeat Newcastle by two goals to one.

I know this seems unlikely but we can't always lose, to everyone,  all the time. 

The law of averages says we have to win a game of football sooner or later.

That's SCIENCE, innit.

SCIENCE is on our side.

[Mex Martillo]

Any good tips on parking around the bowl? 

Not sure how I missed this thread. Our CBs sound do better if Nuno doesn’t invert the full backs.

[GBHammer63]

Agree about Kilman and Todibo, they’re not going to have grown any bollocks in a week and to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome is fucking ridiculous, the youngsters against Swindon showed more fight and togetherness than our current spine of the team, it’s not going to get better overnight but who knows? Sticking with the same old just gets us the same old. Time for Nuno to be brave.

[Keep dreaming]

We can't keep playing Kilman and Todibo. I would go so far to say that playing a U21 CB or Soucek instead of Kilman would be a better option.

It's gonna be a loss anyway. 

[Massive Attack]

I,d go for Stubbo’s line up except instead of KWP playing and sub I’d have Diouf starting.

Same. We've got to get the hell away from playing right footed Right Backs away from the Left and vice versa. Sick of seeing the likes of Wan-Bissaka, Walker-Peters masquerading as Left Backs. And fortunately (unfortunately for Scarles personally) due to injury that shit tactic has been ripped out of Nunothings hands from meddling further with on the opposite flank. Or maybe we'll now see Diouf playing there instead...

[nychammer]

haven't won at home in 9 months and id expect this to be a tough test at the best of times. 
1-3

Is it really that long?

Crazy to think children have been conceived, born and interfered with by joyo since the London Stadium last saw a victory.

well i suppose you have to take account of the summer down time but that's still pretty much 5-6 months of active football season without a home win. Combination of squad degradation and indifferent atmosphere at the ground. 

[Fauxstralian]

Our last home win was 2-0 v Leicester on Feb 27
We haven’t beaten a team currently in the Premier league at home since Jan 14th… 3-2 v Fulham

[THUNDERCLINT]

haven't won at home in 9 months and id expect this to be a tough test at the best of times. 
1-3

Is it really that long?

Crazy to think children have been conceived, born and interfered with by joyo since the London Stadium last saw a victory.

[nychammer]

haven't won at home in 9 months and id expect this to be a tough test at the best of times. 
1-3

[zebthecat]

Hmm. KWP at right back and sub?

It is still more sensible than whatever randoms Nuno will come up with based on the last 2 starting X1s.
If we don't go down it will be a miracle.

[twoleftfeet]

Keep it under 3

[Sir Alf]

Nuno wont help but the “Frankenstein” squad of players of 4 managers in 15 months, who had different tactics (high versus low possession ) and with large gaps ( no striker, no physically dominant CB ) , means imo that any manager would be hard pushed to get much out of it.  Even the likes of Glasner, Emery, Pep I contend would struggle to get results with this West Hsm squad against most teams. But Nuno, for some insane reason,  just sabotaged the last 2 games we did have a chance in.  

 

[Takashi Miike]

another fucking moron in charge, nothing has changed. we're going down

[GBHammer63]

Unfortunately for us you can’t coach your central defenders to not be cowardly, hopefully Newcastle don’t remember the 8-1 and get a bit vindictive. Whatever, we’re clinging to straws, you can’t give a quarter of a season’s head start to the rest of the league and expect anything other than continuing the trend.

Hopefully the sit in attracts massive numbers and shames the cunts into admitting abject failure. Think it’s going to get worse before it gets better.