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Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 23 Oct 2025, 10:28
by stubbo-admin
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Well after the disaster of Monday at Brentford, the thought of more West Ham in the same week is enough to put anyone in a bad mood. The 'pros' always talk about wanting to get bad games out of their system quickly, and this gives them that opportunity, but also sets up a horrible start to the weekend for the rest of us!
Teamwise, Mavro is out with what looked a nasty hamstring injury. Fullkrug is still broken, and Earthy remains unfit. Otherwise the rest of the squad are fit from a health perspective....maybe less so from a 'wear the shirt' angle.
Nuno's logic for his inverted fullbacks it's been revealed was to try and counter Brentford's inverted wing thread, by showing them onto the defender's strong foot...the less said about the success of that the better. And it struggles to explain Irving and Soucek in the pivot, beyond maybe 'they're both tall'.
Anyway, hopefully that's the last of the experimentation and we can revert to what at least appears a bit less shit. Wouldn't surprise me to see him go with a back 5 in this game though (and what I'll assume for my predicted XI).
Predicted lineup:
Areola
Wan Bissaka Kilman Igor
Summerville Diouf
Magassa Fernandes Paqueta
Soucek
Bowen
Subs: Hermansen, KWP, Todibo, Scarles, Potts, Irving, Guilherme, Wilson, Marshall
The squad is now a real quandary. We don't have a good CB pairing...Todibo looks hopeless, Kilman and Igor both left footed, with one an unknown and the other weak as the senior CB. Mavro was signed to be 3rd choice, but he's suddenly the most important man in the back line...a problem in itself.
Summerville is a must have...the only true pace in the side so leaving him out can't be compromised. If 3 at the back and 3-4-3 was viable, not a problem....but once again we don't have a midfield with a logical two-man pairing. Add in that Bwoen and Soucek are the only goals, and Paqueta is the only real 'vision' and we are in a bad place with a squad that don't work in combination.
So will he gamble on a bad back two, an untried midfield pair, or leave out one of the 'key' players in Soucek, Bowen, Paqueta, and Summerville.
And as for playing a real striker....
Predicted Score: Leeds 2 : 0 West Ham.
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.
COYI!
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:32
by twoleftfeet
Has the substitute board broken?
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:32
by El Scorchio
Irving is just MILES behind the play. Miles. How is this being allowed to carry on? What is happening on the bench?
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:31
by goose
How many times in the last two games has someone been allowed to run 40 or 50 yards through the middle of our team?
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:31
by claypole
Go on have a run
Go on have a shot
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:30
by El Scorchio
Aaronsen just skipped through our ENTIRE midfield one by one then. While carrying the ball 3/4 of the length of the pitch, None of them got near him.
GET THEM OFF NOW YOU STUPID BEARDED cսnt. WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT?
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:30
by southbankbornnbred
Any rational assessment of West Ham, as a team and club, tells you we’re getting relegated this season.
Called it before the season started, so this isn’t a case of “going early” or an angry reaction to tonight. The squad is mid-table Championship calibre. It wouldn’t get promoted. Too many massively over-rated, overpaid, lazy and unbothered players.
They don’t care. They have no backbone. No fight. Little ability. They’re here for the payday. Most will leave when their relegation clauses kick in and they are forced to take a lower wage. They’re not committed to West Ham. In a year’s time, many of them will be kissing the badge of another club mug enough to buy them.
And that’s just the squad. Before we even start to consider how badly this place is run. Which is the biggest mess imaginable.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:29
by mallard
They’re weaving through our non-existent midfield
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:29
by Sweep
Pitiful from the midfield - let Aaronson run the length of the pitch.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:27
by El Scorchio
Kilman with an unforgivably bad pass there to lose possession,. Under no pressure.
Joke player.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:27
by Sydney_Iron
Just checked the score! Oh well
Only downside to the championship for me next season will be the coverage, but seeing as the PL seems to revolve around the same 4 or 5 clubs (media etc), not sure i will miss much?
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:27
by Hermit Road
At least Paqueta has given it a go and thrown himself about a bit.
its astounding ineptitude even in the realms of our levels of outstanding ineptitude for West Ham to have produced a squad as poor as this.
no fight, not much ability. A potent combination
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:26
by Helmut Shown
There is some improvement from the Brentford game when 100% of their passes went to the opposition, today only 70% to the other side, 30% go out of play.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:26
by collyrob
I’ve never hated a “superstar #10” as much as I hate Paqueta
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:26
by El Scorchio
We're all just standing still while Summerville is running sideways with the ball looking for someone to pass to. Irving was just standing still in his way.
Paqueta is getting sent off here. You can feel it.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:25
by goose
We’re not gonna get a decision out of this ref if we played all week.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:21
by camel-with-3-humps
Actually think Paqueta has been one of our better players.
Todibo, Kilman and Soucek are awful. Summerville has no end product. Gives the ball away. Diouf anonymous.
So many poor performances.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:20
by El Scorchio
Paqueta marking Calvert Lewin, What have they been doing in training? He's never ever ever beating him in the air. The two cowards at CB need to step the fuck up.
We're losing to bang average journeyman players with a bang average journeyman manager. And you can see why
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:19
by Come On You Irons
goose wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 21:17
No subs.
what cսnt watches that & thinks that Soucek & Irving are turning this around??
A team sabotaging cսnt. That's who.
The fat greek Forest owner was right about this cսnt all along.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:18
by El Scorchio
That was never a foul by Soucek
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:18
by eusebiovic
Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 21:17
Didn't Sam say he couldn't fix a thing with that squad?
He would be 100% on the money as well
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:17
by goose
No subs.
what cսnt watches that & thinks that Soucek & Irving are turning this around??
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:17
by onsideman
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 20:58
What's mental is this lot are piss poor. We could actually still win this with the right subs at half time.
Skip that. No changes. Nuno obviously thinks its ok
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:17
by Tomshardware
Turned it off. Not wasting any more of my evening watching this shit.
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:17
by Far Cough UKunt
Didn't Sam say he couldn't fix a thing with that squad?
Re: Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 21:16
by El Scorchio
Irving and Soucek coming out for the start of the second half is nothing short of a disgrace. What more evidence does he need to prove this is a losing formula? Have Magassa and Fernandes spitroasted his missus or something?