West Ham United 25/26 relegation thread

[muskie]

Odds slashed from 5/1 to 7/2.

Watch this space.

I think we're fucked.

[claypole]

Finley Herrick got recalled from Boremwood yesterday. Was doing really well there, 10 games 7 clean sheets and 5 goals conceded.  Doesn't make sense to recall him unless Nuno is planning to throw him in. 

Casey also started for Swansea against City last night and their fans are waxing lyrical about him.  Rumours that Mayers has been training with the first team squad so I wonder if Casey might be in line for a recall aswell. 

Kante and Landers in the dev squad also signed new long term deals this week, interesting.......sign of intent of preparing for the Championship?

Other than last night Casey hasnt really played. I think he has about 12 mins playing time.

[eusebiovic]

Casey going on loan, when we were planning on playing 3 at the back under Potter, was really baffling.

We had 4 shit centre backs, to cover 3 positions.  Potter was an idiot.

Casey does need a solid season or two in the championship.

Maybe that's the plan...chance would be a fine thing to actually have one of those

[Lee Trundle]

Casey going on loan, when we were planning on playing 3 at the back under Potter, was really baffling.

We had 4 shit centre backs, to cover 3 positions.  Potter was an idiot.

[Massive Attack]

Finley Herrick got recalled from Boremwood yesterday. Was doing really well there, 10 games 7 clean sheets and 5 goals conceded.  Doesn't make sense to recall him unless Nuno is planning to throw him in. 

Casey also started for Swansea against City last night and their fans are waxing lyrical about him.  Rumours that Mayers has been training with the first team squad so I wonder if Casey might be in line for a recall aswell. 

Kante and Landers in the dev squad also signed new long term deals this week, interesting.......sign of intent of preparing for the Championship?

Going by what happened with Scarles, he'd play Herrick as a No.9, Mayers as a No. 10, Casey left wing, Kante Centre Half with Landers in goal.

[Rossal]

Finley Herrick got recalled from Boremwood yesterday. Was doing really well there, 10 games 7 clean sheets and 5 goals conceded.  Doesn't make sense to recall him unless Nuno is planning to throw him in. 

Casey also started for Swansea against City last night and their fans are waxing lyrical about him.  Rumours that Mayers has been training with the first team squad so I wonder if Casey might be in line for a recall aswell. 

Kante and Landers in the dev squad also signed new long term deals this week, interesting.......sign of intent of preparing for the Championship?

[eusebiovic]

I've often wondered why we've never picked up one of Salthouse's decent players.

I wonder if Sullivan has ever questioned him on that also when they've been in bed together?

Maybe he thinks Salthouse is a mate when really he just sees him as a complete mug that he can use to offload all his hard to shift shit onto while his better players go elsewhere.

"He moves in circles of friends who pretend to like him, he does the same to them and when you put it all together it's the story of a charmless man" 

NaNaNaNaNaNaNa!

Cheers Blur

[Lee Trundle]

I've often wondered why we've never picked up one of Salthouse's decent players.

I wonder if Sullivan has ever questioned him on that also when they've been in bed together?

[eusebiovic]

If you look at the Unique sports agency roster (it's on Transfermarkt.com) the list of Salthouse clients isn't all bad there are some half decent players there that could've ended up at our place. Given that the club is supposed to be on preferential terms with them.

Lacroix - Palace defender
Thiaw - Newcastle defender
Koussonu - Atalanta 

These players have all been linked with us at various times so what happens that results in our meddling owner signing Kilman and Todibo when there was far better out there who are more than decent for their current clubs. Who all play in European competition.

So how do we end up with such shite?


Che Adams in the January transfer window - mark my words.


 

Serious Defender. Been so impressed with him.

Oh look! Here's comes the BBC bigging up Malick Thiaw for being a proper beast of a defender totally suited to the Prem.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 7pw2edygpo

We could've had Lacroix and Thiaw as our central defenders as we were linked with them for months but we ended up with Kilman and Todibo.

The first two 2 cost £43 million between them.

Our 2 cost £75 million between them.

Let that sink in before you slowly pour yourselves a brandy.

Next level... genius 

[Gaffer58]

So, as it’s obvious that we will struggle this season are we already looking at the results of the clubs down the bottom hoping they lose to give us a chance of stopping up.

[Sir Alf]

I assume thete is now a consensus that Soucek should no longer start games in midfield? Being a slow player even when young , time has caught up wiyj him earlier than most. He should be used only as an impact sub? Of course if we had competent CBs that would make sense but I guess he will be picked to start solely for set pieces. The rest of the game as s passenger 

[Massive Attack]

If you look at the Unique sports agency roster (it's on Transfermarkt.com) the list of Salthouse clients isn't all bad there are some half decent players there that could've ended up at our place. Given that the club is supposed to be on preferential terms with them.

Lacroix - Palace defender
Thiaw - Newcastle defender
Koussonu - Atalanta 

These players have all been linked with us at various times so what happens that results in our meddling owner signing Kilman and Todibo when there was far better out there who are more than decent for their current clubs. Who all play in European competition.

So how do we end up with such shite?


Che Adams in the January transfer window - mark my words.

 

Serious Defender. Been so impressed with him.

[eusebiovic]

If you look at the Unique sports agency roster (it's on Transfermarkt.com) the list of Salthouse clients isn't all bad there are some half decent players there that could've ended up at our place. Given that the club is supposed to be on preferential terms with them.

Lacroix - Palace defender
Thiaw - Newcastle defender
Koussonu - Atalanta 

These players have all been linked with us at various times so what happens that results in our meddling owner signing Kilman and Todibo when there was far better out there who are more than decent for their current clubs. Who all play in European competition.

So how do we end up with such shite?


Che Adams in the January transfer window - mark my words.
 

[Sir Alf]

The “writing has been on the wall” imo since 2023 when the league form started falling away and Moyes said he only wanted a small squad (15) and many of those were aging. The Conf cup win, as great as it was for that one night, in many ways was the worst thing that happened to a club like ours with tye owner we have. The league form was ignored and Sullivan was too busy patting himself on the back, drunk with the success of a trophy and salivating about the thought of getting a £100 million for Rice. So much so he sold him the day after the win!!! . The departure of Rice was though the event that triggered the rapid decline that has ultimately led to where we are now. Moyes lucked out inheriting Rice. The 3 managerial and other technical football appointments like Hussilos, Newman, Steidten, Macaulay all uncoordinated, reactionary moves of a clueless owner without a strategy or plan.  Good  recruitment of managers and players have arrested the decline but for the aforementioned reasons ( no plan or infrastructure ) has actually made things worse.  

All companies eventually fail without good, competent leadership

 

[boleyn8420]

Who would have thought that with almost a quarter of the season gone we would be 6 points adrift of Burnley, 7 points from Leeds and 13 points from Sunderland. Beggars belief, well that's not true is it. The writing was on the wall from last season, through the transfer window to Potters sacking and now Nuno's inexplicable team selections. There are not 3 worse teams than us in the division, ipso facto, habeus corpus, donnay de douche we are going dahn. The most galling fact is teams with attendances of 11,000(Bournemouth), 17,000(Brentford) 25,000(Palace) and 31,000(Brighton) all give lie to the fact of why we had to leave Upton Park(35,000) in the first fucking first place.

[Mad Dog]

You're right, as much as I hate to admit it i dont think sp*rs are

[Mad Ferret]

We ain't going down peeps.

[Massive Attack]

Leeds & Burnley like Sunderland are very competitive at home at least 



 

See why this is such a vulnerable place to be when we cannot rely at all on our home turf when faced with the prospect of a relegation battle? So many Clubs have a huge advantage over us now. Our Home 'form' since the move has been pitiful. Great work BS.

[Fauxstralian]

Think Wood has been out for a while
When he is back a Dyche team with him will pick up
Wolves have Strand Larsen so have the potential to pick up
Leeds & Burnley like Sunderland are very competitive at home at least 

 

[THUNDERCLINT]

Expect to see more corner flags on the centre circle v Burnley again

Surely they should be in Sullivan's rectum.

[Massive Attack]

Sunderland have 17 points already.  Unless something changes drastically i dont see us getting that over thr whole season.  More likely we're going for the record derby set 

I'd already factored in Sunderland staying up a few games ago winning at Forest as they looked the part. Burnley and Leeds and 1 other was my thinking of Teams going down instead of us but now Leeds beat us with ease creating a significant gap already we are in real trouble. That's why I was so keen for us not to lose to either Brentford and Leeds and to pick up at least a point from both. So what does numpty do, play silly buggers with the line-ups and shit substitutions.  

[Mad Dog]

Wolves, Forest and ourselves look to be this season's Derby, Southampton type teams.

One team will probably go for broke in January and get away with it but two will drop.

We've played and lost 4 at home. No team stays up with that kind of home record so it needs a rapid turnaround. Can't have the manager wasting winnable games with daft selections.

To put the cherry on that,  in the last calendar year we've won 4 home games.  As of tomorrow that reduces to 3 as its a year ago today we beat man u
the others were wolves, Fulham and Leicester.  We couldn't even beat saints at home last season.

We are seriously fucked

[Mad Dog]

Sunderland have 17 points already.  Unless something changes drastically i dont see us getting that over thr whole season.  More likely we're going for the record derby set 

[Sweep]

Wolves, Forest and ourselves look to be this season's Derby, Southampton type teams.

One team will probably go for broke in January and get away with it but two will drop.

We've played and lost 4 at home. No team stays up with that kind of home record so it needs a rapid turnaround. Can't have the manager wasting winnable games with daft selections.

[Come On You Irons]

Expect the current bottom 6 … Leeds Burnley Fulham Forest West Ham & Wolves will stay in those spots not necessarily in that order
If I was any of the other 5 I’d have us as one of the teams to finish in the bottom 3 & save them

Absolute rubbish by Sven as per.

Sunderland have started well but there is no way they will sustain their current form and they will drop down the table as the season progresses.

Brentford will also struggle despite two wins in succession against woefully out of form teams.

[chevy chase]

Expect to see more corner flags on the centre circle v Burnley again