Leeds vs West Ham | PL | 24.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Match Centre: 

 Odds: 
WHU: 7/2
Draw: 13/5
Arsenal: 5/6

 Pre-Match Press Conference: 
Official Site

 Match Preview: 
Analytics United Hammers Chat

 Watch-along:
Hammers Chat


Streams:

Sport+

 If there above doesn't work go look for a Stream from the sites listed here!

https://champagne.pages.dev/docs/gettin ... ive-sports
 

(With all live streams be mindful they can carry viruses etc.  Don't click on any ads and use a VPN).
 

----------------------------------------------------------

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!

[El Scorchio]

That's a fucking foul on Scarles every single day of the week

 

 

Scumbag Ref said play on. Free kick all day long and weren't interested in protecting him clearly fucked on the ground.

 

 

Especially considering he stopped the game for that Leeds player minutes beforehand

[honky cat]

Wilson cant hide what he thinks of nuno

[El Scorchio]

On that replay of the corner, our BEST HEADER OF THE BALL Soucek is completely out of the game at the far post. No Leeds players anywhere near him.

[Massive Attack]

That's a fucking foul on Scarles every single day of the week

 

 

 

 

Scumbag Ref said play on. Free kick all day long and weren't interested in protecting him clearly fucked on the ground.

[RootsRadical]

LOL Wilson coming on after 19 minutes.

I think I might be done with club, it's pointless whilst Sullivan is around.

Time for a WHU breakaway club, would gladly switch my support and I reckon another 10k at least would too.

Can't believe I'm saying this but that's how bad it is.
 

[zico]

So Scarles was coming off anyway? Awful awful management. Hung a poor young player out to dry on the wrong side of the pitch not one but twice.

[Gaffer58]

People ask “ what do they do in training” well you look at our attackers and when their in training against our defenders then as their only 5 foot 6 inches the even Kilman looks good but, put him against a six footer then he is absolute gash.

[claret on my shirt]

Is this cսnt the worst manager ever. LB at RB and LB at RB again etc.2 loses 100% on him

[El Scorchio]

This is absolutely farcical in every way.

Rodon has done us a favour by getting Scarles off. he's been utterly hung out to dry. But yes it was ANOTHER foul the ref hasn't bothered with.

[Lee Trundle]

I doubt we've got a medical team left to know what's wrong with Scarles.

[Massive Attack]

Poor young Scarles busting his bollocks trying to effect the team high up the pitch on the attack with a possible shoulder dislocation and he hangs the poor lad out to dry like that - again! So fucking angry with what he's done, shocking management.

[BillyJenningsBoots]

A bit late to the party!

But wtf is that starting line up. Despite changing it last week after a disaster he's starting with inverted wing backs and Soucek and Irving and no striker again.

Its the definition of madness

[onsideman]

That's a fucking foul on Scarles every single day of the week

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

Kilman is without doubt the very worst defender I have ever seen.

I wouldn’t pick him for a Sunday pub side.

[Elpojohn]

This Nuno is a Vampire, sucking the blood out of clubs till they sack him and pay him off
what a gutless display , Get Killman out of our club , the starting line up by Nuno the nothing., is really unthinkable.

[northbankboy68]

The only good thing about Nuno rinsing the club is that he is rubbing Sullivans nose in it and hurting him where it hurts most, in his pocket.

[Massive Attack]

I repeat, this is newly promoted dogshit Leeds. This is fucking mental that formation and line-up hanging so many out to dry.

This is the Premier League, 1 of the hardest around in world Football and he's expecting an inexperienced Left Back to play Right Back, a Right Back to play Left Back, a Left Back to play Left wing, a Left Forward at Right Wing and Paqueta still up front with Bowen. 

[honky cat]

Whats going on. KWP was our best player 3 weeks ago and dropped, turning everything on its head is not the answer. Its so boring, just be normal ffs 
 

[Tomsdad]

I would sack the cսnt tonight!
 

[goose]

Nobody saw this coming.

and by nobody I mean fucking everybody.

[El Scorchio]

This is a fucking disgrace. It's EASY for them.
This line up is a sackable offence.
I think Nuno could actually beat Ange's record at this rate.

[Nutsin]

Paqueta this time.

killman missed the header too, cսnt has lead in his boots.

This is the worst West Ham team I have ever seen.

[zico]

What the fuck do these players and manager do on the training pitch? I include the last few managers in that. Stealing a living, can't do the basics on a football pitch, it's embarrassing. Absolute disgrace to the shirt.

[Far Cough UKunt]

That utter fucking fraud Kilman missed that header.

[Leonard Hatred]

GANNIN DOON