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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: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!

Like this I suppose?
Areola,
Todibo, Kilman, Scarles,
Wan-Bissaka, Irving, Souček, Diouf,
Bowen ©, Paquetá, Summerville,

three fullbacks, no striker. this bloke can fuck off now

yes, he was saving wilson for tonight

Another bizarre line up, Irving and Soucek start while £60 million of midfielders sit on the bench. 

So scared of newly promoted shitty Leeds United he feels the need to play with 5 at the back and zero Striker because he doesn't want to venture forward too much.
         
         

Probably a back 3 with Scarles playing LCB.

Signed six players in the summer - only one deemed good enough to start.

What a mess.

Absolutely no idea why we sacked Potter to hire a manager who seems to be the only person on the planet capable of picking a worse team 

zico wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 18:47 West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Diouf, Irving, Souček, Bowen ©, Summerville, Paquetá
Subs: Hermansen (GK), Walker-Peters, Igor, Rodríguez, Potts, Magassa, Fernandes, Wilson, Marshall

From the main site.  What's the point of having a great crosser in Diouf when you play three midgets up top?!  What is he seeing that we dont?!

 

Absolute spanking incoming.

Soucek? WTF? 4 games in and nothing has changed, we might as well have kept Lopetegui.

Im confused!.... Did Scarles forget to tell him he is left footed.. 

Wilson taking his boots off again.  

Sullivan and Nuno must have a bet on us to go down 

Texas Iron" wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 18:46 SHIT…

No effing striker…Again…

Blame Sullivan…Again…!!!

 

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Diouf, Irving, Souček, Bowen ©, Summerville, Paquetá
Subs: Hermansen (GK), Walker-Peters, Igor, Rodríguez, Potts, Magassa, Fernandes, Wilson, Marshall

From the main site.  What's the point of having a great crosser in Diouf when you play three midgets up top?!  Surely not a back three with Scarles at right back again?   What is he seeing that we dont?!

SHIT…

No effing striker…Again…

Blame Sullivan…Again…!!!

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 18:41 Holy shit! 

AreolaScarlesTodiboKilmanWan-BissakaIrvingSoucekBowen (C)DioufSummervillePaqueta

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025, 18:41 Holy shit! 

AreolaScarlesTodiboKilmanWan-BissakaIrvingSoucekBowen (C)DioufSummervillePaqueta

Holy shit! 

AreolaScarlesTodiboKilmanWan-BissakaIrvingSoucekBowen (C)DioufSummervillePaqueta

Last 3 windows we got technical players to play a controlled possession game and physicality less of a priority than under Moyes. But Moyes had run the squad down ably assisted by Sullivan to 14 by his own admission and left a team in that last season without Rice who was giving a herculean performance most weeks to mask the complete absence of athletes in the team. A rebuild from Moyesball undercooked getting the slow Alvarez, JWP for midfoeld and the attack minded Kudus a wide right player we already had in Bowen. 100 million wasted.  

The chaos of Sullivan, Steidten and Loppy window did not fill that Rice gap from tye previous window or the reliance on Antonio up top for strength and we lost the physicality and aggression of Zouma, Ogbonna and replaced with these more technical players like Kilman and Todibo.  

The last window we got rid of Emerson, Alvarez , Kudus, Antonio, Cresswell , Agierd and a few others and got in no one for CB or striker but got a left wing back, 2 young centre mids with a bit better pace but still not filling the Rice “gap.  Again this was to support Potter who also used a controlled possession game.  

We are now back full circle to Nuno another low block and lower possession manager.  None of the gaps addressed aside from centre mid albeit not

teplacing Rice’s ability to get about the pitch 

Attrocious recruitment leads to relegation if it goes on long enough

I'm banking on Bowen managing to pull one out the bag tonight like he can do even when all the rest of them are currently hopeless. That knack seems to have dried up for a bit but he's definitely capable of it. We honestly don't deserve him. 

The fact we haven't had a new manager bounce from the last 2 managerial appointments shows how much in the shit we are.

I think tonight will show if Nuno has a chance of turning it around, he got it wrong on Monday. So not much room for error tonight.

Make no mistake the blame for this shit state of affairs lay with Sullivan and Brady

I fully expect our defence to make Calvert-Lewin look like prime Ronaldo (the fat one).
2-0, maybe even 3-0.

Most are Championship players on premiership salaries. Too many mistakes have been made in buying  players with no pride or guts for the badge , and are only in it for the money.  They do not want to get their Hair dirty or a nasty scratch on the leg. We need players with Courage and Pride. Draws are not good enough, We need to go for the Win in ALL THE GAMES.

Not knowing the line up 0-1, once the expected shit is announced,  2-0

I'm more nervous about viewing the Team Sheet than what the players actually do on the pitch. If anyone needs to be fired up and switched on first, it's Nuno. Don't make a repeat of Monday!

Dreading this. There was isn’t a line up that would fill me with confidence. If we lose this we are going to have to start beating some big clubs against all odds to stay in the mix.

Hopefully Nuno has each player  fired up enough to win their personal battles and we snatch a draw, as it’s some serious spiraling doom if we lose.