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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!

Early morning game for me, but doubt i will watch, will check the score but win, lose or draw, not sure i will be too bothered or be getting excited, pissed off or frustrated such is the state of the club right now.



FWIW, The demise of West Ham, goes back a good few years, even before these owners, maybe the turning point was selling Rio to Leeds against everyone's will, including the player, Harry then went and we have been on decline ever since especially since the stadium move, that cup win was nice but let's be honest, its second rate comp that ANY PL team should be walking, as Chelsea showed last season with there reserves doing most of the work!.

It makes no financial sense for him. And money is all he cares about really. Our position currently is a mix of incompetence at running a football club and a failed gamble we would have had just enough to stay up. He's probably shitting it about the prospect of going down because it means losing out on tonnes of money and plenty more to try and get us back into the PL.

He's well out of his depth and he knows it.

Our club, not just the team, are in a death spiral.  The rot starts at the head and as long as Sullivan remains as Chairman we are going to be in a very dark place very soon.
As for Leeds away, if Nuno can get a point from this fixture with the demotivated rabble that constitute our squad then the bloke must have magical powers.

what evidence have you got that Sullivan's trying to avoid the drop? he's just consecutively employed three of the worst managers around, and I know for some odd fucking reason you loved the spanish one

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 21:32 "The notion was completely denied by the club"

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Massive Attack" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 21:09

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 21:00

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:47

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

how? because he's our only fit fucking striker with any experience, and he's on £100k+ per appearance. why else would he not be starting games? you thick fantasist cսnt

Can't agree. It was Sullivan that pushed to get Wilson in ans has always had a hard-on for him as a Striker often flirting with the idea of getting him here. This one's on humpty Nuno when you look at some of hus equally moronic decisions already in the last match.

"The notion was completely denied by the club"

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Hermansen
Igor
Todibo
Kilman
Mavropanos
JWP
Rodriguez
Irving
Soucek
Guilherme
Wilson

1-2

Mex Martillo" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 21:14 I also think Wilson should play at some point. Nuno is showing some odd decisions.  Ignoring Wilson, out of position full backs, fucking JWP off.

I also think Wilson should play at some point. Nuno is showing some odd decisions.  Ignoring Wilson, out of position full backs, fucking JWP off.

Ex posted today in relation to Wilson omission being pay related:

"We did our research and asked the question around. The notion was completely denied by the club and we were told that the manager just doesn’t fancy him."

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 21:00

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:47

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:21 if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

how? because he's our only fit fucking striker with any experience, and he's on £100k+ per appearance. why else would he not be starting games? you thick fantasist cսnt

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Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:47

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:21 if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

How do you come to that conclusion? You really are a curtain twitching conspiracy theorist weirdo, aren't you.

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:21 if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

if wilson doesn't start tomorrow, it's pretty much a certainty that the midget is interfering in team selection

2-0 Leeds

Areola
KWP
Igor
Todibo
Diouf
Potts
Magassa
Fernandes
Bowen
Summerville
Wilson

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 15:11 He's done a Nuno on Summerville, the poor sod.

Areola
Wan Bissaka
Todibo
Kilman
Diouf
Magassa
Fernandes
Paqueta
Bowen
Wilson
Summerville
 

Can't see anything other than a comfortable Dirty Leeds win!

He's done a Nuno on Summerville, the poor sod.

Lol Stubbo, if that is your predicted lineup I'm sure as hell  glad you aren't the manager 

Ideally he needs to go back to the sort of set up that we used v Everton and Arsenal. 

Magassa, Diouf, Wan-Bissaka, Wilson. ➡ KWP, Scarles, Soucek, Irving

If Mavropanos was fit, I'd put him in instead of Todibo. 

Would be typical of this West Ham to actually turn up away from home and deliver a performance after stinking the place out at Stratford.




 

nychammer wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 14:03

Bowen
Wilson*
Summerville

*by default I guess. However I think as much as his stock has risen simply by sitting on the bench, it'll drop like a stone when he's on the pitch and further the longer he's actually on the pitch (would love to be wrong but he is clearly not the answer. The answer is not at the club presently) assuming Sullivan hasn't vetoed using the bloke HE brought in over everyone's head on that deal in order to now save money which would make this the most pointless transfer possibly in our history?
 

i can think of a number of transfers we've made in recent times and been screaming 'WHY?!?!?!?' because its so fucking obvious that they are not going to work out. Sullivan punts that will cost us out PL Place.