West Ham Online

2,500 posts by the end of the season?

Got to agree with COYI.
This was for the 3rd time under Nuno a disgraceful piece of management. How does some one become a PL boss with such terrible constant tactics. Liverpool will score 6 against us next week if he tries this tactic. No team can defend with those tactics. It's ridiculous. He got lucky with his KWP sub,against Burnley,it was a defensive tactic but somehow worked with a goal. He should have kept on Guilherme and Wilson for 15 mins at least. Guileherme needed it for his confidence. We might have added a 3rd with some pace and an outlet. I'm sick of these negative managers at our club. Ridiculous subs. We'll fold against a Liverpool team wanting to proove they are not finished.I'm putting a bet on 5+ goals for them. 
WANKER

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑22 Nov 2025, 17:44 Let's be honest. We were extremely lucky to beat Burnley last time out and extremely lucky by all accounts to get a point today.

The only game we have played well in under Nuno is Newcastle and that was mainly because Newcastle didn't turn up like they are want to away from home this season.

I don't see us staying up with this manager and squad. Serious surgery is required in the January transfer window.

Let's be honest. We were extremely lucky to beat Burnley last time out and extremely lucky by all accounts to get a point today.

The only game we have played well in under Nuno is Newcastle and that was mainly because Newcastle didn't turn up like they are want to away from home this season.

I don't see us staying up with this manager and squad. Serious surgery is required in the January transfer window.

It was baffling today. He should know by now that trying to see games out in that manner at 52 mins is a hiding to nothing with this squad. I thought he got it right last two games but this was a step back. I think the first sub was badly timed and it just got worse from there. 

Should join the Sullivan OUT campaign.

What a defensive fucking cսnt

Today was as frustrating as Leeds away with idiotic decisions costing us points.

Nuno’s football is hands down the worst I’ve ever seen.

20% win rate.

Does Nuno have his own crew in yet?

Some are praising Crack Head for putting Potts and Fernandes in the team.
Not me, Crack Head must be feeling a clown now and wondering why he left these two out.
Didn't like his bench, 4 defensive midfielders and no striker on the bench when it's clear to see Wilson can't last 45 mins.
Defensive subs were lucky it didn't back fire.Newcastle out of sorts and have played a lot of high energy games. 
Earthy and Marshall have to be utilised against Burnley. We will have more of the ball and have to attack more. Not defend deep.
I'll praise Crack Head when he has won 3 in a row.

ragingbull wrote: ↑02 Nov 2025, 19:42 Will Still sacked.

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑02 Nov 2025, 13:08 Wolves sack their manager.

Can see Nuno going back there.

Will Still sacked.

Wolves sack their manager.

Can see Nuno going back there.

Let's hope this clown actually picks our strongest starting eleven today, picks players in their proper positions and picks a proper striker after his last two abominations of team selections.

It's not much to ask of a football manager on a multi-million pound contract, is it.

I think Nuno has had enough already.

What I want to see more than anything tomorrow Nuno is more experimenting, you wacky sabotaging cսnt.


Left Backs at Right Back
Right Backs at Left Back
Left Backs on the Left Wing 
Our weakest central Midfield partnership
Fernandes as a No. 10
Our totally out of form Midfielder as our Striker
Keeping our best Senior Striker on the bench
Bringing back 4-4-2

I fucking love that shit.

I think Nuno is trying to boost his ego to get him to be more responsible. Paq’s problem is he has all the skill but doesn’t have the discipline to be one of the best in the world. 
And that’s a shame really. 
I feel Nuno is saying a 10 is a Maradona or a Messi, someone you don’t need to restrict because they have the footballing brain to go along with the skill. How many times did anyone see Messi get pickpocketed on the ball? He knew when to pass and when to run etc , it wasn’t just skill. The best players have that discipline. One of the reason Rice was so good is he hardly ever lost the ball, always knew when to pass and when to move. 

Paq just needs to stop having “fun” sometimes and discipline himself. 

eusebiovic wrote: ↑01 Nov 2025, 11:20 From the very first time I saw him it was obvious that Paqueta was a deep lying number 8.

In that role he's a link man that plays somewhere between the defender midfielders and forwards - not good enough to protect the defence but he's not a natural number 10 either because he just isn't creative enough. Basically a Mark Noble that cost £50M quid.

He always tries to force an opening that just isn't there whereas a proper number 10 can read the game - something just clicks in their head when they detect a sliver of space they can thread a ball through. Lanzini was a proper 10 but very injury prone. There have been others.

That's it - There ain't no mystery 

From the very first time I saw him it was obvious that Paqueta was a deep lying number 8.

In that role he's a link man that plays somewhere between the defender midfielders and forwards - not good enough to protect the defence but he's not a natural number 10 either because he just isn't creative enough. Basically a Mark Noble that cost £50M quid.

He always tries to force an opening that just isn't there whereas a proper number 10 can read the game - something just clicks in their head when they detect a sliver of space they can thread a ball through. Lanzini was a proper 10 but very injury prone. There have been others.

That's it - There ain't no mystery 

Nuno…

Sounds like a Portuguese Potter..

who the hell thought he was the solution…???

Listening to his press conference he seemed to say:

I saw some shit things in the 1st 2 games.
Thought about doing something radical to fix it
head got turned in international break because I started seeing squad members I don’t normally think about at training so got carried away with how good they actually are
Found out that they are actually shit but needed to see it for myself. Doubled down just to make sure they really are shit. 
won’t be going down that particular road again

Thats my take. We don’t technically have players good enough to just do radically different tactics at this level. He also alluded to the fact that there are players that look good in training but that’s not that same as in a competitive match 

looking at what’s happened with him it looks like he’s not gone completely mad but has been way too optimistic. We know a lot of our players are shit, we see it every week. So our results against Everton and Arsenal seemed positive and something to build on. He just looked at that way differently than we did. 

I just hope he really has given his head a wobble and he realises this is a proper battle here. We have unfit and completely tactically unaware players that have been like this for years. 

 

Paqueta is a toxic presence.

The way he plays, the lack of a defined position and all the stuff that surrounds him is a nightmare. 

Club should take £25m-£30m for him, ideally from abroad and just move on. 

Nuno like Potter and Moyes initially, think Paquera is a no 10. He’s not. He had a poor season or so in Italy in that role but ressurected his form at lyon as a deeper lying no 8. Same for the national team.  Moyes played him deeper eventually many times out left to link with Emerson. He is not good with his back to goal, does not possess the speed to play on the half turn and is a huge risk to turn it over or waste it if closed down quickly.  Deeper he gets a little more time he needs and can get his head up. Still can be a risk but pkayed in a midfield 3 gives some mitigation. He can actually tackle quite well and compete physically in the deeper midfield and less diving when challenged from behind.  Imho

Nuno making the same mistakes. Dont they go vack and watch videis or gave dineine watch videos of all our fes for the last few seasons. Its obvious he sint sn effective no 10 in the PL.  Fernandes has more mobility for it