West Ham vs Spurs | PL | 4.5.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

There won't have been too many matches this season where we go in as relatively strong favourites with this bookies, but the game this weekend is one.

Big Ange and his mates come to town, in a game that is most notable (as a footballing spectacle) for being between two teams that can lay claim to having had the most disappointing seasons across all of European football.

Few would have predicted either would be languishing where they are before a ball was kicked, but we go into this game as the 'worst of the rest' with the relegation places sewn up (thank fuck) and all that's left to play for the worst kind of bragging rights.

Let's hope at the end of this one we can be claiming whilst we might be shit, we're not as shit as the Lilleywhites from North London.

Team I'd like to see:

Areola

Wan Bissaka Mavropanos Todibo Scarles

Soucek Alvarez Paqueta

Bowen Fullkrug Kudus

I'd have Kilman out for this one. He's made some high profile cock ups in recent weeks, and Mavropanos is deserving of the start. JWP has been an ever present non-entity so I'd have the fight brought by Alvarez back for this one in a game where we're likely to be on the counter, with Paqueta looking his best in games when he's dropped back to make the play.  Soucek remains our second most likely goal threat so has to play, and the forward line looks so much more functional with the big German in.

It feels an easy team to pick, with the only real conundrum Scarles or Emerson...but I'd bring the home grown talent in for this one...quite simply it will mean more to him.

Prediction: 1-1

Feels like this will be a game with added meaning this season purely for the lack of other interest. Spurs of course are still fighting in Europe, but whilst their fans claim it's our cup final not theirs, they always seem pretty bothered when we fuck them over.

But continuing the theme of an unsatisfactory season, I'm going for an unsatisfactory result that helps no one, leaves ol' Cock Piss firmly mired in the critics sights, and sees us continue to limp towards the 24/25 finish line. 

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Match Centre:

Odds:
West Ham: 6/5
Draw: 13/5
Spurs: 2/1

Pre-Match Press Conference:
Official Press Conference

Tactical Preview: 
Babbling Irons

Watch-along:
Hammers Chat

Streams:

SportHD 

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[Fauxstralian]

Obviously we need 2 or 3 midfielders with energy & pace
Ideally Paqueta gets cleared so we can sell
Soucek goes to Everton
JWP back to Southampton 

Reckon we would improve dramatically 
Really

[Keep dreaming]

Looking at the bench makes me wanna throw up.
Can't wait to see this season end

[Keep dreaming]

Soucek and Paqueta in midfield is a horrible watch.
No wonder we are clueless

[Maverick180180]

It’s not been great but we pass the ball around a lot better without Ward-Prowse in the team

[RootsRadical]

May find out next season Alf.
Have a feeling there will be interest in Bowen.

[Sir Alf]

What would we do without AWB and Bowen ? 

[ragingbull]

Soucek has been absolutely woeful he cannot play football the few headers he's won today and the odd goals he gets probably satisfies Potter.

[honky cat]

super, smashing, great  BOWEN 

[ragingbull]

Kudus could have got a red for that foul.

[RootsRadical]

1-1 Bowen

[Sir Alf]

I better ramp up my negativity ( if thats ossible) as Bowen saves our blushes again

[Sir Alf]

Perfect game for Spurs. Just sit back, we cannot create anything and wait until we fvck up

Areola’s disyribution is dreadful.

relegation beckons

[Sir Alf]

Soucek a passenger. Spuds gonna win this easy. We are dreadful

Kilman shocking

[Any Old Iron]

How the fuck is that not a penalty. He guided the ball back to the keeper and had plenty of time to get his arm out of the way.

[Mike Oxsaw]

Why do we bother? I mean really? Why do we bother?

[THUNDERCLINT]

I fucking told you this was coming. The only solace now is that it ends up bad enough that he's sacked or quits.

[RootsRadical]

How surprising we've conceded early and from yet another mistake.
 

[stewey]

Jesus wept we are fucking dogshit.

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

That fucking retard Kilman strikes again. Jesus Christ this bloke is absolute garbage. How he is a professional footballer is beyond me.

[claypole]

40 million 

[Any Old Iron]

What a waste of £40 MILL. Useless cսnt Kilman. They’d done nothing until that fuck up

[fraser]

Ha ha have to laugh 

[goose]

That’s so poor from Killman.

[zico]

Anyone have a working stream please?

[honky cat]

They've just said on Radio London that it's full up and a belting rendition of bubbles . .