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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:

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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Sir Alf" wrote: ↑06 May 2025, 13:10 The Nerds on Analytics United try to give a balanced account of the last game.  Like me, very long winded but some interesting insights. They end up questioning the fitness and recruitment which everyone has questioned.





 

The Nerds on Analytics United try to give a balanced account of the last game.  Like me, very long winded but some interesting insights. They end up questioning the fitness and recruitment which everyone has questioned.



 

They could have borrowed 1 of Potter's small blankets to cover our entire defence there.  

Still, at least we don't concede early 1st anymore..

oioi wrote: ↑06 May 2025, 10:22 Pathetic.

Pathetic.

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑04 May 2025, 21:52

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑05 May 2025, 08:48 Brady has only ever had one senior level job. The old adage about 1 year’s experience 30 times over. Doesn’t count just being a glorified assistant. All this “businesswoman of the year” stuff has no substance. And Sullivan made a few bob in an industry where many would feel morally uncomfortable and a bit “grubby” then made his real money by investing his porno earnings in property.  Smart move but even Robbie Fowler became a multi millionaire via investing in property.  

We are the rank amateur club, run by amateurs.  But unfortunately nothing we can do about it but wait until Sullivan dies. Then hope again that his sons dont take over or that they have the sense to get professional help ( with running a club like a proper DOF )

Thats it. Try to outlive Sullivan is the only hope. 

 

Brady has only ever had one senior level job. The old adage about 1 year’s experience 30 times over. Doesn’t count just being a glorified assistant. All this “businesswoman of the year” stuff has no substance. And Sullivan made a few bob in an industry where many would feel morally uncomfortable and a bit “grubby” then made his real money by investing his porno earnings in property.  Smart move but even Robbie Fowler became a multi millionaire via investing in property.  

We are the rank amateur club, run by amateurs.  But unfortunately nothing we can do about it but wait until Sullivan dies. Then hope again that his sons dont take over or that they have the sense to get professional help ( with running a club like a proper DOF )

Thats it. Try to outlive Sullivan is the only hope. 
 

Brady doesn’t care
Arsenal fan pocketing £2m a year to be an abysmal part time CEO
If she was on that comedy show she is on as a contestant ‘Sir’ Alan Sugar would have fired her years ago
 

£1.5bn to curate the oldest, slowest squad in the division. What stellar business people 

we have been in a free fall more or less the past 3 years. Moyes spent 1,5b on an overaged first XI only fit to defend and counter. While Lopetegui and Steidten crashlanded their attempt to rectify this shit.

Has it occurred to someone here that we actually are plain shit.

Sullivan and Brady have been sowing since they arrived, only luck that we haven’t reaped more.
They know that they cannot run a football club but don’t care a fuck so long as that shit hole is brimming, amazing to think it could have got this bad and unfortunately the support that keeps going only maintains Sullivans facade.

To be fair Potter was spot on, Spurs scored against the run of play!

"I actually thought we attacked too fast and turned the ball over too quick"

AAHAHAA!

Yeah Alan, you mad man, slow the fuck down won't you, we don't want to see any of that kind of front foot nonsense at our Club in such a derby. 

 

The only time the Gutless wanker doesn't lose his bottle is when he's nervously sipping on one constantly during 1 of his laughable press conferences.

His revealing main ambition during the game was to "Disrupt Spurs" a Team without 9 1st Teamers rested in what is supposed to be a fierce London Derby. We should be concentrating more on ourselves taking it to them at Home especially with zero pressure on us to get a result. And he clearly brought the wrong size blanket again forgetting to cover his thick head as we conceded early yet again, something he claims he has rectified since coming in. Hah!


Just 3 more painful games to go.....

A  of warm bothered from me!

This season cant end quick enough, fucking dire

Pshyco scored all 4" wrote: ↑04 May 2025, 19:54 I've seen countless west ham sides . Being shorn of our best players . Including during the whole of January yet the same ones pointing out totts absences were silent when we had them then . 

And that's no defence of us were shite .  

I've seen countless west ham sides . Being shorn of our best players . Including during the whole of January yet the same ones pointing out totts absences were silent when we had them then . 

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑04 May 2025, 17:51 Half strength Tottenham team & those that played had an eye on the Europa game obviously 





 

zico wrote: ↑04 May 2025, 18:46 Can't remember the last manager we had who improved a player if I am honest.  Most of them now seem to have gone backwards.  Kilman looked ok for about three matches, Todibo was meant to be the next big thing, and Kudus is a shadow of what he was when he first came, same with Paqueta.  As Alf says below I thought Cresswell did ok today, as well as constantly talking he still has decent positional sense to compensate for the lack of legs.  I still cannot understand that when he was younger our best outlet was Antonio but as a club we have purchased a sucession of strikers totally the opposite to what Antonio gave.  It's absolutely baffling.  

Potter does worry me though.  Paqueta and Soucek as a midfield two?!  Lucky they weren't over run.  Soucek always has been slow but looks like he is running through treacle these days.  Yet again Todibo doesn't last a game and when it's 1-1 Potter again brings Coufal on in a position he isn't familiar with.  Just can't see his thinking half the time.

This season just keeps on disappointing.
Thought Paquet never even touched their kid who fell over trying and succeeding to avoid Paqueta. Can that be a yellow? I think Paqueta was right to be pissed off.

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑04 May 2025, 17:51
What was Paqueta doing when Oliver (who was diabolical) called him over after booking him & refused to come over?
He’d obviously said something after the booking as Bowen got called over by Oliver 
Easily could have sent him off and probably should have.
Wonder what odds a red card for him were?

 

Can't remember the last manager we had who improved a player if I am honest.  Most of them now seem to have gone backwards.  Kilman looked ok for about three matches, Todibo was meant to be the next big thing, and Kudus is a shadow of what he was when he first came, same with Paqueta.  As Alf says below I thought Cresswell did ok today, as well as constantly talking he still has decent positional sense to compensate for the lack of legs.  I still cannot understand that when he was younger our best outlet was Antonio but as a club we have purchased a sucession of strikers totally the opposite to what Antonio gave.  It's absolutely baffling.  

Potter does worry me though.  Paqueta and Soucek as a midfield two?!  Lucky they weren't over run.  Soucek always has been slow but looks like he is running through treacle these days.  Yet again Todibo doesn't last a game and when it's 1-1 Potter again brings Coufal on in a position he isn't familiar with.  Just can't see his thinking half the time.