West Ham banter 2

08 Oct 2025 07:39:10
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06 Oct 2025 18:04:07
Any truth to the Endrick rumours?

With Paq, Igor and Guilherme, plus Fernandes and Nuno, he’d have plenty of folk to speak to.

07 Oct 2025 09:13:56
That plus a load of other forwards on a long loan list, Endrik on many clubs radar, you ask yourself how we started this season without a proper forward, just ridiculous, Nuno will do his best, but if we can’t score goals, we are in trouble that’s it

08 Oct 2025 06:14:31
Kendrick has bags of pace which is what we need

08 Oct 2025 12:33:43
SPOT on, and that ties in with post on Rumours

06 Oct 2025 07:39:27
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04 Oct 2025 18:27:20
Well I didn't see the game today but it was painful listening. I don't think anyone realistically thought we would win.
I think the next 5 games are crucial to how the season will pan out. There are a lot of problems Nuno has to try and sort out but I think the most important is to get us winning at home. No wins at home since February is disgraceful hopefully that will change.

04 Oct 2025 18:10:02
For me second goal was not a penalty, putting that aside, we were never getting anything from this game
No Question Nuno has improved us at the back
But as I've said so many times, powderpuff up front, to move up the table, goals are needed, where are they coming from?
Long time to January, 4 points from 7 games, not boding well
38 points may be needed? So we need 34 points from 31 games
Got to win a few

05 Oct 2025 09:09:40
We could have gone 1-0 up in the first minute from Fulkrug! That apart it was no more than expected, at least it wasn’t a 5 or 6 -0 drubbing although apart from some really good defending and a couple of poor misses from Arsenal it could have been a worse scoreline for us! Arsenal are the beat team in the PL at the moment with strength in depth, this will be their Title winning year so no disgrace losing there!
Big improvement from Potter and Nuno working from inheritance, nice to see him give the youngsters a run out! ⚒⚒⚒⚒ COYI

05 Oct 2025 18:18:37
It's a long time until January we were poir yesterday, not blaming nono but his tactics are going to struggle with this group of players, the defence is woeful not Nunos fault the 2 centre half's are just poor, diouf was completely exposed as a defender he's great going forward and young but at the moment teams will target him

We all know the striker problems but unless that defence is sorted we will always conceded more than we score as these tactics rely on being able to keep clean sheets generally

I know before anyone says it Nuno has only been here a week and he must see the size of the task in front of him now as we offered nothing yesterday

06 Oct 2025 10:08:35
Diouf did seem to have a mare. As you say great going forward but not at the other end. I wonder if there is a way he can bring back Scarles at LB yet still incorporate Diouf in the team by pushing him forward, I’m not sure he can be shoe-horned in.

06 Oct 2025 22:18:20
Scarles gets caught ball watching to often, that is Cresswell used to keep bawling him out.

04 Oct 2025 14:28:06
Well, that just about does it. JWP and Todibo are both finished at WHU. No sign of either in the matchday squad. Not sure about Todibo, but JWP is obviously toast on Nuno's table, and about time too. Pleased to see AWB back where he belongs and I expect Potts will get a run out. I'm a bit surprised he's included Füllkrug. A striker may well be wasted against the strongest defence in the Premiership, but we'll see.

04 Oct 2025 14:51:18
I think all managers have their favoured systems when it worked elsewhere.
Fulkrug is seen as the new Chris wood

04 Oct 2025 17:59:21
I'm hoping your right Tin. Never liked Tobido or his attitude. Get rid of the bad apples ?

As for JWP, we've been shouting he's rubbish for so long and nobody listened.

Finally Fulkrug and Wilson. Fulkrug is not cut out for the Premier league and wilson is past his prime

04 Oct 2025 07:39:08
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03 Oct 2025 17:24:23
My team/formation for tomorrow. I think we should go at them and have a go!

Areola

Mav. Igor. Kilman

KWP. Mougassa. Fernandes. Diouf

Paqueta

Bowen. Summerville

03 Oct 2025 18:35:07
No striker Babber?

03 Oct 2025 18:45:56
I’d do similar Dabber. 5 at the back might be better for this game. I would play AWB instead of KWP if Aaron is fit, and Potts has to be in as he was excellent when he came on the other day. Weather that is at the expense of Magassa or Fernandez, I’m not sure which. So far Fernandez hasn’t done much IMHO he played okay against Forrest but after he came off we scored 3. He was anonymous against Everton

03 Oct 2025 18:55:14
No Gerry mate. Tbh Bowen and Crys more likely to score than Fulkrug or Wilson so thought the extra cb would give us more protection when defending corners and more licence for KWP and Diouf to get forward

03 Oct 2025 19:57:34
Nothing to lose, so I’d like to see:
Areola
Diouf
AWB
Mavropanos
Igor
Paqueta
Potts
Fernandes
Bowen
Summerville
Marshall
Throw caution to the wind.

03 Oct 2025 21:52:10
Thank heavens you’re not the manager, Tin ?

04 Oct 2025 07:08:28
Brooking, this is Arsenal we’re playing. For me, the favourites to win the title this season as the Premiership strongest team. I can’t see us getting a result, no matter who we field, so my team selection is somewhat tongue in cheek as a spectator. It’s a fantasy side against Arsenal. But then again I’m not surprised you don’t see that. If you think I believe Nuno will pick a side like that, you are more delusional than Joyfull said you are! ?

04 Oct 2025 07:13:00
By the way, my serious team selection would be similar to Dabber’s choice, but with Potts in place of Magassa and AWB instead of KWP.

04 Oct 2025 14:38:50
3 points for us today, we have our main striker and top goal scorer Fulkrug up front! hope he makes me look a real d———d and scores a couple, am I confident NO??⚒⚒⚒COYI

04 Oct 2025 17:35:06
Strangely, apart from Igor, Nuno ended up playing the same as my fantasy XI. So, not as daft as you think Brooking!

04 Oct 2025 19:12:00
You’re clutching at straws there TL, Igor, Potts and Marshall didn’t make the starting 11, good try though ??

I watched the game and although we didn’t look like winning the performance and energy was so much better apart from Fulkrug ….total waste of a player and strolled around all afternoon letting others do his closing down. I thought it was a penalty but don’t blame Diouf for giving it away, in the heat of the moment most players would do the same. We looked much better at defending corners but as Joyfull said, where do the goals come from? I think Nuno will keep us up, just

04 Oct 2025 20:38:33
Dabber, you’re wrong. Nuno DID END UP playing all those players (apart from Igor as stated) at some point. FACT. Clutching at straws?

05 Oct 2025 01:40:25
He brought on Potts and Marshall ….doesn’t make you some sort of kindred spirit with him feller ?

05 Oct 2025 10:35:06
I said it was strange, and I clearly never expected to see these players used — that’s why I used the word ‘fantasy’. Kindred spirit? Really?

02 Oct 2025 06:17:05
It still amazes me that Potter who is a Premier League manager couldn't see where the problems were and continued playing JWP.

one game under Nuno and we were a different team without JWP

02 Oct 2025 11:08:10
I totally agree Mac. But I am trying to keep my feet on the ground as I remember when Potter was brought in, I didn’t want him but after such a desolate chaotic couple of months under Loppy, potters first match in charge ( even though we lost) felt like a breath of fresh air even to me he didn’t want potter. I saw an interview with him and he seemed to really get West Ham. But it didn’t take long for my origin feelings to return and am almost euphoric now that he is gone.
I’m much more in favour of Nuno than I was with potter but I just hope the initial good feeling lasts and it isn’t Groundhog Day.

02 Oct 2025 14:39:26
The bottom line is Graham Potter is NOT a Premiership manager. Never has been, and never will be. Everyone was fooled into believing he was because he was a cog in the wheel of a successful recruiting machine at Brighton. He was found out at Chelsea and then West Ham, but only after he’d successfully got paid millions. Can’t see another top flight team in this country taking him on.

03 Oct 2025 12:26:30
JWP has played averagely, we all know that, but in his defence, when we brought him he was pretty good. initally. He scored a few goals and played a more offensive role, which is his position. The problem is the club. We have Pacquets, Soucek, JWP who played the exact same position. We had Bowen and Kudus who played the exact same position. Surely, someone must realise if you buy an attacking midfielder then that is their position?
Furthermore, someone must have though Todibo could defend. and that's even stranger!

03 Oct 2025 12:40:19
If you want a really good laugh, read the article about Ward-Prowse written by Joe Stephenson on Football League World “Southampton urged to strike deal for West Ham outcast James Ward-Prowse”. It is highly indicative of how so far off the mark so-called pundits are about real football. It’s complete nonsense in my opinion.

03 Oct 2025 14:29:50
Just read it. Wow it beggars belief. But we had a manager who watched him in training and in matches week in week out and had him as the first name on the team sheet yet nearly most people on here realised he was garbage and holding us back early on.
I’m just surprised the article didn’t use the term dead ball specialist! A dead ball specialist who hasn’t scored from a dead ball for years

03 Oct 2025 15:32:56
JWP has and always will be a set piece merchant, the stats back that up. Take away penalties and set pieces he's one of the least effective players in most metrics. I hope Southampton are desperate enough and pay us something stupid to get him back.

02 Oct 2025 07:39:09
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