West Ham Banter 3

15 Oct 2026 04:37:50
No-one can moan with 6 goals, irrespective of the opposition. Lincoln did what all teams would do - drop very deep. We had to bide our time before taking advantage, which we did. Good result.

15 Oct 2026 12:02:50
After the red cards & being unable to score we were awful so I decided to turn off in frustration!
Then I saw Mavro scored with another great header so I watched it from then 👍
I never analyse on players apart from whether they play good or bad imo, but as you say Brooking you can't complain about 6 goals even against 9 men away from home! ⚒⚒⚒⚒.

15 Oct 2026 16:54:14
I must admit although they were exhausted and down to 9 men, austbo was terrific and has to start v Swansea.

14 Oct 2026 20:55:01
2 genuine red cards very rare, ref spot on unlike last week, but boy are we making hard work of this

Some. Players way off the game in my opinion, Pablo Engels soloman, I'd make. Changes, now, try to get a few goals.

14 Oct 2026 21:00:07
It's a great chance to boost our goal difference, Taty, Mukasa, Austbo, for Pablo, Engles and Soloman.

14 Oct 2026 21:29:49
Solomon and Engels were poor as was Pablo. Sometimes playing against 10 men can be difficult but 9 isn't. The only player I may have had different at the start was Makasa as he is quite creative.
Nice and comfortable now.

14 Oct 2026 21:54:45
6-0 away irrespective fantastic result even against 9 men, the big game is Saturday, if we don't get massive confidence from this ? What can you say.

15 Oct 2026 05:47:42
6 goals, 3 points in what could have been an awkward game.

Hopefully Nuno is starting to understand who or where his best 11 are.

Austbo offered so much more when he came on. Soucek has to be impact Sub. Engels gone off the boil. Nice to see Kante back who missed a sitter. Solomon was poor

Big game Saturday but im hoping we can go into it with confidence and bit of momentum (this is West Ham however lol)

15 Oct 2026 08:28:52
Can't disagree with any of that Mac. It was good that he brought Austbo and used him as wing back as opposed to a like for like swap with Solomon. Even tho Solomon was pretty awful yesterday as was Engels.

I thought Golumbekis looked composed when he come on, even though he had very little to do. Strange circumstances playing 9 men but a 6.0 away win is still very decent.

15 Oct 2026 17:05:19
It's done wonders for the goal difference.

14 Oct 2026 16:37:52
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14 Oct 2026 11:34:40
So I think we can all honestly agree that in the last two games Nuno has got his team selection badly wrong. No way Soucek should have started v QPR and he was so bad he was brought off at half time.

I hope veltman is in for KWP. back 2 select themselves cause we have nobody else. Keeper is the same. Left back he will stick with morato.

Midfield is interesting but id bring in kante, mukasa and engels but Nuno wont. Drop Solomon for Austbo and play piroe in the middle.

14 Oct 2026 19:10:03
Orford has always done well when hes played. Dont mind Kante if hes further forward but hes a risk when played deeper.

Wouldnt mind Orford Engels with Kante infront.

Could be our midfield for years to come.

14 Oct 2026 19:11:10
I think you have got your wish as it seems that that is the side Pablo in as well. I Austbø is a great player to be able to bring on.

14 Oct 2026 20:06:01
Gamer off already ! He was gonna be dangerous with his throws.

14 Oct 2026 06:23:53
Need to win tonight to stop a gap appearing, if we do and then beat Swansea we would still be behind them in the table, stop all the tippy tappy slow football and go and attack teams and keep attacking them even if we go a goal up and not try and defend as it doesn't work.

14 Oct 2026 07:38:14
Stevie, we cant defend and teams know it. Any team that chucks a high ball at us or runs at us will have us in trouble.

The defence should've been sorted in the summer but wasn't. One person's fault so the buck stops with Nuno.
Veltman only defender brought in and he is constantly Injured.

13 Oct 2026 11:38:37
Will not surprise me in the slightest if Lincoln turn us over. They are gonna be hungry and at it whilst we sleep.

13 Oct 2026 21:41:29
Where's brooking ? And his procession ? Last two draws cost us all to play for now, these next two games could dictate our situation.

14 Oct 2026 06:16:58
Lose the next two and the season suddenly takes on a different complexion. Clubs around us can actually defend and score goals. Look at last night, Swansea 1-0 at Millwall in 91st minute, middlesbrough 3-2 in 91st minute. These clubs fight and scrap. They dont have the arrogance to think they have already won!

Yeah we can score (when they can be bothered to finally get the ball forward), but we cant defend and full backs are frightened to get forward

Jan window kilman has to go and we need cbs that can defemd and maybe a manager who knows what he is doing to shake this lot up.

14 Oct 2026 10:03:40
Results are going against WH, but multitude of games to play, starting tonight, need to win and carry on in the same manner it's all to play for,, there's a lot of clubs want to make the premier league, not just us, that's clear and evident, why or how some of our fans thought this was going to be easy, I willl never understand.

14 Oct 2026 10:46:54
Something we are missing joyful thats momentum and consistency. Wrexham was a great springboard, since then, weve gone backwards, only waking up for 15 mins when we are chasing the game

Too many sloppy passes, slow build up from the back, careless mistakes in midfield are already killing us.

14 Oct 2026 11:26:24
Who are you referring to as Brookings procession?

14 Oct 2026 11:27:05
Joyful I totally agree with your sentiment that brooking is too optimistic and unrealistic with his opinions. But I don't think he is completely wrong because from what I have seen so far from others, hasn't particularly impressed me and we should be winning most of our matches. As Mac say defensively we are crap with the players Nuno is using but squad size, quality and offensively we should be winning most of our games and I feel that is down to our manager.


Most seasons, one team will be miles ahead in this division and I think it should be us. Wrexham was a bit of a one off but we should be attacking most games in that fashion and we aren't.

14 Oct 2026 14:55:08
Dabber I think joyful is referring to a couple of posts put on here by brooking. Basically saying we are a shoe in for automatic promotion. It's possible but not a shoe in the way we are playing the last couple of games.

14 Oct 2026 15:03:30
You are correct in 90% of your post, however any experienced person who follows football for donkeys years, knows it just doesn't work out like that,

What we should be doing is another matter, we are not at oresent, I said prior to seasons start this is no cakewalk, irrespective if the best squad on paper or not, pressure is on for 46 games

Prior also to seasons start I said split the division into 3 groups, those that can play and give us a game of football, those that can raise their game, and try mass box interference, Millwall, and those who pack


their defence qpr, and finally the bottom group who can't play much and we should beat anytime Thats, the truth

Stats don't lie we need almost 2 points a game to secure promotion from this division, that's not my opinion that's fact.

14 Oct 2026 15:40:53
Just to be clear Joyful if you're suggesting that I am part of Brookings "procession” and quiet on here because I have nothing positive to say you are a million miles away mate!

Yes some of the games aren't going our way but thats football and at least it's interesting and exciting to watch. Yes Nuno can infuriate sometimes with his tactics but again that's football and Carrick (who some on here wanted as a manager) isn't fairing any better at Man Utd. Guys why don't you just chill out for a bit and stop making this site a whinge fest. 'm sure I'm not the only one on here thats hesitant to visit the site because of this!

14 Oct 2026 15:48:07
Blimey Joyful, I said this, I said that, I, I, I,I. give it a rest ! You are not the oracle on football you seem to think you are. You have an opinion like everybody else but because you know a couple of agents and managed semi professionally it doesn't make you an expert or your opinion gospel! I personally find your persistent whinging boring and one of the main reasons I've stopped visiting this site as often as I used to.

14 Oct 2026 17:39:52
Ok by me if that's what you want no problem.

14 Oct 2026 18:18:13
What I want is a forum where healthy and hearty debate is welcomed as opposed to one person banging on about how "I told you so” and predicting doom and gloom at every opportunity. Sadly I just think you're starting to believe your own hype mate, a trait I've seen many times on here over the years with the likes of Iron Mike.

Ed002, god bless him, was a master at putting people in their place who clearly didn't know as much as they thought they did.

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14 Oct 2026 21:56:54
ITs ok Dabber mate, if you want to be hostile, doesn't matter Turn me off.

16 Oct 2026 08:30:07
Can I politely remind you Joyful mate, that you started the hostilities by the reference to Brooking and his procession. If I decide to turn your comments off it will be my decision not because you have advised me to as I don't actually revere you as much as you do yourself. Here's to a lovely weekend, win, lose or draw COYI.

16 Oct 2026 13:12:34
To be completely fair, Dabber, you're the one that's coming across as hostile.

13 Oct 2026 09:22:58
Pierce Charles, putting aside the double save For me it was his excellent distribution. Accurate balls out to the wingers, virtually every time setting up their counter attack from the half way line or further, only once or twice did he hoof it

Wheras Hermansen long kicks more often fell to their defenders. Than our forwards

This MUST be copied, in my opinion, takes lots of practice., it could be a priceless tactic.

13 Oct 2026 10:34:36
I can't be the only one who nearly has a heart attack when Hermadson Dinos and Killman do their chuckle brothers routine. To me to you. why do they do it they are not comfortable or confident with the ball at their feet.

13 Oct 2026 11:37:40
Because they are clueless.

13 Oct 2026 06:21:11
I watched man utd v Spurs game at weekend and watching united was like watching us, no intensity, no desire, more passes at the back going nowhere, sloppy, unprepared and lazy

This lot need a shake up and Nuno is not the man to do it.

13 Oct 2026 06:45:52
I think they are similar to us over the last few years. They have had so many new managers. Each time the new manager is heralded as the new messiah but they all fail. Ten Haag, Ruben Amorin are the 2 obvious ones. But also OGS and lastly Carrick. I like Carrick but was amazed how he changed from being a very mediocre manager at Boro to do such a decent job last season.

But seems maybe he's not that great. I think their situation is a lot more complex than ours. I think with the demise of Brady and Sully our future looks brighter but they need to get shot of Nuno and get someone in with a bit of guile and imagination.

12 Oct 2026 07:39:02
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10 Oct 2026 14:55:25
Next week should be interesting. Lose and we are 7 points adrift.

10 Oct 2026 10:13:57
Watching last nights game we are going to get nowhere when our backs are tippy taping the ball back and forward, our build up play is far too slow. How can we play one upfront at home to QPR who offered nothing going forward, they came for a draw and got it.

Nuno is not the manager to take us back up, teams will now know how to set up to frustrate us in future games.

10 Oct 2026 10:31:53
Next 4 games will sort the men from the boys.

10 Oct 2026 18:04:24
Maybe my memory getting weak, thought Brooking said this was going to be a procession, I said not, and it won't be need to average close to 2 points a game, we have the squad, but something just not right, we start too slow, invite pressure, that's become a regular thing, going behind early, we have to change this pronto.

10 Oct 2026 18:43:01
I think alot of the blame sits with nuno. Its his job to get this lot fired up but we start games fast asleep with no urgency to take the game by the scruff of the neck

Too many players seem to be in dreamland with 500 passes played between cbs and full backs going nowhere. This allows defences to set themselves and then we struggle to break them down

If only we had a manager who would make brave decisions and could get them fired up from the start. Stop inviting teams onto us and get at them.

11 Oct 2026 07:40:47
It would help if we had a striker on the pitch. It wasn't until Peroe came on that we really improved. Tatty was really poor yesterday but was being played up front on his own. But also playing Souchek was a disaster especially after an injury. Nuno is back to his mystifying best making stupid decisions thinking he can outsmart everyone when most of us know it's gonna fail.
When you look at it in the round he hasn't been at all successful. We get a few games where things look like they have changed, like wolves, derby and Wrexham but it never seems to be backed up with more wins.

I don't share Brookings ‘rose tinted' optimism but this league is not as difficult as many predicted. It is in the way of game scheduling, but that's the same for all teams. The quality of opponents and their lack of depth is really poor. We have a far superior squad than most and we should have more points on the board by now.
Unfortunately I think we are stuck with him as nobody in the boardroom will get shot of him. Until we narrowly miss out on promotion. Having said all this he should still get us promoted but then what.

11 Oct 2026 09:29:30
Again and again he makes mistakes with his ridiculous decisions and seemingly unable to make brave decisions and dropping players who arnt performing.

11 Oct 2026 20:25:01
From watching and reading many of the usual websites. I think there is a real annoyance building with Nuno. Many of whom are not usually so critical. Everyone is saying the same sort of thing, a couple of decent games than back to low block low energy performances with wrong choices and formations, and playing a useless keeper when we have a decent keeper on the bench who never gets a look in.


Will the discontent filter through to the board.

10 Oct 2026 09:20:03
That was crap, how many games is that now where we go a goal down, our build up play was too slow, side to side across midfield and I just knew we would miss that pen, how can you spank Wrexham one week then play like that the next, we should be strolling this league as it's there for the taking.

10 Oct 2026 19:41:46
Stevie66 I believe it to be a coaching method.
Look how Walker Peters managed to get in possession 3/4 in to QPR half but didn't pursue the bar line instead played the square ball lost possession leaving him and Bowen out of possession for QPR to mount a counter.

10 Oct 2026 09:06:59
Two games now against Millwall and this lot we started with our thumbs up our ass. Its as if we think we can just coast through games, turn it on for 15 mins and win and I guarantee this attitude will cost us at the end of the season

And in all honesty me and my boy are sick to death of seeing this dross from a team thats capable of so much more.

10 Oct 2026 06:43:00
I like nuno as a person and a manger, but I personally think he's not right for us, his playbook is a post it note And I truly believe it will be our undoing. Didn't see the game forgot we were playing. From reading other posts, i think it was far too early to be starting soucheck. Makes no sense to everyone but nuno.

10 Oct 2026 09:13:30
Apart from about the last half hour, we looked lost. Nuno is clearly not a good manager and the international break has confirmed that Kilman and Pablo are both still useless.
I can only assume that the referee didn't see Soucek get the ball for his incorrect penalty decision.


When we finally woke up in the second half, it was too late. We should have played at that tempo from the start. I had this gut feeling Bowen would miss that penalty. Two points thrown away.

10 Oct 2026 10:35:18
Nuno is a charlatan any manager that drops a centre forward ro make way for souchek to sit between the 2 central defenders as some kind of deep lying playmaker ( one with no ability as a footballer) in a derby at home tells you all you need to know about the bloke complete clown.

10 Oct 2026 14:11:06
I have flip flopped in my opinion of the manager. I want any manager we have, to be a success even if I don't rate them, even BFS! I try to give him the benefit of the doubt from time to time but overall we get crap performances and results we then get an uplift in form and results and think we have turned a corner only for 3 games later back to our erratic selves. Not sure everything is his fault as many of the players seem incapable of stringing 3 or more passes together.

But overall he has to go even in this easy division. But sadly our new top man DK made keeping Nuno his priority. With all the upheaval around Sullivan and him stepping away it was the ideal opportunity to get a new man in and a clean slate but we never took it. Now we are lumbered because DK ain't gonna take the decision that is required.

10 Oct 2026 14:51:28
The manager needs to be Braver. As it's costing us points and it happened last season as well. We should be winning this league comfortably.

10 Oct 2026 15:45:28
Yeah your all bang on. Heis still too cautious and this lot need a manager thats gonna put a rocket up the backsides for performances like last night and Millwall

Too inconsistent even at this level. If we lose next two then what.