West Ham Banter

01 Jun 2026 08:15:40
Do I assume that it's all gone silent that Sullivan has decided to go on holiday for a month, whilst clubs around us are already getting their house in order?

A normal summer transfer window ahead of us then (just when you hope things might change)!!!

01 Jun 2026 12:38:16
Think that now the decision to keep Nuno has happened, they are trying to get his coaching team locked in - talks ongoing with Paco to stay. Also, pushing to get a director of football in, and that's when we will see some kind of movement, but unfortunately outs will have to happen before incomings.

01 Jun 2026 16:00:25
Not sure if it's good or bad, but Krezynski seems to be taking more of a lead role now in rebuilding, so things may start moving once Nuno and his backroom and director of football are brought in.

With Sullivan taking a backseat, I'm more hopeful.

31 May 2026 21:03:03
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new video entitled entitled, Allez Allez Allez - Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead!}

30 May 2026 09:18:46
⚒⚒⚒ Some angry comments directed on here at others! I personally don’t go to watch us now but quite a few members of my family go to most Home matches so I get feedback & opinions from them but I do watch all games live or recorded!

My take on the Damager as I call him, is he has contributed massively to our demise & the person responsible for us being relegated, forget Potter or other previous, we had been in winning positions in so many games when he tried to park the Bus but it broke down 😡😡 If we have lost 21 points from winning positions as other posters have said because of his tactics, he should go, boring bloody boring, why should he give f***, multi millionaires all of them.

Rewarded for abject failure, how many of working fans would be kept on for losing there company money!

There in no guarantee with any Manager, apparently Bellamy fancied us, why in hell not? Parker, load of rubbish about previous clubs why not, look at other clubs unknown Managers come in & flourish?
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30 May 2026 09:52:15
Apparently your opinion isn't valid, Chelmsford, because you don't go, as I was told. Stay in my armchair, haha. People seem to think they somehow know better if they pay to watch without ever making valid points, but there you go.

30 May 2026 11:46:01
I'm going to put this out there now. I'm not a season ticket holder, I'm not even a Southerner, let alone a Londoner. I'm a middle-aged man from Cheshire who chose to support West Ham as a 9 year old back in 1980, when all his mates chose Liverpool, Man Utd, City or Everton because they were closer. I chose my club, my tribe, and I've never regretted that choice.

I go to the London Stadium when a mate of mine can get me a ticket, and I can afford it, so about 3 times a season. My son chose Man City, but my 3 girls all chose WH. If people on here now feel my posts are less valid because I don't go to home games, I still have an opinion, I still think it's valid, and I'll still be West Ham till I die. Stop the bickering, people.

30 May 2026 12:02:32
Keep cool, my friends. Nuno is on 40 k a week now. In the first year of a 3-year contract, there's no contract compensation to be paid if things don't work out in the first year.

We will find that out in the first 6/8 games played. WH cannot afford to be in the Championship for more than two seasons.

If he's crap, he will be on his way very soon.

If WH go beyond two seasons in the lower league, the whole structure of the club, from top to bottom, would have to change.

So let's see how things roll out, particularly with players in and out of the club... Joyfull.

30 May 2026 12:44:11
He was on 86k a week, so are you saying he has had a 50% salary deduction, the same as the players?

30 May 2026 13:10:37
Yes! Is the short answer. I have already said he has been promised a top-up bonus to equate his Premier wage if we go back up at the first attempt. If we don't, he doesn't get the bonus, and I doubt he will keep his job anyway.

30 May 2026 16:56:23
Dabber Hammer 2, I think that's great mate. 👍 I am a Southerner through & through, just as I am a Hammer of 82 years old. Supporters change their Wives or Girlfriends more than their team. 😂😂 You have every right to your say, as does every fan. I have only been to watch us 4 times at the LS since moving further out in Essex in 2007, plus health restrictions!
Another poster on here "Whitby" travels from there to watch us play, think he's a Ticket Holder as well or was, another from Ireland, that's dedication for you, plenty of others have 2/3 hours each way, great supporters.

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⚒⚒⚒⚒ COYI.

30 May 2026 17:06:19
Hi Chelmsford, I don’t think your comments are aimed at me, but I will respond anyway. I have been going to most of the home games. I was a bit lucky in that I was away for the period around Christmas/January and missed about half a dozen home matches. My first game back was Sunderland at home, from when our form picked up. I would never suggest that people who don’t go to games have no right to an opinion. I don’t care if you’ve never been to a game in your life, as long as you are a West Ham fan, that’s all that’s important.
Where I think comments about going to the games have some validity is that there have been comments saying this is the worst football we have played, and it is just the same as Potter and Moyes, and also saying other stuff that just wasn’t true. The football wasn’t great, but it was significantly more entertaining than what we got from Moyes, Loppy, and Potter, because for all those 3 managers quite often I would go to the games and the general hostility towards the level of entertainment was toxic, and was absolutely horrible to be amongst, and also to have to watch the football.


Now, I could think, possibly, is it just me that bizarrely I find myself actually enjoying going to the games since Paco arrived, but it isn’t just me, as you rarely got booing at half time (apart from Sunday), and the mood amongst the crowd was generally more upbeat. I don’t think it was totally universal, but by and large I found the fans preferred it to what had gone before. And you cannot pick up that feeling from watching it on telly, you can’t even hear what roughly 40,000 fans are chanting about Sullivan. And you can’t tell what it’s like from either me or one of your family telling you what it’s like; unfortunately, you have to feel it for yourself. I’m sure you can tell us about some blinding atmospheres at Upton Park that I would never have experienced.
Ultimately, Nuno has failed badly, and should have been replaced. But if it was a choice of other negative managers that were mentioned, I can’t see the point. They should have taken a chance on Bellamy.
Apologies for another war and peace length post. 🤣

30 May 2026 20:21:03
Hammer-D, my comment was most certainly not intended towards you, nobody, in fact, just replying to Dabber Hammer from Cheshire. 👍👍⚒⚒⚒

31 May 2026 10:10:31
Good to hear from you, Chelms, and appreciate your comments, mate, as I have for the last 10 years or so we've been on here. 😀

Hammer-D, another poster who I thoroughly enjoy conversing with on here.

In fact, I love this forum... some of you drive me bonkers, but life would be so boring if we all agreed all of the time. Irrespective of where we live, how often we go to watch live, how often we watch live in the armchair, we all share the same passion for our club.

My wife would testify how I display my passion, from my blue language, every game, which I'm not proud of, but can't help, because I bloody love this club and the game. We'll be ok, guys, whatever happens.

31 May 2026 11:38:28
Hey Dabber, good post.
I love seeing people with little or no connections to East London on here. It says that, generally, you must be people of high integrity. Because there's no way you are a glory hunter, as there's no way you'll get glory supporting West Ham. 😂
Just a quick story. I remember going to Spain back in the late 90s, and there was a fella working in a bar who was a spitting image of Paulo Di Canio. He also wore a West Ham shirt, so I started speaking to him, and it was obvious he was from the North West.

So I asked him if he was a West Ham fan just because he looked like Paulo. But he said no, it was because where he grew up, I think in Rochdale, Allan Taylor was his next door neighbour. Who we obviously signed from Rochdale, and he had the dream run in the cup in 75 scoring 2 in the quarters, semis and final. Absolutely love that sort of thing.

31 May 2026 11:58:13
That's a great story, mate. Mine is a little similar. We were on holiday in Portugal in 1980 and the FA Cup was on TV in the lobby with Portuguese commentary. My younger brother and I watched it, and decided to pick a team each.

As I was the eldest, I made sure I had first pick and chose West Ham because I liked the kit. He got Arsenal. We won and I gloated for the rest of the holiday. He has been gloating for 46 years since! 😆

31 May 2026 16:55:28
Brilliant! You had the choice Betamax or VHS. You chose Betamax. 🤣

31 May 2026 17:51:01
Hammer-D, re your "war & peace long post" your words mate not mine. 🤣🤣 First went to Upton Park / Boleyn from about 1959 when I was 15 & had just started work, and saw all the greats over there when I was a young age! Stanley Matthews in a cup game against Stoke, Denis Law then with Huddersfield, of course later in the 70s onwards. World Cup 1966 winning trio, Moore, Hurst, Peters. I played against Peters in opposing schools in Dagenham, my birth town.
The funniest incident ever, when football was fun, was behind the North Bank goal, against Man City who had a corner to be taken by Colin Bell.

Franny Lee was in the box waiting for Bell to take it, Bobby Moore up tight behind Lee, yanked Lee's shorts down 2/3 times before the corner was taken. Each time Lee pulled them up without looking behind him. 🤣🤣 The North Bank had a great laugh, great joker Big Bob, and a fantastic player if anybody saw him play regularly as I and others did. 👍👍 ⚒⚒⚒

31 May 2026 19:57:49
🤣🤣🤣 Francis Lee was also a character. Imagine you had VAR with that incident. He'd get done for gross indecency. 😂
I was not lucky enough to ever see any of our 3 World Cup heroes.
Although my very first game was Arsenal v Man U at Highbury around 1970, I was only 4 or 5. I remember seeing Bobby Charlton, George Best and Charlie George; they were the most distinctive looking.

My big sister is an Arsenal fan and tried to get me to become an Arsenal fan, but I was having none of it. I wanted to support my local team with Pop Robson and Clyde Best in it. My first West Ham game was probably around 1976, in the North Bank, taking an orange box to stand on, coz, being about 10 years old, I couldn't see anything. Different times.

01 Jun 2026 14:08:26
Betamax Hammer, ... Should I change the login name?!. 😂😂

29 May 2026 13:45:56
A few of you were laughing at my statement yesterday when I said there’s no one better out there at the moment than Nuno, so can you tell who is then with no compensation to pay? Please don’t say Parker. Like I said, Nuno knows the players that are coming through, unlike a new manager who would probably want to have a look at them play for the youth first before picking them for the first team, therefore wasting games and wasting time.

🤷

29 May 2026 15:32:33
As I've posted, I wasn't laughing. It was virtually obvious from the start. West Ham were not besieged by superstar managers knocking the door down. Bilic, we have been there.

Parker, he has up but down record. Are West Ham going to take a gamble on a long shot? No, definitely not. So that's why Nuno stays. That's it. We will wait to find out. Good move or bad?

29 May 2026 16:03:55
I get the feeling it could end up the same as Potter last season. I do hope he has some integrity and truthfully wants to get us promoted again. Obviously, he would have taken a 50% pay-cut, and rightly so, but there is that nagging doubt in my mind that he may just be going into his second season, as he knows that he will be compensated fully for the remainder of his 3 year deal if sacked.

29 May 2026 16:08:54
Wouldn't waste the energy, Stevie66. I posted earlier. I am, so far, the only one to offer a name attached to a transfer: Hackney and Cooper. I also said I wouldn't have been disappointed with Parker, purely based on the fact he is Championship proven.

What you get on here is moaning without solutions, from some (not all) posters.

29 May 2026 16:17:30
Seems like some people are happy with boring, ineffective football. Nuno has done a terrible job so far. We've binned 21 points from winning positions, mainly because of terrible substitutions and tactics. He didn't deserve to keep his job. He is completely inept, and has shown it over 32 games. He hasn't been kept because he is good, but because it would cost the board a few million to get rid. This is exactly the same situation as last year with Potter, giving him a window for no reason at all.



I'd rather have promoted Paco (who is apparently off now), approached Bellamy, even spoken to Big Ange, or gone for a Spanish or German manager from their leagues. I'm not fussed about promotion straight away, slow build and reshape the team. But when so many supporters are submissive, reasoning aww, there's no one better than a failure, the board has won again. I'm afraid, personally I wouldn't give them a penny, as it's the only thing that bothers them: cash.

29 May 2026 16:26:26
Hackney, I very much doubt he
would transfer to another Championship side; he's wanted in a division higher than WH. Had the opportunity to buy him before last season, that was passed over.

Cooper, the man's not on any WH lists, and to my knowledge has never been discussed by the board.

If Nuno fails, then anything could happen.

There's no moans from me, only practicalities and honesty.

Wolves are well equipped and ready for the Championship, so will be Burnley and Boro. WH will have huge competition. How's that for honesty and no moans. Regards, Joyfull

29 May 2026 16:47:37
By Cooper I mean Michael Cooper - Sheffield United goalkeeper. I have doubts about Hermansen.

Hackney I admit is a stretch, but I think that would be a marquee signing that signals clear intent.

RedRobbo - wrong, as usual. Both had a break clause where there would be no compensation paid.

Why people can't get behind the team is beyond me. Actually to be fair those in the stadium do, certainly have done since Christmas. Those armchairs on the other hand - love a moan.

29 May 2026 17:19:38
Paco would have been a good call as would Bellamy. And I didn't know Paco is leaving? That isn't good. As I said earlier, I can see the same thing happening as last season with Potter. If we don't start well, the fans will turn very quickly.

29 May 2026 18:45:01
Stevie, I put 6 reasons on here as to why I thought Nuno staying wasn't a bad thing, but actually missed the most important one... with Nuno you know that JWP will not feature! That's got to be the most positive reason of the lot. Giving Jemez the job was the only alternative suggestion anyone has said to me might be a better alternative. Robbo, sorry mate, but I just don't buy this 'better to stay in the Championship for a few seasons, play nice football and reset' argument.

That's how teams can find themselves frozen out permanently, particularly with owners such as ours. As I've said before, promotion is paramount to getting rid of Sullivan. Surely that has to be of the most interest to us supporters?

29 May 2026 19:18:04
Dabber, there is no reason why we can't play good football and still be promoted. I was simply stating a personal preference if it were a toss up between the two. Also, there is no guarantee that we will go straight up playing boring football. It wasn't very successful last season.

Also, Iron Geez, I heard that the break agreement was a gentleman's agreement only and not in a contract; hence the reason he is staying and not going.

We are simply repeating the same mistakes we made last season with Potter. When you say I'm wrong, as usual, I wasn't wrong about Potter and Nuno, was I?

29 May 2026 19:52:01
I have to be honest, I don't know much about Championship football, but I will soon find out. But I heard somebody talking on 5 Live a month back and the presenter said to the guest, "So why wasn't Carrick a success at Middlesbrough, but has been an overnight hit at Man U, which is a much tougher gig?" The guest said Carrick was trying to play a progressive style of play that the players available to him were unable to do, hence it was a failure.

And that is a sad reality of what faces us now. I'm not advocating boring football, but we might not have the personnel capable of much else.

29 May 2026 17:44:32
IronGeez as I understand there is no break clause it was just an agreement but nothing in his contract, which is why sullivan backed down after sounding out various other managers

If you want to support and be entertained by mediocre ineffective football that's up to you personally I don't want to give this board anymore of my hard earned cash so trying to make out you are superior because some other people in the stadium got behind the team is laughable to be honest, even more laughable as you've literally just said you saw supporters having a go at the players during their lap of honour

Basically you try and call people out by childish name calling without making any valid points yourself

29 May 2026 21:00:57
Odd response - if you want to play schoolboys on the internet, RedRobbo, fine. If you can highlight where I have called anyone names, like we are Y8 students, please alert me. I won't be drawn into that nonsense.

Yes, a minority of supporters in a crowd of 60,000 is statistically likely.

It's not a case of whether I want to be entertained or not.

I would go to West Ham in League 2. I follow the club around the country, almost every week. I take my kids, just as my dad did with me 25 years ago. Again, what are you going to do? Cry on the internet all year? I go, support my club, follow the ritual, every week. Does that make me superior? Odd comment - but no. Stick to the armchair.

29 May 2026 22:58:27
Stevie 66, the reason people laughed is because we only started winning when Paco joined the coaching staff. Also, if you take Nuno's 33 games compared to the rest of the league, we finished 6th bottom.

Hardly deserves another chance. Bournemouth, Brighton, Oakace and Brentford all employed an unknown manager, and look where it has got them. We always go for the free option, and here we go again.

27 May 2026 19:54:30
Oh my god, Nuno is staying. No entertaining football next season then. We will be the big scalp in the championship and teams will set up not to lose against us. That will be a great watch, low block v low block.

Sully had it right not wanting to appoint Potter, he got it right this time not wanting Nuno to stay but somehow over ruled. How can you have a manger that upsets players and has no interest in training. WTH.

27 May 2026 21:57:13
Don't believe the BS. Players who dislike him?
Kilman, JWP, Wilson? Or just spin from the dwarf?

27 May 2026 22:26:08
Somebody putting it around, that Nuno doesn’t train, doesn’t talk to anybody. This is untrue. Doesn’t give half time talks, untrue.

I’m not saying he’s the best thing since sliced bread, he isn’t, but there’s no superstar managers that want to come to West Ham.

We need to get real, West Ham have a very tough job to get back to the top league.




First 6/8 games will tell the story, let’s see what team is put together. Let’s just wait until the end of next month. By then we will have an idea.
If Nuno fails, he will be gone double quick.

28 May 2026 08:32:13
I understand what you are saying, but they will be reluctant to sack him, as now West Ham have to pay him compo. If they had got rid now, it costs nothing. Yet another season of safety first football, how wonderful. We need a team playing with a bit of flair, but we have had that now. Sorry for me, Nuno is a Nono.

28 May 2026 09:24:15
The flair also depends on the players we have. You can’t turn Soucek into Trevor Brooking. Yes, agreed, Nuno didn’t deserve to keep his job, and most of us would rather see a more attacking style of football. But with the exception of Bellamy, none of the names mentioned offer even the possibility of that.
But I think the thing is, whilst we can agree he did a poor job overall, it wasn’t all bad, and just reading fake stories about him not training or not talking to the team at half time is just garbage, because if it was the case you would have heard it from the majority of players, who would have spoken out about it.

I’m sure many players will leave because they didn't get on with him, that’s life, and many will leave because they think it hampers their career playing in the championship. Hopefully a few will stay and get some new blood in who are young and hungry.

28 May 2026 12:54:30
Therein lies the problem, Hammer. Whilst you keep players like Soucek, who simply cannot play football, we are tied to a boring football style, because they can't do anything else. The few flair players we do have, Summerville, Fernandes, etc., will be off. This was a chance to dump the negative, anti-football manager and players and begin a new one.

If we do get promoted, what style are we going to play in the Prem? The same boring, negative way that got us relegated in the first place. I would happily stay down a couple of seasons if it meant playing exciting football again. Under this board, really only Bilic, for one season, has produced anything near good football; the rest has been dross.

28 May 2026 14:42:25
Soucek was maybe a bad example to choose, maybe I could have said Potts.
It’s weird, Robbo, but I sort of totally agree with you. But don’t in some respects.
There’s too much happening too soon after the relegation. There are a lot of stories flying around, you can’t tell what is genuine and what is not. In the end, people like yourself who said he, Nuno, needs to go were right.
Is it the board playing good cop bad cop. Almost suggesting DK is now calling the shots to appease the fan base. And if he (DK) does want Nuno, does he also really want the DOF which has also been suggested. Because it has been shown at Forest that he can’t work with one and he would almost sabotage it.
A DOF is a must, and would hopefully help with the situation of employing new managers. Although at other clubs the board appoint the DOF depending on their style, we could end up with a DOF whose remit is to just win games. Who dictates that we want entertaining attacking football? I do, but do the powers that be?
As usual, it’s a complete mess.

The ideal would be get a manager to get us promotion and maybe beyond, or get us promoted and look for someone to take us to the next level.
Nuno overall did badly and deserves to go, but would I prefer to keep him as opposed to the 4 usual names banded about. Personally I would. I also feel Thomas Frank would be the same as well. I’d be prepared to give him a try, but feel the football would be the same very methodical 3-5-3 slow system that most on here are totally against, so we would be back at square one. I feel until the board go including DK and get some decent people in we are not going to go anywhere. It will be interesting to see if DK actually puts some money in to help with the club's debts or will he just buy a larger share-holding. Buying more shares isn’t really helping us at all, although it may lessen Sully's power.

28 May 2026 16:11:34
3-5-2.

28 May 2026 19:58:48
I am whtid, what are you on about? There is no one out there better than Nuno. He already knows the youth players, so he's got a head start on anyone else. Let's just leave them to it.

28 May 2026 20:50:26
Nuno is awful. He proved it last year. He should be sacked for the signing of Pablo on its own, 20 million (for his mate's son) who is Conference level. That's without factoring in it's an entertainment business, and he plays completely boring football which isn't even effective.

Like I said, id rather not get promoted and actually wipe the slate clean and try something different. What's even worse, if we do go up next year, we will be subjected to it for even longer.

28 May 2026 22:18:14
Stevie 66, no one better than Nuno? Have you got a very strange sense of humour, or have you been smoking the funny stuff? Nuno has a paltry 29% win rate, Potter 24%, and Lopetegui had a win rate of over 31%. I sincerely hope I am wrong, and he does well, but I very much doubt it.

Driving home for 2 hours from games each week, after being bored to death, is no fun, I can tell you. I want to be entertained, not watch low block football; may as well have stuck with DM.

28 May 2026 22:19:14
No one better than Nuno. 😂🤣😁😃

29 May 2026 09:31:46
I'm with you, Robbo. Well said.

29 May 2026 11:42:02
What drives me nuts with these types of posts is - not one suggestion that fits a championship narrative.

As far as I can see I am the only one who has made a transfer suggestion, albeit speculative, but not unreasonable. I'd throw Michael Cooper into that list.

If Nuno went I wouldn't be downbeat, now he is staying I am not downbeat. I would have been ok with Scott Parker if he was appointed.

What are you going to do? Complain all season. As far as I can see, certainly within the stadium is that the fans support the club with everything, regardless of manager. The fans have been incredibly supportive since Christmas, incredibly supportive. Even on the last day, knowing we were going - the fans kept singing.

29 May 2026 15:30:05
I do generally agree with your post, IG, especially the last paragraph. Nuno should have been sacked, but it is the same old story. This board have no clue regarding replacing a negative manager with someone attacking. So I personally can't see the point in replacing Nuno with Parker, Dyche, or Cooper. If there was someone in the frame who was attacking and dynamic, I would be up for it.
The other thing is, whilst the football wasn't great, since the Sunderland home game there has generally been a vast improvement, and in 95 % of the home matches the fans have been behind the manager and players.

It was a big improvement on what I saw under Potter, Loppy and Moyes, although he managed to get us relegated.
The one exception was when the players did their depressing lap of honour after we had been confirmed relegated. Where I sit, there was a lot of hostility towards the players from a small, but very vocal minority who rushed the few rows to the front to remonstrate with the players, and they seemed to be picking on Tatty and Fernandez, which was totally out of order as they were 2 of our best players and worked their socks off.

29 May 2026 16:13:36
I sit within view of you, Hammer-D, and I saw that.

I wonder what the atmosphere will be like next season, where the expectation is that we win. I always found the atmosphere best when we were beating teams we weren't expected to. Will it be bouncing when we are three up against, say, Swansea?

29 May 2026 16:48:25
For me, the bouncing will solely depend on how we are doing, especially as the season gets well underway.

We can expect big crowds to start with, maybe the biggest in that division ever.

However, if the enthusiasm is not met with both the effort and results, you can expect the biggest crowds to melt away, and it's a huge stadium without people.

29 May 2026 18:30:02
Yeah it's difficult to know how it's gonna pan out. I suppose we will soon find out. I will renew, and whilst I may give many of the midweek games (of which there are a few) a miss due to travelling difficulties, I will still get behind the boys and hope for the best. 🤞

29 May 2026 18:53:27
Keep the faith, guys. It's going to be a long summer, so no point anybody contemplating abject misery until the season's underway. Whatever happens, surely it's better to get behind the manager and players, old and new.

27 May 2026 08:07:04
Thomas Frank would be interested in the West Ham job and for me he is perfect. But we won't go for him, we will go for the easy cheap option and it will take weeks to sort this out.

27 May 2026 09:56:39
WH are under pressure to get the manager situation sorted, pronto.

Offers start arriving for players, who may be sold against a new manager's plans, not a good start.
Joyful.

27 May 2026 10:22:27
It's sorted. Negative. Nuno is staying. Board bottle it again now, change of direction, dross football for another season.

27 May 2026 10:49:55
Robbo, the positives are, though:

1) With Nuno comes Paco.
2) It shows intent of trying to keep more of the better players with a team who knows how to play together.
3) He will have an opportunity to get rid of the dead wood and replace them with his choices.
4) The decision has been made quickly and not dragged.


5) Last time he managed in the Championship his team got 99 points.
6) The decision was primarily Kretinsky's which means Sullivan is finally being challenged.
7) Better Nuno than Sullivan getting his choice of Parker, Bilic, Cooper, or Dyche.

27 May 2026 10:51:27
They have gone on his Championship record alone.

As we all know, past results are not a guide to the future.

In the next week, a lot of bids will be arriving, and, equally, we have to get people in.

This, for me, will be Nuno's acid test. Let's see. Joyful.

27 May 2026 11:00:52
Dabber, low-block football won't work in the Championship, you need to win games to get promoted, not draw. Paco is now out of contract. Potter got his choices, was a crap manager, and that didn't work out; it, in part, along with Nuno's awful tactics, got us relegated. The better players will go if they were going anyway; none are going to take a massive pay cut to stay and play in the Championship just because negative Nuno is heretic, agents will take care of that.

This was a chance to take a new direction, clear the decks, and actually play entertaining football; after all, it is an entertainment business. I'd rather have stayed in the Championship for a few years if it meant exciting, attractive football. Nuno failed last year; yes, he got 99 points for Wolves, but he also kept them up. He didn't keep us up last year. Kretensky must know about as much as Sullivan. We are a clown club run by clowns.

27 May 2026 11:18:11
Both Robbo and Dabber, you make very good points. In a strange way, although opposite views, it’s hard to argue with either post; good, solid views.

All I want to add is that we shall see, by the incoming players, the type of football we will be watching soon.



Until then, a judgement call is hard to make, and if we sink in the Championship, it won’t be long till Nuno's gone!

27 May 2026 12:00:27
I agree, and Robbo, you make some sound points. In the perfect world, being relegated would be the right time to reset and rebuild from top to bottom, but unfortunately our world is run by Sullivan. If it's not Nuno, it will be one of the managers or type mentioned in my post. Until Sullivan goes, nothing will change, and he won't sell his shares until he can get top dollar for them.

That means PL football. Sullivan wants PL football more than attractive football. We've got him for at least another 12 months, unfortunately. I'm just trying to take positivity out of that sobering thought.

27 May 2026 15:57:59
If it means we can hang on to Taty, Bowen, Soucek if Nuno is the manager, I'd be more positive about this. I hope Nuno has learnt from the tactical errors last season, but I guess it will be defence first. He actually sorted that part out well, I thought. Our defence under Potter & Lopetegui was psychedelic!!!

27 May 2026 16:11:20
My argument to this is there is absolutely no evidence that Frank plays entertaining football. Ask Tottenham fans. I think he plays similar football to Nuno, Moyes and Potter. But I would be happy to give him a chance, and hopefully he will prove me wrong. I think we could be back to square one in no time with another boring, overly pragmatic manager. It reminds me of when Potter was given the job. Most on here thought he played attractive football, and it was only a few people that voiced their opposition (like Frank, I didn't really know him because I'd never studied Brighton).

It turned out his football was worse than Moyes and Nuno.
Also, Keith Andrews has got Brentford playing far more entertaining football than Frank, and they have done better in the league. Both managers did well at Brentford because of the way the club is run.
We don't have that.

26 May 2026 20:32:00
Thoughts on the assistant manager taking over? He did seem to have an impact when he joined. Definitely no nonsense style manager.

26 May 2026 21:27:52
I think I would be in favour of giving that a go compared to much of the dross we are being linked with. We did pick up when he arrived, and the players seemed to take to him. Although, it seems to be rumoured that Kretinsky wants Nuno to stay, but also wants a DOF, which Nuno wouldn't work with.