West Ham banter 2

25 Oct 2025 10:45:37
FOR me there's no question, that the main culprits are Todibo and Kilman, they are individually and collectively a disaster

There's no question either that Potts Magassa and Fernandes must be in midfield

Igor has trained well apparently, and Mavrapanos should be back, tbh I never rated Todibo, but I am shocked how bad Kilman, has become,

We have a decent goalkeeper, it's those two in the middle, that offer no protection

25 Oct 2025 11:57:47
When Killman first arrived at West Ham I thought we had bought a very expensive but decent CB. But over time I have to agree with most others that he is dreadful, But I think it is important to say that if you play Souchek and Irving in front of the CBs you have so little extra protection. It was obvious against Brentford so why did he repeat it? It is obvious that Potts, Magassa and Fernandez need to start. He played them against Everton so why he did not pick them I don’t know…….

25 Oct 2025 14:52:08
Obvious to us all except The manager i'm afraid

25 Oct 2025 09:08:21
I tell you our biggest problem is Paqueta. He is a luxury we can't afford and needs to be sold.

Soucek occasionally provides a goal but would you sacrifice no midfield control for him. And why do managers persist with him. If we were 3-0 up with 2 mins left, I still wouldn't play him

Let's start being realistic. How many players do we think will we still have next season in the Championship?



And why are the managers never learning what we already know. Can somebody out there please say something because its the same thing happening again and again

25 Oct 2025 09:18:53
Yes it's all paquetta, the central defence definitely aren't a liability, souchek and Irving are great, starting paqutta as a striker was genius ( it was all paquettas fault he was a luxury that tactical masterstroke didn't work out)

I didn't think paquetta was anywhere near the biggest problem on that pitch last night and hasn't been for ages, the biggest problem is and has been the central defence that can't defend, followed by a lack of a decent striker, very strange why youd single out paqueeta who at least tried to get something going attack wise

25 Oct 2025 09:22:08
Why are we not playing Igor Julio, this is a player who palace wanted to replace Guehi, we basically stopped Guehi moving to Liverpool when we signed Julio, but I would still look at the free transfer market just to help out and get us to January.

25 Oct 2025 09:42:49
So depressing to watch?We can’t blame Nuno so early, we all know what we have is not his squad, common sense, all this playing players out of position, they are not professional if they can’t play in other positions, only exception is obviously Keeper! Forwards should be able to switch as should defenders, but that’s just my take on it for which I will get get some stick for from all the wishful Football Managers that haven’t got a clue what goes on inside the club! Sorry chaps to those I may upset?⚒⚒⚒⚒

25 Oct 2025 10:03:13
When paqueta dropped deeper yesterday he received more passes and played more passes than irving and soucek did combined all game, and that was with those 2 donkeys still on the pitch.

Our CBs aren't the best and i'm sick of their half hearted attempts to head the ball no fight between them but we aren't giving them much of a chance allowing opposition to run at them time and time again.

Have to say we've been bad but the standard of officiating has been awful as well, numerous fouls missed or giving against us, soft fouls carded against us but no consistency. Throws, corners given the wrong way. Feels like we've been given nothing but get lots given against us.

Having a bit of a rant but I'm sick of the time wasting, the tactics, the officiating. The ownership.

25 Oct 2025 12:11:27
I don’t understand the constant criticism of Paqueta. I know he dabbles in histrionics now and then which is annoying but he has more creativity than most. And to suggest Souchek should be in the starting line up ahead of him is ludicrous. Souchek and Irving should be on the bench and Potts, Fernandez, Magassa, and Paqueta should form some sort of midfield which will give our ropey CBs more protection and also give us more transitioning to attack.
We haven’t got much in the way of backup but I would still like to give Kante or Fearon a place on the bench as I have heard a lot of good things about them. Hopefully Nuno can persuade Malencovic or Murillo to leave Forest in the transfer window….

25 Oct 2025 13:01:01
HD, you and I agree and disagree in equal measure but for me Paqueta is one of those we have to disagree on. My old grandad would say “he’s all fur coat and no knickers”! It can look nice and the tricks entertain but ultimately there’s no end product. As I said after Monday given a choice between him a Jordan Henderson I’d take Henderson everytime as its what we need. Don’t get me wrong in another side Paqueta would probably flourish, Man City for example have the luxury of 10 good to excellent players around him giving him licence to perform his little tricks. We sadly don’t and at this moment in time need a couple of Collie Dogs and a Pit Bull, not a poodle ……

25 Oct 2025 14:55:02
Totally agree Dabber. Whilst the obvious issues are CB and midfield, he doesn't offer enough for me

25 Oct 2025 15:34:39
Dabber also agree with you and disagree.
I would say currently Potts Fernandez and Magassa start ahead of Paqueta but if it is a choice of souchek, Irvine or Paq man to start it has to be Paq man. I don’t know enough about formations give Paqueta free rein to roam rather than a fixed position.
Like most fans souchek seems a great likable fella who scores the odd goal and works hard but his actual pace and ability are now found wanting and i feel is a hindrance and that’s not just at club level I think the Chechs are thinking the same.

26 Oct 2025 13:24:44
Evidently, McTominay loves playing for Napoli, but is homesick. We should be all over that signing if possible. When he was available 18 months back with Maguire I said they’d both be quality signings. Many on this site shouted them down. These are the players we need now.

26 Oct 2025 20:26:23
I’m not sure about Maguire, although he would be far better than our current CBs, but I personally have always thought McTominay is an extremely underrated player. I know the emphasis is always on young players but some older players are a good shout. Look at Granit Xacka now at Sunderland 36 and best stats on distance covered during games this season

26 Oct 2025 21:37:47
I’d take them both at this moment in time

25 Oct 2025 08:22:11
Morning all, what a horrible start to the weekend, it's now getting to the stage where a point a game might not be enough, we've still got 10 games until January and we need to get 20 points from those 10 games, how are we going to do that ?

25 Oct 2025 09:13:26
We aren't going to get 10 points by Xmas we are so easy to play against it's untrue, we aren't even competitive, and after the way transfer business was dealt with in summer we never were going to be competetive

25 Oct 2025 07:39:06
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24 Oct 2025 22:39:37
Second game in a row that Nuno's ridiculous starting line up costs us the game. Irving and Souchek, no pace or intensity in the midfield. Scarles and AWB on the wrong sides and no forward on the pitch. We looked better when Fernandez, Potts and Sougassa came on, more energy and much quicker passing the only slight light at the end of an incredibly long and dark tunnel.

24 Oct 2025 23:19:56
Should it have come to that Dabber. A blind man could see the subs you mentioned should have started. It’s either a weird pig headedness to stick with a sh@t team or something more sinister!

25 Oct 2025 09:11:32
No it shouldn’t HD even Rob Green on Sky expressed how odd it was to make the same mistake 2 games in a row. There were only 2 green shoots for me:

1) The 3 young lads looked like they could play well together as a 3 with Potts as the holding midfielder and Fernandes and Mougassa linking play. I watched Mougassa closely when he came on for his 10 minutes or so and he actually looked neat and tidy.

2) If we go down the side is likely to be built round those 3 and they are young enough to provide a good foundation to build on for the future.

Of course the other added bonus of going down is getting rid BS who would likely as not fire sell Bowan, Summerville and Paqueta then hopefully cut their losses and “F” Off!

25 Oct 2025 09:20:33
Hopefully that experiment is now over, it shouldn't have took 2 games to work out that soucek and Irving was going to be a disaster, arguably our best performance was against Everton when we played magassa fernandes and paqueta in midfield, the difference was night and day when they came on we were picking up loose balls, putting in challenges and they couldn't just run straight through our midfield at our shakey defence like when soucek and Irving were in midfield. We endured that enough watching jwp and soucek now we have to watch him and Irving.

There is no doubt in my mind that selecting a midfield 3 of either, Paqueta, Potts, Fernandes, Magassa, wins the midfield battle against Brentford and Leeds as it did against Everton. Changes didn't really need to be made after the Arsenal loss, certainly not inverting full backs and replacing a young energetic midfield with 2 of the slowest midfielders in the league.

Nuno did have a bad start at forrest soo hopefully he can turn it around but that won't be playing those donkeys in midfield.

24 Oct 2025 22:20:21
Well can someone find out why he picked that team? Kidman and todibo are shocking. Irving and soucek are so slow on the ball and running. Paquata is never a forward. No leader in the team giving out bollockings to so many poor passes. An absolute shambles of a premiership team but this is four years in the making, poor recruitment and poor management employed.

24 Oct 2025 22:20:05
Must be looking for the quickest payout. The starting line up is indefensible

24 Oct 2025 22:14:13
QUESTION, to all on here

Does anybody think we can stay up?

25 Oct 2025 09:06:43
Well it’s possible. But highly unlikely the way things are.

25 Oct 2025 09:23:08
Being ever the optimist Joyful I think we can stay up only because there are still 29 games to play and the way we played in the last 25 minutes last night and 2nd halves against Everton and Forest showed that they can perform. I don’t think Leeds are particularly good and Burnley, Wolves and Forest likewise. We need something positive to happen like pinching a win against Newcastle via a late penalty or a wonder goal from someone to lift the spirits and other teams to falter dragging them into a dog fight. This set of players will need dog fighters with them to come out on top therefore I’d be looking at Alvarez back in January ( if we can get him back) , a no nonsense experienced CB and a striker (Toney would be the dream! ) Also it was mentioned last night that Nuno lost his first 3 games at Wolves and first 4 at Forest so is historically a slow starter. Clutching at straws but that’s all we have at the moment

24 Oct 2025 22:08:42
Got to start Fernandez and Potts, put Paqueta on the bench he's crap

24 Oct 2025 21:12:55
GIVE UP, another mad selection
NUNO had Forest best Defence in the league for most of last season
IS IT HIM , or are our players just incapable,

Just disgraceful, travelling hundreds of miles, to watch this rubbish


Getting soaked to the skin, most here feeling the same

Stand by for half time changes, will it make any difference, that's the point!

24 Oct 2025 22:08:47
I’ve got to say that the points tonight were lost by Nuno’s idiotic line up. After Monday, I would have thought he’d come to his senses. We are beginning to look like we’ve picked another cheap wrongun.

24 Oct 2025 22:13:09
Why so many sloppy easy short passes messed up?

Why didn't we turn up. We were asleep coasting through the first half?

The big question we are all going to ask is why didn't we start with the 11 that finished.

How did we make 5 changes whoch improved us?

Why is Tobido wearing the shirt?

Why isn't Nuno learning from his mistakes?

I don't understand it?