West Ham banter 2

07 Dec 2025 11:59:47
Not sure I like the line up. I thought we'd seen the back of Rodriguez. I know December has a lot of matches but would have thought Kante could have had a proper run out. But what do I know?

07 Dec 2025 11:59:22
Oh my God Rodríguez starts v Brighton!

07 Dec 2025 11:54:10
What is that starting lineup, Potts, Magassa and Wilson on the bench ?

07 Dec 2025 12:43:55
Wilson I can understand as we know he is not capable of playing a few days apart and he did play 82 mins the other night. But the line up and formation is a shocker. It seems like back to the Leeds game. But we can only hope he has seen something that most of us havent

07 Dec 2025 13:00:18
4-0 all day long. Unbelievable starting XI. I'm literally sitting here mouth open in astonishment and not in a good way.

07 Dec 2025 13:37:34
This Brighton side is rubbish. If this terrible West Ham lineup get anything, it’s because Brighton are still in the dressing room. A bloody awful game of football.

07 Dec 2025 13:41:25
The highlight was when the ball went to Diouf on the left wing: the commentator declared, “…. to Diouf who’s good in this position ….” just as Diouf crosses it straight behind the Brighton near post! Classic.

07 Dec 2025 14:00:38
I think it’s a good game, I’m enjoying it and think we’re playing well …. I think you need to chill out a little TL

07 Dec 2025 14:05:08
I would nt go that far Dabber but I wouldn’t say Brighton are a rubbish side they are near the top 6. But it hasn’t been pretty

07 Dec 2025 14:22:26
Dabber, I can assure you I’m really chilled out. In fact, apart from the Bowen/Summerville attempt, I’m almost asleep. ?

07 Dec 2025 14:26:12
Match stats 2nd half:
Brighton 1 shot, 70% possession.
They haven’t bothered showing up. It’s like a training dxercise.

07 Dec 2025 15:03:57
We deserved all 3 points and managed the game well. Defensively sound apart from their goal. Sometimes TL I think you focus on the negative elements too much instead of the positives. I don't give a monkeys chuff about Brightons stats its about our performance and seeing improvement. Young Fernandes was outstanding.

07 Dec 2025 15:19:12
Nonsense, but that’s differing opinions as you and I both know well! ?

07 Dec 2025 15:22:57
As an afterthought, Dabber, it’s plain crazy not to bother about the opponents’ performance. After all, they contribute 50% towards any match.
BTW, I also thought Fernandes played well.

07 Dec 2025 15:55:06
A point gained. It was bloody cold on the south coast.

07 Dec 2025 16:05:36
I’m no more focused on Brighton's stats than I was with Liverpool's last week. I prefer to focus on what we do. Last week Paqueta was a tw*t, this week he actually performed well for the team to be fair although I still think starting him was the wrong message. Last week we lacked heart and interest, this week we played with both. The point I make about you TL is that when we lose it’s because we’re poor but when we win or draw it’s because the opposition was poor.

07 Dec 2025 20:19:25
You obviously don’t read my posts Dabber. It seems you like to disagree for the sake of it. I’ll praise West Ham when they play well. When they’re mediocre or crap, I’ll say so.

07 Dec 2025 22:15:21
I read your posts TL and agree when I agree … In the main I find your posts negative, moany and patronising particularly when aimed at Brooking10. Is that clear enough for you

07 Dec 2025 23:50:06
Unlike someone on here, I don’t need things explained. Yep, I’m the first to admit I moan when there’s something to moan about. And my moans have been justified for quite some time. Patronising? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.As for Brooking …. some of his comments have been described as delusional, and not just by me.

08 Dec 2025 14:57:14
Haha whatever Tinlegs, you just keep deluding yourself that your the font of all knowledge and the only one whose opinion matters ….

07 Dec 2025 11:48:21
3 at the back today,

In
Kilman
Paq.
Rodriguez
Summerville

Out
Soucek
Magassa
Potts
Wilson

07 Dec 2025 07:39:06
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06 Dec 2025 10:39:36
BILLY BONDS, never had the chance to come on, as been on duty for my old club

For me unquestionably, the greatest player ever to wear. A WH shirt

Never the skill of Moore Brooking and Devonshire, but LION HEART, is what he was and always will remain so for me

I will frankly admit I cried, when I heard the news

Agency said 4 weeks back he was Ill with Liver Kidney and other problems, I thought he'd be Ok , would never post on here anyway

RIP great Captain, personally I think he deserves a statue outside the ground

06 Dec 2025 19:04:56
100% agree Joyfull saw Bill so many times you just took him for granted each and every game?
Was over the Boleyn at every opportunity from 1959/60 once I started work earning £4 per week as a Telegram Boy, if anybody knows what that was??RIP Big Bill⚒⚒⚒⚒

06 Dec 2025 20:23:37
You didn’t work out of telephone exchange opposite the princess Alice in Forest Gate did you Chelmsford?

07 Dec 2025 13:58:50
Hammer-D, No I didn’t, I started in 1959 at the Threadneedle St Branch not far from Bank of England, why were you a Telegram Boy? Mine was all on foot?Only did for a couple of years, hated that bloody Uniform, highly embarrassing at that age of Mods and Rockers??⚒⚒⚒

07 Dec 2025 17:57:51
No mate my mum was a telephonist there back in the 70s and I remember her mentioning the telegraph boys that worked there. For my sins I was a postie at Mount Pleasant for some years till I managed to escape ?

06 Dec 2025 10:52:20
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05 Dec 2025 07:39:05
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05 Dec 2025 05:11:02
Morning all, I think apart from replacing Soucek with Summerville then I think that has got to be the starting 11, I would even leave Paqueta out.

05 Dec 2025 07:05:28
Stevie who would you pick if Summerville is still unavailable. We saw this last season with a minor injury led to him being out all season.
I think Paqueta has alienated himself after last Sundays antics even from those of us who have always defended him.
But if is a straight question of Paqueta or Souchek who do we go with? From a footballing point of view I would go for Paqueta or go curve ball and give Earthy a go

05 Dec 2025 07:17:51
Agreed Stevie. Lot better balanced team where they all contributed. Clearly we need serious pace up front and maybe swap Diouf with KWP, but this was a lot better.

I was just thinking if Potter was still managing, i guarantee he would still be starting Kilman, JWP, Rodriguez and soucek

Nuno has transformed the midfield, just by bringing players we already have in to the side

If we can continue playing like that, we will win more than we will lose

05 Dec 2025 13:54:20
How about kwp at left back then pushing diouf a bit further forward with summerville injured?

05 Dec 2025 14:10:22
If I’m totally honest, I can’t see us escaping relegation with Nuno in charge. Last night epitomised his lack of ambition and showed up his total lack of guts. To illustrate perfectly what I’m saying, I’ll forward this as an example:
To escape the relegation zone, at KO we needed a win, and by 2 clear goals. After scoring our equaliser, we began to show real fight. Man Utd looked really vulnerable for the first time and it looked like we could at least score a second and take all 3 points. What did Nuno do? He crapped himself and took off our striker to replace him with a central defender! He was satisfied with the single point. That attitude will not save us. Our biggest rivals, Leeds, showed real fight for the whole of their Chelsea game. We haven’t got that, and this twit hasn’t got that either.

05 Dec 2025 16:10:02
Tin legs, understand what saying, if there were only a couple of games to go until the end of the season then he might have gone for it a bit more but we’re not halfway through the season yet and he wanted to make sure we went away with something rather than nothing, but we still had our chances to win it anyway, we just need that bit more pace upfront and who knows what could’ve happened.

05 Dec 2025 16:16:06
I agree Tin, I said that before he was appointed, I thought he was the wrong fit, to play counter attacking football and achieve results you need a rock solid defence and pace up top we have neither

05 Dec 2025 21:54:24
Got to disagree here. Like most of us I don’t feel Nuno is a long term fit for us. He has made mistakes but has far less latitude than the previous 2 managers. So this guy has come in to keep us up which I think is what will happen. Yes he has made mistakes but he isn’t frightened to wield the axe when needed and has sorted out our midfield. It’s going to be touch and go but I don’t think we will get relegated even if we lose the next 3.

06 Dec 2025 10:36:59
I agree with everything you’ve put there HD. Just read he is starting Paqueta which personally disappoints me as it gives out the wrong message. He’ll probably score a wonder goal and some on here will crow about it but there you go ….

06 Dec 2025 10:42:01
And before anyone asks I’d play Kante with Potts and Mougassa and push Fernandes further forward instead of starting Paqueta. Just my oppinion

06 Dec 2025 12:35:58
Paqueta one of our best peformers so far this season before he lost his head agaist Liverpool,

I feel he will bounce back and make up for it, i know we all have a soft spot for soucek but Paqueta is on another level entirely in footballing terms.

In terms of staying up i get respecting the point as their is still a long way to go, let's hope leeds gambing and going for games back fires.

Sullivan doing the baremimum just to keep us up was eventually going to back fire. Nuno thrown away 6 points agaist brentford and leeds, potters selections were awful as well especially in the midfield potts best midfielder in preseason and he started jwp soucek and irving, things might have been different if we had signed magassa and fernandes earlier on in the window not after the season started, but sullivan knows best he probably saved a few quid on agent fees haggling and low balling for weeks, instead of fixing a position that has been a problem since Rice left ?

07 Dec 2025 04:14:13
I am surprised Nuno is not playing the same side from Wednesday. Today, at Brighton, it will be a difficult game and one we’ll need to be battle heartened. If I were Soucek I'd be pretty annoyed if I’d been dropped for someone who showed NO composure in their previous game.
As they say, ‘Never change a winning side or one with balance’.
Separate, what is wrong with Summerville?

04 Dec 2025 21:52:21
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