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11 May 2026 22:27:15
My mate just called the end of season like this -
Chelsea beat Spurs
We beat Newcastle
We are 1 point ahead.
Last game of season, Spurs are beating Everton and we are drawing with Leeds until 92nd minute when Bowen smashes in a winner!!!
Let's hope so. All we can do is win our last 2 games and hope for the best.
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12 May 2026 06:59:14
One more bit of good news that may have passed by unnoticed, at least Millwall ain't getting promoted. 😀 They always bottle it at the play-offs. That's not to say we won't be playing them next season.
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11 May 2026 22:12:31
Spurs drawing. We are still in it, fellas. Chelsea won't want to do them any favours. Another massive weekend coming up.
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11 May 2026 22:48:47
Watch the last two presentations by Nick Killington on Claret & Booze -
"The FA Stinks of Corruption : Live Match Reaction"
and
"Meet Nuno and Sullivan : The Architects of Our Downfall".
He says what I and one or two others have been saying for months. There's not a lot we can disagree with.
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11 May 2026 22:56:51
I've been pretty vocal all season, Tin, on Nuno. I can't disagree with a lot of points Nick makes, to be honest.
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12 May 2026 09:33:49
Tinlegs, welcome back, by the way, but come on guys, don't come on here making out you're a pair of oracles or mystics who predicted all of this and "I told you so"... We all know it's Sullivan's fault, there's no mystery there, and although I'm not a massive Nuno fan, I certainly don't put him in the same bracket as Sullivan, Brady and Potter, with Steindten prior to that, to be thrown into the mix.
Tin Legs, you kept banging on about wanting Thomas Frank, and that didn't turn out well for Spurs, did it.
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12 May 2026 09:59:17
Dabber,
If there's one thing we are not, it's ITK. The reason for pointing out Nick is repeating what we've been saying is simply illustrating that we are not the only ones who place a great deal of blame at Nuno's feet. And, if you read previous posts, we've often opined that the fault of our woes lies with the whole board, in particular BSG and, lately, K. We know Sullivan had a controlling share, but the rest of the board also have a voice.
Currently, Nuno could have saved us, but his team selections, tactics and in-game management let us down. I hope he goes.
As for Frank - you ignore I said he was IMO a bad fit for Spurs, and I didn't think he would do well there. I still think he could be a success at WHU, but that is just an opinion.
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12 May 2026 12:13:17
Appreciate the considered response TL. There have been times when Nuno's tactics have absolutely baffled and p**s*d me off in equal measures. The Chelsea game being the most obvious example, but in balance I also appreciate positive decisions he's made, JWP/Kilman dropped from the squad, the improvement to the defence and upturn in form, and above all the shower of s*** situation he inherited by the incompetent Potter. I actually don't want him to go because, in my opinion, he is our best shot at coming straight back up if the worst comes to the worst.
He knows how to manage in the Championship, and if there is the slightest chance of a Manager convincing some of the higher level players to stay and help us get back up, then, imo, and it's just an opinion, Nuno is that person. We have 2 games to go and we still have a fighting chance, and I just don't think this is the time for Nick or anyone else to say "I told you so".
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11 May 2026 22:08:20
Great result. Leeds shame they didn’t get the win, but that’s decent.
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11 May 2026 22:28:17
Gave me hope again when, after I checked and it was Spurs winning 1-0, I had settled my mind that we were down. Twists and turns, and hopefully more to come, with us ending on top!
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12 May 2026 05:57:56
I have been saying for the last month that I think we will win our last 2, so just hope I'm right. 🙏 Really glad Leeds didn't just roll over like Villa did. I'm sure they won't against us either.
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11 May 2026 19:46:24
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool v Chelsea - A Not So Quick Liverpool Perspective
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11 May 2026 09:22:36
So Lincoln it is next season. I just hope Sullivan sells up and we get the manager situation sorted as soon as possible.
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11 May 2026 12:40:46
Yup, looks that way. 14 points from 21 games really did the trick. Potter and Brady did the real damage months ago.
Sullivan's antics, lack of goal power, not being able to defend leads, like at Chelsea, have all contributed to where we are today.
Big Arsenal fans admitting they got away with murder yesterday just adds insult to injury.
With West Ham financial woes, what kind of team are we going to field next season? Parachute payments or not.
The only thing that can be said with clarity is the team will look very different to this one, a lot more games, many, many more midweek games.
We came back after 2003. Maybe we will again. Joyful.
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11 May 2026 15:21:06
I don't think we came straight back in 2003. I think we lost the play off final first year. We came straight back up in 2010 with BFS. If we end up with a manager like that, I think I will start supporting Colchester United or Orient.
We do have a lot of reasonable youth players, hopefully Pots, Magassa and Kante will stay.
I'm not sure if Pablo is good enough for the Championship. I'm not having a dig at him because of the disallowed goal yesterday, as that wasn't his fault, but we were watching him, and when players crossed the ball in his direction, he doesn't look at the ball.
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11 May 2026 16:50:31
It was the following year, 4/5, but on a different note I just bumped into Lenny Brown, the very well known Arsenal big time supporter.
He's a nice, honest guy, and in his opinion, the referee was under extreme pressure and made the wrong call.
It's a goal all day long, he said.
He went on to say the other way round, Arsenal would have had the goal given.
There's honesty, we can't change it. That's a bad way to end a bad season. Joyful.
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11 May 2026 00:00:49
Darren England has history of poor VAR decision. 3 seasons ago he was involved in decision denying goal for Liverpool which PGMOK had to apologise for. Guess who went onto win that game - Spurs. The level of officiating today was absolutely awful. In fact the first hole season has been bad.
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10 May 2026 22:54:56
I went on Talksport. There were fouls on our players from that corner. Have a listen if you can, it’ll be on YouTube. Pathetic decision.
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10 May 2026 18:36:13
Tried hard, good effort but not quite good enough, I thought it was a foul for the Wilson goal. Pablo was definitely impeading the goalkeeper. We haven't beaten any of the teams in the top 9 all season and that tells you we are where we deserve to be.
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10 May 2026 19:17:25
Spurs will win tomorrow night and that will be that.
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10 May 2026 19:24:20
Just on my way back, absolutely gutted. Thought they gave it a good go. I still think we will win our last 2 games, but not sure that will be any good!
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10 May 2026 19:55:55
Particularly gutting to lose like that to be honest.
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10 May 2026 21:08:49
I have just watched slo.mo 5 times. Whilst you can say that Pablo fouled the GK, he was being held by Trossard at the front, and it looked like Rice holding at the back.
Further, it looks like about five fouls going on at the same time; this goal should have stood.
If the ball had not entered the net, a penalty could have been given for holding Pablo. Hermansen made no contact with Raya whatsoever, and Raya dropped the ball.
Don't like to use the word biased, but I feel cheated. Poor decision. Joyfull.
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10 May 2026 22:56:26
I agree, Joyful. Rice was holding Mav, and Soucek pulled down at the front post. There were several fouls in there, and, as you said, if the ball doesn't go in, VAR would be checking for a penalty. I feel gutted tonight.....
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10 May 2026 23:59:26
Pablo had eyes on the ball, held his ground while Trossard's arms were wrapped around him and Gabriel was pulling his shirt. This was going on before Raya came out and failed to deal with it, along with Mavro being rugby tackled by Rice.
Soft, soft free kick for Raya. If that's a foul, then the rest are as well, but not for us.
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11 May 2026 06:24:41
It was a terrible decision. VAR just went out of their way to disallow it, and that useless referee caved. If you look hard enough, you will find a foul in every penalty area scramble. I won't miss VAR if, as likely, we do drop.
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11 May 2026 07:31:54
How many goals have Arsenal scored this year in exactly that way, with chaos going on in the box and not one of them chalked off.
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11 May 2026 18:07:03
Because this is Varsenal. A lot has been made of the instances where the big 6 clubs are given favourable decisions compared to lesser teams, who are denied the same.
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10 May 2026 17:24:31
Started slow and grew into the game. I still expect the quality of Arsenal will shine through second half.
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10 May 2026 18:31:14
VAR strikes again. What a joke.
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10 May 2026 19:23:24
1 0 the referee.
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10 May 2026 00:23:42
Can see 2 changes for tomorrow's game - Pablo and Diouf out for Todibo and Wan-Bissaka with Walker Peters moving to left back.
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09 May 2026 17:44:20
The most West Ham thing ever would be for us to win tomorrow, then get pumped by Newcastle and Leeds, resulting in relegation anyway. 🤣🤣
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09 May 2026 19:36:37
Give it a go, that's all we can ask, no expectations. Joyfull.
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10 May 2026 00:40:11
Well said, Joyful. Robbo, why even say that? Whilst there's hope, get behind the team. Your comments always err on the side of negativity, but why try and get a cheap laugh out of our situation? I just don't get that, mate.
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10 May 2026 10:34:24
My comments are negative because of the situation we are in, I say what I see and don't walk around with rose tinted glasses. I've also said on my previous posts we aren't down yet. If you haven't got a sense of humour, fair enough, but others have.
And, let's face it, we have form here, having denied teams titles by beating them when already relegated. And at what point have I ever even suggested I wouldn't get behind the team?
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10 May 2026 11:34:14
Come on, Dabber, surely a bit of cynicism or sarcasm is fine. im always coming out with it. Whilst Bill Shankly's great one-liner about football being far more important than life or death is really funny. It really ain't true.
Sadly, we are run by a joke of management, and it's us that bear the brunt of their decisions. I think you have to have a sense of humour. I just hope Robbo is only right about the first bit. I hope, but that's all I have.
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08 May 2026 20:59:03
Forget the players, in true West Ham fashion we can't even make up our minds what to do about Nuno if we go down. Typical.
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08 May 2026 22:41:56
Things look bleak, but we aren't down yet. There's still a slim chance we can stay up. I wouldn't think rocking the boat now is a good idea, to be honest.
Don't forget we have all summer to listen to Sullivan's itks screaming about how it's everyone's fault apart from Sullivan and how Sullivan wanted to sign Ollie Watkins and the deal was done, but Nuno blocked it as he only wanted Pablo, blah blah blah, you know the drill.
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09 May 2026 10:33:49
Lmao you're right there, RedRobbo. Give him enough rope.
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08 May 2026 07:39:03
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