West Ham banter 3

06 Jan 2026 22:31:09
Fulham, Brighton, Wolves, Forest. one point from those four games deserves relegation

07 Jan 2026 12:00:17
It does indeed

06 Jan 2026 22:24:06
Very harsh offside as the Forest player cleared the ball and had the last touch, as for the pen, the keeper has to come for it 🤷

06 Jan 2026 22:28:58
I thought the goal was onside as the player given offside was trying to get onside.

06 Jan 2026 23:03:17
Summerville ran into (another) dead end ball deflected to Taty who was offside. Areola nowhere near the ball takes the man.

06 Jan 2026 22:15:23
Well that looks like. That's that

Pity Summerville goal didn't stand

We tried very hard no complaints about that

But the squad is just not good enough

Had Sullivan spent the money, at seasons start, we might just have got away with it

His cheapskate ways, have finally caught up with him, the fans don't deserve relegation BUT HE DOES

06 Jan 2026 22:33:12
Very sad. I didn’t think we played very well again but did try hard. Just one of those nights where you get no luck whatsoever. Just for the record Forest are also rubbish and have a rubbish manager too

06 Jan 2026 22:02:45
Well that's us relegated. Sorry i cannot see this team picking up another win let alone the 7 or 8 required to stay up. Wolves and Forest both beat us. Today even though we were in it for abit, long periods forest were the better team.

06 Jan 2026 22:02:42
The subs seemed strange to me. I wasn't there tonight, but it looked on tv like Fernandes was doing well and starting to get a foothold. Scarles never stops, walker Peters is useless and not premier league. Bowen is off form and looks tired.

HE IS NOT A LEADER. I thought Soucek was good. He battles like always. But someone like pacheta should be next to him to unlock defences but Nuno took him off! Surely he gets the sack now!? SURELY!?

06 Jan 2026 22:28:38
Oz, agreed with everything you said until the bit about Paqueta. He offered nothing again and we looked better once he went off. The 2 new lads looked decent enough. Lady luck is definitely not with us and we will now go down

06 Jan 2026 22:33:38
I agree regarding Pacqueta. Those around us thought it was strange subbing him. Pablo seems reasonable - he could be another Antonio, Taty couldn’t control a bag of sand.

07 Jan 2026 12:04:35
Brooking, harsh summary of Taty imo. I thought he looked ok considering it was his debut. His passing looked good and he looked to close down and harry their defence a fair bit. Pablo also looked decent.

06 Jan 2026 22:02:27
Normal service resumed, 2 strikers and Bowen on the pitch, 0 shots on target in the second half.

06 Jan 2026 21:48:45
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06 Jan 2026 20:55:14
If we get this keeper we're looking at then it will only be a back up, you can't drop Areola when he pulls off saves like that.

06 Jan 2026 21:59:33
Then goes gives a pen away. 😆

06 Jan 2026 22:03:20
He does make many decent mistakes but is often the reason the opposition score from set pieces. Very depressing

06 Jan 2026 22:31:45
My issue with Areola is that he is excellent at shop stopping but appalling at commanding his area and corners. Unfortunately in the PL you need to be good at everything in goal.

06 Jan 2026 22:34:20
Areola ha bern our POTY… comfortably.

06 Jan 2026 20:52:44
Scarles been good so far. He looks abit sluggish though. KWP doesn't fill me with confidence, need AWB back asap.

06 Jan 2026 21:33:14
Totally agree Chris. KWP isn’t horrendous but not great defensively and we really miss AWBs runs down the byline.

06 Jan 2026 22:00:31
KWP only looks half committed to any challenge he might win and throws himself recklessly when he'll never get there, dreadful.

06 Jan 2026 22:33:55
Agreed he was free for a reason. If AWB and Diop weren’t at the AFCON I think we might have had different results. Scarles was much better tonight mind you ….

06 Jan 2026 20:45:24
Pacqueta is playing well. Soucek makes a difference to us.

06 Jan 2026 20:52:50
Apart from a glancing header which struck one of their defenders and luckily deflected into their goal, exactly what has Soucek contributed to the midfield? Nothing.

06 Jan 2026 20:54:49
Todibo, Scarles and Areola only reason we're still in the game, Soucek is a nuisance but the only surprise is while Forest scored first it was at the wrong end. for them.

06 Jan 2026 20:57:03
Come on Tin you have such a bloody downer on Tomas👎👎👎👎

06 Jan 2026 21:05:07
Pretty important flick, bowen was behind the defender might of got their, i think he's done a job we know he's limited on the ball but whay he's good at he's done. At least we have options off the bench to add legs in potts and magassa.

Castellanos working hard good link up play. Massive second half.

06 Jan 2026 22:04:56
When defending Soucek drops into the defensive line often getting in the CBs way and leaving the opposition midfield open to take pot shots from the ed of the area.

06 Jan 2026 22:38:05
Tin legs, Souchek did so much more than Paqueta. At least one of them cares about playing for the team. When we go down that player will also do his best to help us comeback up whilst the other will be negotiating more money with the likes of Crystal Palace!

06 Jan 2026 23:02:13
Chelmsford, I like the guy, but he’s just not good enough. What part of what I said is wrong?