West Ham banter 3

02 Nov 2025 19:42:57
I always worry early on when we back off and give the opposition far too much time and space in midfield, but we improved so much during that game. Far more aggressive - Fernandes, Potts and Paqueta worked tirelessly.

If we don’t lose the midfield battles, we have a real chance of climbing up the table.

Paqueta continues to show what a quality player he is. He was everywhere. His defensive work is excellent and he runs and runs. Look again to see his sprint in the final seconds before Soucek’s goal.

I fear Pep might have been watching that very closely.

03 Nov 2025 14:42:13
Markro, agree mate, as my previous post cannot see sense in backing off at only 2-1 up, we cannot defend that well for a sustained amount of time against good class opposition!
Think some have discredited our team performance by saying Toon were very poor, I never thought that at all at any time of the match, as another said, we made them look poorer by being superior throughout most of the game? Keep it up Irons ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

02 Nov 2025 17:51:32
Much much better, difference for me, was the effort
Couldn't see this coming
Target now 18 points minimum by January 1sr 11 points needed 9 games to get on the mark
Bring in the right players January, and we can get out of this
At last something to cheer about

'IRONS "

02 Nov 2025 18:01:47
It was nice to see we had some steel in midfield with Potts. Him, Fernandes and Paqueta stood out but the entire team worked its socks off.

Newcastle fans and pundits are raging abput the poor performance but let's not take it away from.our hard work AND we had a goal disallowed, a penalty not awarded and bowen hit the post (gotta sort his shooting boots out) so it could have been more convincing

COYI and finally a manager who can see our weaknesses and did something about it.

Burnley next and a must win

02 Nov 2025 19:03:25
Just got back from the game. I thought they were excellent today. That is the sort of line up most of us said it should be. Potts was great and should have been an automatic starter after the way he played against Everton so hopefully this will cement him as an automatic starter. Killman and Todibo were a little bit shakey at the start but in fairness I thought both had good games. I can’t think of anyone who had a bad game. It makes a great change to look forward to MOTD

02 Nov 2025 16:21:44
And finally a manager who's seen the light. Newcastle were poor, but, let's not take away that it was a lot better performance.

If we can get a half decent striker with pace in January and bring through the young lads its looking promising but a long way to go. let's not get ahead of ourselves

02 Nov 2025 19:46:29
Brentford made us look terrible. We made Newcastle look poor. That is our best performance this season by a street.

02 Nov 2025 14:40:37
Best we've played all season. Attacking with pace. Fans are well pleased in our block.

02 Nov 2025 15:10:51
Come on you Irons!

02 Nov 2025 16:03:07
Much better potts in midfield bossed it against arguably the best midfield trio in prem, need to keep the momentum going now

02 Nov 2025 18:25:52
I'm fed up reading about how poor Newcastle were. Yes, because we MADE them look poor. There was only ever one winner of that game and if it hadn't of been us then there really would've been no justice.

Amazing though how the midfield was transformed when there's not a JWP, Soucek, Rodríguez or (sorry Andy) Irving anywhere near it.

Defensively we were better than ok, not great but better. Freddie Potts, Oh how I'm praying this performance wasn't just a flash in the pan, I don't think it is but when it comes to us I'm always a glass half empty guy, but FP was excellent today. The rest of the team looked much, much better, far more 'at it' than at anytime over the last probably 2 years.

Not going to bust Diouf's hump for their goal, he's only 20 and will learn, plus he's still got credit in the bank for being one of the only players of ours to really show any effort up to today. All in all a decent performance today, hopefully something we can really build on.

02 Nov 2025 18:36:42
Best we’ve played all season by a mile, no sense to me taking off Wilson and Summerville, however my son in law is a Forest fan and he said he did it at Forest taking off players for seemingly no reason, it really pi—— lots of fans off!
Continue with attacking play, not sit back and defend, try to score more, it was only 2-1 at the time not 3 or 4!
But we’ll done lads great 3 points so so needed, let’s hope they can keep the momentum going for another 3 points on Saturday, but Scot Parker’s Burnley will be no pushover that’s for sure! ⚒⚒⚒⚒

02 Nov 2025 20:25:05
Couldn’t agree more Chelmsford.

02 Nov 2025 14:34:20
Guys, if that wasn't a penalty then why didn't we get a corner 🤷

02 Nov 2025 15:15:44
Just seen the replay, pope got to the ball before it went out of play, so I’ll retract that statement 😂

02 Nov 2025 13:38:50
Despite the result today I like Nuno is learning. Still don't rate or like tobido or kilman at the back but at least we have legs in midfield now.

If we can keep the back tight i'm genuinely hopeful fingers crossed

02 Nov 2025 17:09:03
Afternoon Mac, I actually thought both Todibo and Kilman had their best games but I’ll reserve judgment until they can play like that consistently. At least they demonstrated today they can head a ball like they mean it. Great result!

02 Nov 2025 18:03:07
Absolutely Dabber and I noticed he swapped kilman and tobido around.

02 Nov 2025 10:47:29
Somebody explain to me how Sullivan thinks he benefits when we get relegated.

How much will the club valuation drop?

January will be last chance saloon.

02 Nov 2025 12:17:25
BENEFIT, You must be joking!
He will be £200 m light! Minimum
Club will lose half its worth
Where’s the benefit?
Players sold off in fire sale
More crap players.brought in
Where’s the benefit?
Sullivan is in a corner all of his own making
Hes, Killing WH
ON! Y light in the tunnel, because the club will become cheap, on relegation, it could become a target for a takeover
So goodbye
Championship valuation £500 m down by £400 m
Where are the benefits?
Will be a massive benefit to the fans getting rid ofSullivan and Brady

02 Nov 2025 19:31:26
My point entirely,

02 Nov 2025 07:39:05
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01 Nov 2025 22:26:10
The team is play Newcastle with:

Areola

AWB
Kilman
Not Todibo
Diouf

Bowen
Summerville
Potts
Fernandez
Pacquetta

Wilson

02 Nov 2025 00:46:27
Sorry but it’s tot to be,
Areola
AWB, Igor, Kilman Diouf
Magassa, Paqueta, Fernandes
Bowen, Wilson, Summerville

02 Nov 2025 10:05:10
Surprised you haven't got JWP cam and Soucek at cb again, Brooking.

Personally I wouldn't drop todibo or Kilman for Igor just yet. I don't think it matters what CB you have playing if you start soucek and Irving in midfield they are going to be under constant pressure.

Mavro and Kilman looked a lot more comfortable against Everton when they had magassa and fernandes infront of them. Could be the same for todibo, with a decent midfield infront of him, all that being said Igor might show a bit more fight than those 2, not that it would be hard.

Newcastle have a very strong midfield, tough to chuck Potts in when Magassa has champions league experience, any combination that doesn't involve soucek, irving, jwp, is fine by me.

02 Nov 2025 11:53:09
Todibo is the worst centre back I’ve ever seen at WHU. We’re in The Carpenters currently, and a few fans think the same.

02 Nov 2025 12:55:41
He's basically picked your line up today brooking, although apparently he might have todibo left side centre back and kilman on the right.

I'd like to see what todibo can do with a competent midfield infront of him at least. Kilman has been just as bad but seems to have had a bit of pass, but no most think all our cbs are bad. The fact we've spent around 100m across those 3 is appalling.

Hope that team puts in a proper performance today and we can have a settled team for a while. Big chance for Potts and against one of the strongest midfields in the league.

02 Nov 2025 13:54:37
I think this team beats Brentford and Leeds, Newcastle is a different ask.

01 Nov 2025 17:13:55
OUR problem started last season NOT this season
The worst promoted teams ever, and three ludicrously lucky wins, helped manufacture enough points forWH to stay up

Man Utd and Spurs had for them terrible seasons,

BUT they would spend sufficient money to make sure there would be no repeats

So the writing was on the wall for WH
The warnings where totally ignored


By the time Sullivan got off his arse, we where starting the season, albeit badly


Three promoted teams, all better than last year It was crystal clear what was needed

What was done very little, nowhere near enough, starting the season, without strikers, just criminal neglect

Very difficult situation developing now
I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but just can't see us getting out of this

Blame Nuno, Potter, whoever you like
It was Sullivan trying to be clever, not putting the money in when necessary

That's put us where we are, if you want to direct blame, that's where to aim it

01 Nov 2025 20:10:11
Sullivan knows best

01 Nov 2025 22:21:41
The whole club is a complete shambles absolutely no long term planning just constantly fire fighting with temporary fixes by people that are not football people

02 Nov 2025 10:30:58
All. Correct, Sullivan has got away with his massive shortcuts for years, it’s just a matter of time before, reality caught up with him, it has, and now he is absolutely powerless, to do anything about it for the next two months, unless WH get more points on the board, before January, whomever comes in it will be too late