Nuno Espirito Santo is set to take place in charge of his first home West Ham fixture on Monday, the 20th October, in what is set to be a boycott against Brentford. This inevitable boycott has been suspected to happen for a very long time, and it’s rather unfortunate timing for Nuno, seeing as he needs all the support that he can currently get.
However, once he was asked about the boycott, he said: "I hope all our fans could join us and help us facing Brentford.."
"We as a group we as a squad and group we ignore try to ignore focus on the tasks..."
The fixture against Brentford is already appearing as a ‘six-pointer’. The Bees currently sit 16th in the league with 7 points, in comparison to the Hammers, who currently sit 19th with 4 points.
A victory for West Ham would only see Nuno’s side go to 18th, but we would be on the same points as Brentford themselves, only not above them due to the tragic goal difference that we’ve accumulated so far throughout the season, conceding 16 goals in this campaign already.
As well as both sides being rather close in the Premier League table, both are currently on similar levels of form, as the pair have one win in the last five.
Brentford: 1 Win - 2 Draw - 3 Losses | West Ham: 1 Win - 1 Draw - 3 Losses
Overlooking the form that both teams have shown, injury news provides concerns for both sides as Keith Andrew’s side is doubtful of three players, those of whom are Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Gomes and Antoni Milambo.
Antoni Milambo suffered a more serious injury, that being an ACL, during the international break.
Similar to Brentford, just not as unfortunate, West Ham also suffered an injury during the international break which has subsequently led to Nicholas Fullkrug being out for an unknown period of time.
As well as the Kraut not being available, the likes of George Earthy and Jean-Clair Todibo also will not participate against the Bees, with Earthy unfortunately accumulating a further setback in training and Todibo still not in the tip-top condition he’s required to be in.
Yet in light of the injuries, Tomas Soucek for West Ham is available for the first time under Nuno, after his three-game suspension has concluded.
West Ham’s record against Brentford previously is a cause for concern, as it seems the West London side have slowly become our bogey team across the last five seasons as the Hammers have only beaten Brentford once in the Premier League, and that was a 4-2 victory at home on February 26th 2024, which saw Jarred score his hat-trick.
Brentford, on the other hand, have won 6 against West Ham in the Premier League, but if this season is anything to go by, history won’t mean anything, considering West Ham have already lost their previous ‘winning’ records against Arsenal, Spurs and Crystal Palace this season, so all is to play for come Monday night.
It is expected to be a wet, gloomy, miserable night under the floodlights as the Hammers will hunt for their second win of the campaign, whilst also looking to achieve their first points against a London side, in which we’ve failed three times already.
Let’s hope that our fortune isn’t hiding come tomorrow night.
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The big question for me is
The big question for me is why is Todibo, not match fit? WTF has he been doing? Has he been sitting in French cafe's smoking French fags and drinking coffee? What is this the 1970's? Either get fit or fvck off to the merde maison!!!!