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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sun, 17/08/2025 - 09:00

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The spuds put us to shame..why? simple really....they had such a bad season last year won a trophy but that did not stop them knowing change needed to be made and quickly...they sack big Ange bring in Frank spend well in the market and look better coached and much slicker on the pitch.

Two years back we were in an identical situation but did nothing did not push on whilst our stock was high nope we stuck with Moyes despite him residing over one of the worst seasons ever and he won us a Trophy so we will be fine that turned out to be a disaster as fans we all new it would be Moyes not sacked his contract not renewed and then Sullivan listens to his best pal Salthouse who always has the clubs best interests at heart!! and so in came Loppy despite anyone and everyone telling him not to do it....a total disaster ensued Sullivan dug his heels in for as long as he could until he realised the cash cow was in danger...he then let Brady convince Him Potter was the man and it had nothing to do with her being best mates with Potters wife we get him in and Sullivan who did not want him fails to back him in the January market except for yet another dumb loan deal that turned to shite we struggled and were lucky to stay safe thanks to other clubs total ineptness.

Lesson learned? nope we sell one our best players to a deadly rival and even though it is only one game gone will we catch them up? nope cannot see that happening and so summer was full of nonsense and bullshit transfer speculation the coaches and manager have been working hard and preseason went well but when the real thing starts the same old problems arise again and again and again.

Deluded has already mentioned wanting a new GK and seeing yesterdays performance you have to laugh...now whilst it is only one game and his first behind that defence i to am unconvinced and if anyone saw Villas new GK yesterday well he cost £3million from Preston well how about that eh there are gems to be found in the lower leagues just not by us anymore.

World class Team in a World Class Stadium and a promise that the move would help us compete with the top clubs it is funny when asked the question what has happened about that boast? it all goes quiet.

I wish i could give up supporting the club and not get so annoyed about something that really does not matter in reality but i cannot and for some reason it does matter ffs next time round i am going to become a billionaire and start my own club from scratch! till then COYI

Worries Flourish With Defeat - Sunderland 3-0 West Ham

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sat, 16/08/2025 - 17:32

The opening day worries have officially started to flood in. Once the fixture list was announced, many believed that Sunderland would be a difficult opening game and going to their ground would be tough, but a three-nil defeat is something no one could have prepared for.

Our small bits of business and a Premier League Summer Series campaign were enough to maintain confidence within the camp, but the defeat has put Potter right back to reality and as all fans have known since the end of last season, the midfield once again has to be priority because once again did the midfield duo of Guido Rodriguez as well as James Ward-Prowse look lacklustre.

The first half saw the Hammers have a decent performance, but the signs were there; the lack of midfielding ability prevented us from creating more chances, whilst also hindering our defensive line with the positioning which we witnessed.

But all would go wrong in the second half, conceding three goals in the space of 30 minutes.

The first two goals came through headers, both of which were caused by bad positioning from the defence, and the third and final blow, would come through a ball over the top, gliding through the non-existant midfield, and eventually it would be placed into our net past Hermansen and in to the bottom corner, ending the game at 3-0.

Potter and Macaulay seriously need to get on the phone because whilst the first-half performance didn't reflect the scoreline, Football is played across two halves, and the suspicions of the midfield not being good enough were once again proven to the fans, club and manager.

It's tough when you've got two no-trick ponies in the midfield.

The transfer business seriously needs to ramp up because if Graham Potter is set to head into the remainder of the season with no additional midfielders, the Hammers could seriously find themselves in trouble for the remainder of the season, despite being only one game in.

Worrying times ahead, and the fate of this season is heavily reliant on the 16 days remaining of this transfer window.

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Sunderland vs West Ham Line-ups:

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sat, 16/08/2025 - 13:46

Sunderland: Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Seelt, Reinildo, Talbi, Xhaka (C), Sadiki, Diarra, Adingra, Mayenda
Subs: Patterson, Rigg, Neil, Le Fee, Jones, Guru, Alderete, Roberts, Isidor
West Ham: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd, Diouf, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Fullkrug
Subs: Areola, Walker-Petera, Alvarez, Wilson, Mavropanos, Soucek, Scarles, Potts, Irving

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Sunderland

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sat, 16/08/2025 - 08:19

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What a day this is going to be for me...the past 8 years i have been giving my best mate shit about Sunderland and loving it! but today when we are both watching the game together on one of those naughty illegal streams i just hope we turn up and give them a proper footballing lesson...

Like me my mate is a Surrey man born and bred but he has been waiting an awful long time to get his revenge and a loss today would see me get 8 years of shit back bigtime lol it is what makes football football and fun...dreading that idiot at work who is waiting to give you shit about your team knowing if the shoe was on the other foot you would do the same.....so stuff all the transfer tittle tattle stuff whether Potters your man or not no today is about West Ham turning up and beating the Mackems because if we don't i am in for a long few months till we play them again so please West Ham do not let me down today. COYI

What's Sullivan up to now?

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Submitted by hammergirl on Fri, 15/08/2025 - 08:02

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Okay i see this has been sneaked out just before the new season starts and as fans our notice is on the weekend but i am seriously worried about the future of our club.

West Ham have registered a charge to borrow from "Rights and Media Funding Limited" and represent a multi-million-pound credit facility. This is on top of the money we just borrowed from Barclays recently and that was £145million so why do we need to borrow more? and further investigation seems to show this company has the fingerprints of another billionaire mogul as in a certain Mr Tabor he who supports West Ham and seemingly always has an interest in buying the club but never does and not interested in Golds shares.

More worryingly i noticed this as i perused the web and it does make the fear grow even more.

I’m an Everton fan - rights & media funding should raise the alarm bells. They’ve had us by the balls for years at extortionate interest rates. That loan was a huge part of our psr problems and nearly sent us into administration. We only just shook them off as our new owners were generous enough to clear the debt. You guys really need to start protesting.

A very worrying turn of events and when you see what has happened to clubs badly managed in the past well we could be the next on the chopping block and end up if we are lucky washing around the championship and below during my dotage!

Hammers Haunted With Grini' Return

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Thu, 14/08/2025 - 10:31

Potters' side most recently saw an expected rejection from Southampton for Mateus Fernandes, and it's thought that West Ham will now give up on the Portuguese's signature after a quoted price of £60,000,000 for the Portuguese international was made by the Saints.

In search of other targets, we've been sniffing around two others, with seemingly both of our Liverpool targets now out the window. Harvey Elliot is being targeted by Leipzig, and Tyler Morton has already signed for Lyon. Our eyes have now been peeled towards Lille midfielder Ngal'ayel Mukau, with the French side asking for €20,000,000, and the other target being Lorenzo Pellegrini, who's been linked with us multiple times over the past few years.

Lorenzo Pellegrini is now 29 years old, still playing for Roma and is thought to be interested in a move to West Ham should an offer be made. The Italian's pricetag wouldn't total to a significant amount and at most would be around £10,000,000. He provides experience in the attacking aspect of the midfield, but our main issues revolve around defensive and holding midfielders, it's not considered a priority to secure his signature.

Besides, this won't come as a blow to many most likely due to his age, but more importantly, his name brings a few shivers to the spine. Didn't think we'd see Pellegrini return!

It's a blow for Potter to not be able to get his target that he needs, but the quoted price from Southampton simply isn't obtainable for the club; it's incredibly difficult to fathom paying that amount for a player in the Championship.

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New Season Predictions

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Submitted by Deluded Hammer on Thu, 14/08/2025 - 08:25

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So, who are confident and who are despondent for the coming season? Nail your predictions to the mast now or forever hold your peace.
I can only see us having a maximum of five points by the end of September, probably leaving us somewhere in the bottom three but maybe just avoiding relegation at the end of the season due to the limitations of the three promoted clubs.
Potter to possibly be gone by Christmas.

Mat-eus In The Middle!

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Tue, 12/08/2025 - 11:47

With the Premier League season starting this week, West Han have really tried to hound in on signing a midfielder or at minimum having an agreement in principle.

The Hammers have finally taken action with a bid officially going in for Mateus Fernandes from Southampton. The bid is around the £30m mark as well as £5m in add ons. Whether this will be enough for Southampton to accept is questionable, but it all comes down to the payment schedule, which, as Sully’s track record will indicate, is bound to be a problem.

We’re also monitoring many other targets. How that ‘monitoring’ is going is another question and a debate for another day, it’s difficult to tell when you’re tracking half the universe!

Graham Potter is seriously urging that he requires a midfielder this window and simply cannot end this transfer window without one. Our initial player exits have now quietened down, but Andy Irving, Guido Rodriguez and Emerson could all still leave in the few weeks remaining.

‘One out one in’ is the motto we’re using for the sake of wages, but it’s difficult to believe so, considering the fans and even Potter feel that we have no midfield in the first place.

Hopefully, some convincing from ex-Southampton players Walker-Peters and Ward-Prowse could persuade the player, but only time will tell for Potter and Macaulay.

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West Ham Defeat Lille In Fierce Boyle Sports Battle

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sat, 09/08/2025 - 20:03

Our final preseason fixture kicked off at the London Stadium which pre-game saw us announce the signing of Mads Hermansen with the Dane putting pen to paper this morning before the fixture.

Our lineup started as the same we put out against Bournemouth which’ll most likely indicate we will start the season with the same lineup with the exception of perhaps Hermansen taking the number one spot.

A few chances here and there but the first half was fairly dissapointing, a decent chance for Ward-Prowse whom had about 20 corners and free kicks across the entirety of the match which all led to nothing.

In addition to our dismal first half, Giroud would continue his scoring ways against us with a phenomenal acrobatic strike into the top corner… he is 35 so fits the criteria, wondering as to why we didn’t go after him.

The Hammers went into the second half down by 1 but all to play for in order to win the elusive Boyle Sports cup.

We started to look more lively in the second half which saw us create even more chances and persistently put Lille under pressure, apart from one or two close chances, the French side were outplayed in the second half by the unchanged side.

Our breakout would come just after Jarrod thumped the crossbar from a ranged effort, with Soucek driving the ball across the 6-yard box into Fuller who’d end up taking the game to penalties.

Hearts racing as the fans roared to see the Hammers fight for their first silverware of the season, but hearts would stop as Fullkrug’s bottom left corner penalty was saved, leaving Potters side trembling with no more mistakes able to be made.

As all hope was lost, Areola peeled back his memory to remember Hermansen has taken the ‘1’ off Fabianski, and with no Fodderingham in sight, the Frenchman made a superb back to back penalty save to secure West Ham the Boyle Sports cup and give the London Stadium its first of many cheers this season.

However, in all seriousness, it was a fairly poor first half followed by a much better second half and the penalty shootout gives the players some confidence coming into the new season.

The hunt for the midfielder begins and hopefully after Hermansen it’s not stopped, the feeling of needing a new midfielder hasn’t disappeared despite the result.

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