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Fixtures Elsewhere - Who’s Challenging Who Come Crunch Time

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Mon, 09/02/2026 - 08:59

The Hammers have recently stepped up their efforts to make this Premier League relegation fight interesting, as with 13 matches to go, the gap has closed down to three points, meaning across the remaining fixtures, anything is able to happen.

Across the Hammers’ remaining 13, we find ourselves playing five of the current Top 6 and then just three relegation candidates, which include Leeds United on the final day of the season.

Manchester United (H), Liverpool (A), Manchester City (H), Aston Villa (A), Arsenal (H) + Wolves (H), Crystal Palace (A), Leeds (H).

Unfortunately for the Hammers, it appears certain ‘relegation’ candidates have begun to pull away and full attention has to now be turned towards Leeds and Nottingham Forest.

Leeds are set to face four of the top 6, but they’re also facing four of the teams around the Hammers, which could be to great effect. Chelsea (A), Aston Villa (A), followed by Manchester City (H) is a miserable three fixtures in a row to have, but in order for it to go from bad to worse for Leeds, West Ham need to make the most of that period, in which Nuno’s side will face United, Bournemouth and Liverpool across that same upcoming period.

Nottingham Forest, who are West Ham’s closest relegation rivals, with being just three points ahead, have the easiest set of fixtures remaining of all the candidates to go down. On Wednesday night, they face Wolves at home… in which the result seems inevitable. With a tough game against Liverpool to follow, but then a game against the struggling Seagulls at the AMEX.

On paper, Nottingham Forest may be out of the FA Cup and therefore have fewer games than both West Ham and Leeds, but seeing as they’re still in the Europa League, that’s a guarantee of two extra games, giving them the dreaded schedule which Hammers fans know all too well.

Games can be predicted, tables can be made, but at the end of the day, anything can happen in Football and we’ve seen some unexpected results from all sides this season, Nottingham Forest beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield, while Leeds beat Chelsea 3-1. All candidates have got a fight ready, it’s just a question of who will be the last standing in the cage. - LN

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Controlled Hammers Learn To Lead

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sat, 07/02/2026 - 17:19

At last! West Ham United achieved a 2-0 victory over a crucial relegation ‘six-pointer’, which has now cut down the gap to Nottingham Forest to just three points.

It was business as usual for the first half for the Hammers. A lovely dribble by Fernandes was followed by a slotted ball to Summerville, who dinked it in for 1-0. The goal was followed up by Malick Diouf, utilising his crossing ability, placing a brilliant cross to Taty, who scored his first Premier League goal for West Ham. Argentinian and a great escape? Fans have seen this before!

A 2-0 lead within 26 minutes saw Hammers fans happy, with smiles on the players’ faces as well as a chant being ringed around from the Ol’ East End Boys along the lines of ‘Cockney boys, on a bender, a certain someone’s a defender?’ - Perhaps the hearing is going…

An initially concerning line-up, many thought of Mads Hermansen returning between the sticks as well as Disasi making his Hammers debut, the Dane returned to being in goal and finally achieved another clean sheet for the Hammers, meaning Areola, who was deemed fit for tonight but left out due to preference, has yet to keep one this season. Disasi also worked well alongside the Trojan Horse, and thankfully, Max Kilman’s comedy club decided not to turn up today. Perhaps Nuno has finally learned after his brutal Chelsea result.

The beginning of the second half showed concern once again, something that needs to be ironed out once again. Burnley had a good run on us for the first 10 minutes of the second half, but that would plateau into control where we saw out the game, and it’s further confidence to build up on for Nuno’s side.

The shining Summer has now scored five in five, and with United in just three days at the Bowl, fans will hope that fine form continues.

Three points to catch Forest. Six points to catch three other teams. A tough set of fixtures is upcoming for Nuno, but the ball is still well and truly rolling. - LN

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Burnley vs West Ham Line-ups

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sat, 07/02/2026 - 13:45

Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Anthony, Humphreys, Florentino, Flemming, Pires, Hannibal
Subs: Weib, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Broja, Barnes, Laurent

West Ham: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Disasi, Mavropanos, Diouf, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen (C), Summerville, Taty, Wilson
Subs: Areola, Pablo, Walker-Peters, Scarles, Potts, Traore, Kilman, Kante, Magassa

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Burnley vs West Ham Match Preview

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Fri, 06/02/2026 - 11:52

Another six-pointer has come around for the Hammers! A weekend that is overly crucial given the nature of the game for the relegation fight, as well as fixtures elsewhere, which makes it a crucial outing.

There’s a possibility that by the end of the week, West Ham could be three or four points from safety if the victory is secured, Leeds take on Friday night, meaning that someone will be losing out on accumulating all three points.

Scot Parker’s Burnley side have had a gloomy season, with what started with success has plateaued into a spiralling sense of misery, where they find themselves 11 points from safety but a tough mountain to climb ahead.

On paper, it should be a game full of goals. West Ham have conceded the most Premier League goals this season, conceding 48, whilst Burnley are just one behind on 47… a bizarre stat given that Wolves have only conceded 45! Perhaps that’s because the Hammers nicked Kilman off them.

This is a must-win game for West Ham. Nuno will make the executive decision on who should start as the central defenders as he finds himself without Jean-Clair Todibo for three matches, whilst in his press conference hinted that Axel Disasi could make his debut and didn’t suggest that he was too unfit or not ready.

West Ham’s flying attacking form is also matched by Burnley, who have scored 10 in their last 5, but if Nuno’s side could once again knock early on the door as they have done in the last three matches, Burnley may not have the attacking capability to claw themselves back.

The referee for Saturday’s game will be Darren England, who will be joined alongside Andrew Kitchen on the touchline, with Matt Donoheu in his ear on VAR, with Lee Betts as an assistant. - LN

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Sack or Stay

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Wed, 04/02/2026 - 09:15

Towards the season coming to a close, it begins to raise the question whether Nuno, formally now known as ‘Luno’, should stay in charge in the event that the Hammers are relegated.

It has been said that if Nuno were to get relegated, that means the West Ham board would be able to release Nuno from his duties without compensation, but contrary to popular belief, this is incorrect. Whether West Ham stay up or get relegated, at the end of the season, the board will have an opportunity to ‘review’ Nuno and make a decision whether they want to keep or axe him, this is not dependent on relegation.

Whilst the board have yet to make a decision on Nuno, him getting the sack this season would be incredibly unlikely, despite at one point it was seemingly close, that is now no longer apparent.

With the o saco out of the question, if the Hammers stay up, should Nuno continue to stay in charge or should he even be considered to manage in the Championship? Whilst it may not be liberating for fans to imagine this prospect, it’s certainly something that could become apparent given the situation West Ham are in, but would he be the correct man to navigate the circus?

However, for the time being, Nuno is expected to manage the remaining 14 games of the season, 4 of which are against top six sides. It certainly won’t be a walk in the park, but the club has still been able to grasp the leash by its threads - LN

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Russian outfit

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Submitted by cast iron on Mon, 02/02/2026 - 12:45

Forums:

Now I know why he wears that Russian outfit he does not think that the board should be criticised. and has banned 3 fans in for bringing a banner into the ground apparently you cant bring a flag or banner into the ground if it is bigger than 2metresx 1metre a banner was "smuggled" which looks a lot bigger but was not offensive, into the Bobby Moore stand, for the Sunderland game the fans have been suspended I know Rules are rules but I wonder how many fans knew about this? B&S certainly did so the fans were e mailed telling him he is banned for the next 3 home games what a hooligan and he has supported WHU for 47 years I dont know about the other 2 supporters but it just goes to show that Sullivan does not believe in demonstrations or free speech the supporters are nothing to them but they will find out how important we are next season- no on 2nd thoughts I don't think they care- the lowest of them all could have been sorted with a phone call or better still just a warning NO MORE BS

Fellow Friend Set For Possible Deadline Day Return

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Mon, 02/02/2026 - 07:34

The circus has arrived in East London, deadline day panic has returned for Hammers as Sullivan has deemed all of Nuno’s ‘balancing’ wishes so far, yet he hasn’t confirmed the signing of a central defender and we’ve got under 12 hours to go.

However, never fear, the impending transfer of Zombie Zou is being considered as a last-minute signing after the Frenchman recently had his contract terminated. He now awaits to see his next endevaour but a return to West Ham could possibly happen. Mr No Knees is how he used to be for West Ham. No freak incident has occurred where he’s suddenly got two functioning knee caps, he’s still the Limpasaurus fans hounded out of the club and in brutal honesty, it was likely for the right reason, given that Zouma now isn’t Premier League standard.

Seeing as the budget has been so incredibly ‘limited’, which David Sullivan’s stooges have been banging on about all window despite the fact that the Hammers are actually in PROFIT this transfer window, the club are waiting for the ‘correct player’ to spend money on rather than splashing on whomever… perhaps they’ve remembered Le Kill-man’s Horror’s story.

As Zouma is now a free agent, he would likely become the primary target once the Transfer window has ended. It means that the Hammers would have around half a day to secure a target elsewhere, but if not, it’ll be Zou on the phone and in the squad.

If Kurt Zouma does sign for the Hammers, at least he’ll be able to scare away all the cats in the changing room, the club have had far too many of them lurking around in recent times!

The club and more so Nuno, really do need a strong end to this transfer window as at this given moment in time, it has been very underwhelming considering that West Ham did actually do early business, but since the mighty Irons have fallen, they might need a pair of double AA’s to get over the line, but with that being said, I’m sure we’ll be on the phone to AA for a breakdown claim if Zouma’s signed. - LN

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Ten-Man West Ham Falls at Final Hurdle

Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sat, 31/01/2026 - 19:52

A game of two halves, a performance of relegation quality. A splendid first half from the Hammers with little to no fault, a half where Nuno set his side to defend but in a controlled manner, in a way which played Chelsea at their weaknesses and before you knew it, West Ham were 2-0 up at the break.

However, West Ham have struggled in the second half; it’s certainly not a new phenomenon and tonight has shown exactly that for the now heatbroken Hammers.

Nuno made the executive decision to substitute Max Kilman whilst the score was 2-1 to West Ham and unsurprisingly, the game ended 3-2 to Chelsea. Mavropanos being at fault prowesing as a Greek statue and refusing to jump for the ball, allowing Joao Pedro to score, with Max Kilman then taking credit for the other two, the second one being a tad unlucky, but the third one in extra time where he drifts away from the forward, giving them all the neccassiry means to make a pass and bang into the back of the net.

It’s simple Football in which the Hammers can’t work out. Why Nuno’s side consistently plays defensive Football whilst leading in a match, as the club doesn’t have the capabilities to do so. The players aren’t able to soak up the pressure to a successful level, and it’s not hard to tell that, on a countless number of occasions this situation has happened, and it’s ultimately Nuno throwing away crucial points which can effectively keep West Ham in the league.

That’s now 18 points lost from losing positions this season and it isn’t a surprise in the slightest. Garry Neville must be eating his hat after saying “You wouldn’t believe that this is a side in the bottom three”… you might be believing now!

Chelsea have never ever come back from being 2-0 down at the Bridge at halftime ever in their history, that has now changed.

To make matters worse, not only are vital points missed out on, but Jean-Clair’s French bust-up alongside Adama Traore as his cagefight partner decided enough was enough as Cucurella was sent to the floor and Joao Pedro was strangled. The Spaniard managed to hide away from VAR, but Todibo’s sending off has now left the Hammers to endure cataclysmic Kilman for five further games with no replacement in sight.

A half which was full of sunshine, rainbows and promising, admirable Football to a lacklustre, negative and half hearted Football. - LN

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