Yellow for Paqueta
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Certainly suits Paquetta to get his ban gets his yellow card off to play for Brasilia then suspended for next match against Bournemouth hopefully fighting fit for the Liverpool game
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Nichlas Fullkrug - Worst Striker To Grace West Ham?
Nichlas Fullkrug has become the latest Hammers striker signing to ultimately fall short of expectation and since the beginning of the season, it seems the relations between the Kraut and the club have turned sour after comments from his agent.
Upon the hiring of Nuno, it was highly anticipated that Fullkrug would be his preferred target man and striker to use, but the fixture against Arsenal saw everything turn for the worse. The experienced German was dragged off for rookie Callum Marshall, which further showed the dislike Nuno had begun to have with Fullkrug.
Fullkrug’s agent most recently said, “I think it might make sense to make a change… in retrospect, you have to say the transfer didn’t work. There’s no sugarcoating it.”
An unreliable, injury-prone, older striker who runs like a Full-Keg, has once again come back to bite us. We’ve had a handful of really poor strikers in the past, but taking into consideration the price the club paid for Fullkrug, you have to wonder if the Kraut is the worst striker we’ve ever had?
He’s managed a cataclysmic total of 3 goals in 27 matches which, taking into account the fee we paid for him, totals up to £8,000,000 per goal! It’s simply comical… it also isn’t particularly handy when the forward who’s supposed to help the club excel into Europe has had more injuries than goals.
Another nightmare regarding a forward is bound to leave us coming up short, as in January, Fullkrug’s expected to go out on loan, with an option/obligation, or a swap deal could take place to close a horrific chapter that’s not worked out in any means.
Any other worst striker suggestions? Good ol’ Hugil, Emenike and Zaza might’ve given him a run for his money!
Nuno Ignites As Hammers Secure Six For Six
Nuno Espírito Santo has officially pulled the rabbit out of the hat at West Ham United, it’s two wins from two and the first time the Hammers have won back-to-back Premier League games since Wolves & Manchester United back in December 2023.
A simple crash-bang job was completed against the blundering Burnley side, but that task didn’t always seem easy to achieve, especially after they took the lead… but it non-typical Hammers fashion, we fought back and loose your Will-son scored to bring us level.
Despite Sully chomping at the bit at the fee he’d have to ease out due to him scoring, it allowed Nuno to have the second half in his preferred reign.
Precise balls and maintain possession was Burnley’s plan but super-sub Soucek with his chested finish and KWP’s last gasp touch made it three.
Burnley’s consolation would be gifted to them courtesy of VAR, as Areola’s two hands on the ball evidently weren’t enough for it to be ruled out, a decision that didn’t cost us any points but nevertheless, a check should rule that out.
Freddie Potts unfortunately left the pitch early due to a slight niggle he picked up, but a 10/10 performance for his swift slide tackles as well as his elegant chipped passes. We haven’t seen something like him come out of the academy since Declan himself. But, the Portuguese Pablo is beginning to inherit the Duracell Bunny nickname as he simply didn’t stop running today, Fernandes was everywhere.
98% pass accuracy, along with 11 defensive contributions, affirms how much he’s done for Nuno defensively, but attacking, he made 6 passes into the final third, proving himself to be a crucial aspect of attacking as well.
A tough two fixtures, which many had worried would result in two defeats, has ended with two vital wins ahead of a worrying run.
Six smash and grab points and up to 10 for the season now, 30 points to go to reach the magical number. - LN
West Ham vs Burnley Line-Ups
West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Kilman, Todibo, Potts, Fernandes, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Summerville, Wilson
Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Igor, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Golambeckis, Magassa, Soucek, Irving
Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Florentino, Cullen (C), Anthony, Ugochukwu, Flemming, Tchaouna
Subs: Weib, Bruun Larson, Foster, Edwards, Eldal, Pires, Broja, Hannibal, Laurent
Boys and your toys
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Just do not understand what it is about you Men but this weekend my Gramps and Dad who have been making room in Gramps Garage are as excited as a couple of kids at the fairground.Why are they so excited well its over a car of course and as always it's a classic(when is it not!)and one my Gramps cannot wait to get in as it was his pride and joy back in the day and all the ladies loved it lol dirty old bugger Grandma did say it had that effect! but come on it is just a car!
For those of you interested it is a TR7 and my mind went blank as they both started talking some foreign language as far as i was concerned so went and had a nice cuppa with Grandma and will take her shopping before the Burnley game because you boys must have time to play with your toys no matter your age.
So what is your favourite toy? and Boogers keep it clean now!
Declan Rice
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With his recent social media post i was just wondering what was your feeling about his move couple seasons back?
I have read many a post on various sites calling him a traitor and worse and for me i found that confusing as i felt no such Animous toward him.
He gave his all for us helped us win a trophy and avoid the drop more than once and whilst his move left a gaping hole in our side and a sense of inevitability about it he never slagged the club or the fans off unlike a certain BFF.
So dust settled what are your thoughts?
West Ham’s Christmas Fate Theory Explored
The classic Christmas Premier League theory entails that if you’re in or lurking near the bottom three come Christmas time, you tend to be a goner.
If you take the previous two seasons and look at the table by Christmas, five of the six teams in the drop zone would get relegated, the only outlier being Wolves last season, who were on 12 points with 17 games played, Leicester who were two points above them, would fall victim to the drop.
Currently, the squad run by Nuno but signed by Sullivan, currently sit 18th in the Premier League on just 7 points, with the closest up ahead being Burnley who the Hammers are set to take on this weekend, which embarrassingly is what feels to be yet another six-pointer.
With just a measly 7 points achieved across 10 games, it averages that the Hammers would be on 12 points come the 17 game mark, which conveniently, was what Wolves were on when they escaped! But Luton in the 2023/24 season and Ipswich in the 2024/25 season both would find themselves in the Championship after having 12 points at Christmas…
However, these preposterous stats and mathematics are slightly flawed for a couple of reasons, the first of which being that Nuno hasn’t been the manager of West Ham for the entire season, so not all of the results are under him, but more importantly, IF West Ham were to beat Burnley on the weekend, that would put on 10 points which ultimately suggest that we’d only get two points within 6 matches, whilst highly possible, it’s also highly unlikely to happen.
The remaining games until Christmas wouldn’t leave a pleasant taste in the mouth, considering West Ham will face Burnley (H), Bournemouth (A), Liverpool (H), Manchester United (A), Brighton (A), Aston Villa (H), Manchester City (A). It’s one of the toughest runs a team will face in the Premier League in the run-up to Christmas Day, so certainly a Nuno Espirito Santa miracle will be needed. - LN
Nuno's Defence Defined Through Newcastle Result
As the Hammers defeated Newcastle 3-1 in a rather defensive style of fashion, you have to raise the question of what’s been different in comparison to the past few matches?
The defensive pairing didn’t change, and we were still forced to use Jean-Mare as well as Max Killjoy, yet still managed to get a result whilst also embarrassing Newcastle’s record signing of £68,500,000, keeping him the quietest anyone managed this season. Nick Wolte-Made in China must’ve turned up on the day!
But Nuno’s defensive due diligence ideologies proved well organised seeing as for the remainder of the second half, numerous substitutions were made, all of which had a major impact upon the game and formed a solid backline that we thought would be almost impossible with this side.
It appears NES has finally found the keys to the heads of the flatulent players the clubs surrounded in anger is now able to drill his defensive thoughts into them.
Playing Lucas Paqueta in a deeper ‘8’ role proved wise considering his classically reckless behaviour that he possesses didn’t come out as well as he totalled a remarkable ZERO dispossessions, which for Paqman is eye-opening.
Despite initially struggling, Nuno claimed to “not know” where Fernandes’ best position was in his squad, but playing him alongside Paqman instead of in front or behind was ideal and going forward, you’d suspect the winning formula not to change.
If the same lineup is to be played against Burnley, then you’ll truly know what lineup is solidified for the foreseeable future - LN
Freddies the man
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That Sullivan will be cashing in on next! Sorry boys i just had to have a little dig there hopefully i am wrong!
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