West Ham United 25/26 relegation thread

[muskie]

Odds slashed from 5/1 to 7/2.

Watch this space.

I think we're fucked.

[happygilmore]

Is it coincidence that we started the season abysmally conceding goals from basically every set piece against us with the midget in goal, and now we've put him back in again we've conceded a load more goals from fucking set pieces?

I don't want to see that t-rex armed little fuck in goal for us again, he's fucking useless. Yeah he's had a couple of clean sheets but they were games with fuck all to do. I think he's fucking hopeless and I want Areola and his stupid fucking hair back between the sticks rather than this fucking child sized scandi dickhead with stunted fucking arms and Jeremy Beadle hands. What the fuck is it he's supposed to be good at? It ain't goalkeeping I'll tell you that. Maybe he makes good fucking fish fingers or something, brings them to training and sells them out the back of his fucking Saab. 

You cunts? 

Ag AG AG AG AG AG

i probably shouldn't laugh at the site's loner. Go open another cheap can of shit!

[Westham67]

Its not my style abuse other posters, I have met more than ten people who post on this forum I have no internet persona  I am respectful  to all 

[Fortunes Hiding]

Vexed post, is probably the BEST post of the year. Quality

[Chip Shop Charlie]

you fucking beige wet card​​​board, magnolia fucking walls in your fuckin house, poverty spec fucking hyundai driving, 'oh I don't like spicy food' at the restaurant, wet fart of a human. 

Hahaha, cheers Vexed....I proper LOL'd at that

[WHU(Exeter)]

What you and your brother get up to in front of your elderly mother, isn't really any of our business Vexed, but each to their own.

[Westham67]

If we do stay up it will be same next season. The clubs with big money will be coming in for Fernandes and co ,

Well let's not bother then, just stay home and have a tearful wank in front of our elderly mother, LIKE THIS MISERABLE cսnt.

What a fucking pointless inane post that was. What you doing here? Go do something useful, like fucking melt yourself down and 3D print yourself as a more interesting person, you fucking beige wet card​​​board, magnolia fucking walls in your fuckin house, poverty spec fucking hyundai driving, 'oh I don't like spicy food' at the restaurant, wet fart of a human. 

For fucks sake. Fuck off. 

LOL

[Vexed]

If we do stay up it will be same next season. The clubs with big money will be coming in for Fernandes and co ,

Well let's not bother then, just stay home and have a tearful wank in front of our elderly mother, LIKE THIS MISERABLE cսnt.

What a fucking pointless inane post that was. What you doing here? Go do something useful, like fucking melt yourself down and 3D print yourself as a more interesting person, you fucking beige wet card​​​board, magnolia fucking walls in your fuckin house, poverty spec fucking hyundai driving, 'oh I don't like spicy food' at the restaurant, wet fart of a human. 

For fucks sake. Fuck off. 

[Tomshardware]

If we win tonight we should be out of the bottom 3, would be a big boost psychologically.  Lose and we are relying massively on results going our way the rest of the season and scraping enough points together. 

[Westham67]

If we do stay up it will be same next season. The clubs with big money will be coming in for Fernandes and co ,

[Manuel]

We still concede too many goals but equally cannot take enough of our chances. Not enough finishers in the team now Bowen has hit a slump in form.  Our defenders and midfielders ( aside from the odd Soucek goal ) dont come up with goals from set pieces which was something that won us a lot of games in the Zouma/Dawson/Ogbonna days. Mavropanos gets chances but puts them all over or wide.  Cresswell used to get goals too back in the day.  

Yea that's pretty much how I see it Alf, still not good enough at either end. I'm tired of all the excuses and tales of woe now, var, ref, bad luck etc, and playing 'top sides' like the mighty Bournemouth''. Win tonight or fuck off.  Failing this, we will just have to hope that Forest have fallen off a cliff and we stay up by default.

[Sir Alf]

We still concede too many goals but equally cannot take enough of our chances. Not enough finishers in the team now Bowen has hit a slump in form.  Our defenders and midfielders ( aside from the odd Soucek goal ) dont come up with goals from set pieces which was something that won us a lot of games in the Zouma/Dawson/Ogbonna days. Mavropanos gets chances but puts them all over or wide.  Cresswell used to get goals too back in the day.  

[Fauxstralian]

Wolves improving is good for us … as long as they fall over in our game
Leeds with successive home defeats are back in the mix if we can win tonight
Have put a lot of effort in to their games recently and can they keep that up?

That said it’s all about us winning tonight. No excuses

[Manuel]

When you see Wolves beating Liverpool after our pathetic result there it hits home just that little harder than when all the excuses are put to one side the reality is that we are pretty fucking shit and exactly where we deserve to be. Win tonight Nuno or you can fuck off. The time to step up is right now. No excuses.

[Manuel]

Even if we win tonight I won't be too hopeful of catching Leeds, looking at their fixtures they have winnable games coming up and have a kind run-in, I don't see them imploding unfortunately. They have Wolves, Burnley, Brighton, Brentford all at home.

[threesixty]

 

They're a different kettle of fish at Anfield and we were pretty unlucky. I still think we need to drop the keeper tomorrow though, I guarantee you he will cost us a goal. 

 

Yeah Anfield is different for everyone.
Also, Areola gets 2 or 3 of those goals.

3 of those deflected goals?

 

 

 

 

The first one definitely. The second one probably. Areola is actually a very good shot stopper. His reactions and athleticism are pretty top notch. Just doesn’t command his area as well and go for crosses confidently. 

Also we want more possession and Hernansen helps with that more so I understand the choice. Just comes with some pretty big downsides. 

[Vexed]

We gave them far too much space around the box, AWB being the biggest culprit from where I was stood.

That said, I wouldn’t mind betting we turn up tomorrow night and get 3 points, then it really will be panic stations for the 3 around us. 

I get the feeling we're gonna blow it  tomorrow as usual. 1-1 all day long. 

[smartypants]

We gave them far too much space around the box, AWB being the biggest culprit from where I was stood.

That said, I wouldn’t mind betting we turn up tomorrow night and get 3 points, then it really will be panic stations for the 3 around us. 

[Massive Attack]

Our result at Liverpool is concerning based on how they’ve been playing of late. How the fuck we let them score 1 never mind 5. 

 

They're a different kettle of fish at Anfield and we were pretty unlucky. I still think we need to drop the keeper tomorrow though, I guarantee you he will cost us a goal. 

 

Yeah Anfield is different for everyone.
Also, Areola gets 2 or 3 of those goals.

3 of those deflected goals?

[threesixty]

Our result at Liverpool is concerning based on how they’ve been playing of late. How the fuck we let them score 1 never mind 5. 

 

They're a different kettle of fish at Anfield and we were pretty unlucky. I still think we need to drop the keeper tomorrow though, I guarantee you he will cost us a goal. 

 

 

Yeah Anfield is different for everyone.
Also, Areola gets 2 or 3 of those goals.

[Vexed]

Our result at Liverpool is concerning based on how they’ve been playing of late. How the fuck we let them score 1 never mind 5. 

 

 

They're a different kettle of fish at Anfield and we were pretty unlucky. I still think we need to drop the keeper tomorrow though, I guarantee you he will cost us a goal. 

[Massive Attack]

Our result at Liverpool is concerning based on how they’ve been playing of late. How the fuck we let them score 1 never mind 5. 

We just forgot how to defend

That and kamikaze football at Anfield of all places.

So naive to try and go toe to toe with Liverpool at their gaff. Had to make sure we defended for our lives then see where we were later in the 2nd half just as Wolves did.

[onsideman]

Our result at Liverpool is concerning based on how they’ve been playing of late. How the fuck we let them score 1 never mind 5. 

We just forgot how to defend

[threesixty]

I may have misheard this ( Im old ) but I heard that the percentage of goals scored via set pieces this season is at an all time high. I thought I heard 80-90% quoted but that cant be right. Anyone know if this was fake news? I can believe that set piece goals are now at an all time high percentage but have no idea on the scale. Point is that goalkeepers and a team’s ability to defend set pieces are now more important than ever. Shame we were the worst at it until Nuno rocked up. How much is “Mads whathisface” a factor in that? We will soon know if the Liverpool game was just an off day or a return to the early season horror shows when facing corners, free kicks, crosses etc. 

 

 

I think they need to sort out all the boxing in of players and the keeper for corners. It can only happen because the ref doesnt want to keep blowing the whistle or yellow card everyone. But I feel like it must be all against the rules surely? Grabbing shirts is a foul for a start. Let alone deliberate obstruction of the keeper etc. 
A lot of these goals you could find some offence committed somewhere. Just shows how desperate our league is where the biggest teams with players worth 100m are relying on shady ways of winning.

[smartypants]

Our result at Liverpool is concerning based on how they’ve been playing of late. How the fuck we let them score 1 never mind 5. 

[Massive Attack]

Exactly how I wanted us to play against Liverpool in a smash and grab so to give us the best chance of getting a result. Also helps this result is in my 4 fold acca too with all the other results going for me too for £112 squid return.