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Welcome, Nuno son.

Not my first choice, wish we were more forward looking and all that. But he's here, and to be honest, he's probably what we need given everything we all know is wrong with the club and the team at present.

Positives are he was a goalkeeper, so he'll surely make the best decision on that front going forward. Hermansen has looked shocking, but those that had watched him regularly all rated him, so who knows, maybe in a different set up he might not be so bad, but expect Areloa to be first choice.

Brought Kilman into the Wolves team, and built him into a player we were stupid enough to pay £40mil for. Can't see if myself, but maybe he'll make him look competent, whatever way, the defence will improve under him. It can't not. And set pieces against us won't feel like penalty's.

He favours attacking fullbacks who get forward, and ours are suited to that. JWP won't start from now. The biggest positive of this appointment. He loves wingers, and we have one of the best in the league in Bowen, a rapid one in Summerville, and Guilherme will hopefully get some game time as back up in a style that will suit him. Fullkrug can maybe be our Chris Wood. Probably not, but lets hope so.

Ovbviously he's a counter attacking manager, but I don't think he's from the last 2 years of Moyes playbook. Hopefully it'll be the early version of Moyes, with quicker pressing and faster counter attacking. Let's fucking hope so. I remember Forest beating someone 7-0, and they scored loads of goals throughout the season.

The main problem remains, but fucking hell, this change was needed.

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑10 Mar 2026, 12:27 Does seem a case of when and not if we get out of the bottom 3 at this point.


 

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑10 Mar 2026, 12:24 If we can survive this season I can see us having a good season next time round with Nuno & Paco.

Fingers crossed.

I see the Nuno out thread with the usual know it all muppets hurling vile abuse at him has vanished quickly.

Does seem a case of when and not if we get out of the bottom 3 at this point.

Plenty of games left, and we have loads of momentum. Forest or Leeds will drop IMO.

Let's hope we stay up whilst winning the cup. 

If we can survive this season I can see us having a good season next time round with Nuno & Paco.

Fingers crossed.

He's made us EFFECTIVE on our limited resources. Everyone looks like they know what they are doing and they are up for the fight, kids have come in and played effectively. It's no coincidence that since he's been able to get a few players in to play in a way he envisioned we could have some success, we've... had some success.

Makes the previous two look like the charlatans they are. If Potter was still here no doubt we've have Fernandes riding the bench while JWP tries hard but achieves nothing in the middle of the park.

Watched an interview with Gareth Bale the other day and he kept making the point that actual 1st team games are the only way players improve. He had a chance to go Man Utd vs spurs and chose spurs simply because he’d get more 1st team games. I also made the point that although Rice was always a good player, he wouldn’t be the superstar he is without the amount of 1st team games he got at a very young age with us because we didn’t have anyone more senior in his position. He kind of got lucky there as most clubs go for experience. 


I say all this because what’s impressed me most with Nuno is that he’s trying to give the youth minutes. When they make mistakes he isn’t binning them, they are coming back out there and going again. Scarles has improved lots. Even though Magassa didn’t have the best game I’m sure he’ll be back starting at some point because the more games they get the better they’ll become. 

I think it’s been the missing thing at West Ham for a long time. Getting a good mix of kids and seniors is going to help us a lot in the long term. Some will take a bit more time than others. But I don’t like to hear when fans say “oh he can’t do it at this level” yet hasn’t had a real run of games. It’s not right. They need minutes, everyone does. 
 

Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑10 Mar 2026, 11:14 Do you reckon scary Paco has made a difference? I do.

In these days of overpaid cunts, primadonnas and ego maniacs, it's very difficult to create the sort of team spirit we're witnessing at the moment. If he goes back to five at the back, or four CMs I'll be back to slagging him off but what he's achieving regarding the collective atmosphere among the players, it deserves praising

Do you reckon scary Paco has made a difference? I do.

I'm not saying he didn't make some bad decisions - he did. But lot of what went on when he first started was down to the players available. Either not up to scratch or toxic. He had to turn it on the owners to put up funds in january, and agree to take losses and dump underperformers.
I think he's played it clever but risky, he's had to set boundaries as the place was stinking long before he arrived. If we go down, it's not really on him. Is it?
 

If the season started when he took over we wouldn't be in the bottom three but 15th I believe.. Who the fuck thought on the evidence of last season Potter was worth keeping on. 

Yeah, he made a terrible start with some godawful decisions but I don't think he's ever been one of those managers who'll fire up the players and get them going from the off. I did actually bring up at the start of this thread that he didn't have a great start when he took over at Forest in December and they only improved after he overhauled the squad the following season.

Apparently in training he likes to drill the players over and over in playing a certain way and that can take time, especially when they have to unlearn what they've been told to do by a succession of very different managers. I don't think any manager would have been able to come in and get us climbing up the table right away, which is down to the board's piss poor succession planning.
 

He is looking really good, he generally picks a team most fans want to see and has developed a good system with ready made replacements in most positions, which was what he kept saying in pressers about rebalancing the squad. He clearly wants to do well and talks the fans up a lot, something that previous managers didn't do. He is also not shy in giving youth a chance.

Hard to pinpoint why he seemed to make mistakes early and why it took him a while to get going and we have to hope those earlier mistakes don't ultimately cost us, not that it will be his fault if we go down, but suspect he will have to take some blame giving away those leads all the while. Clearly he's a good coach and seems to be a good fit for us. 

Nuno has really turned things around hasn't he, it was depressing going to games and last night despite still being in the bottom three there was a feel good factor and a lot of positivity over there. 

Some pistes were accusing him of trying to lose and sabotage our season to get sacked a few months ago, you only had to look at him in the shoot out to see how much he wanted us to win. 

Probably posting with another user name as appeared not that long ago but seemed not to be new 

The ‘crackhead’ schtick became too silly to carry on with when we started winning, I imagine. 

fraser wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 04:03 What has happened to THUNDERCLINT seems to have gone missing since Nuno has improved 

What has happened to THUNDERCLINT seems to have gone missing since Nuno has improved 

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑05 Mar 2026, 14:10

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑05 Mar 2026, 13:01 To be fair to Nuno he has massively turned things around since the defeat at home to Forest on 6 Jan.

That defeat left him on 2 wins from 16 games, a win percentage of 12.50% and 0.69 points per game ratio in the Premier League.

Ten games later he has won a further 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 on all competitions (4-2-2 in the Premier League). So he is now on a win percentage of 30.77% overall, 25% in the Premier League and has a 1.04 points per game ratio in the Premier League.

He had turned things around really impressively and so credit to him.

I also credit him for getting us back in with a shout of staying up, however I also blame him for his part in making it a lot harder than it had to be. Those early self-inflicted mindless tactics and a crippling 10 games winless run that included a battering at Wolves left us almost beyond help. This didn't need to be this difficult verging on relegation but we are where we are and crucially with Pacos involvement we noe have a fighting chance of staying up. 

John Drake" wrote: ↑05 Mar 2026, 13:45 Nuno's fortunes have certainly been improved since Paco turned up. 

Coincidence? Another short-sighted daft mistake not to let him bring support staff with him when he was appointed.

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑05 Mar 2026, 13:01 To be fair to Nuno he has massively turned things around since the defeat at home to Forest on 6 Jan.

That defeat left him on 2 wins from 16 games, a win percentage of 12.50% and 0.69 points per game ratio in the Premier League.

Ten games later he has won a further 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 on all competitions (4-2-2 in the Premier League). So he is now on a win percentage of 30.77% overall, 25% in the Premier League and has a 1.04 points per game ratio in the Premier League.

He had turned things around really impressively and so credit to him.

Nuno's fortunes have certainly been improved since Paco turned up. 

Coincidence? Another short-sighted daft mistake not to let him bring support staff with him when he was appointed.

Whats happened to the Nuno out thread?
And why don't Keep Moaning and Trundle post on here anymore ...oh we're winning more games lol 

To be fair to Nuno he has massively turned things around since the defeat at home to Forest on 6 Jan.

That defeat left him on 2 wins from 16 games, a win percentage of 12.50% and 0.69 points per game ratio in the Premier League.

Ten games later he has won a further 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 on all competitions (4-2-2 in the Premier League). So he is now on a win percentage of 30.77% overall, 25% in the Premier League and has a 1.04 points per game ratio in the Premier League.

He had turned things around really impressively and so credit to him.