West Ham vs Spurs | PL | 13.9.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

[stubbo-admin]

With the 'interesting' football hiatus that International Football brings, figured I'd get this match thread up.  The result against Forest makes this game in some ways less significant (as the clock will have been reset on Potter's tenure) but also more interesting as there is a modicum of form to take into the game.

Fullkrug should obviously never be allowed on international duty again, what with it being an injury magnet for him, but that aside, as of now there are no new injuries.  Rumours of a Summerville injury also appear unfounded.

So from a lineup perspective, I'm expecting something like:

Hermansen

Walker-Peters  Mavropanos   Kilman   Diouf

Ward-Prowse Magassa

 Bowen     Soucek   Fernandes

Paqueta

Subs: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Igor, Rodriguez, Irving, Guilherme, Summerville, Willson

Left out: Earthy, Marshall, Potts, Scarles.
Prediction: 1-2 Spurs (Muani, Kudus;  Bowen for us)

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Draw: 27/10
Spurs: 114/100

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[Massive Attack]

Spurs were shocking against Bournemouth, so I think we do have a good chance of another victory playing the same way at home. I hope we get a controversial VAR fuck up that decides it for us against them.

[Tomshardware]

Hard to call this, if we are up for it and continue to play as we did against Forest then we have a good chance of taking all 3 points.   

[Fauxstralian]

Think half & half scarves are an abomination but how is banning them going to stop Tottenham fans getting in the home sections?

The only way to do that is to stop selling tickets to them!

[El Scorchio]

I have a feeling it's going to be an absolute fucking clusterfuck getting in tomorrow. Even worse than usual.

[BRANDED]

If its been said then I JUST FUCKING REPEATING IT you cսntWest Ham have banned half-and-half scarves from Saturday's Premier League game with Tottenham.The Hammers say the unusual move is part of "increased security activity" that will take place at the London derby, which kicks off at 17:30 BST.It is one of a number of measures the club have taken "for the safety of all supporters and to prevent any fans of the away club from gaining access to home sections of the stadium".Security staff will confiscate the half-and-half scarves - or any other item featuring the colours or crests of both clubs - before fans enter London Stadium.


 

[,]

Prior to the last round of PL matches I would have predicted a win for Spurs but the result of us winning and Spurs losing two weeks ago gives me pause for thought.

I think it’s a win for us the more so as Chris Sutton has predicted yet another defeat.

[violator]

2-1 to the Hammers, Paqueta and Bowen.

[Sir Alf]

Suspect you may be right PB 

Spurs under Frank are an unknown quantity. He has yet to use all of their summer acquisitions and they invested a big wedge.  If Frank uses his Brentford style tactics it will be a fast start and they will look to dominate the midfield. The circumstances at Forest may well have helped but the biggest difference IMHO was simply that 4 at the back for us allowed an extra player in midfield. Without Fullkrug I fear Potter will push Paqueta further forward again and if he deploys his 5 at the back it will leave only 3 in the midfield and despite having Fernandes I can still see us being overrun as we were against Chelsea.  

Unfortunately I also see him remaining loyal to JWP who, without his set pieces, is no more than a bench player imo. Just lacks the physicality and speed required in the Prem Lge midfield match ups nowadays.  I cant see the new lad Magassa starting or Summerville or Wilson so it likely means Bowen deployed centrally yet again and he wont win much from the 2 Spurs CBs who I reluctantly have to concede are a good pairing.   

I can see us being 2 down by half time and its then easy for Spurs to pick us off as we have to chase the game.  

I would like to see the winning team and formation from the Forest game retained but give Marshall a starting role first half for Fullkrug with instruction to run his nuts off pressing ( something he’s good at ) and look to Wilson coming on around 60 mins. Magassa for JWP even Irvine then Magassa would be my preference / opinion.   We have to stay in the game for 60 mins, pack the midfield with hard workers so that means Fernandes, Paqueta, Magassa. Summerville is unlikely to be ready for 90 mins so I guess we start Soucek in the midfield? I would prefer Potts or Irvine.

Anyway, I hate to admit it bit Spurs will be top 6-8 I suspect this season so its gonna be a really tough game.

But our transfer business falling short this summer is already showing. We needed another young, combative, pacy central midfielder and of course striker too.   

[Fauxstralian]

Prior to the Forest game I would expected a 5 goal defeat with a Kudus hattrick. 
Am slightly more optimistic given that and how poor they were v Bournemouth
As long as Potter has learnt from our game & theirs 
Still wouldn’t predict a win though 

[simons]

Form can tend to go out the window in these games, so hard to call, but I think they'll have too much for us. Do we tend to do well after international breaks? I don't think we do. There should be some pissed up liveliness thanks to the kick off time, which usually helps these sort of games.    

[Pub Bigot]

Too many people are looking at the Forest result and thinking it applies here. Forest were having issues behind the scenes between Nuno and the fat Greek, and Cockpiss’s changes worked well, but if anyone think he doesn’t revert to his favoured formation with Bowen up front and James Ward-Prowse in the middle, you’re in for a nasty shock. Our midfield will be overrun and I think we lose 3-0. 

Their last result was against a very good Bournemouth team. 

[stubbo]

In fairness to our two incumbent Spurs fans (so weird they hang about and get such a kick out a relatively small number of people being triggered by their 'humour'), Spurs started the season on fire....and aside from a gutsy performance against Forest we've looked largely dogshit.

They have a high quality manager. We have Cock Piss.

44% think we win this according to the stats at the top. The bookies have us at 28% chance of winning.

Spurs are favourites so predicting they win...understandable.  Quite a few claret tinted specs setting themselves up for disappointment among the fan base.

Hoping we left our game and turn the odds though! Feel like they have weaknesses we can exploit if things go well and our overthinking manager doesn't try and make it all too complicated.

[twoleftfeet]

Central & Ferret backing Spurs I see.

shock.

[stats]

I'll go 2-2!

Would absolutely bite your hand off for that outcome.

I just don’t see a scenario where we take all 3 points, I must say.

Don't do that, I'm already half a left leg down! 

[Central Park Man]

Heads up you half and half scarf wankers

Thanks for posting this as I always get one at our most important games.

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[Central Park Man]

No genuine West Ham fan would get a half and half scarf unless they are five years old or a Spurs wanker.

Isn't that right you wanker?

Your mrs gives a good five knuckle shuffle

[Far Cough UKunt]

No genuine West Ham fan would get a half and half scarf unless they are five years old or a Spurs wanker.

Isn't that right you wanker?

[stubbo-admin]

Heads up you half and half scarf wankers

Thanks for posting this as I always get one at our most important games.

[Central Park Man]

Heads up you half and half scarf wankers

Thanks for posting this as I always get one at our most important games.

[Mad Ferret]

I'll go 2-2!

Would absolutely bite your hand off for that outcome.

I just don’t see a scenario where we take all 3 points, I must say.

[stats]

First game for me since we lost to Blackburn in the League cup.
Hope that's not an omen!  I'll go 2-2! COYI!

[Far Cough UKunt]

Heads up you half and half scarf wankers

[Mad Ferret]

...................Fab
KWP...Mav...Kilman...Diouf
Bowen...JWP...Fernandes...Summerville
..................Paq
................Wilson

[F 129 Row66]

I would like to point out at this juncture, that having been to many West Ham v Spurs games over the last 60 or so years, In my considered opinion, I would say that spurs fans are cunts. 

This is their players celebrating after beating us, a team they don't give a fuck about.

https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube ... Wpg1k,st:0

[the exile]

Not sure why anyone would want AWB in, he's been awful preseason and the start of this season. 

Thanks for pointing that out, CS. My mistake - I meant to put KWP in there. Agreed - AWB has been poor so far. Curse of HotY.