West Ham vs Brentford | PL | 20.10.25 | Predictions and Match Thread

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 Odds: 
WHU: 8/5
Draw: 5/2
Arsenal: 19/10

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It will have been 16 days since we saw what football at the top end of things could look like by Arsenal, who made us look second class citizens in footballing terms.

This game is unusual this season, in so far as the bookies have us down as favourites to win.  Monday nigth, under the lights....but how empty will the bowl be.  With a boycott planned, kids for a quid, general sale tickets up for cheap, and Nuno's first home game, the atmosphere and attendance is anyone's guess.

Injuries wise, our Big Fucking German is big fucking injured again...reducing the options up front to the two Callum's.  Nuno chose to save ~86k in wages last time out, preferring the pace and mobility of Marshall over Wilson, and it will be interesting to see if he does the same thing here, or goes for a 'makeshift' centreforward.  And of course Soucek is back.

Other than that, there are no fresh concerns reported going into the weekend.

Predicted Starting Lineup:

Areola

Wan Bissaka   Mavropanos    Kilman    Diouf

Magassa

Fernandes             Soucek       Paqueta       Summerville

Bowen (c)

Subs: Hermansen, KWP, Igor, Potts, Guilherme, Marshall, Rodriguez, Wilson, Scarles

Predicted Score: 1-0 (Soucek)

COYI

 

 

[Keep dreaming]

And this tippy happy shit from Paqueta is doing my head in.

How Brentford isn't 3 goals ahead is just pure luck.

Get Soucek, Irving and Paqueta off.

[bell]

Soucek has been our best player. Make of that what you will. 

[goose]

We’re just limp throughout the team. Can’t win a header or a tackle, can’t get up the pitch either.

so easy to play through us.

[Mad Ferret]

Not sure what Nuno was expecting with that lineup.

[Any Old Iron]

We’re pitiful, fucking pitiful. Lucky not to be 2 down and showing no threat. Can only see one outcome.

[honky cat]

Desperately missing diouf bombing up and down,  needs to get on at half time.

[Solidbond1]

Dire 

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

We look awful. Our midfield is completely anonymous. We’ll be lucky to be at 0-0 at ht.

Soucek and Irving are horrendous choices for our midfield. Cannot understand Nuno’s thinking.

[Gaffer58]

Can one of our centre half’s just once actually win a header. 

[zico]

Well it was a good opening two minutes! Whatever way you look at it a spine of the team of Kilman, Todibo, Irving and Soucek is just not good enough.

[Keep dreaming]

We look fucked after 25 mins.
This midfield with Soucek and Irving is ridiculous.

Soucek possibly selected to prevent all corners and throw ins, but we aren't even close to keep them under control.

 

[Maverick180180]

Embarrassing beyond belief 

[goose]

Hanging on at home to Brentford 

[Nutsin]

We’re all over the place again at the back.

Still can’t win a fucking header.

 

[Tomsdad]

This is shit.

[Massive Attack]

Got off to a flyer but now inviting too much pressure from Brentford now.

[RootsRadical]

Irving so much better in that deep playmaker role than JWP was. Think he's hugely underrated.

Agree about Irving Stubbo.
He's looked good in his rare starts and cameos from the bench. 

[honky cat]

Fullkrug. I thought it was some random spaz found his way into the dugout
 

[Massive Attack]

Classic Soucek putting himself in where it hurts helping to clear danger.

[goose]

Not bad so far, we really need a centre forward though.

worrying that so many simple straight balls cause us problems.

[stubbo-admin]

Irving so much better in that deep playmaker role than JWP was. Think he's hugely underrated.

[RootsRadical]

Strange team.
Diouf, AWB, Magassa should be starters.

[zico]

Is this what they call inverted full backs with KWP and Scarles on opposite sides to usual? Look decent going forward but don't look too comfortable at the back when they break.

[Massive Attack]

Fucking hell Fernandes 

[El Scorchio]

I guess three's no-one to cross to anyway so maybe he wants players cutting inside.

Interesting, though.