West Ham vs Newcastle | PL | 2.11.25 | Prediction and Match Thread

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 Odds: 
WHU: 24/5
Draw: 17/5
Newcastle: 4/6

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Another game at the soulless bowl. All eyes will be on the team selection in the first instance, with the hope that we revert to the Everton form, and purge the experimentation of the last two games.

Nuno seems to have confirmed that for him Paqueta is a fixture in the side at 10, so suggestions he might make way look impossible. Fullkrug remains sidelined. Earthy is back in contention, and Mavro remains on the sidelines. Ezra Myers and Fin Herrinck have been called up to train with the first team.

Predicted LineUp:

Areola

Wan Bissaka
Todibo
Kilman
KWP

Potts
Fernandes

Bowen (c)
Paqueta
Summerville

Wilson

Subs:
Hermansen, Igor, Diouf, Magassa, Irving, Soucek, Marshall, Earthy, Guilherme

Predicted Result:
More of the same seems likely, with them on form and another side with a powerful aerial presence. 

West Ham 1 - 3 Newcastle

COYI

[nychammer]

Why hasn't anyone picked Soucek in Thier lineup.
He is supposed to be our biggest goal threat...

 

 

I think bring him on after 60 mins if we are level or behind. He often pops up with a goal late in games and can help us see them out at the back. I would not be starting him.

[goose]

We ain’t keeping a clean sheet so need to score a couple.

first goal is going to be hugely important.

Kilman & Todibo are going to need to magically find a pair of nuts from somewhere .

[Keep dreaming]

Why hasn't anyone picked Soucek in Thier lineup.
He is supposed to be our biggest goal threat...

[Mad Dog]

So Newcastle havent got a away win yet....  here comes west ham

[Ron Eff]

Either Igor is atrocious in training, or it’s because he’s left footed and Kilman is the lesser of the two evils (somehow) between him and Todibo. 

Mind you, he doesn’t mind playing full backs on opposite sides so it must be the former. 

[Elpojohn]

We will beat Newcastle today, Good strong Line-up . Killman the weakeast link for me, Too slow to react .
3-1 to the Hammy Hammers.
 

[ragingbull]

At least something to work with.

[pulhampete]

A much better lineup, if everyone stays focused and does their job we might have half a chance. 
Wilson up top gives us an outlet and someone to aim for.
Defence is shocking though. 

I'm going for an optimistic 1-0.


 

[El Scorchio]

A team that would have won at least a few points from Brentford and Leeds. But won't be good enough to get anything from Newcastle

Sadly true. Threw points away in those games. 

[El Scorchio]

Thank fuck Nuno has pulled his head out of his arse and picked the best team he possibly could. 

Now please can we have a Fucking performance out of them. 

[honky cat]

nuno locked up and chat gpt picked the team.

Best we could have expected, shame about killibo

[John Drake]

A team that would have won at least a few points from Brentford and Leeds. But won't be good enough to get anything from Newcastle

[zico]

Confirmed.

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Todibo, Diouf, Potts, Fernandes, Paquetá, Bowen ©, Summerville, Wilson
Subs: Hermansen (GK), Walker-Peters, Igor, Mayers, Rodríguez, Magassa, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Souček

Arguably the strongest team we could put out and it still looks weak, pretty much due to the centre backs.  God almighty recruitment has been bloody awful.

[Takashi Miike]

much better XI but that centre back pairing is utter dogshit, go behind and it's over

[Fauxstralian]

Has abandoned the inverted full backs , no striker , Irving & Soucek car crash so better
Still think they are better than us in : keeper, defence , midfield & attack , manager & time together as a squad … so limited chance today 

[Metroplex]

Thank fuck for Wilson up top with Soucek and Irving dropped.

[Tomsdad]

Too much pace for us. 0-2

[stubbo-admin]

Team today

[southbankbornnbred]

We’re quite hopeless, so this is like trying to rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic.

But I’d go:

Areola
AWB, Todibo, Kilman, Diouf
Magassa, Kante/Potts
Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville
Wilson

But, Kilman (awful) and Todibo (lazy) are poor as a CB pairing.

Our squad is piss poor in too many areas. But I feel like Kante has to start getting some games/subs for us.

 

Fernandes has to play for me. Our only midfielder with legs who can play a bit too. He’s had a slow start but you can see he has something. 

Should be a three of Fernandes, Paqueta and either Potts or Magassa. 

You must have the ability to win the ball in midfield, especially with that poor CB pairing so exposed if you can’t.

So Magassa has to start. 6ft 2 and actually puts his foot in a bit. He’ll also be needed to help defend corners - because we’re shite at it and have a small team. Paqueta is best in his #10 role. Which really leaves just the one slot alongside Magassa - from Potts, Fernandes and/or Kante.

Its a tough one. Lots of square pegs in round holes in this squad.

[Ron Eff]

We’re quite hopeless, so this is like trying to rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic.

But I’d go:

Areola
AWB, Todibo, Kilman, Diouf
Magassa, Kante/Potts
Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville
Wilson

But, Kilman (awful) and Todibo (lazy) are poor as a CB pairing.

Our squad is piss poor in too many areas. But I feel like Kante has to start getting some games/subs for us.

 

Fernandes has to play for me. Our only midfielder with legs who can play a bit too. He’s had a slow start but you can see he has something. 

Should be a three of Fernandes, Paqueta and either Potts or Magassa. 

And I’d have Todibo nowhere near the squad. You can’t have players with his couldn’t give a shit attitude in this situation. How bad can Igor be? Let’s find out, surely. It can’t get much worse? (It can!)

[Ron Eff]

We’re quite hopeless, so this is like trying to rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic.

But I’d go:

Areola
AWB, Todibo, Kilman, Diouf
Magassa, Kante/Potts
Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville
Wilson

But, Kilman (awful) and Todibo (lazy) are poor as a CB pairing.

Our squad is piss poor in too many areas. But I feel like Kante has to start getting some games/subs for us.

 

 

Fernandes has to play for me. Our only midfielder with legs who can play a bit too. He’s had a slow start but you can see he has something. 

Should be a three of Fernandes, Paqueta and either Potts or Magassa. 

[Mike Oxsaw]

Can only see a defeat by 2 goals or more and probably all over by half time.

Last gasp for my acca too, as Manchester fucking United let me down to the tune of 40 quid yesterday.

So Man Utd lost you this week's benefit fraud?

Is that how much benefit fraud currently is?

I bow to your superior wisdom on the subject. Don't dare to ask how you acquired such knowledge though - you revealing how would be akin to, oh, at random, off the top of my head, admitting to abusing an under-aged land mine victim in Cambodia.

[southbankbornnbred]

Won’t be at the game or protest today - work beckons.

But I hope it all goes well for those who will be there. Make your voices heard after the game.

One day this shit will end.

[southbankbornnbred]

We’re quite hopeless, so this is like trying to rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic.

But I’d go:

Areola
AWB, Todibo, Kilman, Diouf
Magassa, Kante/Potts
Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville
Wilson

But, Kilman (awful) and Todibo (lazy) are poor as a CB pairing.

Our squad is piss poor in too many areas. But I feel like Kante has to start getting some games/subs for us.

[southbankbornnbred]

We can't keep playing Kilman and Todibo. I would go so far to say that playing a U21 CB or Soucek instead of Kilman would be a better option.

It's gonna be a loss anyway. 

Soucek is too slow to play centre half in the Premier League. And our best u-23 centre back is on loan at Swansea.

We don’t have many options there.