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Jim Bennings
1 Posted 28/09/2025 at 10:50:16
A win in essential.
West Ham are a club in turmoil, merely appointing a new manager and expecting a instant turnaround in 24 hours is not realistic, possibly even too soon to have a new manager bounce.

Second, pick the strongest team available to you, no messing about, just get the best men in.

Third, start the game quickly and start on the front foot, as against Villa but this time start putting chances away, we should be converting far more of the opportunities that we make.

Derek Knox
2 Posted 28/09/2025 at 11:27:16
Good and very salient points there Jim B. One thing to avoid, and there is no reason to believe it exists, after the deplorable result at Wolves, and against the RS, is complacency.

I think I share with you, and several other posters too, is the lack of goals coming from decent chances created. I am hoping in the case of Barry it is just adjustment to a different League etc.

As for Beto, the lad tries, but let's face it, he should have stayed with KFC.

Conor McCourt
4 Posted 28/09/2025 at 11:36:34
I was actually more annoyed with the Aston Villa result than the last 2 as I viewed it as a real missed opportunity.

Against the RS, I was more livid with the approach and hate losing to them but it's always a difficult game for us regardless, plus they are the reigning title holders (couldn't bring myself to calling them champions). So it's always difficult to get a result there for numerous reasons... not all footballing.

The Wolves game didn't surprise me and I know we can't win a domestic trophy under Moyes so I don't have the anger of most of the fanbase for going out early. However, that result has put huge pressure on this game.

I actually was worried for Moyes if he doesn't get a result here as we play Palace, Man City, Spurs straight after and thought he could be in trouble by the end of next month.

Thankfully for us, though, Moyes is a lucky manager as Palace have to travel to Kiev before our game, Man City is straight after the international break, and Spurs go to Monaco. I'm sure we can take advantage better than we did against our neighbours.

Let's give Nuno a debut to forget and start Barry because their defense will sit deep and that negates Beto's strength which is running in behind onto through balls.

Tim Iroegbunam probably doesn't deserve his place and he probably won't start but their midfield is slow so I think, with the power of him, Gana or energy of Jimmy I wouldn't mind any two starting.

Derek Knox
5 Posted 28/09/2025 at 17:33:17
Tim needs an Iroegboot up his dung tube.

I thought he was half decent, but green, when he first came, but he has gone downhill ever since!

Mike Gaynes
6 Posted 28/09/2025 at 17:46:08
Grealish talking frankly to Sky Sports about his partying habit and "feeling loved":

"People go, 'he likes to go out, he likes to party,' and I do. I want to be able to live my life and enjoy myself but obviously there's a time and a place to do that.

"Sometimes, I'll be honest with you, I probably haven't picked the right times. At City, I didn't help myself at times, I'll openly say that, but then I don't think it was all down to that."

"I'm at my best when I feel loved.

"You know, I'm quite vulnerable off the pitch and I wanted to go somewhere to just feel the love again and just wake up with a smile on my face and want to play again.

"I don't mean this in an arrogant way but I do like it when managers say, 'you're the footballer, go and do what you want to do.'

"Obviously you have your jobs. You have your roles to do without the ball and set pieces but he says to me, 'when you get the ball just go and do what you want to do.'"

Andrew Merrick
7 Posted 28/09/2025 at 20:49:55
Well, that's exactly what we want from Jack, so if that's Moyes instruction, it's a thumbs up from me.
Oliver Molloy
8 Posted 28/09/2025 at 22:42:31
I think tomorrow's night game is a banana skin...

Grealish and whoever else need to fucking turn up.

Jim Bennings
9 Posted 29/09/2025 at 07:11:55
Derek,

I'm not entirely sure I've seen anything from him to convince me yet.

People look at his game and say he is energetic, but most of the time he's busy running nowhere, hasn't particularly got a shot on him, sloppy in possession and doesn't have the discipline to do what Gana does.

John Burns
10 Posted 29/09/2025 at 07:20:43
‘The timing of West Ham's sacking of Graham Potter could play right into Everton's hands'.

Anjishnu, you haven't been in the neighbourhood too long.

Colin Glassar
11 Posted 29/09/2025 at 08:01:46
The dreaded new manager bounce.

I hope Moyes is prepared for this tonight.


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