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I have never understood the obsession with this tippy tappy shit that modern football has become.

When I was playing I just wanted the ball lumped forward to the wings so that I could run at the full back but now it takes so long to get the ball to the final third that by the time it reaches you they have multiple players behind the ball.

Hoof it, cut out the midfield and let Bowen & Summerville have the opportunity to take on one player and get the striker in the box.

Simple really.

Meresca wouldn't work, this is no time for 'progressive' appointments, he's cut from a similar cloth as Loppy & Potter, possession for possession sakes, we do not have the team or structure for that. We don't have the time for someone like him to bed in his ideas. Nor do we have it for this defensive slop we're being served up at the minute.

We need a maverick, balls out, roll the dice kind of manager to try to get us out of this mess. Di Canio, Ange, along those lines. Instant impact, shit or bust. And if it doesn't work, then get one of the new fancy dan managers to build from there next season.

 

Looks like he's on way out.  The old "one game to save your job"

So why are we letting him spend £50m on players the new manager inevitably wont want.  Fuck I hate west ham (specifically sullivan)

honky cat" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 16:37

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 16:05 It seems like this bloke just wants the tin tack for the pay off. What a horrendous appointment he has turned out to be.

He is on course to surpass Grant as our worst manager ever.

No way is Grant worse than the latest 3 clowns. They were fucking glory days compared to now, scotty, carlton, demba, nobes, gabbidon, vic obinna, greenie, tomkins - would all walk straight into this team. QF fa cup. They were marvellous times.
The horton heath thai massage got their claws into him and it all fell apart.

Not sure what others think, and haven't been on here for a while as been away, but my gut reaction would be to jettison Nuno and go and get Maresca. He has experience in working with younger squad and also, if worse comers to worse, experience of Championship. 

Give Motta a go. 

He attack so atleast it might be fun.

The coaches didn't want to go with him otherwise they would have.
His no 2 went to Wolves to link up with Edwards,made a difference.

This is all Nuno's fault, he had to international breaks where he virtually a pre season. The bulk of his squad didn't go anywhere and he came up with the Brentford/Leeds results. He gave up on Saturday and against City,Arsenal,Liverpool B'Mouth 2nd half

Giving him the Forest game...... what's the point?  we all know how this ends.  Best bet is sacking him today and letting Potts and Robson have the team tomorrow. 

After the weekend Nuno is now 26 games without a clean sheet. 

We have let in the most goals in the league and we failed to have a shot on target against Wolves or make the keeper make a save. Embarrassing, we also gave away 8 shots on target when was the last time Wolves managed that? 

There is no coming back from that result, the only thing more mental to keeping Nuno is keeping him and giving him more money to spend.  Rather than have a £30m flop on our hands in few months time save the £££ and buy 3 £10m players for the championship rebuild. 

XKhammer wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 12:13

THUNDERCLINT wrote: ↑03 Jan 2026, 21:25

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑03 Jan 2026, 21:19

I’m not the one who made this nonsense up. Try harder Fisherman. 

Keep digging you might actually find some spuds for once.

Lend him your shovel which you use for necrophilia 

 

It's quite clear to me that Nuno is stamping a hissy fit because he can't bring in his own coaches, which is understandable but childish at the same time.

Not a fan of constantly changing managers.
However, this in the Guardian is pretty damming. 
Says Nuno is losing the squad because he doesn't talk to the squad and players. Apparently said little at half time at Wolves. Difficult to know if it's true.
Bilic lined up as possible replacement.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -ham-squad

North Bank" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 21:31 What's the point in sacking the manager when the same muppet will be choosing the next one, by the only way he knows how from the inept coaches out of work list?

 Nothing will change until Sullivan and Brady fuck off

Well exactly. whose it going to be?  Cooper? Dyche?  - guaranteed one of those two or even worse. Sullivan will never learn that hiring out of work managers who have essentially failed multiple times does not work. They are out of work for a reason!!! He got lucky with Moyes but the rest speak for themselves. 

At this point id get Carrick in and hope for the best. worst case if we go down he might be the man to rebuild a squad around.

What's the point in sacking the manager when the same muppet will be choosing the next one, by the only way he knows how from the inept coaches out of work list?

 Nothing will change until Sullivan and Brady fuck off

Amorim about to be sacked as well. 

It's a damn shame Marcelo Bielsa is 70 years old and Uruguay manager.

He would insist on taking charge of the development squad for the rest of the season so he could whip them into shape to be the backbone of the team next season.

They didn't call him loco for nothing. There's a method to the madness.

Plus, I'd quite like to see some of the current cunts in our squad litter picking around Hackney Wick or even better the old Stratford Shopping Centre on the Broadway.

They fully deserve it.

The hopeless cunts breaking all records, even Opta are having a right laugh at him..



And Sky Sports getting in on the act as well.

North bank boy.
I saw your post you complete tosser.
Had me jumping up and down in excitement .
Wanker

Unfortunately, we need a lot more than that. I dont see any way out of it. Also dont see the point of giving Nuno the forest game.

Nuno highly unlikely to turn this mess around and I hold out little hope for the next bloke and the one after that and the one after that whilst the imbecile Sullivan still runs the club with his over promoted sidekick Brady.

You have stand back in awe and marvel at their level of incompetence. 

 

Everyone inside the building knows they are most likely out of a job come May. You really going to put a shift in with that knowledge. This is the part where everybody is pointing the finger of blame at everybody else.!

PRIMED FOR THE DROP.!

COYI.

 

Axeman
It nay not be a bad thing,ok Robson is arse licker and overrated but it may allow Potts and possibly Keen to step in. Without Crackhead smelling the place out they may have more freedom to give their opinions,surely they together wouldn't leave a new striker or Earthy on the bench in a must win game against the bottom team.

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honky cat" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 16:37

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 16:05 It seems like this bloke just wants the tin tack for the pay off. What a horrendous appointment he has turned out to be.

He is on course to surpass Grant as our worst manager ever.

No way is Grant worse than the latest 3 clowns. They were fucking glory days compared to now, scotty, carlton, demba, nobes, gabbidon, vic obinna, greenie, tomkins - would all walk straight into this team. QF fa cup. They were marvellous times.
The horton heath thai massage got their claws into him and it all fell apart.

Avram gave us that 4-0 win v Man U in the snow and a semi final in the cup. He was laughably clueless and we were often woeful,  but it was way more enjoyable than the shit we've had to endure these past few years.