⚽ West Ham Utd v Sunderland: match thread

[S-H]

24/01/26

Kickoff: 12:30pm

Time to build some momentum.

Come on you irons!!

[CarltonColesLeftFoot]

Still buzzing.

5-0 to the Hammers.

The great escape begins.

[Swiss Pauli]

Ooooh, going early with this one!

Sunderland have obviously been the revelation of the season. Even their sticky patch didn't last long. That said, Brentford absolutely battered them the other week so if we can channel some of that then we're in with a puncher's chance

[ironside58]

Possibly the most crucial game so far. We know they are big strong and commited just the type of team we struggle against. We need the win to build some momentum, if we fail to I struggle to see us surviving as comparing our Feb fixtures with Forest, I can see the gap widening. My only hope is that their minds are on Europe.

Back to this game, we need full on support, no moans or signs of toxicity and a fully commited performance like yesterday. I'll settle for 1-0 with an own goal.

COYI

[SxHammer]

We absolutely must capitalise on the last two results and pick up another win if we are to revitalise our hopes of survival. We play before everyone else and Forest have a tricky fixture away to Brentford sandwiched between Europa league times. We need to pick up 3 points and pile on the pressure to those above us.

Nuno must spend the week impressing on the players how important a result in this game is. Even better if we can put out a statement win with a strong performance.

[bubbles1966]

Play the game, play to win, forget the table.

No point worrying about things you can't control.

[Loftyhammer]

Play the game, play to win, forget the table.

No point worrying about things you can't control.

Totally agree. One ‘benefit’ of the position we’re in right now, is the relative clarity around it. No time or space for dicking about overthinking things. We should only really have one approach to all our games now - just win, baby!

[mumbles87]

Totally agree. One ‘benefit’ of the position we’re in right now, is the relative clarity around it. No time or space for dicking about overthinking things. We should only really have one approach to all our games now - just win, baby!

16 cup finals between now and end of season

Plus our cup run

Every game is a cup tie now

[vietnammer]

S-H on a roll with starting threads, we hope!

[Pob!]

It will be a hard fought game this and we will ride our luck for another 2-1 victory..

[jabbaglob123]

Sunderland have been quality this season no doubt, however generally they've not been that brilliant away in the league.

I think this is a good opportunity for us to get back to back wins and put pressure on forest et al above us in the table

[the pink palermo]

No team has been relegated with 65 points.

Beat this lot and we will be on 20 points with 45 still to play for.

[Het-Field]

The dont score many. But they dont concede many either. We've actually outscored them in the PL, but the fact that we have conceded over double what they have is the difference. A performance like yesterday, and we will snag a 1-0 win.

[briggsy0304]

The return of The King, Arthur Masuaku.

[Tophammer]

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AWB Todibo Mav scarles

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Bowen ------Pablo -------Summerville

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Diouf, Potts, Wilson to come off the bench, with Diouf back we are looking like we have options again. Hopefully a couple new bodies in too

[Safc in peace]

The return of The King, Arthur Masuaku.

I think you might find that he will have left us before this game.

We very soon found out that the King had no clothes.

He was brought in as short term cover with Cirkin being out long term. Now that he is back Masuaku will not make the bench.

[Bubbles Fortuna]

Their win against Palace was a first win in 6, 3 wins in 13 coming against Bournemouth, Palace and the Derby win against Newcastle.

Yet to win an away game in 2026.

We can do this and hope Brentford do their job against Forest and we're rolling!

[Puff Daddy]

We have to get our revenge. We will get our revenge. It won't be pretty, it might be ugly, but personally, I think it will be pretty ugly.. So i think it will be a stodgy, 1-0 win for us and hopefullty we will closre the gap on us and Forest to just 2 points

[HammerTime86]

My memory is terrible but I remember them being physical and too powerful for us especially in MF.

How we counter that is the key bit. I almost tempted to say Kante but that'd be mad.

[bonzosbeard]

Great day yesterday. We must carry that form over into this one.

We have had three good performances in a row. The two new forwards adding a bit of the unknown into the mix.

Come on you Irons.

By the way after starting to predict defeats instead of wins, I'll go 1-2 loss to Sunderland. You can thank me after.