It feels a bit late to say the wheels have been removed for West Ham United.
Hammer was knocked out of the League Cup in the second round, losing four of five Premier League matches with a total score of 5–13.
It felt like that was a more problematic situation than if Graham Potter were replaced in a dugout at London Stadium.
Behold, behold, he was given boots on Saturday morning, despite being placed before the media on Friday afternoon prior to his clash with Everton on Monday.
Nuno Santo was soon announced as his replacement, but it will be interesting to see if the Portuguese will bring about many broad changes in training just a few days before his clash with Toffee.
James Ward Play could be a dropout player as Nuno chases his debut victory.
Why should I drop Word Four?
It was a move-fail, considering West Ham spent about £30 million to bring Wardpull to London Stadium in the summer of 2023 and was sent on a short-term loan that failed to last year in Nottingham Forest.
However, fans were desperate to see Potter drop the former Southampton star from the lineup, but he continued to stick with the British.
The 11-cap British had a great career on top flights and there was a point where his deadball ability made him a real threat to the saint, but that time had passed.
Instead, the 30-year-old is currently more vulnerable than anything else in the middle of the park, unable to provide much in the attack and not close enough mobile to help with his defense.
This duel issue was seen in the full display against Crystal Palace. Even if he took 61 touches and completed 41 passes, he combined the expected goals to help out a figure of just 0.25.
Wordpurus Game vs Palace | |
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Min | 90′ |
the goal | 0 |
assist | 0 |
touch | 61 |
The exact path | 41/48 (85%) |
Cross (accurate) | 5 (1) |
Target shot | 0 |
Ground duel (winning) | 6 (1) |
Aerial duel (winning) | 3 (0) |
Lost Ownership | 14 |
foul | 3 |
The past that was dribbled | 2 |
All statistics via sofa score |
On top of that, he lost five of the six ground duels, all three air duels dribbled two times past, lost 14 possessions and gave three fouls.
It’s a horror show, especially in West Ham, with new midfielders coming and surely they can do a better job, so it’s a horror show and you should watch him for quite some time.
The ideal word plads alternative for West Ham
There are several options that Nuno can go with on Monday evening, but he has to start an elephant-to-magassa instead of Ward Prowles.
The former as Monaco Ace is certainly still young and somewhat less experienced than the British, but he deserves the opportunity to show his fans what he can do tonight.
But even more importantly, he offers something the former saint star can no longer do: dynamism and quality.
According to respected analyst Ben Matinson, the 21-year-old is blessed with a combination of “pure athleticism” and his “top-passing range” ability, which means he’s blessed with the ability to “spread over the wings.”
Furthermore, Matinson claims that young people are “high potential defensively,” which is born from the numbers that underlie him.
According to FBREF, he ranked in the top 1% of League 1 midfielders last season, with the dribbler being the top 5% of all tackles per 90 minutes, including tackles, tackles, interceptions, ball recovery and top 5% of tackles.
He also posted some promising attacks, ranked them in the top 9%, successfully completing one percentage and ranking the top 17% with the final third pass per 90.
Height is a scout report | ||
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statistics | Around 90 | Percentile |
Tackle (mid-3 days) | 2.37 | Top 1% |
The dribbler worked on it | 2.20 | Top 1% |
Dribbling was a challenge | 4.04 | Top 1% |
tkl+you | 5.97 | Top 1% |
Ball recovery | 7.90 | Top 1% |
Tackle | 4.13 | Top 2% |
Intercept | 1.84 | Top 4% |
The tackle won | 2.20 | Top 5% |
Successful take-on percentage | 65.2% | Top 9% |
Touch (mid-3 days) | 45.57 | Top 12% |
Tackle (to the third) | 0.53 | Top 16% |
Move to the last third | 5.88 | Top 17% |
switch | 0.61 | Top 17% |
The air won | 1.14 | Top 12% |
All statistics via FBREF |
In short, he’s not near the finished product, but the “elegant” Frenchman, known as talent scout Jacek Kulig, already seems to be a better player than Wordprose.
Therefore, to increase the likelihood that Nuno will claim all three points, he should start Magassa dropping his 30s.