04 Nov 2026 23:26:59
For those wanting Nuno back give it a rest he failed at a West Ham side with much more quality than we have he is not the same Nuno we was lucky enough to get i'm tired of seeing "get Nuno back" the harsh reality is sadly Nuno is done.
I was doubting Cesar and in the "cesar out" camp but he has got us 13 points from 15 so he deserves to be given a fair chance and we need to get behind him and the team now.
05 Nov 2026 06:57:03
The only issue I have with this comment is the suggestion that they have much more quality. Barring Bowen and possibly Engels that's open to debate in my opinion.
05 Nov 2026 09:56:29
Sorry Old buddy but WHU squad is stupid for this level! Joel Piroe, who in his last season in this league scored 19 goals. Mavropanos, ex-Arsenal and again much better than most in this league. Alvarez doesn't even start for them but sometimes Captain of Mexico. Thomas Soucek, would walk into any team in this league including ours, Mukasa, dito to Soucek. Manor Salmon and Castellanos who could both easily be playing in the Prem still! That's without even mentioning Bowen or Engels yet!
And that isn't even all of their decent players! This is the reason that this squad is being referred to as the most expensive to play in this league! This is also the reason that Nuno absolutely deserved to be sacked, because that sqaud should be taking this league at a canter!
Which is not great news because Parkers record at Champ level is excellent, so I don't think it'll take um long to start snapping at our heels! Over to you Cesar ?.
05 Nov 2026 11:32:28
Well Bullys it's interesting how we can see things differently. There's a reason why West Ham got relegated along with us and since then they've lost three of their best four (players Fernandes, Summerville and Diouf for a combined £180 mill or so) and the only replacement of note has been Engels from Celtic who I mentioned above.
Pirou did score 19 in his last season in this league but that was then and there's a reason why Leeds let him go for free.
Soucek is on the slippery down hill slope and doesn't compare to our Czech captain in my opinion. Solomon is okay and Mavropanos is a good goalscoring centre half but is his overall game better than we've got? Alvares was let go on loan last season, hasn't featured this season and is possibly off to Valencia in January.
Mukasa is learning his trade like Mane but granted he's currently doing better. Castellanos puts himself around but isn't much of a goalscoring threat (2 fewer than Armstrong to date).
I'm not saying they haven't a good squad just that it's nowhere as good as the hype otherwise they wouldn't have been relegated and with or without Nuno they'd be much more consistent and better off than they currently are.
At the end of the day, who really cares so long as we produce the performances and get the results our squad should do at this level? Signs are encouraging and despite the pitfalls that will come our way a couple of astute signings in January might seal the deal.
05 Nov 2026 12:06:01
Old mate the reason Leeds let Piroe go on a free is because they didn't! He's currently on loan with an obligation to buy, which will cost WHU £12m in total which is a chunk of change for a player on his final year of his contract! In fact (ironically) at that price he's exactly the sort of player we should have been in for. As for Soucek he's scored 3 goals in 6 games, which is as many as both Armstrong and Raul so not a bad return for a DMF on the slide!
I agree on the relegation comment but again to be honest I think that's more a relefectionnon on Nuno (sadly) as I don't think they should have been relegated especially with the three players (as you mention) that they have since sold for a combined total worth about double what our entire squads worth!
I agree overall though that it's better to concentrate on our own performances.
I just think it's easy to currently underestimate how badly Nuno was in fact doing with this WHU squad. Time will tell but they are already on track to smash the goals scored record (despite the performances) so all Parker now needs to do it tighten up the other end, let's hope he struggles to do that eh fella ?.
05 Nov 2026 16:29:08
No mention of a certain defender they bought from us for 40 odd million. At the time it was selling our best players, I wonder if anyone would want him to replace our current crop of defenders.
05 Nov 2026 18:55:17
It's a fair point Goats, when Kilman left he was being talked about as a possible England squad player and generally very well respected. I think he's not been helped by the fact that he suits playing on the left hand side of a back three (which WHU don't do).
Even that though is not enough to disguise his truly meteoric fall from grace, most WHU fans I know would happily chip in to get him a taxi back to the Mol!! ?.