Mads Hermansen sold to West Ham - Official

[Gamble92]

On 18/11/2025 at 12:40, Sol thewall Bamba said:

 

 

Remember, it's always worse that you expect it to be. 

Should have been my marriage vows 

[Ian Nacho]

On 17/11/2025 at 18:27, AyewJoking said:

Bit of a weird move anyway, Leicester to West Ham isnt a big step up apart from them being in the Premier League.

 

Smacks of we were desperate to sell and West Ham were the only club interested.

 

I loved him in the short lived Maresca era.

You're deluded if you think West Ham isn't a step up from us. We're mid table Championship which is another world to Premier League dross.  

[AyewJoking]

19 hours ago, Ian Nacho said:

You're deluded if you think West Ham isn't a step up from us. We're mid table Championship which is another world to Premier League dross.  

 

On 17/11/2025 at 18:27, AyewJoking said:

Bit of a weird move anyway, Leicester to West Ham isnt a big step up apart from them being in the Premier League.

 

Smacks of we were desperate to sell and West Ham were the only club interested.

 

I loved him in the short lived Maresca era.

back in your box peasant

[Spudulike]

Apparently currently in talks with Tottnum. Sell-on clause? Not that West Ham will be making much of a profit.

 

Edit: looks like a loan/swap deal.

Edited 21 January by Spudulike

[AjcW]

16 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Apparently currently in talks with Tottnum. Sell-on clause? Not that West Ham will be making much of a profit.

 

Edit: looks like a loan/swap deal.

Football is ****ing weird  

[cruzFOX]

Somewhere deep inside mads is a decent goalkeeper. If he ends up at a stable club on the up and up I’m sure he will prosper and realize his full potential. The injury he came back off was sever enough that it Impacted his development. He’s kinda starting from scratch again but with some credit in the bank. Let’s see what happens. 

[Clever Fox]

Is he getting any Game time with West Ham. ?

[beepee1984]

5 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

Is he getting any Game time with West Ham. ?

Played 120 minutes against QPR and expected to play against against Burton in the 4th Round

 

Just to confirm - we can't afford his wage, so there is zero chance that he'll be coming back

[Clever Fox]

7 minutes ago, beepee1984 said:

Played 120 minutes against QPR and expected to play against against Burton in the 4th Round

 

Just to confirm - we can't afford his wage, so there is zero chance that he'll be coming back

Agreed, Personally I think Jakub is a better shot stopper and has a higher Ceiling. He just needs to cut out the mistakes.

 

Then again too much gets through to him which should be prevented much earlier by outfield players.  

[Tommy Fresh]

10 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

Agreed, Personally I think Jakub is a better shot stopper and has a higher Ceiling.

He isn't and he doesn't 

[coolhandfox]

21 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

Agreed, Personally I think Jakub is a better shot stopper and has a higher Ceiling. He just needs to cut out the mistakes.

 

Then again too much gets through to him which should be prevented much earlier by outfield players.  

Based on?

 

[honeybradger]

40 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Based on?

 

Since Hermansen's injury he has approximately a 55% save rate at PL level. Worse than Danny Ward for example (although with Ward it was how ridiculous his misses were and the lack of confidence he gave).

 

As a short goal keeper he is massively dependent on his agility to make saves and he appears to have lost that.

 

Jakub gets criticised for palming shots back into danger areas, but currently shots in the corner of the goal are out Hermansen's reach, therefore you have to say that Jakub is currently the better shot stopper.

 

Hermansen's fitness may improve again though, you get the sense that he was rushed back early by both us and West Ham. 

Edited 22 January by honeybradger

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, Clever Fox said:

Agreed, Personally I think Jakub is a better shot stopper and has a higher Ceiling. He just needs to cut out the mistakes.

 

Then again too much gets through to him which should be prevented much earlier by outfield players.  

I know this is an opinion, but it’s a horrendous opinion.

 

Just cut out the mistakes? He’s probably made 6 which have directly cost us a goal this season across a range of goalkeeping basics. Just cutting out the mistakes is pretty much asking him to improve his decision making, command of the box, handling and parrying. Mads has a higher ceiling and it’s not even up for debate, IMO.

[Clever Fox]

35 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Based on?

 

He has to make a far higher percentage of saves in games than most keepers. A lot of the Goals conceded has been down to other outfield players.

To quote a former international goalkeeping friend of mine, during a row in a game over a goal conceded. What were the rest of you f----ers doing before the Ball got to me.

We're so poor at negotiating games it's laughable at this stage.

[boosmanana]

There's not a single aspect of Stolarczyk's game that is better than Hermansen's

[VLC86]

10 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

He has to make a far higher percentage of saves in games than most keepers. A lot of the Goals conceded has been down to other outfield players.

To quote a former international goalkeeping friend of mine, during a row in a game over a goal conceded. What were the rest of you f----ers doing before the Ball got to me.

We're so poor at negotiating games it's laughable at this stage.

Was it Mark Bosnich, and was he sniffing a lot?

Edited 22 January by VLC86

[Fox92]

2 hours ago, Clever Fox said:

Agreed, Personally I think Jakub is a better shot stopper and has a higher Ceiling. He just needs to cut out the mistakes.

 

Then again too much gets through to him which should be prevented much earlier by outfield players.  

Jakub won’t even make the Premier League never mind be in a relegation battle in the Premier League.

 

Not one part of his game is better than Hermansen’s.

[Fox92]

52 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

He has to make a far higher percentage of saves in games than most keepers. A lot of the Goals conceded has been down to other outfield players.

To quote a former international goalkeeping friend of mine, during a row in a game over a goal conceded. What were the rest of you f----ers doing before the Ball got to me.

We're so poor at negotiating games it's laughable at this stage.

He has also made the most mistakes leading to goals in the division. Weird how people miss that out but thanks to Sky for bringing it up prior to the WBA game.

[HankMarvin]

1 hour ago, boosmanana said:

There's not a single aspect of Stolarczyk's game that is better than Hermansen's

Quite hard to tell from comparison on the seasons, as we have 18 games left and he is 2 short of the seasons total conceded.
Stick Mads in this team and vice versa and it would looked a lot different on performances.

 

[AyewJoking]

Lucky boy if he can get a move to spurs after being shit for  West Ham who will probably get relegated.

[Claridge]

Jakub is one of the worst goalies i have ever seen, been some pathetic not just poor goals let in on a regular basis

[Lambert09]

If spurs do that swap deal they could be laughing. I still think he will end up a top top keeper and vicarrio is pony 

[don_danbury]

34 minutes ago, AyewJoking said:

Lucky boy if he can get a move to spurs after being shit for  West Ham who will probably get relegated.

he's barely played for west ham to be shit for them. i hope he goes to spurs and does well 

[AyewJoking]

57 minutes ago, don_danbury said:

he's barely played for west ham to be shit for them. i hope he goes to spurs and does well 

cost them what 18 mill and barely played, id say that was shit

[Clever Fox]

6 hours ago, Tommy Fresh said:

He isn't and he doesn't 

I disagree, Some of his save have been outstanding. One against WB was so good the Cameras nearly missed it.

 

Mads was better with the ball at his feet but useless at comes for crosses.And he hasn't done too well since his move.