West Ham banter 3

18 Apr 2024 22:27:29
You could not make this up on WIKIPEDIA Jose Martinez the referee, is a big fan of Bayer Leverkusen, how can this be allowed .no wonder we got so many wrong decisions against us, great first half, , as we have all agreed before, they have a great bench, we have NOTHING, and that once again changed the game

19 Apr 2024 00:50:49
Surely this must mean that we will finally see the back of the Argyll Gargoyle?

19 Apr 2024 07:04:26
The players did the badge proud yesterday, and in fairness all season. What an Atmosphere last night.

The more I think about next season, the more I believe Moyes will be in charge. We need to move on 8 players and also bring in a further 4, total of 12. That’s without losing any players to transfers to other clubs. I don’t see West Ham buying 12 players this summer.

I can see this being processed over 2 seasons, West Ham to bring in 5/6 this season lose around 3 players, Keep Moyes to steady the ship and then go again the following summer for the remaining players and new manager.
By this time we would have a completely new squad.

When you look at it in a business sense it makes total sense, you risk relegation with a new manager with a depleted squad in transition.

COYIS

19 Apr 2024 08:48:53
Nahhhhhhhhh its time to start again with a new man at the helm that has a vision, can act on the fly and change tactics mid game, has more than one starting formation in his head than 1-8-1-1, who is unbiased towards players and will give youth a chance. We need a manager that's actually got a bit of personality about him and one who will have a go at the top clubs. MOYES is none of those things and so TIME UP.I HOPE but of course, this is Sullivan and he always looks for the cheapest, easiest option and likes to draw things out to attract the attention of the press for a long as possible.

19 Apr 2024 10:20:34
And any business will not throw almost half a billion quid at someone and be in this situation without any sanction. Moyes is toast, thank God.

18 Apr 2024 15:07:47
What a shame. The latest rumour is that Gareth Southgate is no longer in the running to replace Erik ten Hag at Man Utd. Had he been appointed, no doubt two things would almost immediately become evident:
Man Utd's inability as a club to identify a suitable manager; and
Gareth Southgate's total lack of ability as a top football coach.
Instead, we are left with the misguided belief that Southgate knows what he's doing; until he fails elsewhere that is. Just like he did at Middlesborough. In the meantime, Man Utd continue with their search for a guide to direct them back to their former glory days under Old Purple Nose. I just hope that Sullivan doesn't come up with the idea that Southgate might just fit in at the London Stadium. God help us if he does.

18 Apr 2024 15:35:26
From what I've been reading it seems our next gaffer could be out of Tuchel and Potter!

20 Apr 2024 05:06:26
Osh, the name Tuchel keeps popping up on a regular basis. As I understand it, he’s turned down a move to WHU, but he could change his mind. Personally, I think Tuchel might be another Pellegrini - a mistake. He’s a trouble maker. There are more suitable (and better) options out there.
Added to this worrying aspect are the reported interests of Liverpool in Kudus, and PSG in Paqueta. Bowen could also spark a flurry of interest. We cannot assume that any incoming coach will rebuild around our best players. Watch this space.

18 Apr 2024 15:05:19
Fancy us to win tonight, although I feel it'll be 2-1. Moyes needs to play 2 up top; Antonio and Ings.

18 Apr 2024 15:36:25
Nahhhhh leopard don't change its spots. 3-0 leverkusen and we will sit back and defend

18 Apr 2024 15:40:21
I see us drawing 1-1 or 2-2. Bowen back in training means that Moyes will force him back early to start, in desperation. Although I doubt his inclusion will compensate for the loss of certain others. Leverkusen really have to take their foot off the pedal for us to get a result, but now they’ve qualified for the ECL, who knows? COYI!

18 Apr 2024 21:59:29
Gave it a really good go 1st half but our lack of a bench and some awful refereeing ends our season tonight.

19 Apr 2024 01:00:55
I’m getting good at this forecasting lark! 😁
We can’t complain about the heroic performance of our lads in the first half. Makes you wonder why we don’t do that every game. I think we all know why.

19 Apr 2024 08:49:40
Good question TIN and one that lots of poeple are asking

17 Apr 2024 10:08:07
Steidten not overjoyed with Moyes, . as you are aware last summer Genoa accepted 24 m euro bid from WH. For Gudmonsen, Moyes stupidly vetoed the move, WH are still keen .now gone back in , price gone up , asking 35 m euros, worse still, then we where on our own, now Juventus, Spurs, are on it Moyes is some judge! I honestly think most of us on this site understand more about players than he does can't wait for his exit

17 Apr 2024 21:10:02
He vetoed the Osman deal when he found out it wasn't leon.

17 Apr 2024 06:57:48
EVERTON may have a potential interest in WILL STILL if they should decide to replace the under pressure SEAN DYCHE!

17 Apr 2024 12:21:52
Don’t worry; we have the pundits’ favourite, the great David Moyes! Thank Goodness for small mercies. I’m so glad we followed the pundits’ advice and were careful what we wished for.

16 Apr 2024 12:41:35
This seasons over for me

16 Apr 2024 14:55:49
It will be on Thursday!

16 Apr 2024 14:57:44
And if I was West Ham Hierarchy, as soon as we are out of the EUROPA League, Moyes would be gone. Take a few weeks to get new manager and give him a few games until the end of the season to voersee who he wants and doesn't want to keep and where we need to strengthen. Let the new guy do it properly instead of waiting until the
Summer

16 Apr 2024 16:00:10
Yep give the job to Kevin Keen till the end of the season he's done it twice before and we might get a few of the youngsters given a go

16 Apr 2024 20:08:06
Definitely merceri

17 Apr 2024 04:58:40
John Heitinga.

17 Apr 2024 07:33:27
I'll tell you what will happen regarding managers in the summer! Clubs who are deciding to part ways with their managers, let's say MAN UTD and EVERTON for example, will already be checking alternatives and its more than likely going to include Managers we are interested in, let's say, GRAHAM Potter. They will all act first to get manager settled and give him time in the summer to recruit the players HE DEEMS FIT to improve his team

Sullivan on the other hand (who loves to be in the news for as long as possible) will take virtually the entire SUMMER to decide who we want, but by this time, the likes of POTTER etc will have gone to new clubs, so what we will do is we will turn to the managers that have been sacked such as DYCHE or the scattergun approach for the cheapest available (again, another sullivan trait) .

Meanwhile, Aftern having been linked to every striker and full back under the sun, the summer transfer window will be closing and we will panic buy 2 or 3 players after having let 12 leave ROFL. Yes, this is a cynical viewpoint, but I think you get the meaning lol

17 Apr 2024 10:06:30
I'd take KOMPANY as working with better players will show him as potentially a very good manager he has tried to play attacking football at TURF MOOR and BURNLEY played us off the park the last time we played them with a very ordinary Squad.⚒⚒⚒

17 Apr 2024 14:22:55
And right on cue, its now been reported that Moyes’ managerial position will be discussed DURING the summer ahead of the 2024/25 campaign. Not after Thursday when Leverkusen tear us a new one! Not at the end of this season, which will be a damp squib after all the hope. DURING the summer at a time when we already should have a new manager in place so he can advise TS what player positions we need to strengthen and what players he would like or will MOYES have his say so. Its a FARCE! And we wonder why this club has so many problems which let's face it, all stem from the poor running and organisation at the top!

17 Apr 2024 16:12:26
Discussed during the summer? Why isn't his future finalised at final whistle on last game of the season? What are we waiting for?

16 Apr 2024 09:13:18
With the season fast approaching its end, I think its time we turned our attention to the summer transfer window and who we should keep and who we will let go/retire/move on to pastures new. I think there are a few certanties already. Seems Johnson wants out with Villa and Spuds interested. Paqueta a man in demand. Liverpool very interested in Bowen. Aguerd is very likely gone. Cresswell retire or drop down leagues. Antonio may well hang his boots up. Mavropanos makes far too many mistakes and for me should also be sold and that's just the start. Obviously a new manager is needed so that should be the boards first priority. Clearly, the squad we have is too old and too small so some serious bargains need to be found this summer so thoughts anybody?

16 Apr 2024 10:24:17
It would appear that last week Johnson was offered a big increase on his wages from 25k a week to 40 k he has asked time to think about it, as a free agent he will probably get that elsewhere anyway, so he will soon have to decide stay or go, under a new manager he may get more chances, but at Palace his present choice, he will definitely play regular football, whereas Villa not likely

16 Apr 2024 11:20:19
There's a decent player in Johnson somewhere, it seems that other teams have spotted his potential, but as usual, Moyes has not.

16 Apr 2024 12:24:00
Sources have told Football Insider that Moyes is eyeing taking another challenge at this stage of his career. Apparently, the “experienced” football coach has set his sights on solving a major problem which has vexed him for months. Where the f*ck is the exit door? Once he has identified how to leave the building, he’ll be gone. Club officials have reported their office doors suddenly opening to reveal a puzzled looking Scotsman standing in the doorframe. As soon as he gets it right, we can rest assured that reluctant players will be willing to renegotiate contract offers. Sadly, it will be too late for some.

16 Apr 2024 06:29:24
What happened to the missing 14, 000 fans on Sunday. The official figure of tickets sold was 62, 000, nut it seems only about 48, 000 turned up. Fans even tried to shift them and sell them on but nobodoy wanted them? Seems like fans are voting with their feet and staying away. 14, 000 is a BIG Statement to the board

16 Apr 2024 10:02:41
DaisyHammer, yeah good point, the only trouble is 62,000 already sold so they haven’t been hit in the pocket unfortunately, but it would certainly have sent a strong message to the Board! ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

17 Apr 2024 10:12:44
Is the london stadium capacity 68,000 anybody I'm not sure?

17 Apr 2024 12:43:52
Apparently it was 14,000 season ticket holders that didn't attend the Fulham game.⚒⚒⚒

15 Apr 2024 10:49:17
After Sundays miserable showing, don't expect many points until seasons end, Palace looked decent, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man City look far too much for us, leaving just Luton, who will try harder than us anyway, terrible way to end this season, and at present doesn't look like there's much hope Thursday, just too many games with no reserves, no bench., but maybe light at end of the tunnel with no Moyes either

15 Apr 2024 18:34:15
And its a shame because the fans were screaming fir players when he let fornals and benrahma go in January. Did he get replacements? No! So who's fault is it?

15 Apr 2024 20:24:29
Well, with just over 20 mins gone Chelsea are 2 nil up against Everton and looking like they will be by-passing us. It’s looking as if our season is done and dusted.

15 Apr 2024 20:59:33
Which is why I said we were flattered in 7th until games in hand had been played. Too many critical games lost /drawn to claim 6th or 7th. Only way Moyes can stay surely is a ECL win which rests on a miracle 3 goal reversal on Thursday (I’m attending from Northern Ireland) . Miracle 1…… COYI

16 Apr 2024 19:19:33
Or two goals and a penalty triumph let us not forget.

15 Apr 2024 05:38:11
The difference between a good football manager and a delusional self-opinionated idiot. Marco Silva's post-match assessment reflects the game as I saw it. Fulham started poorly and should have gone behind to an early Antonio goal. After the first ten minutes, Fulham took control of the game, deserved the win as the better side, and but for an excellent performance by Fabianski, should have been out of sight by half-time. David Moyes, on the other hand, was watching a different game in La La Land, where his team controlled large parts of the game and lost because they were tired! Come on Dave, get back to the real world. Again, we were crap. Your team selection, tactics, and the total lack of interest shown by some players, were the reasons why we were totally outplayed. According to one particular misguided football pundit, Moyes could have the pick of several top jobs! Reality reporting certainly isn't one of them!

15 Apr 2024 06:30:55
The reason our players are out on their feet is we I mean DD didn't get numbers in in the January window knowing we were in EUROPE and especially when he doesn't use our SUPERB youth team players the man MUST be replaced at the end of the season otherwise KUDUS and the likes will ask to leave can you blame them.⚒⚒⚒

15 Apr 2024 06:34:21
Good write up Tin. I heard a particular Geordie ex player now Match of the Day Expert, when asked about Dacid Moyes telling us to be careful what we wish for!
Its at least encouraging to hear that we are seemingly in talks with other Managers, I just hope one of them isn't JOSE MOURINHO

15 Apr 2024 08:27:34
I agree wholeheartedly with both of you. I wonder what Shearer’s response would have been had a football pundit said the same about his precious Newcastle a couple of seasons back?!

15 Apr 2024 08:56:30
So, our season comes down to one game on Thursday. Win, and MOYES will be the messiah and all the PUNDITS will revel in the glory of what they said previously. Lose, as expected and what then? Surely MOYES will realise that he has taken this group of players as far as he can and he will with grace walk away. The QUESTION Now gathering real momentum is WHO will take over. We have the structure to be a real force going forward, if we have a manager with vision. Forget Benitez, Mourinho etc and all those managers that have been round the block. I hope (and let's face it, with SULLIVAN at the helm that's all it can be) we target, WILL STILL, GRAHAM POTTER, MCKENNA from IPSWICH. Go get us a young manager who can grow with the team, but I hope they do at sooner rather than later


I'm getting really annoyed with stories linking us to players already for the summer window. Hang on, should we not get new manager/coach first and then let him decide which players he wants? Anyway, its all down to Thursday and in true West ham fashion I expect us to win. I don't think it will be enough to go through so probably 2-1 and the END OF DAVID MOYES who I think has taken us as far as he can.

15 Apr 2024 10:58:17
Sullivan won't be the one picking the manager. That will steitden on behalf of kretinsky and the incoming investors . We are going in a completely different direction to all that has gone before. Mark my words .

15 Apr 2024 14:44:51
I hope your right HAMMER

17 Apr 2024 10:15:10
I'm PRAYING we don't get MOURINHO🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

17 Apr 2024 10:18:20
When EARTHY came on he showed glimpses of what he can do so shame on MOYES not playing YOUTH as this is why our players are SHOT to pieces and we still have 6 games to play potentially more but no way are we going to turn it around on thursday.⚒⚒⚒