02 Feb 2025 10:19:57
For me Ridiculous. Whole transfer window so far, we spend loan fee only, on DRY LOAN, , for a CF to go in shop window, for Brighton, he does well , price to everybody will be 60 m or more, at seasons end, only advantage, if he's poor he goes back, all that's been achieved, is kicking the can down the road, one day to go, worst window I can remember, How can Potter be happy with this? He has been promised much, zero has been delivered, so negative, so many opportunities to get people in, just ignored, 0/10 for me, so far with one day to go, sorry people that's my take, at this moment
02 Feb 2025 10:56:04
Maybe there is doubts about his injury record, you said yourself about he needs an extremely stringent medical. Maybe BHA said just straight loan or loan with compulsory purchase. We will have to see if he turns out to be always injured or be a fit injury free purchase. Gamble either way
02 Feb 2025 11:33:08
Looks like a straight loan, nothing else has come to light, medical now, likely to be standard, player needs to be at a certain level for 4 months, he’s not a purchase, so maybe not as stringent, acouple of players have been waived through medical in the past Zouma was one, there’s no way he would have passed stringent medical, that’s because the manager wanted them full stop, if he’s fit? Might be on the bench tomorrow night, IF you look at where we are, , unless others come in, which is looking doubtful, Potter must be asking himself questions, he was promised much? One small loan fee? Potter is a good manager no question, but there’s a limit to what he can do on the field, without the players needed, WH look to be fortunate, having Ipswich Saints and Leicester below them, they are three poor sides, so we might avoid trouble, we should be looking up not down, but I don’t see any ambition, nothing, so many opportunities player wise, have been passed up, look at Forest , Bournemouth, showing ambition, then look at us?
02 Feb 2025 12:09:15
Pretty uninspiring window for me also culminating in a loan for a player who clearly isn't match fit so what's the point
I'd rather we had bought someone who was relatively fit and ready to go no this guy.
Sack Potter rofl
02 Feb 2025 13:21:27
Joyful you keep saying Potter was promised much, how do you know? Surely he knew what he was getting himself into with Sullivan and Co. Isn’t it more likely he was told to consolidate this season and we’ll back you heavily in the Summer. The way you keep talking is like Potter has been cheated on in some way ….
02 Feb 2025 14:17:36
Nit so much cheated Dabber, but we clearly need 2 or 3 players this window ie CB, Fit ready to go STRIKER and a box to box midfielder.
Look how many players we were linked with and anyone with any sense knew 3 weeks ago that we would be sitting around waiting for Ferguson. In the meantime we could have secured a CB and Midfielder but no!
Let's look forward to the summer when we can do it all again because (and I hope am wrong) I think this window is all but over with for WEST HAM.
02 Feb 2025 14:47:22
We are still negotiating for Kroupi.
To me it looks like plenty players have been put forward to us but potter mcauley said no, then the players they put forward sulli might not fancy and say its too expensive.
02 Feb 2025 15:05:32
Dear Dabber, Potter hasn’t been cheated, he was promised, ( let’s use your phrase ) in order, to consolidate WH position, , urgently getting in 3 positions covered CF, mdf Cb, Potter wanted a CF, ATM, and a multi position defender, where are they? So WH have not kept their word, so far. Sure there will be 100 excuses trotted out come Tuesday, you are doubtless familiar with them, there are absolutely no excuse’s whatsoever! How do I know, ? the source, that told me about Brobbey, and the Todibo upheaval for just 2 examples, money shortage no, it’s nonsense, I am not an ITK, but WH will be issuing All the old excuses! Don’t believe any of them complete rubbish, a couple of the players they have walked away from, would have likely changed the season, 0/10 so far especially for a new manager
02 Feb 2025 15:20:15
Dear Al it’s the last line of your post, which hits the target, therein lies most of the truth
02 Feb 2025 15:21:55
Sounds about right. All parties have a different idea of what players we need. Sullivan wants Andy Carroll back whereas Potter wants to recruit england under 12 internationals and they don't agree lol
02 Feb 2025 16:43:24
@joyful, I feel the same thing will happen with Kroupi. Sullivan will find away to get out of it, next report will be its at a stalemate then nothing will happen. Hope I'm wrong.
Chukwuemeka and KDH still at Chelsea either one of those would add something different to our midfield.
Ferguson, Kroupi, and either one of those midfielders would be a decent window a CB would have been nice but we have bissaka and casey also aguerd coming back in the summer.
02 Feb 2025 16:48:30
At the end of the day all anyone can do is speculate, with all due respect Joyful no one but Potter knows what was promised. Cheated I don’t think he has been, not this early in his tenure. Truth is Potter and Macauley were appointed too late to do much this window. Both should have been appointed a month earlier and this window would probably have been a lot different. Time to judge Potter, Macauley and the board is after the summer window, at least we are linked with young players, not ones who come to us for a last big pay out.
02 Feb 2025 17:11:59
Joyful why start the response “Dear Dabber”, little bit patronising mate, just Dabber would have done ….
I like your posts Joyful, they’re insightful and much more of interest than the usual click bait that you find on the internet but your source (unless it’s Sullivan, Brady or Potter) can’t possibly know what was discussed when he was taken on. Personally if we just end up with Ferguson on loan then I’ll take it as there should be more money in the kitty for the Summer for MaCauley/Potter to spend. Anyway there’s 30 hours to go yet and things can change
02 Feb 2025 18:18:37
Nothing intended Dabber, don’t be offended, you can call me Dear Joyful if you wish, I wouldn’t be offended, there’s plenty of money available, but you can think whatever you wish it’s your prerogative to do so, whatever happens up to 11 pm tomorrow, take care not to get caught up in the sympathy parade, We tried, but no money, there’s. not enough time, etc etc just nonsense, pumped out
02 Feb 2025 18:51:07
Dear joyful, you are right. You're not an ITK, actually most of of the stuff you put on here never happens or has been written before. If the board had money to throw around then they'd back Potter to get us out of the mire we are in. You have no idea what went on between Sullivan's and Potter's conversation so why make out that 'you source' has told you otherwise. I'm not trying to be nasty and I'm sorry if it sounds that way but I'm only saying what most people are thinking.
02 Feb 2025 19:45:41
OK I I just had, an idea, your obviously a man with knowledge, you do the posting I will do the criticism how’s that, easy for me Skaman, keep reading elsewhere, that might be better for me, no problem, incidentally if you think, that everything WH do, or any other club do gets reported your in dream land, I take no offence, because I don’t care, , your obviously another who thinks WH are skint, and gets taken in by this silly we have no money talk , tune in to Canh the fan club whEmp and many many, others, these people who pretend they really know everything, Nobody knows everything, And leave me out, that’s a deal OK
02 Feb 2025 21:19:30
Joyful why are you having a pop at people? Everyone is entitled to their opinion that is the whole idea of this forum. We agree we disagree on things, be a pretty boring site if all we did was agree to everything you said or other people said. I enjoy reading what other people think and post. Iron Mike was exactly the same as you state things like they are 100% accurate facts and as soon as someone criticised what he said he went on the offensive, and we know what happened to him. Keep posting and just accept people sometimes don’t agree with what you post, you post loads on here and it makes others post so keep up the good work.
02 Feb 2025 22:40:22
I asked someone else to post some news, on here and let me be the critique, what’s wrong with that, I also said if you are on the bandwagon of WH have no money, (it’s nonsense, ) but if they want to believe that it’s also ok with me, Many fans cannot grasp, just how many enquiries, are made by football clubs, they think everything is reported on news now sites, about 50% is if your lucky I’m not an ITK, just have information source, which in some cases I pass on, sometimes I don’t, just last two weeks, I suggested Brobbey, and Todibo upheaval, no other sites even mentioned it, which shows others knew nothing, If people want to have a dig at me ok, then let them post some news, what’s wrong with that? That’s not having a pop at someone, it’s easy to be critical let’s see people posting news, instead of criticising others
03 Feb 2025 10:46:31
Hi joyful love most of your posts but you do give an air of ITK. Your posts remind me of the ones we used to get from IRONMIKE who I used to like too, but he got a bit argumentative. Are you one and the same person?
03 Feb 2025 13:50:04
No I’m not, I have been asked this before, Mike and his pals have much more knowledge, than myself
03 Feb 2025 15:24:33
Thanks for clearing that up