West Ham banter 2

12 May 2024 07:39:28
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11 May 2024 23:32:46
So good to see the youngster get the 3rd today. His general play was encouraging too: finding space between the lines and playing on the front foot. That will have impressed the new manager.

12 May 2024 15:56:24
On the back of that I reckon this summer we need to sign the following: LB RB CB CB CM AM LW and at least 2 CF's if Ings and Antonio leave. With Downes and Earthy and some youth we should be ok to start with

12 May 2024 17:25:08
Loads of money - Wonga

12 May 2024 18:46:00
Yup Ham-Eggs-Chips but if they want lopetegui to succeed they got to back him. Give him whatever money we get from sales and let TS work his magic cause some gems out there waiting to be uncovered

13 May 2024 11:14:36
We'll get approximately £25m for the sales of Kehler and Benny. Probably £60-80m from the board, plus other sales.
We need to find clubs who will take Cresswell, Zouma, Oggy, Aguerd, Ings. This alone would release about £400k from the wage bill each week. This would also give us approximately £30-40m.
So, I reckon we'll have around £140m-150m to spend.

We need to keep: Ariola, Fabs, Coufal, Emerson, Mavro, Soucek, JWP, Pacqueta, Bowen, Alvarex and Antonio. We can't replace them all. Typically we could do with 3 or 4 good players coming in.

13 May 2024 17:36:55
You left out Kudus

13 May 2024 21:51:42
Brooking the players you mentioned that we have to look to move on, they will still be at the club come September IMO. With luck newly promoted clubs might take a gamble

11 May 2024 23:30:43
Loppy wants En-Nesyri, which sounds like a serious move in the right direction to me. He’s a class above Nketiah and most of the others being bandied about.
In the media.

If Loppy can get the best out of Paqueta, I’d be keen to keep him, but he may well be destined for European football elsewhere. I’ve read that the gambling investigation will be resolved next week, so we’ll just have to see how it goes.

12 May 2024 15:42:15
It was Loppy who bought En-Nesyri to Sevilla in the first place for €20m Euros. Transfermarkt has him valued at €18M and if we can get him for anything near that it's surely a total no brainer.

11 May 2024 17:51:34
All said and done, I'm glad Moyes got a decent send off today, but I'm also glad that his particular chapter of West Ham history has come to an end.

Time now to look forward to the future, starting with the playing squad methinks.

11 May 2024 21:28:31
Agreed Billy. Fresh start where have the potential to do well next season and play decent footie whilst we are at it

11 May 2024 07:39:21
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11 May 2024 07:01:17
Fancy a 3-1 or 4-2 today. Brakes will be off and our attacking players are fit.

11 May 2024 19:33:31
Good call, should've had a bet on it Brooking lol ? looking forward to a very encouraging complete overhaul in the summer. En nesyri for Antonio is a no trainer.

12 May 2024 14:17:55
Oshee, El Nesyri is 26, Antonio is 34, Ant has played in the PL for years against tough hard defenders!
If El Nesyri signed and played half the time Ant has been with us and scored as many goals I would then say he’s been a decent buy!
Think Ant has been a great servant for us plus look at the positions he’s played in, very versatile when he’s been asked to do a job, still hopes he stays on for at least another season if only as a goodwill gesture from the club? ⚒⚒⚒⚒

10 May 2024 11:11:33
Sorry lads the site wouldn't let me log in or create a new login, been reading all the comments for months and not been able to do anything.
So here I go, as much as I am with tinlegs regarding I Moyes, and I do believe it's time for him to go, it has been for a while. I do want to thank him for he's done while he's been here, the three seasons in Europe and especially the trophy (not so much this season though) I hope he gets a good send off in the last home game, I think he will unless we get walloped. I can't make the last game because of work. I probably will be buying my season ticket again I must say. So the new gaffer personally not my number one choice or any number really but. we must give the guy a chance, he's doing the first thing right by all accounts which is getting on the same page as Tim. But time will tell. As for Sullivan I still think he should do one, he's holding us back so much it's untrue. As for transfers. Where do you start. I think paqueta will and should go if he's going to show as little interest as what he has been doing, then for me it's get rid of the older cling ons and deadwood, promote and invest in some of our youth as they massive potential. We need a striker for sure, I would love to see downes back I think he's a very good player. Anyway that's enough for now, glad to be back (formally whitbyhammer lol)
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Good luck for whatever comes next Argyle Gargole (sorry I love that, couldn't resist)

10 May 2024 12:26:24
Welcome back Whitby.

10 May 2024 12:30:55
Welcome back Whitby. Heading to the Luton match via New York. Flight cancelled but managed to rebook. Hopefully a win and end of season /era.

10 May 2024 12:49:33
Pacqueta is an interesting one. He has the FA betting charge hanging over him, plus he has brought a house in Emerson Park.

10 May 2024 14:27:10
Pacquetas move to Man city . Is proper media driven. He and his wife love London. Don't be surprised if he's still an hammer next season. Especially after speaking to lopetegui. There's going to be huge changes behind the scenes as well.

10 May 2024 16:52:12
Hello again Whitby mk2, good to see you’re back, thought you departed permanently as I remember you were so hacked off with Moyes as many of us are! Yeah I think the tenure of Managers anyway are quite short, but he was so annoyingly predictable and refused to change plus his crap purchases were an insult to the fans!

But yes he bought us stability maybe more by luck and having Dec Rice most of his time in charge, but hope he gets a good send off and wish him well elsewhere?⚒⚒⚒⚒

11 May 2024 07:34:52
Whitby nice to see you back on here agree with you on virtually everything. Still feel Moyes let us down particularly the way he set up against the so called big 6 teams I always felt he gave them too much respect and watching the team unable to to do anything against teams like Palace Fulham and the 6-0 home loss to Arsenal was really bad. Yes he gave us a trophy but I honestly felt anyone could have done the same

10 May 2024 10:59:41
With all the upcoming transfer of players in and out shenanigans about to start. One set of positions that could see a complete overhaul is central defence. Angelo and Aguerd seem to be on their way the Greek fella will probably stay but nobody ever mentions Zouma. IMHO he has been dreadful this season and every time I have watched him over the last couple of seasons, when he starts to run or even walk it looks like his right knee is about to implode. Do people think Zouma will still be there in August?

10 May 2024 12:03:24
Hammer-D, Zouma was crocked when we bought him! He looks dreadful when he moves around, just wish Areola wouldn’t roll the ball to him inside or outside the area with opposition breathing down his neck, but season over now fortunately so not much to gain and nothing to lose!
New Coach/ Manager must replace him along with as many others as the budget allows?
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09 May 2024 09:22:28
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09 May 2024 07:39:28
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