More Porkies Than A Pie Maker!

You can tell the transfer window is 'looming', ready to 'pounce' before eventually 'slamming shut' again. The window is never 'gently' closed or opened, however as we are still some way off it's official opening there will inevitably be more Porkies floating around than even the biggest of Pie makers can produce.

We thought we'd have a bit of a break, watch the French authorities cock up the Champions League final and then watch various Hammers players represent their countries at different age levels. For example, Young Ben Johnson will most likely turn out for the England U-21's against The Czech Republic in this evening's 5PM kick off which is being streamed on BBC I Player.

So with The Czech Republic in mind, we have to 'deal' with the spurious and speculative nonsense doing the rounds regarding Tomas Soucek, no doubt planted by a mischievous 15 year old via snap chat or Insta! Whatever the source it does beggar belief that such stories gain momentum to the point that 'normal' sites like ourselves end up having to dispel all the Porkies!

The 'new' tapping up platform is 99% social media driven and so 'campaigns' can be generated from someone in their pyjamas having a cup of 'joe' and dreaming up whatever crap sounds just believable enough to pull suckers in! Ask anyone who has ever worked in regional news platforms, never let the truth get in the way of a good story is the adage that remains the same today!

TOMAS SOUCEK MIGHT BE FOR SALE! Every player has a 'for sale' value, Tomas is NO exception and would be sold IF the right bid came in for him, just as Declan Rice would be sold IF someone met the club's valuation, but the ONE and ONLY club West Ham would NOT deal with is 'Tottingham'.

As most of the 'gossip' seems to have come originally from Tottingham sites like Spursweb we can only assume this is a bit of 'light relief' ahead of what will be an extremely important window for BOTH clubs, but take any 'rumours' of deals between the two clubs with more than a pinch of salt! - Ed