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Is Allen Medical A Smoke Screen?

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Tue, 21/01/2020 - 14:18


There is a story that has been going around the Associated Press office today that Joe Allen is 'due' for a medical at West Ham ahead of a £6 Million transfer from Stoke City, but before Hammers fans panic, there is apparently more than meets the eye with this transfer speculation.

Having had Gedson Fernandes 'poached' by the 'unoriginals' of North London, the Hammers hierarchy are trying to keep their cards close to their chests ahead of potential arrivals, not wishing to give any incentives for similar acts of 'sniping'. So given David Sullivan's connection with Joe Allen's agent, and the fact that Allen would be an 'economical' option people have incorrectly assumed Allen would be arriving at the London Stadium before the transfer window closes.

While being an admirer of Allen, David Moyes would prefer younger, hungrier recruits, with Allen approaching his 30th birthday he is no spring chicken, especially for a player who is supposed to be bolstering a midfield deprived of energy!

Moyes is believed to be far more interested in the likes of Sander Benge from Genk, or if the deal can be negotiated, 23 year old Ivory Coast international Franck Kessie from AC Milan. If, and of course it is a big IF, Kessie was signed, he would certainly provide a spark, he models himself on Chelsea's Kante and is a 'duracell bunny' when it comes to getting up and down the pitch.

Kessie represents a step up, if the owners of West Ham box clever then signing a player of his calibre would go some way towards placating disgruntled fans as well as making up for the loss of Fernandes.

We'll have more news as soon as we get confirmation - Ed

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Media will be happy

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Tue, 21/01/2020 - 11:09

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Why you wonder? well after tonights footy i fully expect us to be in the bottom 3 and the tabloids will have a field day as they love bashing us and will be predicting the doom of the club and how we will spend years in the wilderness trying to rebuild blah blah blah....like with Talkshite radio and there woeful attempt at journalism i do not bother to listen or to read poorly researched pieces by the usual suspects...so do not despair fellow hammers let the media have there moment and lets see where the dust settles at the end of the season..COYI

West Ham United v Everton Team Sheets And Link

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Sat, 18/01/2020 - 14:05

West Ham: Randolph, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Noble, Rice, Fornals, Snodgrass, Lanzini, Haller. Subs: Martin, Reid, Balbuena, Cardoso, Masuaku, Ajeti, Ngakia.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Dige, Mina, Holgate, Davies, Delph, Bernard, Walcott, Kean, Calvert-Lewin. Subs: Stekelenburg, Baines, Schneiderlin, Sidibe, Niasse, Gibson, Gordon.

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Ground Hog Day-Randolph Returns!

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Wed, 15/01/2020 - 13:25

Despite their reservations, the Hammers hierarchy have sanctioned the re-signing of keeper Darren Randolph from Middlesbrough, even though as recently as yesterday morning they had decided Cardiff City's Neil Etheridge was the ideal back up to Lukasz Fabianski.

Apparently Cardiff were demanding £9 Million for their Phillipines born keeper, and they wanted the money all in one hit, as opposed to the 'HP' deal offered by the Irons. At £4 Million, Randolph is a far cheaper option, but possibly a short sighted one!

Etheridge will be 30 years old in February whereas Lukasz Fabianski will be 35 in April, and Darren Randolph will be 33 in May. Having a 'support' keeper who is five years younger would have made sense, but after having their initial bid of £7 Million turned down by Cardiff, Randolph was always going to be their choice, despite what Boro manager Jonathan Woodgate described as the 'longest medical in history'!

In a way the Iron's bosses can be slightly excused for not pushing the boat out for what will essentially be a back up keeper, because they already have the very promising Jason Anang playing with the U-23's, and England keeper, Nathan Trott, who is currently on loan at AFC Wimbledon, so to spend big was an unnecessary expense, in the long run. However in the short term that may not be the case.

Randolph could be between the sticks for the Everton game, as well as the FA Cup tie against his ex-manager's West Brom and the Leicester game in the Barclays Premier League, quite a baptism of fire, especially for a player with a dodgy thigh muscle and a predilection for, what shall we say, excess! If he has to twiddle his thumbs between being selected he might as well find online casinos, least ways he could make a few bob!

Hopefully Randolph will deputise so well that Fabianski has to earn his place back, rather than just walking straight back in, it would avoid rushing the Polish International back too soon, as was done previously.

Incidentally the other reason for signing Randolph was, that Boro still owed the last payment from their original £5 Million purchase of the keeper! - Ed

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Taking the P**S

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Submitted by hammergirl on Tue, 14/01/2020 - 19:43

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Anyone not seen it then you just have to think what is our club coming to.What am i going on about well simply the latest in a long line of prank videos by the players this one involves Wheelchair you no the guy who is so brittle and injury prone and has to be handled with kid gloves Well he is filmed climbing into a tumble dryer(kids do not copy please)closing it and then flinging door open and shouting at Declan Rice to make him jump oh funny ha ha now how childish and pathetic can these players be and if he can so nimbly climb in and out of a tumble dryer i expect Moyes to give him the hairdryer treatment and put the Prick through a punishing schedule of fitness training as he can clearly do more than he says.

Hammers Pull Out Of Randolph Deal

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Tue, 14/01/2020 - 13:48

West Ham United have finally begun to learn their lesson about signing injured players, this is apparent by the club deciding that their approach to re-sign ex-keeper Darren Randolph from Middlesborough was only going to end in tears.

Lukasz Fabianski has a thigh injury, David Martin has a thigh injury, and guess what? Darren Randolph also has a thigh injury, so why risk signing him? It is common knowledge that Hammers recently appointed manager, David Moyes, would rather play Doris the tea lady in goal than call upon the services of supposed back up keeper Roberto Jiminez Gago!

Joseph Anang is the highly thought of keeper for the U-23's, and represents a far better option than Randolph, namely because, apart from being a good player, he is young and he is fit. The treatment room has been a well known hang out for generations of West Ham players, isn't it refreshing that someone has actually looked at the situation and seen the folly in panic buying yet another player with an injury.

Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge is also a far better option, and West Ham have reportedly already submitted a £7 million bid for the 29-year-old, which manager Neil Harris is willing to accept as it frees up funds for additional players- Ed

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Must wins

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Tue, 14/01/2020 - 11:31

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Brighton/Saints/Watford/Burnley/Villa....Home games we must win and Norwich away..win that its 18 points and puts us on the magical 40point mark and hopefully safe....i have picked these games because other home matches we have we will face stiffer opposition and yes Everton/Wolves/Chelski the teams more than capable of winning any of those but with our history just as likely to end up pointless.....Citeh/Bindippers dont see us getting anything Spuds away well we love winning our Cup final don't we:-) so we should scrape through with Moyes at the helm but it will be squeaky bum time for next few months.

Under Prepared Not Acceptable

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Submitted by boogerscaravan on Fri, 10/01/2020 - 22:41

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I am very disappointed to report. That the aeroplane we used to fly into Doncaster Sheffield Airport this evening arrived at 1622 this afternoon. Followed by an hour on the road at least. Meant the team arrived between 1730 to 1800 for a game that started at 2000 hrs. This shows a total lack of preparation and respect for Sheff Utd. We deserved to get spanked... I'm disgusted., don't know what you think.?

Sheffield United v West Ham United Team Sheets

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Fri, 10/01/2020 - 18:59

Sheffield: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens, McGoldrick, McBurnie Subs: Eastwood, Sharp, Robinson, Jagielka, Mousset, Osborn, Besic
West Ham: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Masuaku, Lanzini, Felipe Anderson, Haller Subs: Martin, Snodgrass, Fornals, Cardoso, Diop, Da Rosa, Ngakia

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Moyes 'Marouane' Is Not A Target

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Fri, 10/01/2020 - 08:17

David Moyes has moved quickly to dispel the rumour that he wants to bring one of his favourites, Marouane Fellaini, to the London Stadium from Chinese club Shandong Luneng. The rumours themselves emanated from a piece of shoddy journalism which involved adding two and two together and making five!

Because Moyes signed Fellaini while he was the manager at Everton, and because Fellaini was his 'marquee' signing when he took over from fellow Scot, Alex Ferguson, at Manchester United an assumption has been made that Moyes will once again want to link up with his 'talisman'.

It was only this monday that David Moyes outlined his 'vision' for West Ham United, and the buzz words were 'energy' and 'youth', Fellaini falls within neither of each category, as he is 32 years old and unlikely to suddenly get more energetic!

Because NEW contracts signed with Chinese clubs are now sanctioned with a 75% tax liability for foreign players, there will be a raft of players leaving the country as soon as their current contracts expire. Fellaini, for example, is earning £200,000 per week but faces that figure being cut to £50,000 per week, so there will definitely be a surfeit of players available as contracts run down, including that of a certain Austrian who has an incredibly greedy brother!

As David Moyes has chosen the 'youth route', expect Grady Diangana to be recalled from West Bromwich Albion, as well as Ben Johnson being called up for the main squad. West Ham United's football academy was once world famous, most team's modelled their academies on the same principal, isn't it about time to give youth a chance? Moyes thinks so! - Ed

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