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Now The Dust Has Settled The Hard Work Begins

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Tue, 08/05/2018 - 12:24

Having secured their Premier League survival, there should be an air of optimism surrounding West Ham United football club and it's fans, however that is not the case. Essentially The Hammers did not move from their beloved tightly packed Boleyn Ground home to the wide expanses of the London Stadium in order to be in a relegation battle! Far from it, in fact the whole premise of the move was to take the club to 'another' level, it damn near did, the Championship not the Champion's league was looming right up until Saturday evening's Southampton versus Everton match, the result of which made it mathematically impossible for West Ham to go down, but can the season be seen as a success? A resolute NO would have to be the answer, of course surviving to fight another year was worthy of celebrating, just ask Stoke City fans how gutting it is to see their team go down.

Staying in the top flight will ensure that the West Ham hierarchy can approach next season hopefully having learned their lessons, another season like the last will see the club struggling to sell all but the cheapest of season tickets and might just open the can of worms that is the 'waiting list'. The workings and details of which are a mystery, some people have been offered tickets who haver just recently paid their £10 to join the waiting list whereas others have been on for years and still not received an offer of tickets. There currently appears to be a far greater chance of winning when you play online casinos than there is of extracting some form of clarity from the club with regards to the allocation of tickets.

The extent of season ticket take up will probably be dictated by the 'R' word for recruitment as opposed to relegation, West Ham United cannot afford to have another turgid summer transfer policy, having survived by the skin of their teeth without serious investment the club will be favourites to be relegated next year. Fans have had enough broken promises and false dawns, a bit of honesty might help! No one is expecting the club to show it's hand when it comes to transfer targets, that would just help the opposition, but equally no one wants to be on the receiving end of a lot of smoke and mirrrors, enough is enough.

Realistically this is the first season since the effect of the 'Pay Day' loans ban has ceased to be felt, West Ham were treading water last season because they were unable to borrow against future income in the same way as they and many other clubs including Everton did on a regular basis. No matter how the Maths is done, there should be a £60 Million transfer kitty and that is excluding and revenue from outgoing player sales, in the current climate that is not a lot of available funding, but it is a hell of a lot better than before.

At least it will be West Ham United, along with all the other survivors, who will be picking at the bones of those clubs that end up relegated whose players are not up for the 'challenge' of the Championship. There are many who would be a good fit for the club, but that all depends on who is in charge, will it still be David Moyes? Or have fans not been won over by his style of play despite him achieveing his brief of ensuring Premier League survival, but that's another story. Ed

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Hang out the flags we are safe

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sat, 05/05/2018 - 20:32

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All of us on here were always confident in the team the managers and board this season and they have delivered yet another year in the prem god bless em one an all:-)

Leicester City FC v West Ham United Team Line Ups

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Sat, 05/05/2018 - 14:01

Leicester: Hamer, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Benalouane, Silva, Iborra, Diabate, Choudhury, Mahrez, Vardy. Subs: Jakupovic, Gray, Iheanacho, Dragovic, Thomas, Barnes, Hughes.
West Ham: Adrian, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Rice, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Joao Mario, Masuaku, Lanzini, Arnautovic. Subs: Trott, Carroll, Hugill, Obiang, Evra, Fernandes, Cullen.

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Players Mentality

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sat, 05/05/2018 - 05:57

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Another weekend another must win game and the usual statements coming out from the players....trainings been good this week and we are 100% focused on getting a result at Leicester we are going to do everything we can to secure the right result blah blah blah.....who believes this nonsense? the players themselves? I doubt that having seen a total lack of commitment from the majority of them all season....there has been a total lack of fight to win matches most of the season hence the terrible results we have been getting...whether we stay up or go down most these players need to take a long hard look at themselves in the mirror and ask did they really give it there all in matches....of course not but hey its not there fault its the managers the fans the stadium the board the tea lady but certainly not the players!...Leicester have nothing to play for this season now but after last weeks thumping by palace I see them wanting to put the record straight for there fans and what better side to do that to than west ham.....so lets see if our players truly have the desire and fight to win a game they cannot afford to lose....Brighton beat manure last night does anyone see our mob doing that on Thursday? nope me neither so today has to be a win but I will not be holding my breath.

The Salvage Plan

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/05/2018 - 11:50

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I think most fans agree, the way things have gone not just this season but under G&S has been pretty much dire. We've become a stale side with under performing players. The move to the 'glorious' new stadium has not been met with the same shiny performances on the pitch. to be honest, we're an embarrassment at home. the way we capitulate against teams is disgraceful. I thought Moyes was a safe pair of hands with potential to move us forwards…but now i think not. My suggestion would be to thank Moyes for keeping us up (if he does), and then do whatever it takes to lure Howe to the club. he may be untried at other 'bigger' clubs, he may fail miserably but the point is, we're stale, we're stuck in this 'no identity' on the field. we've got players with the wrong attitudes, inconsistent….its a mess. If, and its a big if, Howe could be tempted for a new challenge, one that perhaps he could see at a bigger club than Bournemouth, i'd say lets take the chance. We would have a method, some excitement especially at home if his history is anything to go by, and he could begin to sort the club out down the tiers into the youths etc using his philosophy. he's young, not an oldie like moyes, he has new ideas, he buys sensibly players who produce and fit into his style of play. He is also very capable of giving bigger teams a good game, something we are useless at nowadays. I can see him working out. We don't have much to lose, he's also got plenty of prem league experience now so not a gamble on that front. Maybe he can't take bournemouth any further, maybe he's ready for a fresh start too? thoughts people?

poor luv’s

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Submitted by NorthHertsHammer on Wed, 02/05/2018 - 13:50

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poor luv’s were giving the day off from training on tuesday,shame they did deserve it for all that effort on sunday

Secret Payet Watch

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Wed, 02/05/2018 - 08:30


Several ex BBC employees who now work for BT Sports TV are still good friends of the Org, and were happy and willing to share a well known 'secret' with us, namely that Dimitri Payet may have left West Ham United for Olympic Marseille but his name still guarantees vast UK based viewing figures. So much so that we have learnt that more people tuned in to view the Marseille Europa League match than those who watched Arsenal's match screened at the same time!

Unless there are an enormous amount of Marseille fans living in the UK, the disparity in the viewing figures can mean only one thing, and that is that there are a vast amount of 'secret Payet watchers' who, despite claiming to despise the mercurial Frenchman for his 'traitor like' behaviour to West Ham, still 'adore' watching him weave his magic. Painful though it may be to admit it, but Payet was the only world class player the club have signed for many many a year and his performances for Marseille show just how much he brings to a team and just how much West Ham miss him.

In a few years it will be possible to reveal the real reason Payet had to leave, but having been hit with law suits before we are not going to be the ones to put our heads on the block by revealing the truth, suffice to say his departure was not a straight forward 'affair' and was not football related. Some of Payet's recent actions indicate he still has a great deal of affection for West Ham United and it's supporters, it is not as if he will ever return, but in the fulness of time fans will understand why he left and how the situation was irrevocable.

He might be viewed as a 'snake in the grass' now, but one day Dimitri will be seen in a different light, are you a secret Payet watcher? - Ed

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