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Byram And The Henry Factor

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Tue, 19/01/2016 - 11:15

As the news broke of West Ham United's potential signing of the Thurrock born 22 year old right back Sam Byram from Leeds United, senior members of the Everton hierarchy will have been reaching for their hip flasks in order to numb the reality that they are facing since the departure of main scout Tony Henry to West Ham United. The Byram Leeds to Everton deal was all done and dusted, but local influence AND Tony Henry put an end to all that! Since Henry's arrival at the Boleyn, the club's recruitment policy can only be described as stratospheric compared with the previous Allardyce ,and his scout Martin Glover, ruled policy. Players like Dimitri Payet would definitely have been on Everton's shopping list, as was Byram, but Tony Henry has gravitas when it comes to player recruitment, he is a friend and associate of super agent Jorge Mendes, who among others represents Ronaldo, Falcao and Di Maria. We are not suggesting that players of that calibre will be rocking up at the Olympic stadium, but Mendes' closeness with all the top teams in Europe means that Hammers have access, and will gain even more access, to a stream of young players on the books of the larger clubs. One of the reasons Everton did so well last season, and why they are doing quite well this season is as a result of the players that Henry helped bring to the club.
Byram has cost West Ham United a paltry (at least in this day and age) £3.75 Million, and will be loaned back to Leeds United for the rest of the season, his signing virtually confirms the departure, back to his Parent club Arsenal ,of Carl Jenkinson at the end of the season. - Ed

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Driving lessons

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Tue, 19/01/2016 - 06:23

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with sakho the latest footballer to crash his high powered motor should footballers be allowed to drive themselves anywhere during the season lol maybe a fleet of chauffeurs should be employed by clubs to safeguard there multimillion pound stars

Transfer Letdown?

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Submitted by asheshammer on Sun, 17/01/2016 - 19:53

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Well, we've heard often enough in this window, from the Davids and now from Slaven that there is no room to add to the squad. Apparently it's the wages issue and FFP. Now in one way, I'm happy with that. The board have been honest with us, the team is in relatively good shape and is competitive in the league. But with both Lanzini and Carroll re-injured and Sakho still out, I wonder if, despite the recent return of Payet, Valencia and Moses, we lack a certain punch up front. And I also wonder about the psychological effect of NOT strengthening in this window, while other teams around us are. A few bargains have passed us by. So what do you think? Will the lack of activity in this window come back to bite us? Should we be thinking about next season already and accept a slide down the table, just like last season? Or do you think we will pull it together and finish strong.

Balotelli Rumours

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Submitted by Headless Chicken Run on Sun, 17/01/2016 - 18:06

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Well, it is the transfer window and this rumour had to raise itself. Balotelli linked to West Ham. He's obviously having a poor time back in Italy, his agent thinks he can get him some quick extortionate cash in England on a 6 month loan, with the view to a permanent deal. £10 milliion. This has to be total and complete utter madness, written to sell a few papers and I hope our Slav and the board kick it out the Park. If we had that sort of money available, then we should go and sign Rhodes and Byram now. Don't wait for the final days of the window, get them in now.

why so surprised?

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sun, 17/01/2016 - 12:11

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So we lost after 8 unbeaten but I have to admit the people who did not see this coming surprized me.....Bilic said he thought it strange that Newcastle were more up for it and going for the win more than us...but on a number of occasions this season we have started slow and need a kick up the bum at half time to get us going.. yesterday we could of easily gone in 4-0 down and were lucky to keep them to only 2 goals the whole match.....every player was very poor yesterday..... its not a told you so moment but I mentioned this in a thread earlier in the week and take no credit for getting it right I wished I was wrong but for some reason we just don't seem to get going early on.
now for something else it is clear Valencia cannot lead the line its not him it is not his kind of role and yes I am going to mention it but noble could of easily been subbed as yet another performance whilst not the worse we have seen many of this term.....I do not dislike him and I think he is a good prem player but no more than that...I understand this will upset some but I am not slagging him off I just see how ltd he is and again blowing my own trumpet I had mentioned being happy if we had got shelvey in to replace mark..... only one game but already the drive the passing ability and the shooting ability(although many way off yesterday)head and shoulders above noble....still we move on from this defeat and we have citeh and maybe the scousers in the cup(come on the grecians!)to come...we need to start faster in these matches or we could be in for more of what we saw yesterday.

Newcastle United v West Ham United team Sheets And Debate

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Sat, 16/01/2016 - 13:42

Newcastle: Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Shelvey, Colback, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic.
Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Gouffran, Saivet, Aarons, Toney, Riviere.
West Ham : Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble, Kouyate, Antonio, Payet, Valencia.
Subs: Randolph, Jenkinson, Reid, Song, Cullen, Moses, Jelavic.

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AUSTIN

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Submitted by moore 6 legend on Sat, 16/01/2016 - 12:47

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Charlie Austin from 15m to 4.5m Southampton snap him up,have we missed a trick or dodged a bullet,with his injury record....me personally feels a bit gutted...

Last season at the Boleyn quiz

Submitted by Red Neck Iron on Fri, 15/01/2016 - 16:38

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Q 1 what is the lowest official attendance within 500 at the Boleyn ground since 1970?

Q2 which Newcastle player did Alvin Martin score against at the Boleyn that went on to gain 59 international caps.

Q3. Mark lawrenceson is struggling with his maths exam can you help? It's a sum that only counts for players that have appeared for West Ham with the same surnames. Nobles x allens + ferdinands - robsons = ????

Q4. who scored the winning goal between Newcastle and West Ham 1982 at the Boleyn ground

Q5. Apart from the obvious, Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan, name 3 players since 1970 who have played for both West Ham and Newcastle?.

Champions League Anyone?

Submitted by Zummerzet on Fri, 15/01/2016 - 10:51

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Well 21 games in, fifth in the league, best current form, and unbeaten in eight games. Dare we mention the possibility of a Champions League place?
Let's look at the contenders. Arsenal to my mind seem to be best placed, with their injury list improving they look odds on to qualify and possibly win he Premiership. Man City, always look good on paper but have that element of self-destruction but a top four place is again odds on. Leicester, well what a turn up! They are playing like demented demons and just when you think they are shot they turn up with a win at Spuds! If their luck holds and they avoid injuries they are with us a possibility. Spuds, sorry dislike them intensely, know it's childish, so sod them. Man U and Pool, good squads but cannot gel. With new to the Prem players they can produce the goods but I think not.
It look's as if the last position is up for grabs, we have 17 games to go, the lack of strikers and the injury situation is concerning so we should be looking at the next stage. The fact that we are in the new stadium next season and the possibility of Champions League football would look enticing to new signings from any league in the world.

This is a great chance for us, other teams are sporadic in their performances, so this opportunity may not present itself again. The rich clubs will improve their squad, that's a definite, Chelsea will be back next year so the big four will all be there. Added to that will the Prem still get four places in the Cham League after piss poor performance of our top teams?

Please SuGo grab this chance, it will not appear again.

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