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Foot And Mouth Outbreak At The Boleyn! A Cunning Plan?

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Thu, 20/08/2015 - 20:26

Was this all a part of a cunning plan? Heaven knows David Sullivan is definitely a lover of the 'cunning plan', his timely comments relating to West Ham United's inability to sign prolific striker Charlie Austin from QPR because of financial fair play and the player's fitness have evoked an understandably curt response from the player himself via social media, and a lot of tut tutting from Loftus Road. The fact is this is another example of brinkmanship and redemption, paper and ink, truth and lies, call it what you will, but the role of being a business man, an owner, and above all a supporter and life long fan will take it's toll with various 'Prince Phillip' type gaffs waiting in the wings. So it seems to the slightly jaded of observers that the Austin 'Metro' saga is an example of pressure getting to a person who really should know how to deal with it! Quite why Mr Sullivan chose to 'dis' Austin so spectacularly is open to debate, some say he was merely trying to deflect the fact that the kitty is already empty, and that this was indeed a cunning plan, others that he should know when to keep his mouth shut, whatever he meant, the Hammers co-owner has done an immaculate job of bridge burning hasn't he? - Ed

Austin wrote: “I feel I have no option but to address the inaccurate, misleading and uninformed innuendo about my physical condition that has been raised today by an individual who is not privy to my personal health history.
“It is one of a number of inaccurate reports about my so-called injury problems which have been made over the summer.
“For the record, there is nothing wrong with my ‘ligaments’, as has been suggested. My strength and performance in pre-season has been excellent and with two goals in my last two games I don’t think there is any doubt that my match sharpness is as good as ever.
“I scored 18 goals in the Premier League last season, which would not be possible were I feeling discomfort or pain.
“Like many professional footballers, I have the legacy of injuries picked up over my career but the effect on my day-to-day training and on matchday is non-existent.
“For a senior figure at a Premier League club to insinuate that I could break down at any moment is an outrageous slur on my professionalism and the work that has gone into making me the footballer than I am today. I am fit, strong and looking forward to Saturday’s home game against Rotherham.”

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Hammers Lose Adrian Appeal, Three Match Ban Stands!

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Tue, 18/08/2015 - 16:46

The FA have confirmed Adrian's sending off and subsequent three match ban with a brief statement on their official website:
"A claim of wrongful dismissal submitted by West Ham United in relation to Adrian has been unsuccessful following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing earlier today. The goalkeeper was dismissed for serious foul play during the game against Leicester City on Saturday (15 August 2015).Therefore, the player's three-match suspension, which is the standard penalty for this offence, remains with immediate effect. For a club to be successful with a claim of wrongful dismissal, it must prove to an Independent Regulatory Commission via written and/or video evidence that the match referee made an obvious error."
This is extremely bad news for West Ham fans, although it may hasten the signing of RobGreen from QPR, the player himself has apparently been tweeting about his imminent arrival at the Boleyn. - Ed

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Next Game

Submitted by Zummerzet on Tue, 18/08/2015 - 11:23

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So our next game is a meeting with newly promoted Bournemouth, after the debacle against Leicester of all teams, I would have hoped for a more favourable opponent ie not new to the Premiership. I watched the game at Anfield and was impressed and worried. They were unlucky to lose, a good goal ruled out by an overzealous ref and a bad decision by the officials in allowing Liverpool's winner when a Pool player was clearly offside. Bournemouth's performance certainly deserved some reward and will give them hope for their next match against us. If we play as we did against Leicester they have every chance of three points! I trust that SB has viewed Monday's game and hopefully can limit their possession and pace of play, which if not counteracted will give us a very stern test. Saturday's match proved to me that we are lacking in almost every area and new players are a must. We have a new manager who is intelligent, and, as we all know very eloquent. let's hope he can instill the very same qualities into the team although I feel that the adage "new tricks to old dogs" may apply in this instance to some of our "old dogs" and I don't mean their age.

Diamonds Are Forever

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Submitted by andycarrollstyle on Mon, 17/08/2015 - 20:50

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He was brought in during Zola's tenure - erratic at the best of times, you never knew whether he would put the ball into the stands from long range drive or score a penalty by falling over... yet there was always an air excitement of excitement when Alessandro had the ball - he would try anything, always thinking outside the box but a lot of the time seemed to lack the ability to execute or perhaps communicate his plans on the pitch... Since leaving West Ham he played for a few teams and got a few caps for Italy but now at 31 he has returned to the PL and signed for Bournemouth... I for one am looking forward to his return! Welcome back Diamanti!

So what went wrong against Leicester

Submitted by Chippy Dave on Sat, 15/08/2015 - 20:26

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I didn't see the game today as I was working but was listening to Radio 5 which had plenty of updates, sounds like we didn't turn up in the first half and gave away 2 goals, just wondered what the game was like really, they said Oxford got replaced at halftime but did we play ok or did we look more like we did in pre season?

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