Time to strap in
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The rollercoaster is getting ready to go COYI
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Hello Boys
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Well i am back from my Trek in the Amazon and i have missed you all so what has been happening spill the Goss i have missed that so much.
Not had a chance to catch up with what has been going on at the club so these next couple of days i intend to do that.
Any one i should have my eye on? a new hunk in Claret and Blue err footballer i mean lol. Have you all been behaving and getting along or do i need to Discipline anyone:-) yeah i know Burkies front and centre.
So in no order of popularity Burkie,Boogers,Enfield,Bikey,Nev,Louis.Deluded,Elthammer,essexboy.mrmoore,Dartford,
how have you coped without me? lol that is not a trick Question BTW. Well i cannot wait for Saturday to come and we smash Villa really looking forward to it and Men i missed you all xx
Possible line up for Villa game
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Lot of new players at the club and whilst a number i doubt will feature from the kick off here is my idea of our line up this weekend.
Areola...AWB/Killman/Todibo/Emerson....Rodriguez/Pacman/Bowen/Kudus/Summerville.....Antonio.
Subs....Fab/Coufal/Cresswell/Aguerd/Mav/JWP/Soucek/Guilherme/Cornet/Ings/Fullkrug.
AWB and Todibo have to start because of our defence Rodders(Dave as me and mates now call him) As Alvarez injured and come on you cant start Soucek or JWP...Summerville because we need that balance and now we have it lets use it.....and the Beast starts with Fullkrug deff coming on during the game.
Any tweaks you lot want to make? and yes i realise more of the newbies starting in that line up than i thought.
Starting X1 Betway Cup West Ham v Celta Vigo
West Ham: West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson, Rodríguez, Souček, Paquetá, Kudus, Bowen ©, Antonio Subs: Fabiański (GK), Herrick (GK), Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Füllkrug, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Cornet, Aguerd, Irving, Earthy, Casey, Kodua, Potts
Celta Vigo: RC Celta de Vigo: Ivan Villa, Starfelt, Carreira, Iglesias, Beltran, Aspas ©, Jailson, Bamba, Mihailo, Manquillo, Damian Subs: Vidal (GK), Cesar (GK), Mingueza, Illaix, Aidoo, Williot, Carlos, Duran, Alvarez, Alfon, Rodriguez, Sotelo
Wham Bam Thank You Man!
Hot on the heels of Hammers 'devastating' purchase of Nice's France international defender Jean-Clair Todibo, 'Supersteidten' has given the private jet a rest in order to conclude a deal that didn't require filling up the Cesna.
Instead all 'Super Tim' had to do was borrow Sully's Limo in order to whizz up to Manchesterland to finalise the 'sagaesque' on off signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Premier League rivals Manchester United.
Despite trying to play 'hard ball' over the negotiations, Jim Ratcliffe et Toutes had to finally acquiesce to the players' pay off deal, one that necessitated the vendors dropping their valuation to approximately HALF his market value in order to push through the deal the Mancs had in the pipeline for Noussair Mazraoui.
Oh what Joy to be able to 'out trump' the Red Devils, a certain Mr D Sullivan will be jumping for joy as his decision to bring Tim Steidten to the club as it's 1st 'proper' director of football has now been fully vindicated.
These are indeed 'nose bleed times' for Hammers fans who have had to enviously watch on as other teams seemed to be able to pull off 'wonder deals' while the Irons inevitably came up with blanks!
This IS the start of something really special that could really propel West Ham into the upper echelons of the Premier League. It is unlikely that the club will have such a good transfer window in the future because other clubs will be wary of the 'Steidten Effect' and look to cover their arses ahead of negotiations! - Ed
Now Irons Lift Up Old Lady's Skirts!
For many long suffering Hammers fans anyone mentioning their club 'blowing a club out of the water' that was the size of Juventus over a transfer deal would have been met with howls of derision!
However it has just happened, No really it HAS Happened! West Ham's 'smiling assasin' Tim Steidten has just ensured yet another 'head of procurement' will be having an uncomfortable evening and night as they come to terms with being bludgeoned without even realising it!
Is The Feelgood Factor Back?
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Well, it is for me.
I'm actually looking forward to this season, Now don't get excited, I'm not expecting a top four finish or a European chasing place in fact, I still think we could be in for a somewhat rough ride. A large chunk of my feelgood feelings is admittedly, Moyes has gone. God, that bloke depressed the life out of me before a ball had even been kicked (even Allardyce, Zola and Grant never got me down that much). But there is also a feeling emanating from the club of harmony. Lopetegui is no mug, his CV shows that, he seems to be working well with Sully and Tim and we have a plethora of signings that for the first time in years I actually couldn't predict a starting line up. When was the last time we had that problem? Never mind them, but also we have retained players who could also still be starters, if not, are genuinely players to look forward to seeing on the bench. Go on.... try and pick your team and see what you've got left over for the bench :D
True, I know virtually nothing about our new signings apart from what I read/hear from Wiki, You Tube and general headlines, but taking all I have written into account, for once in a long time this is a season I'm looking forward to. Yes it may go belly up, but Im quietly optimistic.
Shame the club have to spoil it with ticketing price issues.
Right Back Where We Belong!
While Manchester United are busy trying to flex their transfer muscles by attempting to send out a "we aren't going to be stiffed on transfer" message, Hammers are forging ahead in their player recruitment and have let the Mancs stew in their own juice over the will he or won't he? Aaron Wan-Bissaka to West Ham deal.
Wan-Bissaka hasn't helped himself any by insisting on a pay off from the Red Devils, but he is entitled to 'fight' for what he believes he deserves and probably resents (a) United trying to play silly buggers with their valuation of the player and (b) using him as a 'template' for new authoritarian Jim Ratcliffe 'hard man' tactics in negotiations to offset years of over paying for players.
The Irons newly rekindled interest in Nice's Jean-Clair Todibo will no doubt have been triggered by news that high earner Kurt Zouma is all but guaranteed to be moving to pastures new. Although the club will receive little or indeed nothing in transfer fees for their captain who is in the final year of his contract, the removal of his vast wages will give Hammers a bit of 'wiggle room' when it comes to FFP and PS regulations.
If Jean-Clair Todibo does arrive at Stratford and he is apparently flying in for a medical today, then Julen Lopetegui will need only to acquire a right back to complete his signings splurge. Of course Juventus might put a spanner in the works by upping their offer for the Frenchman but it seems that the central defender has had enough of being messed around by the Italian club and would prefer to deal with the no-nonsense Irons and Tim Steidten. - Oh Happy Days!- Ed
Irons Lame Ducks Must Go!
Julen Lopetegui and Tim Steidten have been working wonders as they set about recruiting virtually an entirely new team, one area in particular that was in urgent need of an overhaul was Hammers creaking defence that 4th worst in the League.
The other area in need of improvement was the forward line with only an ageing but still useful Mikey Antonio and an incredibly overpaid Danny Ings who managed just FOUR Prem goals since he arrived from Villa in what must have been the deal of the century for the Villa directors of football!
News that Kurt Zouma will undergo a medical this week as a new Shabab Al-Ahli player cannot be more eagerly anticipated, his massive wages along with those of Danny Ings are truly eye watering.
The club is haemorrhaging £1/4 Million per week for the pair of them, that is an astonishing £13 Million per year! To put that figure in perspective it represents the income from 32,500 low band season ticket sales!
Initially, at the end of last season it was hoped that BOTH players could be shipped out, however due to their ludicrous wages each player has refused to take a pay cut as they intend winding down the last year of their respective contracts.
Ings was offered a transfer to his old club Southampton but refused to accept anything less than his collosal wage and Zouma made it very clear that he too wouldn't take a pay cut, both appeared to want to add to their bank accounts rather than playing football!
The combined salary of Ings and Zouma would pay for up to an astonishing FIVE players wages of many signed in the new J Lo and Super Tim era. With Zouma on his way it is to be hoped Ings might follow, the club is unlikely to receive ANY money at all from their exits and indeed the club might end up having to pay them off to get them off the wage bill.
It is to be hoped lessons have been learned and that the club is no longer seen as a retirement home for the sick and the lazy in the future! - Ed
Pre-Season Hunkun Bumpkin!
Amazingly there are certain media outlets who have jumped on the 'negative Hammers bandwagon', the most opinionated and ill informed of which have 'highlighted' the club's pre-season Stateside Cup results as an indicator as to how the coming season will pan out!
What Hunkum Bumkun that is, it seems to have escaped these supposed ITK's that J Lo and Super Tim Steidten are in the middle of a massive squad overhaul which is unfolding with increased intensity. The mixture of experienced players and ones for the future shows just how well things are panning out and how well the 'plan' is being instigated, some big money is being paid out as well as some canny no outlay signings that SHOULD leave fans rather excited ahead of the domestic kick off against Villa.
The betway Cup fixture against Celta Vigo will see a more represntative Irons team take to the field although the 'full fat' J Lo experience will most likely only appear agaginst Villa as opposed to Celta.
The last time Hammers won ALL of their pre season games was when Avram Grant was the manager! That season ended in ignominious relegation so to put any emphasis on pre season, especially during a comprehensive rebuild shows a complete lack of understanding.
Perceived wisdom is that a 'proper' Premier League team should be judged after a minimum of eight games into the season, so even if results don't go the Irons way initially patience and fervent support should be the order of the day.
We have been contacted by several fans who despite being season ticket holders had stopped going to see 'Moyes Ball' and are looking forward to a new era where front foot football is on the cards, that doesn't mean the manager has to be 'gung ho' with is set up, what it does mean is that the club now have a manager who 'respects' the 'elite' clubs but has no intention of cow towing to them!
The future is bright and is not based on a meaningless US Cup competition that only featured a handfull of players who will actually be starting games in the Premier League. More new arrivals are expected this week, it is a case of not if any, but how many will arrive, how refreshing? - Ed
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