Ok boys it is Saturday night and before you have your coco and off to bed lol i thought i would bring a little light into your lives and i have no doubt all of the following will bring back memories of your wild youthful days question is which one is your favourite and why? and do you want to add to it? Enjoy i know my Dad did lol.
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https://youtu.be/mgzPUTYGlsU?si=Q_lxX79zwEqKtL0A
In irony of the previous Tim Steidten chant created by fans, it appears it’s no longer he went to Dam, it’s now Dan!
In light of Tim Steidten being relieved of his duties, West Ham have been in search of a new Technical Director and have landed eyes on the Englishman Dan Ashworth. It has become more and more to light in recent times that Dan Ashworth could be appointed come the summer.
Ashworth has previously worked with Graham Potter, It was said a while ago that if Potter was to be appointed as Manager, he would want to work alongside Kyle Macaulay as well as Dan Ashworth.
Dan has had is acknowledgeable stints at Brighton, Newcastle and his most recent stint of 5 months at Manchester United before being relieved of his duties at the club. He achieved success at Brighton as well as Newcastle, and if the United stint worries people, it shouldn’t.
Considering the ongoing and everlasting chaos that Manchester United are under, ‘Sir Jim Ratcliffe' since coming in has ransacked the club, and it is seemingly a continuous downward spiral, and unfortunately for him, Ashworth was one of the many victims of this.
Similar to Moyes during our European stint, we had all the tools of the pitch, forming the backroom staff team he desired, which ultimately was a huge part to play in our success. Interestingly, during Lopetegui’s short stint, the club brought over his desired team, but not behind the scenes, and he had to work alongside Steidten. So far, under Potter we’ve brought in Kyle Macaulay and have the vision to bring in Dan Ashworth, clearly showing some sort of backing which is a pleasant change.
Someone in the club must’ve had a word with Sully and coerced him into acknowledging that to be successful, it takes a lot more than just what’s on the pitch and having a good background off the pitch is much more important than many think.
Hopefully, those above don’t consider Ashworth as a summer signing and part of the limited budget we supposedly have. Though, it wouldn’t surprise me if on his arrival day he’s asked what Kit Number he’d like!
Yesterday’s announcement finally revealed when the seemingly never-ending Lucas Paqueta betting hearing would take place.
The FA revealed to Sky that the hearing will take place this month and will last three weeks, and at the end of three weeks, a verdict could be reached, depending on what evidence is and isn’t provided.
Paqueta has complied with everything that the FA have needed him to do and has also given evidence that has been required in all given circumstances.
Sky insists that the FA are looking for Lucas Paqueta to receive a ‘lifetime ban’
Yet, it has been said that: ‘Lucas Paqueta’s personal feeling is that whatever happens, he will clear his name. He absolutely insists that he’s done nothing wrong and he will not rest until he has cleared his name. The talk of a lifetime ban does not even enter his thinking’.
If we look at the bans for Toney and Tonali, which took place for both of the Premier League players.
Tonali was banned for a total of 10 months, and Toney was banned for 8 months. Considering the severity of both of these cases, both players acknowledged the mistakes that had been made and accepted their punishment. However, the punishment the FA are seeming to take to Paqueta almost appears as personal rather than factual.
In addition to this, Paqueta took to Instagram a few months ago, writing a public letter of complaint in regards to the FA about allegedly publicating details of the case and leaking information to the public.
From an outside perspective and from the information the public knows, it appears to be that the FA have constantly been delaying the case in an attempt to find more evidence, and it has finally reached a stage where they are now forced to provide something, if anything.
So far, they’ve attempted to link a £7 bet to him, as well as accuse him for changing his phone.
Next, they’ll say that he has to be betting as he’s got Betway on the front of his shirt!
As the season closes, it means Graham Potter has, as of today, 120 days to decide on who renews and who departs from the club in the upcoming summer.
The headache of a decision will apply to FIVE players that we own: Vladimir Coufal, Danny Ings, Lukasz Fabianski, Michail Antonio and Aaron Cresswell.
A combination of these players’ weekly wages adds up to a staggering £360,000 PER WEEK. The most expensive of the bunch award going to… who else but Uncle Igy! At a con of £125,000 per week, it could only be described as ridiculous and comical if his contract was to be renewed.
It is best that the club departs from this mistake and lets someone else have him in the summer; we all sincerely hope this is the endINGS of an era.
Vlad’s been sniffered after by a plethora of clubs, Fenebache have been hot on his heels for years now, and Fulham also ‘highly admire’ the Czech international and are expected to make a move for him in the summer.
As much as Vlad has done for us and been part of our recent success, he has, as of late, been forced out of the squad, and this seemingly looks like the end, especially with the likes of Walker-Peters and Lamptey available on a free in the summer.
Fabo and Micky are expected to renew, it seems Fabo can go on forever, but eventually, the gloves will have to be hung up. Despite being at the age of 39, he’s the only one of the five mentioned that does have a renew clause in his contract, so it’s whether the club wants to trigger it or not.
Big Micky was nearly sold to the Brazilian side Gremio, but we rejected their ‘insulting offer’ of £2,000,000 for him.
Since then, unfortunately, Antonio has had his horrific car accident and fortunately is making a good recovery after completing two weeks in Dubai and is now back in England for training. It is expected for a contract to be offered to Antonio but on a reduction of his current wages, which currently lie at £85,000 per week.
Aaron Cresswell appears to be the one who’s most likely to renew out of the five, with Graham Potter finding form again in the 33-year-old and preferring to use him over Mavropanos in recent games.
Sometimes you see people all the time and sometimes you go ages without seeing anybody, well I was lucky enough to catch up wit Roberto the hammer and Tim Handel , now Robert I saw last around 12 yrs ago though we have been in touch and Tim not since we played Palace in the Champs! So anyone seen some old orgers after an absence?
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Thursday evening signified the night that West Ham would put to bed a 366-day statistic. West Ham’s victory against Leicester would mean we’d achieve our first back-to-back victories since last year February.
Potter started the game with an unchanged eleven, and with good reason.
Ollie Scarles retained his place in the lineup, and he wouldn’t disappoint throughout his appearance for an hour. Todibo also demonstrated yet again why we signed him in the first place; a confident, quick-minded defender is just what Potter needs. It all feels planned!
And despite only playing 66 minutes, Jean-Clair Todibo gets the Org’s Man Of The Match tonight.
Regarding the match, a heavy ball dominated first 10 minutes, saw us average 86% possession of the ball, and at the end of the first half, we had 67%.
However, amongst the monumental amounts of pressure, we bullied Leicester, forcing them to be incredibly narrow while we utilised the wing play to good effect.
Our first goal would come through the Birthday Boy, Tomas Soucek, who picked up a simple tap-in after the ball was rebounded from Mohammed Kudus’ close shot.
It was dead and buried coming into Halftime as Bowen had his shot deflected from Vestergaard, which found itself in the back of the net
From the first play right up until the end, West Ham controlled the entire game, from the possession to the overall tempo at which it was played at.
It might’ve not been the prettiest of performances, it could’ve been three or four, with chances such as Evan Ferguson’s towards the end, but it is always a trend in Potters’ playing style for games to come to a close with a close scoreline, persistently with differences of one or two.
His thought process is simply, if we’re winning by two, why risk and push for more?
No passion or enthusiasm was shown from Leicester throughout the game, but a glimpse of energy was put on when Jean-Clair Todibo came off for Mavropanos. I suppose Ruud was hoping he’d start.
It can be argued that it’s 19th-place Leicester who seemingly will get relegated, but it’s so West Ham to defeat Arsenal in a wonderful win to then just go on and lose to a team that’s not on the same level!
Along with our back-to-back wins, it also marks our first home clean sheet since December 2023 against Manchester United…
Speaking of Manchester United, the win now puts us up to 15th [Joint 13th] in the league, while now on the same points as Manchester United and Spurs.
In other news, rumour is going round that Tommy has been trying to bargain his birthday gift for days off in a dodgy deal, causing major conflict in the club already! Potter has spoken to Sky and has confirmed the situation, he has said that he’s considering alternatives but, for now, is sticking with the weekend off which was initially planned.
More to follow soon…
West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell, Scarles, Soucek, Alvarez, Bowen (C), Kudus, JWP Subs: Fabianski, Ferguson, Mavropanos, Soler, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving,
Leicester: Hermansen, Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen, Soumare, Ndidi, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid, Buonanotte, Vardy (C)
just turned 12 and i went on my own from Surrey to watch the game...My God you would not do that today i am sure of that...but i hope for the old gits on here this brings back memories...i loved the kit and talk about players on both sides.
West Ham are entering the final quadrant of the season, and with that comes a summer window on the horizon, we had a ‘rebuild’ in the last summer transfer window, but this time we need to take over and form some identity within this squad.
It’s no hidden secret that we’ve spent big in these past three seasons across the last three transfer windows, we have spent a total of £402,100,000 but have clawed back £197,400,000, meaning our total spent has come to a total of £204,700,000 [rounded]
It has already been widely reported that we’re anticipating a Potter revamp, and many players are expected to come and go this window. In an attempt to achieve this, we’ve been looking at several free agents in the market, which also allows us to reduce money expenditure.
We have already contacted French side Lille regarding Jonathan David, who very nearly joined last season for a fee of around Twenty Million.
The club have also contacted highly rated Angel Gomes in the January window over a pre-contract agreement in an attempt to bring him to the London Stadium in the summer.
Regarding the Goalkeeper department, Alex Meret, whom we held an interest in, will not continue due to him about to finalise a new contract with Napoli within the coming days.
However, regarding defenders, midfielders and forwards it’s all to play for!
The most notable player for the backline would be Ola Aina, whom I’m sure about half the Premier League will be after due to his incredible season, Junior Firpo, who is currently at Leeds and has changed his agent could be someone we revive our interest in.
Yet, the top two names the club is interested in bringing in are Kyle Walker-Peters of Southampton and Tariq Lamptey from Brighton.
KWP, who we nearly signed in the Summer, has halted his contract talks with Southampton after their concerning season as it appears they’ll be getting relegated. The Hammers nearly signed Walker-Peters for £18,000,000 in the window, but attention was turned to AWB after Southampton raised the price.
Tariq Lamptey was very highly admired by Graham Potter at Brighton, and he described him as a ‘dream’ to manage.
With his contract running out and his immense versatility, it is expected that these two wingbacks will be a priority, with one of them expected to join, especially due to Vladimir Coufal’s contract expiring at the end of the season.
Carlos Soler is currently expected to return to PSG despite West Ham’s willingness to match the £15,000,000 fee PSG are asking for which is due to concern over his high wages.
Will Hughes has been brought up in recent times, the 29-year-old has been attracting attention from other clubs which has sparked Palace to start contract talks, yet his head could be turned to a move to East London if West Ham were to make a move.
Christian Norgaard is said to be ‘happy’ at Brentford yet hasn’t made his mind up on signing a new contract, it is unknown whether he aims to return back to his homeland in Denmark or perhaps pursue his career elsewhere in London.
We’ve already agreed on a pre-contract agreement with Celtic Forward Daniel Cummings, the youth sensation is expected to join in the summer, yet I wouldn’t rule out more forward incomings from the attacking free agent sector.
Sully might be licking his lips with an opportunity to sign Callum Wilson on a free… please no!
But other available options are Adama Traore from Fulham, Krepin Diatta from Monaco and Spanish International Javi Puado.
Javi Puado would be one to keep an eye on, with 9 G/A contributions this season in 23 matches. He is a very versatile player who can play on the left, right and up top. Negotiations with Espanyol have recently been resumed, yet it is expected that he is still going to leave in the summer to pursue his ambition to play at a higher tier in Europe.
There’s a plethora of other players available for pre-contract discussions, but there’s no point in mentioning unrealistic, ludicrous targets such as Joshua Kimmich or Virgil Van Dijk. All in all, there are many players available for the taking and it’s a question of finding one we want rather than just getting someone in for the sake of it.
Expect a lot of youth prospects to be named soon…
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