Anybody else getting this feeling about Potter? nice guy but clearly not up for the role as our manager and unable to handle the pressure.
Roeder lasted two years and his health suffered because of it and judging from yesterdays post match press conference i feel it is going this way for Potter and with an owner like ours who really was not wanting him he must be wondering when not if the vote of confidence from above comes.
AWB & Bowen That's it the only two players in our current squad worth keeping and Bowens having a crap season but lets be honest the job that needs doing this summer is monumental so if you consider you have to add nine players just to get a team to take to the pitch next season how the hell will we have enough money for that and the bench as well?
Now i know some of you will mention Summerville and yes he does look good but having not been really part of the first team picture for various reasons i am excluding him from the exodus.
Kilman £40million really he is not worth tuppence and should go back to Maidenhead utd as he is not up to scratch by any stretch of the imagination and to prove it i would keep Mav ahead of him!.
But from back to front you have to ask who would buy any of our players Kudus being the only one of any real value but that will not bring in enough for the rebuild by no means and as for Paqueta he is showing just what a mercenary he is and despite his ability he is another who just does not care about our club and just used us to get himself noticed.
So if Potts Earthy Orford are added to next seasons squad along with Scarles well that may save the club some money but you need better and experienced professionals that will help bring them on and not heap untold pressure on young shoulders and again that costs money but also they have to be the right player with a proper attitude and not just a "name" "marquis" signing nonsense or an injury prone journeyman that we all know we love at our club as they are a bargain buy and for the life of me i hope Paulino does not walk through the door as he is very keen to come to us apparently mmm wonder why that is eh? ahhh yes dumb wages and a medical wing that will fulfil his every need for a broken down crock that he is.
So a massive summer ahead and when you look at the clowns we have to deal with it and total lack of imagination you do just have to worry about what will our club look like this time next year.
Potters’ return to the Amex was to cause a media gub fest, similar to what happened when we played Chelsea earlier in the season.
With Brighton’s star striker, Joao Pedro out, the Hammers hoped that a result could be possible, which would also conclude a miserable season with four games to go but safety secured.
An early goal from Brighton led to more heads in hands, and to be honest, when do we not have them like that! We haven’t had much success to cheer about. Only a glimmer of hope would come in the second half through Bowen’s magic, providing a superb delivery to Kudus for the Ghanaian to finally break his goal drought, a celebration full of enthusiasm amidst his Saudi links.
Bowen yet again provided an even better assist in the 83rd minute to the leaping salmon, thumping the ball into the back of the net, giving us the lead in front of the sun-full eyes of the travelling fans.
The squad was putting up an excellent performance when trying to get into the lead, but once in the hot seat, defence is the only mentality we resort to which ultimately costs us.
The happy hammers then felt dread in the 89th minute through Kilman losing his man alongside Mavropanos marking the air, which meant that Mitoma managed to slot it in for the equaliser. But from bad to worse, happy to hollow within NINE minutes as Baleba’s wonder strike saw Graham Potter’s side lose 3-2.
Safety is secured through Ipswich’s 3-0 loss to Newcastle, but despite Premier League football secured next year, all that’s left in the air is sourness.
And just so you don’t have to bare it from other media sources, prepare to hear that tomorrow marks TWO MONTHS that we haven’t won.
Spurs at the Bowl next, let’s see how the ‘dumb and dumber’ matchweek gets on.
Brighton: Vertbruggen, March, Dunk (C), Baleba, Estupinan, Hinshelwood, Ayari, Wieffer, O'Riley, Adringra, Welbeck
West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Kudus Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Soler, Coufal, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Ings, Irving, Rodriguez
West Ham fans were delighted with the news that Betway wouldn't sponsor the club after the 24/25 season, as the club had finally called it quits. Rumours started to form about who would replace the sponsor, and at one point it appeared to be Footlocker or Post Office due to the ownership of Daniel Křetínský.
However, after some time, the club are closing down on ANOTHER betting sponsor from Ireland called "BoyleSports".
The Irish company have agreed to pay the club a record-breaking deal of £12,500,000 per year. It is commonly known that they would have to remove themselves from the front of the kit for the 26/27 season because of the Premier League betting rulings, but they would then be expected to be a sleeve sponsor instead.
Despite the deal being labelled as 'record-breaking', we're currently paid £10,000,000 per year from Betway, so we've decided to just gain an extra £2,500,000 and make the fanbase a lot more frustrated and unhappy, not very smart with the current state of everything going on!
It doesn't even look good too! Perhaps if the design looked alright, it wouldn't have been as frowned upon and could've gotten some sympathy points from the fans.
Even with the betting ban imminent, that still can't stop the final opportunity for a cash grab.
In preparation for the club’s ‘mass-axing’ in the summer window, Hammers fans can expect over 15 players on the chopping block, with some of those being long-serving members for the club.
One of which is Tomas Soucek, the Czech has been very eager for the club to offer him a new contract, yet the people above feel otherwise and they aren’t confident to extend further on his current deal, and a departure in the summer from the Irons is looking more and more likely.
David Moyes has been sniffing after him ever since his return to the Premier League, and you get the feeling that the Czech chapter is coming to a close with Coufal also set to leave with no extension in sight.
Despite the Scotsman wanting Tommy, it won’t be all that easy. A large fee is to be expected but not as much as initially anticipated as Potter is willing to let him go as he doesn’t see him as a concrete player for his future plans.
Is it the right decision to let Tommy go? If his departure were to happen, it would leave a massive hole in the leadership aspect for the squad, something of which the Hammers have severely lacked in. A lot of fans have always been 50/50 with Soucek, but you definitely can’t fault the commitment he gives to this club and the leadership he provides on the pitch and in the dressing room.
With the players that do and don’t need to go, Soucek can’t be that high on the axe list. There are plenty of other players who should depart before the Czech and he should certainly be kept considering our current circumstances, but with the club stalling contract talks, can you blame him if his head went elsewhere?
This has nothing to do with football but i saw this today and my jaw just dropped i mean this was 99 years ago and oh my so could any of you men do that? be honest now.
No secret both want out of the club and that's fine but it has to be the price we want because Kudus has as we all no an £85million release clause that's active in July for two weeks? point being if nobody activates it and then try a silly lowball(see Sully someone else can play that game)we simply have to refuse as he has a contract until 2028 so pay up or shut up..as with Pacman his contract runs until 2027 so if Citeh want him you pay what we want otherwise jog on...of course he could be banned and that's that but i do not think it will happen.
So if our big name players want gone then Sully is going to have to play hardball like Levy at the spuds does...you can leave but on our terms otherwise suck it up you are staying.
Lets face it this season has been a write off ,Think that the transfer window is going to be so important next season because we can all see that we would have been well in stook had it not been Southampton Ipswich and Leicester and we cant even beat Southampton and we have Ipswich last game that could be exiting but lets assume we wind up 16th and stay in the prem this season. A lot is going to depend on our first few fixtures and e always seem to start with Citeh or the bin dippers with Leeds coming up possibly with Sheff Utd next season I can see a relegation battle looming up, and our luck cant keep holding out glass is half empty
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It’s hard to not sound like a broken record with the recent results but today was the definition of lacklustre and lame.
The performance was an embarrassment, the tactical decisions were appalling, and this is a low that many fans didn’t even anticipate us reaching. A starting defence of a back four we knew wouldn’t work, and the midfield gets worse each week.
James Ward-House was appalling, his work ethic is nowhere near Premier League quality, League 1 at best! It was so bad to the point where it makes you question why did we sell Flynn Downes? He was miles better than Housey today.
Boos at halftime around the bowl, even louder boos at full time and fully deserved so, to not beat one of the worst teams in the history of the competition goes to show the state of this squad, season and club.
Potter needs to figure out something because we can’t find any bit of consistency nor play style. Not beating this Southampton squad is a sackable offence.
In terms of the attack, our numerous chances and from the few passages of play we had, they seemed to all end up in the feet of Mohammed Kudus, who must’ve had his ‘no shooting’ boots on. It felt as if he was repelled from the goal; he would consistently hold up the ball and hope that someone else would turn up.
Not to mention the substitute choices at the end… why would any manager take off Jarrod? He’s one of the only attackers who will run the 90 no matter how knackered he is, we still take the captain off and then go concede.
There’s 5 games to go, and thankfully, we can now count them out on one hand. The misery isn’t over yet, but it’s getting closer.
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