Spud U Like
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Ha ha as if anybody likes the spuds. Buster Koglu takes he's Europa League Cup down the road with him. It's just who he is mate. What a shower of shit they are.
Thomas Frank deluded?? You just know he's a shoe in!! COYI
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Hilkka Brooking
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Just heard the terrible news that Hilkka Brooking. Wife off 55 years to Sir Trevor Brooking has passed.
A familiar face alongside Sir Trevor at West Ham games. She will be sorely missed.
Condolences to Sir Trevor & the Brooking familyA Verdict Reached But The Wait Goes On…
After a two-year wait, it has finally been announced that the Lucas Paqueta hearing has concluded. The case this week has finally been concluded after both sides presented their evidence and reasoning.
However, the unfortunate news for West Ham and Lucas Paqueta himself is that the verdict will be announced in 4-8 weeks, not only does this pre-long the already suffering for Lucas himself, but it also means the club aren’t able to prepare for Paqueta’s departure, if this was through a ban or a sale of the player.
Regardless of the outcome, it is utterly disgraceful how the FA have conducted this investigation, considering that the FA have claimed this is a “slam dunk” and that Paqueta will be found guilty, they’ve taken an awfully long time to prove that.
Close sources to Paqueta’s team have suggested that they are “more than confident” regarding the outcome and are positive that he won’t be found guilty. If this is the case, no one would be surprised to see Paqueta and West Ham take action against the FA due to the potential money that was lost over the agreed transfer to Manchester City, as well as the mental struggles and strains Paqueta has sustained throughout this period of time.
With the case overall, it will be an either or; it won’t be that Paqueta might be found guilty on some charges and not on others, it’s an ‘all or nothing’. This could be beneficial to the Hammers if all the news were to be positive.
It’s a waiting game, just like the transfers have been this season, but the implications of the outcome could be significant. The club are said to be “urgently” trying to get the verdict forwarded so the club can have a clearer idea with the transfer window.
Rumours Resurfaced With Milan Duo In Sight
Potter and Macaulay have identified what is needed in this squad, which was fairly obvious in the first place; however, the club has stopped talking about positions and started naming names.
The Hammers have reignited their interest in AC Milan English duo, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori.
The ex-Chelsea pair have been on the Hammers’ radar for a while now, with the club having tested the waters with the pair before and are looking to test them again. Manchester United, due to their striker woes recently, have highlighted Tammy Abraham as a target, so West Ham will compete against them for his signature.
Meanwhile, Fikayo Tomori is seeking a move away from Milan after a disappointing season for the Italian giants. Following recent announcements, the Englishman is eager to return to the Premier League to boost his chances of regaining a spot in the England starting squad.
Newcastle held previous interest in the 27-year-old, but attention has since dwindled due to their primary interest elsewhere, so West Ham will be making a move soon enough, but whether the club can convince him to go to a club that also had an underwhelming season is another question.
The door is open for Mavropanos this window, and the same with Frenchman Jean-Clair Todibo, if the correct offer is to come in.
And in other news, the club have officially had the green light for highly rated Celtic youth prospect Daniel Cummings.
Something to muse over
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Terminator...Tonka...Cressy..... so who is the best left back?
PM To Set Out On Operation ‘Revamp & Release'
With the season over, the full attention turns towards the window and the shakedown for the ever-ageing squad.
Not to be all political, I’m sure you can make up your own verdicts, but which PM would you rather have in charge? Kier Starmer or Potter and Macaulay? I know who I’d have my money on to steer a ship in the right direction.
It’s all well and good to observe that the club need new additions to the squad due to the sheer lack of footballing ability the club has, but behind it all, many believe West Ham are lacking personality, characters off and on the pitch and ones that can get themselves into shape. Most notably, Graham Potter stated in his post-match Ipswich interview that: “Our job is to improve the squad to make sure the culture and environment that represents this amazing club is there and then we can achieve some good things."
Potter doesn’t just need a good squad, he needs everything behind the scenes too, one of the reasons West Ham saw so much success under David Moyes wasn’t because of the play style, but it was how the squad bonded on and off the pitch, creating and bringing in players that would fight for the badge and not lay around picking up a wage. But most importantly, is that Potter recognises this, will he be able to team up with Macaulay to make this happen…? That’s only something time and sales can say.
Noble, Coufal, Soucek, Bowen, Zouma, Dawson, Fornals and the list goes on. Players, most recently, who knew what it meant to be a part of the West Ham family, some players get it, some players don’t.
We know there will be incomings through one means or another, free agents, transfers, you name it. IF West Ham are able to gather up some funding, the fate of the club lies in Potter’s and Macaulay’s hands. We had what many claimed to be a “rebuild” last year, and now we are in need of another one.
The club knows it, the fans know it, and most importantly, so does Potter. One more bad window and it could cause the club some serious trouble for the upcoming season.
Apart from all the ludicrous rumours lurking around such as our attempt to sign Kevin De Bruyne, all we do know that’s for sure is Potter is expected to involve Freddie Potts and George Earthy within the first team squad next season, players who have proven their talent in the Championship, whilst also understanding what it means to play for West Ham and the connection to the fans which is required.
Youth or not, the Hammers need some finances to move forward, it’s just a question of who will be out the door first and when is the bigger factor.
Hammers Delight As Woes Relieved
The woes are over, the season is done! West Ham have finished the 2024/25 campaign in 14th place with a win at Portman Road, Wolves were held to a draw, which saw them drop to 16th, whilst Manchester United could only secure 15th with 42 points, the Hammers finishing with 43.
We started the season with a 2-1 Loss to Aston Villa and ended with a 3-1 Win to Ipswich, completely different sides, but it’s nice to see the squad ending on a win. Ipswich were far from a good side this season, but a win is a win, and as the fans have seen, the club has struggled against the relegated sides… Southampton.
As always, the keeper has to have one scary moment in each game and Fabianski had a frightening moment loosing the ball to the attacker, but fortunately Ipswich weren’t able to capitalise on his mistake, the same couldn’t be said for the Tractors as Bowen was gifted the ball, a pass to Ward Prowse saw us go 1-0 up into the break.
In another common occurrence this season, we conceded towards the beginning of the second half, yet our lead was restored just a few minutes later, Bowen with a lovely one-two saw him lace the ball in anger off Thomas Tuchel, thundering the ball into the net to make it 2-1. The rest of the game was seen out with Kudus coming on as a substitute, making it three with a curling effort and no celebration to match the goal.
The three points launched the Hammers into 14th place, finishing above Manchester United and Spurs. Finishing 14th isn’t what anyone at the club wanted, but considering the situation we were in, the squad managed to secure the best position they could coming into the closing games.
A full circle moment and appearance for Aaron Cresswell in his final game as a Hammer, Fabianski making his final appearance, alongside Coufal. No involvement for Danny Ings.. which pretty much sums up the underwhelming career he’s had at West Ham. It is expected that a lot of people involved in the starting squad won’t be here next season and to be quite frank, it is what West Ham need.
11 Wins, 10 Draws and 17 Losses, a season to forget and finally the season is over.
Ipswich v West Ham Lineups
Ipswich: Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy (C), Cajuste, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Hirst, Broadhead
West Ham: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles, Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Bowen (C), Soucek, Fulkrug Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Paqueta, Kudus, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving
Silly Season Begins With Hammers Finances Revealed
Starting count of when silly season began to start, for the media was the 19th of May, as it has only been three days since, West Ham have so far been linked to twenty-one different players, names could be provided if needed.
Why are so many names being suddenly sparked up? That would be because our finances have been ‘calculated’. The Hammers will be expected to earn an average of around £125,000,000 for this Premier League season, which is obviously without any player sales or outgoings in the future. The earning of £125 million will be the lowest income for West Ham since the pandemic, back in the 2020/21 season.
There’s a lot of chatter around the fact that we are one of the few clubs that are close on the PSR rulings, which would make sense from an outside perspective, seeing as we’ve simply been doing a lot of buying and not much selling. That is going to change this window, as we already know Potter likes to have a smaller group of players, as well as the Sky interview affirming this with Potter claiming: “It’s not major surgery, just adjustments”
The club currently have 26 players Potter can use [This includes injured players], and without any business taking place, the numbers are automatically reduced to 22 players as Fabianski, Cresswell, Coufal, and Ings will all leave on a free, as well as Soler and Ferguson returning to their original clubs.
The club will be forced in having to bring homegrown players, as the requirement is eight and with three HG players leaving already it means we would be down to five, but if Freddie Potts were to be used, that goes to six, assuming Antonio does have his contract renewed.
We know players will be sold, but there’s no point in attempting to predict how much we will get for each player, how many years the transfer fee will be paid across, etc, there are too many differing factors.
What we do know is that we’re now saving a load of money via the wage bill… thankfully, Uncle Ingy is gone, as well as a few others. But we do know that before joining the club, Potter was promised backing in the summer as well as any money that would be raised through player sales. Instead of looking at the ifs, buts and maybes, it’s best to look at the facts.
Fans know a handful of players will be sold with Potter also affirming this, we understand that we don’t have a massive amount of money to spend, but we still are able to and a lot can happen depending on the offers we receive for certain players, such as Kudus, Paqueta (if he was found not guilty) and others.
West Ham have had such a bad season that we’re already bringing out all the rumours, and the window isn’t open for 25 more days; this’ll be interesting.
It was always Bollox
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Forest(30,600)Brighton(31,800)Brentford(17,300)Fulham(29,600)Bournemouth(11,500)Crystal Palace(26,100).
Roughly the capacity of those clubs above us who we are not competing with we moved to compete with Manure/Chelski/Arsenal/Citeh etc and we needed a 60thousand plus ground to do that.
Well by the end of next season we will be back competing with Millscum/Charlton and maybe even Orient....Billionaires and there bullshit have destroyed our club and do they care? of course not it's just a toy for them but for us it is part of our identity and those wankers will never understand that and will wonder why we bitch and moan about having our hearts ripped out when moved to that dump they insist is to make us better and to compete with the elite.
That is not West Ham nope not for me West Ham are a proper working mans club who people hated visiting because of the atmosphere and the intimidating nature of the Boleyn and just when the so called big boys come to play we would put them in there place and remind them to take there shite elsewhere....we are West Ham and don't come to us on your high horse pretending to be better....but that has gone now and teams come and play with freedom because the crowd are not on top of them biggest fear for opposition fans now is how to get there and will there legs last the trek! and so we get beat more often than not...i think our record there is Wins 71 losses 64 drawn 46.....we moved for that? 10 years on and we are a laughing stock all the bullshit that the crowd will be moved closer on matchdays etc a total joke and a mess that cannot be solved until that poison dwarf and everyone with the slightest link to him is gone.
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