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  • Call 999 Hammers Stay Near Top!

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 09:36

    who's smiling now?
    Hammers 'destroyed' fellow claret & blue wearers Aston Villa on what was David Moyes' 999th games as a manager, although the final score line rather flatters the Irons, it was still a comprehensive clinical victory over what was ten men for the bulk of the 2nd half at Villa Park, we'll get to the 'ten men' later!

    Amusingly there are still pundits like Danny Mills who effuse on a daily basis about how Hammers owners would find it hard to turn down a £100 Million offer for Declan Rice, get with the times Danny Boy, even another £50 Million wouldn't be enough!

    There are some who say Villa didn't deserve to go down to ten men, there are others who say they were lucky to keep ten men on the pitch! The 'soft red' given for preventing an obvious goal scoring opportunity as Jarrod Bowen raced through on goal was initially deemed a yellow card offence, however on being checked by VAR it became a red.

    What is astounding is that the yellow/red card WAS debatable, but the pre-cursor to that foul was the Forearm Smash received by Pablo Fornals which warranted a straight red card for violent conduct all day long, EVEN Dean Smith the Villa manager referenced that point!

    David Moyes will take charge of his ONE THOUSANDTH GAME on Thursday as Hammers take on a rejuvenated Genk in Belgium, to be swiftly followed by his 1001'st game against his old Mersey side rivals Liverpool. Of course given the limited resources available to Moyes, the wheels WILL come off the wagon at sometime as he balances pursuing success on all four fronts, but for now just enjoy it!

    Whether they admit it or not publicly, privately many of Hammers London rivals ARE looking enviously at what David Moyes has achieved since his 'resurrection' and wondering how a 'washed up' manager could turn a bunch of disparate players who were in a desperate situation into a Premier League force to be reckoned with.

    Well children, if you eat your 'green streets' like you were told to do, Santa might just pay you a visit, or at least send one of his saints! - Ed - Oh come on, everbody knows 'there ain't no such thing as a 'sanity' clause don't they?

    PS: (Q) Can you name the Villa player who should be up for next year's Oscars AND the floor display in the Gymnastics at the Olympics? (A) Marvelous Nakamba of course, never have we seen quite so many rolls and flips, even a half pike when a player has been 'injured'! Asolutely Marvelous ...

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  • Live Villa v West Ham Line Ups

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Sun, 31/10/2021 - 15:34

    Villa: Martinez, Cash, Hause, Konsa, Targett, Nakamba, McGinn (c), J.Ramsey, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins Subs: Steer (GK), Mings, Tuanzebe, Young, El Ghazi, Chukwuemeka, Archer, Davis, A.Ramsey
    West Ham: Fabiański, Johnson, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio Subs: Subs: Areola (GK), Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Lanzini, Masuaku, Noble, Vlašić, Yarmolenko

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  • Hard Yards Helped Moyes

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Sun, 31/10/2021 - 12:08

    When asked to appraise his team's current form David Moyes said: “It makes me feel really good because I’ve always said I want to be the best and the hardest team to play against – when teams don’t enjoy playing me. When I was brought up at Celtic, it was always about winning, first and foremost. Then it was about winning with style, and then when you get a good style, they wanted lots of goals. So I feel like my whole background has been in that. “But when you don’t always have the best players and not always the best, maybe way of playing, then I have to find a way of winning. At the moment, I am really fortunate. I have a talented group of players; we’ve brought in some players who have helped that. So I feel we are playing a good style. I want us to be attacking and entertaining, but I also want to be defensive and ruthless when we have to be.”

    Having done the 'hard yards' as a youngster, Moyes is well placed to understand exactly how to bring on youth players, a trait that he has exploited throughout his managerial career. At West Ham he has made his own good fortune through a combination of excellent planning and a lot of hard work on the training ground, his ideas being implemented by his superb coaching assistants.

    An added bonus for all the hard work and attention to detail is the extraordinary amount of seriously good young players emerging from the Academy, AT ALL levels! Moyes will obviously still be looking in the transfer market for players, but he WILL utilise the youth players at EVERY given opportunity when possible. This will save the club an enormous amount of money in the future, but more importantly it gives fans something to believe in, and not just in 'one of our own', we're talking about more like FIVE of our own and counting! - Ed

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  • Moyes Has Issues Today

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Sun, 31/10/2021 - 08:19

    David Moyes has transformed West Ham in just under two years, from relegated threatened battlers to a team with genuine top six aspirations and with an eye on the top four! Chasing success on FOUR different fronts requires a lot of careful man management, a feat that Moyes is coping with rather well at the moment.

    As a consequence of now being referenced as 'high flying hammers', the pressure is on to maintain the club's upward trajectory, part of the pressure is to select teams that are capable of (a) getting a result, but also (b) of providing entertaining football for the club's burgeoning fan base both domestically and globally.

    Having seen imperious displays by Alphonse Areola and Issa Diop playing for Hammers B team, or the Manchester United away team as it is now more commonly known, there has been a clamour for both of these superb players to be included in Moyes starting line up to play Villa this Sunday afternoon.

    We are talking about a totally new and unique situation for long suffering Hammers fans, one in which they suddenly have a thoroughly decent first team as well as an incredibly competent B team and even a good C team! Of course with having so many good players at his disposal David Moyes needs to tread carefully, but this group he has assembled ARE NOT prima-donnas, they are a team.

    With all that said, expect few if ANY changes to last Sunday's starting line up in the victory over Tottingham, perhaps Vlad the Impaler will replace Ben Johnson? Although Johnson has performed magnificently while deputising for the Czech International who was, 'taken out' during one of Hammers rare defeats this term.

    It should be remembered that the club travel to play Genk in Belgium of Thursday for their EUEFA Europa League Cup game ahead of a 'mighty clash' against Liverpool at the weekend. - Ed

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  • Haller To Haunt Hammers On His Return!

    Submitted by Louis Nixon on Sun, 31/10/2021 - 07:53

    It is Haloween after all, so why not consider scary nightmares? A recurring nightmare for West Ham's bean counters must be Sebastien Haller, even though it is NOT actually the accountants money, to be a good one they have to think of their client's money as their own. So the distinct possibility of Newcastle managing to tempt Ajax manager Erik Ten Hag to become their manager, could be a double edged sword with a bit of jeopardy thrown in for good measure!

    On the one hand IF the Toon do successfully 'snare' Ten Hag, then there is every chance he will want to bring his star striker with him, that striker of course being Haller. Having lost between £20-25 Million as a result of the Frenchman flopping outrageously in the fast pace of the Premier League, the club will be hoping to recoup a substantial chunk of that loss due to the sell on clause included in Haller's contract when he left the Irons for Ajax.

    Of course if Haller DOES arrive back in the Prem AND starts scoring goals for fun, as he has been doing throughout the European competitions since exiting the London Bowl, then the joy of getting some if not ALL of the club's losses back will be tinged with a 'what might have been' caveat.

    Sometimes the grass is greener, sometimes it is NOT, Haller was just not the right fit for a David Moyes type of team, that doesn't mean the same player cannot thrive if placed in an environment where everything is geared towards making him shine, far from it.

    Moyes' meticulous planning, or dithering as some less informed observers would like to call it, DOES pay dividends eventually. But let's be real here, most fans are like kids waiting to open their presents at Christmas, they cannot wait to see what they've got and then promptly want MORE!

    If Haller returns to the Premier League and scores a hat full of goals, good luck to him, so long as he doesn't score too many against his former club and that club receives a nice fat chunk of change to boot. - LN

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  • The scousers.

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    Submitted by Burkie1 on Sat, 30/10/2021 - 16:04

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    Sunday week ,what I wouldn't give to beat these shower of shites, the boozer I use is wall to wall hub caps and there has never been such an arrogant bunch pricks,with the exception of manua who they hate with a passion " I gather the feelin is mutual, and shity who they have a little respect for the rest are just a heap of crapp to them ,put on this earth just to be ridiculed .I dread it when their on the telly ,the noise they make when they score or if a decision is given against them would give an aspirn a headache.
    Go for it Moyes,if we get beat so be it,just imagine the reaction if we pull it off.

  • So It's Tottingham In The Cup!

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Sat, 30/10/2021 - 11:44

    Hammers have been drawn away against Tottingham for the quarter finals of the Carabou Cup, as was expected it was always going to be them or Liverpool! It is what it is, so bring it on. For the first time in a long long while fans looked to the match ups dreading 'top' opposition, currently IT IS West Ham that was the feared number to be drawn out of the pot!

    Quarter-final draw in full
    Tottingham v West Ham-Arsenal v Sunderland-Brentford v Chelsea-Liverpool v Leicester City. Games to be played on December the 20th STA.

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  • Roll Up Roll Up-D Day For Cup Draw

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Sat, 30/10/2021 - 09:11


    Around 10:30 on Saturday morning on Sky's Soccer AM show the draw will be held for the quarter finals of the 'League Cup'. Having decried the value of the 'useless cup' as we have called it in the past, especially when it became known as the Carabou Cup, the turn around in our focus can hardly be blamed bearing in mind the vanquishing of BOTH Manchester teams that occurred in order for Hammers to even be in the draw.

    Given how the ties have been drawn in the competition so far, expect Hammers to be drawn away against either Chelsea or Liverpool! The 'midweek cup' or whatever you wish to name it, is a competition Hammers have NEVER won, they have made the finals on two occasions but have never triumphed.

    It may be the 'Moose Cup', but try telling Mark Noble it is valueless at your peril, if anyone deserves winning it Marky does and it would be a fitting end to an illustrious career that has seen him experience a lot more lows than highs! What better way to sign off could there be?

    Well there is always the UEFA Europa League Cup, isn't there? With the club progressing on FOUR fronts, players AND fans are moving onto new territories, when was the last time the club was still 'actively' involved in so many competitions at this stage of the season?

    A Cup would be brilliant for Mark Noble to hold aloft as he hangs up his boots, but why not be a little bit greedy and hope for TWO instead! - Ed

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