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Once again bad business from WHU they knew he was broken when he came from Arsenal played a few games for Bournemouth and about ten appearances for WHU in the last 2 years and today the 3 stooges want to end his contract by mutual consent. Don't know if any of you remember the outcome with Freddy Luonberg but it cost WHU 6.5 million back in the day they didn't learn anything then, now it looks like Arsenal found another secret weapon in Jack Wheelchair. Everybody knew he was a bad investment except David Sullivan don't know how he became a Billionaire. BUt very fast to send me a text telling me that today is my last day to renew my season ticket GSBOUT
Brother Enfield all is not lost !,We shall overcome ,West Ham will be free !
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Brother Enfield all is not lost !,We shall overcome ,West Ham will be free !First off !,I hope everyone is well .It is great being able to share my thoughts on this great site. Well ten years ago ,I did warn everybody what to expect from the self styled 'Messiahs' .I think it would be kind in saying that the Cons ,need a truth detector test , rather than a lie detector test they lie so much !Nobody believes them when they say hello anymore !They are ABSOLUTE MASTERS at using the media to spin their lies for them. They leak different 'exclusives', to different members of the media .They even have their own Pravada spinning 24/7 on their behalf .They will do anything to protect The Cons .From pleading poverty, to throwing the manager under the bus . Even trying to shift the blame on to Sullivan's original 'girl Friday '. Mrs Brady.
When you see Dave Sullivan JNR occupying TWO pages in the Daily Mail talking about himself and his pad, as well as the other son ,Jack, having a TV program made about him being the youngest Football boss. Then you realise , how great their influence in the media is .It doesn't stop there !They have little attack dogs, using false profiles on twitter and on various fan sites ,desperately trying to shoot down any criticism of the Cons. But even that is not working any more .Even their one time biggest happy clappers, have vehemently turned against them !People are sick of the lies !I feel bitter in the way that they have betrayed people's trust ,people who wanted and believed in the dream .Nothing wrong with that .
As for myself ,Brother Enfield and a few others ,we warned about the 'phantom ' bids .Bids with zero intent .Bidding well below what the selling Club wants ,or offering personal terms that they know perfectly well the player won't accept ,are just a couple of 'party' tricks they use. The end result is always the same .We tried. Their little lackeys will spin it that the player was greedy, the agents were greedy ,the selling Club wanted all the money up front .Lies ,lies ,sweet little lies .Then you would get the leaks to the various media outlets :"West Ham 'closing in' on Messi !West Ham 'closing in' on Ronaldo "Add any fantasy land signing you want !West Ham would of been 'closing in' on them at one time or another. In the beginning the fans would be giddy with excitement, Not now. And Fareham ?At times I would pour a double JD ,laugh and say BOLLOCKS !!
The reality has always been the same with The Cons, in their 27 years at Birmingham City and West Ham United. Freebies, cheapies and loan after loan is what they deliver .Although I must admit I enjoyed the phantom' bid 'leaked at Birmingham City the best .They leaked it that they were 'closing in ' on Diego Maradonna .Alas when Maradonna signed for Sevilla ,and was asked about the Birmingham City 'bid'. Surprise !Surprise ! He said he'd never heard of them .Anything to shift the season tickets ! Not for nothing are they the 'FOUR ' time relegation 'kings'. They love relegation !Its like winning an Oscar to them !They would rather see their side relegated than spend money.
The 'Messiahs' will do anything for money. That's why they bought West Ham United. For money. I 'm no financial wizard. But something stinks they the way they sold our ground cheaply, and it got flipped so cheaply afterwards. Make no error about it ,they have been deep involved in the Upton Gardens property development. No doubt that is where they've made their money. Next level ,champions league blah blah. One flew over the Cuckoo'S Nest stuff !This season we have had the usual suspects, rolling out the tearjerkers on behalf of the Cons. With Financial Fair Play so yesterday ,the theme has been all football Clubs facing a 'financial Armageddon due to Cov-19'.The market would be flat we were told. Of course every other Club bar West Ham United ,have been throwing money around in a frenzy. Like someone about to go bankrupt and having a last spree on the credit cards before handing them over to the receiver.
There mantra is divide and rule. They don't even pretend to go through the fascade , of going after this star or that star anymore .What for ?They know no one believes them anymore. Some make the mistake of thinking that Sullivan is prime evil and Gold is just the "Uncle Albert "type. Don't be fooled they are in it together. They are like two bank robbers working in tandem !Gold holds the bag open while Sullivan packs the loot in. So where does it leave us ?Most of the fanbase hate the Cons and I'm sure they are not overly keen on us. However we are far from an impossible position, even with the 'Messiahs' at the helm .Lets leave the theatrics aside away for a moment. As much as I would like to ,I cannot blame all the evils at the Club on the 'Messiahs'. Lets face facts here .When the arrived at Birmingham City ,they were in the third tier of English football, mired in debt ,St Andrews was falling apart .When they left ,St Andrews was rebuilt ,Birmingham City were in the Premier League and were in the black .So it is a fact and NOT opinion. They left Birmingham City in a far better state than when they found it.
It is the same thing at West Ham. You cannot blame them for everything that has gone wrong. When they appointed Manuel Pellegrini ,they did give him a big budget and kept well away. The signing of Jack Wilshere costing over 15 million over three years was a disaster beyond their control .Sullivan, must of gone mental when he was offered that deal !Neither can you blame him for the signings of Sanchez and Roberto. Those three were The Director of football, Mario Hussilos, signings .In fact Sullivan did not want Husillos at the Club, as he had doubts about him. But he backed the manager . Malaga fans blamed, Hussilos , for their relegation bemoaning his dud signings, however hindsight is always a wonderful thing. Yes ,Pellegrini was a washed up manager on his last payday .Yes he was a naïve appointment, but most fans were giddy when he walked through the door. People now say he was not backed in the second season, which is true. But we will take a closer look at things One of the big problems we face in the transfer window is we have no transfer war chest .We have paid the price for years of cheapies, freebies and loan after loan.
Lets get this out in the open regards this cry baby mentality about "always being a selling Club ".ALL Football Clubs are selling Clubs ! Lets take a look at Liverpool for example .They paid £22 million for Suarez and sold him for eighty million, Countinho was bought for £11.7 million and sold for £105million and Torres was bought for £18.7 m and sold for £50 m .A profit of 182m .Some gets used to service the Clubs debt .The other is left in a transfer war chest .So when Jurgen Klopp needs to spend big .The dough is there .Or do you think the hierarchy of Liverpool Football Club, come rushing into Jurgen Klopp's office and say :"Jurgen !Old boy !How much dough can we give you to spend this summer window ??100m ?200m? .Of course not !It is the same at all Football Clubs !The key is buying and selling well .Even little Brentford are showing the way !
We have an unbalanced squad ,lacking in depth but have some very talented individuals .We badly need a period of stability and a steady growth .I'm not a huge fan of David Moyes, many must feel the same about him as I do .It is a like the young lad who goes to a Club .He eyes three beautiful girls ,but one by one they go home with somebody else. Towards the end of the night he sees this other girl and thinks; "She is better than nothing ".They end up going home, and surprise !surprise !They have a hell of a time ! David Moyes has proved post lock down, that he is hugely liked by the players and respected. We played some good stuff and stayed up .People say he will never get another job if he leaves us .Rubbish .He has somewhat restored his reputation when he kept us up for the second time. I have just got the feeling ,we will be getting 'the Everton Moyes'. He is hell bent on revamping the Club, from top to bottom .If you are good enough you are old enough was Moyes, philosophy at Goodison Park. We badly need to get one or two Academy graduates into the first team squad . Moyes has a very good and experienced Coaching staff ,that will help settle promising youngsters into the first team squad. We have no choice, BUT to back our manager and as always the team. We are going to need a strong man to stand up to the 'Messiahs'. I just have a gut feeling that David Michael Moyes will do just that .
As for the 'Messiahs' ,as always 1!2!3!4! time to shove G&S the FOUR time relegation 'kings' out the door. But realistically speaking, there are very few People lining up to buy Football Clubs .I think the Cons will hold out till they've bought the ground .That way they will make real dough if they sell up .If we have a horrific start to the season, they are going to think Burnley was a school picnic. Things will get very ugly indeed ,sadly it will boil over onto the pitch .Something has to give and they know it .I can see them waving goodbye to Brady and appoint a new CEO. After that who knows ?But them kill my love for West Ham ??NEVER !Christ on a bike our love for West Ham is far deeper than that. As we showed post lockdown we have enough talent in the squad to beat anyone .Lets hope Moyes can bully ,force ,persuade the 'Messiahs' to open their fat wallets, so that he can bring a bit more quality in !As ALWAYS looking forward to the new season .We are more than a football Club, we're a way of life !COYI !!!
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Tarka The Offer! £33 Million Seals Deal
West Ham United's pursuit of James Tarkowski is going the way of many 'big ticket' deals as both parties jockey for position with offer and counter offer, and now it appears a compromise might be reached on the selling club's asking price. Mindful that Tarkowski's £50 Million release clause will not be met by ANY club, Burnley have opted for the best they can get in the current Covid-19 affected market, with prices up to 40% down compared to last year
West Ham's initial bid of £23 Million was knocked back instantly, but there was enough 'meat on the table' for Burnley to 'request' further dialogue, at this point the situation became more complex because Leicester City, flush with cash from player sales, made enquiries regarding the midfielders availability. Sean Dyche did what all good managers would do by insisting the player is a key part of his set up and that any representations would have to factor in the player's importance to the club, this 'statement' of policy was obviously designed to bump the price up, and it has!
Hammers returned with a £27 Million bid which DID get considered by the Burnley board who ultimately have control of transfers, unfortunately Leicester City spoiled the party by matching the offer, this was not what David Moyes wanted. Entering in to a bidding war for a player is the last thing he wanted, bearing in mind the 'microscopic' transfer Kitty he has available to use.
The toing and froing between all parties has continued at a relentless pace, however the break through came when West Ham's next offer proved too rich for Leicester, an offer of £30 Million was enough to 'bounce' the opposition but still not enough to convince Dyche to part with one of his most valuable assets, the Burnley board think otherwise and have made it known that they are prepared to do business.
As with all deals of this nature, the final fee including add ons and sell ons will probably get a 'UF' notice, the term undisclosed fee is commonly used in transfers because club's can legally manipulate how and when payments are made, it also ensures confidentiality and enables the buying and selling club to 'save face'.
£30 Million should have sealed the deal, but the request for a further 10% has rather complicated the issue, this hiking of the price is perfectly normal but will not help in the speedy expedition of the transfer, in other words it might drag on and on which actually will suit neither party in reality. Dyche will want to use the money from the sale to make player acquisitions as soon as poosible in order to integrate them in to his squad, and likewise David Moyes will want as much time as possible with his new player in order to integrate him in to the squad.
Further developments are all on hold waiting for the deal to either happen or not, if it does go through then you can bet your bottom dollar that Issa Diop will be on his way. Jose Mourinho is a known admirer of the French centre back however a deal with Tottenham is highly unlikely due to the bad blood between both clubs. It is worth noting that West Ham spokespeople have been very careful with their terminology regarding players available for transfer, the "Grady Diangana was sold because we had so many other players available to cover that position" statement was clearly designed to pave the way for further outgoings, so by citing a surfeit of players in one position, a similar situation is likely to evolve as happened with Grady Diangana.
The club will be able to say " Issa Diop was superfluous to the squad, because we now have enough centre backs following the arrival of James Tarkowski", and if West Ham do end up paying the £33 Million Burnley are asking for it might not just be Issa Diop who will be the sacrificial lamb because there is still a massive need for at least one additional full back, preferably two, Oh and the need for a back up striker for when Big Mich 'The Beast' Antonio picks up his inevitable hamstring injury! - Ed
Carlton Cole
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He's on the coaching staff of the west ham academy ???,
Blimey, i thought we had no money,no offence mate ,but couldn't you find a proper job ?,
How about bringing big Sam back as special advisor to the kit manJames Tarkowski's 'Cheaper Cousin' The Only Option
The on off transfer of James Tarkowski from Burnley to West Ham will more than likely end with an off! The difference between the sellers asking price and the buyers offers is virtually unbridgeable, IF the deal did go through for Tarkowski, then his arrival would swiftly be followed by the departure of Issa Diop and possibly that of Declan Rice from the London Stadium.
It is common knowledge that Felipe Anderson, Manuel Lanzini and Jack Wilshere have all been put in the shop window, but there are NO takers, so either the 'crown jewels' or at least part of them will need to be pawned before any deal like the proposed one for James Tarkowski could proceed.
Mindful of the groundswell of hatred their recent actions have generated, the Board is unlikely to sanction further 'fire sales' as was the case with Grady Diangana, therefore the manager's pursuit of defensive reinforcements may well come from elsewhere, and to that purpose the club have made an as yet undisclosed bid for Shakhtar Donetsk defender Mykola Matviyenko.
24 year old Matviyenko is a Ukraine international who has 26 caps, he made 39 appearances for Shakhtar last season and has already won two league titles and four cups with them. In six Champions League appearances last term, the 6ft 1in centre-back averaged 1.2 tackles, 2.5 interceptions and 5.8 clearances per game. He also won an average of 1.8 aerial duals per game.
Acquiring Matviyenko, who can play at right back and left back as well as in central defence, could well be a 'realistic' transfer and one that would leave something in the kitty to get another full back in as well as another striker, possibly on loan, possibly Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea, although there is a bit of bad blood due to the player rejecting West Ham THREE times in the past!.
Matviyenko and fellow eastern European Tomas Soucek could be the Irons salvation in what might be a bleak 'Siberian' winter, at least Mykola Matviyenko might actually arrive at the Bowl of Misery, and as a Brucey Bonus' he can keep Yarmo being there! Boom Boom - Ed
What i want from this season
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Players putting a shift in and come off the park having given it there all...Rice...Noble...Soucek....Antonio....Bowen....Snodgrass...Fornals these are the players we don't have to ask that because they always do it is the rest and that is a lot of players who regularly just trot around expecting others to do the work because they wont....and it is asking a lot but how about two up front...not much to ask now is it.....Saturday night 8pm i will be watching and expecting to see West Ham prove that they hear how we the fans are hurting and put in a perfomance to be proud of but i wont hold my breath not that i can do that right now!! COYI
Irons Match Re'Tooned' For Saturday
Due to Governmental pressure the Barclays Premier League and it's broadcasting partners have agreed that ALL top flight matches will be screened live during September, consequently West Ham United's fixture against Newcastle United originally scheduled for a 3pm kick off on Saturday has been moved to an 8pm kick off on the same day.
In a similar arrangement the away fixture against Arsenal on the 19th of september has changed it's start time from 3pm to 8pm, the EFL cup game against Charlton will kick off at 7.30 pm on tuesday the 15th of september. The Premier League fixture against Wolves is currently unchanged but may be rescheduled from it's original 3pm start on Saturday the 26th of september to a different time but still on the same day.
It however should be noted that all televised fixtures are subject to change right up until the day of broadcast, as the providers do their best to squeeze a lot of extra games in to their schedules within a very short period of time, fortunatel;y they have already had quite a lot of practise given what happened at the end of last season. Ed
Lord Help Us-Llorente Looms
Inevitably given the circumstances regarding the public knowledge of West Ham United's 'transfer traumas', speculation regarding possible 'acquisitions' will begin with the words free transfer or ageing player or both! There are plenty of 'has beens' queuing up for a final pay day at the club that 'loves to give', the most recent 'dinosaur' to be 'linked' to the club is the 35 year old ex-Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente.
West Ham United have apparently been in contact with Napoli, Fernando Llorente's current club, over a move to the London Stadium this summer. That’s according to Il Mattino, who back up claims that the Hammers are looking at the veteran striker as an option to improve their front line. West Ham’s interest first appeared yesterday, with journalist Ciro Venerato reporting that both the Hammers and Everton were ‘on the forward’s trail’. Il Mattino now back that up, at least in West Ham’s case, stating the Spaniard is ‘in contact’ with David Moyes’ side about a move.
Details are very sketchy at the moment, so any potential move is in the very early stages at this point, there’s no mention of Napoli’s stance so far, but given they’ve just signed Victor Osimhen and managed to keep Dries Mertens Llorente is now not needed. In fact, Napoli need to move players on this summer and getting rid of an ageing striker in the final year of his deal would probably represent good business, but any type of transfer fee for a 35 year old unless just a token is questionable? How keen West Ham are to sign Llorente isn’t clear, but Moyes definitely has to add at least one more striker to his forward line which is essentially Sebastien Haller, Michail Antonio and Xande Silva and that's all, however Llorente is about as far away from Moyes' 'young and hungry' template as is humanly possible.
Worryingly for Hammers fans is the fact that there IS interest in bringing the veteran striker to the London Stadium, you can bet your bottom dollar that Llorente is a Sugo target rather than one of David Moyes', but this is the grim reality of what is actually going on at the club. Even a blind person could see that the James Tarkowski stories are merely that, stories, there is no way in hell or high water that the club can even afford half of Burnley's asking price, and it should be remembered that Burnley, like most of the other Barclays Premier League clubs, do not need to sell and hence can ask what they want for a 'valued' player, and even if by some freak chance the money to meet their asking price did become available (a) wouldn't the funds be better used to shore up a dreadful defence? and (b) Why on earth would Tarkowski want to come to a club that is in such a toxic state?
It is hard not to be on a downer about West Ham at the moment, and unfortunately it looks as if things are going to get a whole lot worse before they can get better, as it stands there is no light at the end of the tunnel, least ways not until there is some serious board room restructuring and manoeuvring. Signing 35 year old has beens wasn't exactly the missive sent out ahead of the move from the Boleyn Ground was it? - Ed
Brady's Brush With Boss-(Audio)
Having been on the receiving end of a letter from Henri Brandman in the past, we know just how 'picky' the club can be over certain issues. Henri Brandman & Co have represented West Ham since around the time of Alan Pardew's departure as manager and before, they are very efficient, so it should be noted they 'minded' West Ham way before the 'unholy trinity' were in place. In fact our little contretemps with the club's lawyers who have represented stars like Wayne Rooney, Michael Barrymore and Jim Davison as well as high profile criminals like Ronnie Knight, was during the Pardew era.
Not wishing to fall foul of Mr Brandman again we must state certain things in a certain way, rumour has it that as the West Ham squad were preparing to play against Bournemouth in the Betway Cup last Saturday, Karren Brady tried to force her way into the team’s dressing room in an attempt to explain the recent sale of the highly thought after Grady Diangana.
An obviously disgruntled David Moyes refused her entry which led to the pair shouting at one another through the door, Brady allegedly screamed “you’re sacked!” within earshot of the assembled West Ham players. Then having thrown her toys out of the pram, Brady raced off in her blacked out windowed Limo only emerging much later at the London Stadium. This might well explain why David Moyes did not do his post match 'presser', but more importantly it could go a long way to explain why the team's performance against Bournemouth was so woeful.
NOBLE AND MOYES NOT SO HAPPY CAMPERS
Apparently joint chairman and majority shareholder David Sullivan later approached Moyes to apologise for Brady’s outburst, but there is a distinct feeling at the club that the situation between Moyes and Brady has become untenable, and that their positions at the club are under review. Brady is a non share holding director of the club and would be entitled to a huge severance payment if she was 'dismissed', that eventuality seems unlikely given the 'skeletons in the cupboard' that she is undoubtedly aware of.
All this 'disrythmia' at the club during a time when everyone needs to be pulling in the same direction, is not going to help in any way, and seems very pre contrived. If the club is really as broke as has been surreptitiously declared, then why not be honest and come straight out with the facts instead of hiding them with smoke and mirrors? The vast majority of Hammers fans are pretty level headed, and are intelligent enough to know how things work in the 'real world', even at this point in time, a little bit of honesty can go a long, long way. Honesty builds trust, and trust builds confidence for the future, if the owners want to move forward then they need to rebuild the trust first, and the rest will follow, either that or they should hit the highway!-Ed
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