G/K soloution
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John ruddy has been released by Norwich I see he's avery good G/K I think so would anyone here other than me like to see him replace Randolph? and compete for the first team with Adrian if we take up his contract option
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armchair season ticket
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interesting article I read the other day where from next season fans of football league clubs who live overseas will be able to buy for £110 a season ticket to watch there fav club play home and away next season that's championship/div1/div 2...iam sure there will be plenty of interest will the prem follow suit? after all I am not interested in watching any other club.
heres the link if you want to see the article or send to a friend.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/04/overseas-fans-can-watch-t...
Bilic to go or stay?
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so it appears the board will make a decision at the end of the season. now considering the names in the 'frame' are Rafael Benitez, Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic and Roberto Mancini…..whats your opinion…should he go or stay? i think we have to rule out Benitez too as why would he leave Newcastle after going down with them and coming back up? others that would be 'in the frame' i suppose would be - Silva, Howe, Dyche. personally if we could get Silva then id be tempted to say its time for change. He could do a Pochetino if …big if, given the backing. not sure the rest would do anything better tbh.
Striker summer signing dilemmas?
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So we apparently have money to spend 'again' bear in mind we made no marquee striker signing last season so in my eyes we under spent/ spent poorly, January especially.
Everyone has us nailed on for Defoe which adds depth, but surely we can't rely on him to be out and out no1.
Then there's the sturridge links, he'll be off to Everton when lukaku leaves (who by the way I reckon the spuds will go in for him which is a shame) so count him out.
Modeste from Germany looks a prospect and links to him might actually carry some legs. Decent but again not proven.
There are a few more names I could rattle off, but if I was slaven id be on the phone to pep and ask how much he wants for iheanacho. Offer a buy back clause and watch him bang them in for us.
If we got that lad for 15/20 mill he'd be worth every penny.
Nobody is coming for Carroll so we use him when he's fit along with hopefully modeste and iheanacho throw in Defoe off the bench and we look handy.
Sak will be off which is a shame as on his day is a very talented boy.
Wish list maybe but definitely attainable unlike the icardi's and lacazettes of the world.Fridays nights game
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What are our chances realistically, unless we up our game we could be lookin at a drumming our lack of a threat up front might be our undoing, we'll be lucky to get 0-0 ,i'd love it to be us that puts the final nail in their coffin ,be like winning the cup
http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/april/29-april/airline-honour-bobby
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Nice touch
Who will be the third team to be relegated?
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Relieved Swansea only got a point today. The question being who will go down to join Sunderland and Boro? Mathematically we are still not safe though Swansea would have to win 3 games but I don't see that. Hull can win one of theirs and possibly get at least one draw. Palace might struggle to get many points. We will have to get one or 2 points to make sure we stay up. I fancy a draw against Poo and Burnley. Spurs I don't see anything although we will be up for it no doubt. Anything can happen in this league but it is in our hands. COYI.
our strikers what do we do
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I guess like many of you on here this question has come to mind more than once this season so what is the answer? I like sackho but his strops and falling out with management leads me to believe he will be sold this summer so that leads us onto the enigma that is carroll when fit he does a tremendous job for us but that is to little to often so if we were offered £7/8/9 million for him I personally would take that so that leaves calleri and well he just not seem up to it so he should be released asap young fletcher not given a chance and with our options limited I would of liked to of seen more of him but apparently bilic seemed to of preferred Snodgrass as a striker at stoke yesterday so that's not going to be good for the boys psyche I am sure so I guess slav is going to have to decide keep him and add to development squad or release him as well which brings us round to Valencia due back from everton at the end of the season unless they decide to take up the option of £13million for him and I am not so sure they will and he has mentioned he does not want to come back and play for us so just what are we going to do? the frontline and g/k are the two areas in need of major investment this summer but when you hear that we want Hart then read we are looking at fleetwoods keeper and another dodgy guy from turkey you just roll the eyes into the back of your head and think here we go again. on a personal note I see many here would love to have defoe back and now sunderland have gone down he will be available for free well not for me thank you its nothing to do as to his behaviour when he was a young kid I just think at 34 its a lot to ask for him to lead our line give me a brash young player from the championship who has something to prove there are some rough diamonds down there you just need to be brave and take a punt afterall its what we did with Antonio.
A Stoke of genius or a poor move?
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So the intrepid explorers made our way from the west of Scotland all the way to Stoke for what we knew would be a tough encounter, in the corner next to the tunnel and the home "support". to be honest as this is not a happy hunting ground we did not expect too much and were there as true Hammers and more in hope than expectation. The end result a 0-0 draw seemed probably fair on reflection and the pleasing side was 3 fold... a valuable away point, a clean sheet and a solid defensive display coupled with confidence and good communication between Adrian and his back line. Shaqri for Stoke was a constant threat and at times we made Joe Allen look like the Welsh Messi.
Lanzini was again on good form, Calleri though lame in front goal did chase everything and did well to play others in and at times held the ball up well. Masuaku was excellent going forward but seemed slow getting back and despite a lack of game time did well as Mas' replacement in the second half bar one stray pass. Ayew did a lot of moaning but had good reason and he seemed a tad sluggush in his play. Adrian and Butland both pulled off some excellent saves. Fonte , Reid and Collins were all solid in a back 3, Fonte has come onto his game and playing in a back 3 suits him. Nordveit had an excellent game and Fernandes is looking a real find. Noble and Snodgrass did ok when they came on and Kouyate gave us a scare late on when he went down heavily and he looked lively throughout, it has to be said that it was poor sportsmanship from Stoke as Kouyate lay prostrate continued play instead of the customary putting the ball out of play. One big surprise was how few yellow cards Stoke got.
The downside of this encounter was we lacked that cutting edge, a clear and decisive finisher! A few times Lanzini maybe took a touch too many instead of shooting but in fairness either side could have scored yet neither did. It was an entertaining encounter not at all drab and I am sure we are all hoping we don't rue missed chances come the end of a disappointing campaign.Stoke City v West Ham United Team Sheets And Live Chat
Stoke City:Butland; Johnson, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Muniesa; Cameron, Whelan, Allen; Shaqiri, Berahino, Arnautovic Subs: Grant, Bardsley, Pieters, Adam, Diouf, Crouch, Ramadan
West Ham United: Adrian, Fonte, Reid, Collins, Fernandes, Kouyate, Nordtveit, Masuaku, Lanzini, Ayew, Calleri. Subs: Randolph, Cresswell, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Noble, Byram, Fletcher.
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