Last night it was being reported in the Turkish media that West Ham have tied up a deal for tore. The English media have now latched onto the same thing. I heard months ago we were being given first refusal on this guy. Sounds exciting Slav knows the guy at at the reported 8.5 million could be yet another steal if true.
To have been denied victory by incorrect refereeing decisions once in a week is bad enough, but twice in a week is almost too much for fair minded fans and observers alike, it seems like the football authorities are unwilling to add West Ham United to Leicester city in it's pantheon of Barclays Premiership achievers! After the injustice of Manchester United's goal that clearly should not have been allowed in the FA Cup replay at Old Trafford, Hammers supporters have had to endure another 'bad ref day' at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea where the referee was either the recipient of an ex-gratia retirement home in the Algarve or just totally inept and incompetent, either way West Ham lost out on the opportunity to go above Manchester city in to the Champion's League spot that they surely deserved, however Manuel Lanzini's beautiful first half strike and Andy Carroll's second half goal were not enough to prevail. At the end of the match the home fans were celebrating wildly that their team had managed to eek out a draw against the superior visitors, how the mighty have fallen?
It is easy to be critical of those in charge of high profile matches, particularly those involving the faltering old guard, but a free kick taken from a highly debatable re-arranged point to gain the extra couple of meters to clear the wall and a penalty that should have been a free kick at most, were the undoing of a Hammers side that took all that Chelsea had to 'fight for their lives' in order to gain a draw against their higher achieving and more buoyant East end neighbours.
It is a testimony as to how far Slaven Billic and his team have progressed that fans and players alike are disappointed that their team have only managed to achieve draws at the home of the fallen Premier League leaders Manchester United and Chelsea in the last week, after all they both should have joined liverpool as clubs to have been beaten home and away during this exceptional season, one which leicester city will quite rightly take all the plaudits, but one in which will see West Ham United quietly slip into one of the new power places that can only be strengthened by the huge resources that are about to arrive.
Hammers have moved progressively forward, despite some atrocious and biased decisions that have already cost them dear! - Ed
A quick word for England and the red rose becoming Grand Slam Champions, our first for thirteen long years. Well done all and hats off to Eddie Jones
Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Kenedy; Remy
Subs: Begovic, Baba, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro, Traore, Pato
West Ham: Adrian, Antonio, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Lanzini, Payet, Valencia, Sakho
Subs: Randolph, Oxford, O'Brien, Obiang, Song, Emenike, Carroll
Streams to follow at 14:55 -Ed
Q1. Which cult hero sounded like he was being booed after scoring a goal?
Q2. Who was Jimmy the tree?
Q3. Who is the odd one out and why? Geoff hurst, Bobby Moore, Attila the Hun, Desmond tutu and Douglas Hurd
Q4. Which player signed for West Ham in pocession of the most international caps?
Q5. Which former player sounds like a number of floored residences?
Special question, how many people at the white horse cup final were wearing flat caps?
this has to be great news to hear for every hammers fan...if you do well the board have proved time and again they have no hesitation in improving players contracts this sends a message to players in the squad do well you will be rewarded no doubt lanzini will be next... and maybe j.o.b to as has been rumoured a man even when not injured has not moaned and griped just got on with the job and a decent option as cover for the fullbacks whilst not spectacular his experience will help others coming through.....ginge earning a new contract when we all thought he was going to be shipped out he completely proved bilic wrong with his performances this season and super slav proved he has no ego and got him signed to new contract showing again if you prove your worth you are rewarded...our club in this one season alone has changed monumentally on the pitch and off it we are probably one of the best run clubs in the country COYI
Well, what do you all think about the two Europa matches involving EPL sides? First Tottenham and Dortmund. I suppose a lot of people will be happy that they are out, but it does mean they can concentrate on winning the league and I guarantee you they will be insufferable if they win the league. Second Manure and Poo. Sort of the same shit with different flies, really. But are we glad that Manure are knocked out of the Europa competition? Or would we want for them also to have a pile up of fixtures. And what about the weekend matches? Obviously we hope to beat Chelsea. But do we want Manure or Citeh to win? Do we want Liverpool or Southampton? Everton or Arsenal? Sunderland or Newcastle? Me, I'm happy with the results. And here's my weekend wish list: Chelsea 0-2 West Ham, Citeh 1-1 Manure, Southampton 1-1 Liverpool, Everton 2-2 Arsenal, Palace 0-2 Leicester, Watford 1-0 Stoke, West Brom 0-2 Norwich, Newcastle 0-1 Sunderland, Tottehnam 2-2 Bournemouth, Swansea-Villa: don't care. Basically this would increase our distance from everybody below us that matters, while leaving us on 52 points with Arsenal and Citeh. It gives Foxes a stranglehold on the crown (7pts with 7matches to go). It tightens up the relegation fight, which is important so that those teams keep nicking points from people above or around us. Doubtless things will not all turn out this way. But on the big matches, what are your opinions?
Has anyone else noticed how bad it is and experienced verbal abuse? I saw a game called off 2 weeks ago after the father of a player, who was sent off rightly for stamping on an opponents ankle, called the ref a fat c**t twice. Why should a ref take that sort of abuse and what is the father teaching his son and those around him? This week I was asked to be linesman for a cup tie and I couldn't believe my ears, as the women were worse than the men! I had a woman standing at the fence around the pitch calling me every name under the sun just because they were losing, and I deplore any sort of cheating and officiate straight down the middle regardless if I'm the referee or doing the line. After the game the other team players started shouting out and one of them called me an effing w****r for missing a push in the box and not flagging for a penalty??? I walked over to protect the referee at half time as I could see the assistant manager stomping over to have a word, to which he thanked me as he realised what I had done. So why is it so common these days and is anyone else noticing/experiencing this type of unacceptable behaviour? These kids are 12/13!!!
News that permission has been granted for West Ham United to increase the capacity at the Olympic Stadium from 54,000 to 60,000 in time for the new Barclays Premier League season has gone down well with the 'huge' amount of people who have paid £10.00 each to be on the massively over subscribed waiting list. At the beginning of this season all the talk was about whether Hammers had made a big mistake by parting company with Sam 'safe as houses' Allardyce ahead of the big move to the new stadium, Premiership survival was a paramount requisite and the doom sayers were quoting "be careful what you wish for" out of every orifice! There were doubts as to club's ability to sell out the new stadium on a regular basis and that 54,000 was an optimistic amount, games would be played that were only half full and that attending them would be akin to going to the highbury library. Fast forward to the first few weeks of the season and suddenly West Ham are playing exciting innovative football and achieving great success, the clamour for season tickets is intense, however many fans had already committed to signing up for an Olympic Stadium season ticket well before the Slaven Billic revolution began to take pace, but even with the extra 6,000 seats available the 'waiting list' which fans paid £10.00 each to be placed on is apparently five times over subscribed, and so there are going to be a lot of very disappointed supporters, particularly the youngsters who were hoping to be able to see matches for the 'bargain' price advertised. The club have not currently communicated exactly where people are or will be on the waiting list, a bit of clarity would be in order, and if there is no chance of getting a season ticket fans should be informed as soon as possible, it is just a matter of mutual respect between club and supporters! Of course the current situation would never have occurred had it not been for the amazing results and performances of Billic's team, and in all honesty no one, owners fans or pundits alike expected such a meteoric rise from such a 'lesser' club.
The Olympic Stadium has a 'draft' capacity of 65,000 for football events, and it is to be hoped the board can look to raise the capacity to that level in order to satisfy the demand for the season tickets that they encouraged everyone to buy before success on the field made the tickets sell themselves! - Ed
Like a few topics in the past, thought I would create this one for the discussion and recommendation of music, bands and albums... inspired by my late discovery of the band 'Porcupine Tree'. I'd been pretty much oblivious to the group who have been around for years and years and the creative force Steven Wilson... Really incredible band and musician, definitely recommend to anyone with an ear for Prog-Rock!
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