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  • Next few weeks!

    Submitted by Enfieldhammer on Fri, 04/08/2023 - 00:01

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    Mystic Enfield has gazed into his crystal ball to see what delights our beloved West Ham has in store for us.
    I see before the season commences we shall participate i the summer transfer window. However, do not get excited. He will be a fringe player who will keep the bench warm. After a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on the opening day the daggers will be firmly out for Moyes.
    Despite the Hammers trying to cheer the faithful with a lap of honour with our European prize from last season in our first home game. Poch & his Chelsea team will walk away from the London Stadium with an easy earned 3 points. The toxic atmosphere from an inept performance will turn to the box. Sullivan & co finally decide to have a dabble in the market but Moyes decides the latest costly addition is not match fit and only warrents a place on the bench at our nemesis Brighton & Hove Albion. Despite holding the Seagulls until half time we eventually capitulate and lose by 3 late goals. A final warning is issued to Moyes. A point minimum is what is required at Luton. The team duly assist but tensions remain. Moyes is then given the unenviable task of being told to get 4 points against City & Liverpool. With no further additions to the squad we are thumped at home by City and Moyes duly recieves his cards. With little or no time left to bring in a manager or players and with no plane. Mr West Ham himself is asked to steer the good ship West Ham through the stormy waters.

  • Banta or bitchenness

    Submitted by Hammers65 on Thu, 03/08/2023 - 20:01

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    Don't worry H G this a light hearted topic directed at the male of the species,phew I thought I better clarify that before a number of moderators got on my case!!
    Anyway trust me it is intended to be light hearted I certainly am not trying to get back to the old toxic Org...feck me I'd be the first to be offski to Russian shores...
    I degress it starts in school then at work then middle age then i think luckily it really wanes by about 60 ish where basically you can say what you bloody well like...
    Anyway ffs they're saying get to the point H...lol.;)
    I'm possibly going through a mid life crisis,have contacted some associates of old recently in the building game still most of them around my age & all have their own businesses so we've all done OK!!
    Some in Holland, some in Belgium,some East End still,some sarf of the river,Essex etc
    Well this is the funny thing I was quite a shy kid,tried to be unassuming,but always stuck up for myself..feck me you had to simple as! But what was important to me was to keep that sense of humour as much as possible,half East End/ Irish surely i must have inherited it from somewhere.
    Anyway cut a long story short & feck me most of the boring bastards have blocked me on F B...some people just don't get it...

  • Moyes Man U Obsession Is Riduculous!

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 13:11

    So they fired you unfairly a zillion years ago, Man up and get over it Mr Moyes! Ever since he got the tin-tack from Manchester United, some say unfairly, David Moyes has been obsessed with showing them that they were wrong to pull the trigger so early into his five year deal!

    Of course on reflection it was a 'poisoned chalice' appointment, no one was going to bring the type of success 'ol red nose' had brought to the club without a complete top to toe rebuild, something that has taken the acquisition of Eric Ven Tag to achieve, many tried but failed so Moyes should have got rid of the chip on his shoulder years ago, instead his chip has grown into a fat potato and it's effect is ruining West Ham!

    Moyes's comprehensive but ultimately unsuccessful pursuit of Jesse lingard is a classic example of how obsession can get in the way of judgement, the Hammers manager wasted huge amounts of time and energy trying to get the player to come to the club when he clearly didn't want to, Moyes is now doing the same thing with over priced past it Harry Maguire, what is Moyes on?

    Signing a player like Maguire is what the club used to do under the dark cloud of the Cairns family back in the day when player value was equated against buying new static mobile homes! Nothing seems to change, Moyes is obviously quite clearly out of his depth when it come to 'big money' signings where his failures far out way his successes, players who arrive and thrive do so in spite of Moyes not because of him.

    Many feel he should have left the club this summer with a handsome pay off and his head held high, instead he is in danger of destroying ALL the good will he built up, if only he could see what is happening, sorry Mrs Moyes but you are the only one he seems to listen to.

    So for heaven's sake please, please, please tell him "I'll gie ye a skelpit lug!" in his shell like! - Ed

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  • I'm Moyes Out Once Again

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    Submitted by cast iron on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 12:56

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    I was very Very happy with Moyes and beating Fiorentina and said to a few of my mates out there in Prague, that I would like to see him bow out Gracefully- and go to Celtic thought this would be his dream club. But now once again I have Got the Pox of David Moyes we've missed out on a really promising talent too Ajax. Steiden Wanted him, bet your life Rob Newman and Noble wanted him, a real bargain 14 million no wonder we missed out on Barnesas well bet he put the block on that as well - we will never Know. At this rate our team will not have any young players all older players with absolutely no sell on value whatsoever and losing money like we did with Haller and Vlassic the average age will 30, and nothing for the long term, and I wonder why we signed Steidman in the first place. Thought like a lot of fans that this was a New Beginning- what was it called West Ham Mach 2.0 more like Back to the Future Phase out. We will have have no new players. You can see why the coaching staff are all leaving. It turns out Moyes never wanted Borges in the first place so the vote must have gone 3-2 presuming Sullivan backed Moyes, says a lot for Sullivan as well, and says a lot for our future hope we lose the first few games and David Sullivan realizes MOYES HAS GOTTA GO. Done very well winning the Conference Leauge and he will always be remembered by WHU fans, But if we dont wake up he will be remembered for something else RELEGATION

  • Meltdown ???

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    Submitted by newburkie on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 10:32

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    It would be fair to say there is a great deal of unhappy and divided hammers fans at the moment ,i think goin by this particular site the vast majority of fans think Moyes has to go ,whereas other sites are not so sure , there's something goin on that their not telling us about , captain birdseye Sully away on his boat in the Med with some blond , the coaching staff cant seem to get away fast enough , no activity in the trans world ,our best player for decades gone to the gooners and our manager doesn't know if he's comin or goin .
    Could the situation land us in trouble on the divided issue ? ,what i mean is could it manifest itself on the terraces which would really see us doomed .
    This Rice transfer seems to be the cause of our inactivity in attracting any decent signings ,its like ,Jaysus ,we've come into 105 huge ones ,sssh ,don't tell anyone ,reminds me of Fagin in Oliver with his arms wrapped around his loot so as not put it on show to all the other villains .
    The players we've shown an interest in , JWP ,Mcquire, and tomo, ain't worth a toss ,and even if they were ,offering half of what their clubs are asking makes us a laughing stock .
    Ive never known a feeling of despondency at the club ,its like the term nuclear scientists use when the shite is goin to hit the fan , critical mass.

  • Things Looking Gray For Big Mikey Swap!

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 09:17

    Now there is generally no smoke without fire coming towards the start of the new season when it comes to club's transfer dealings, the 'big boys' have already snaffled most of the good stuff up, leaving the scraps for all the near do wells to fight over!

    It has become abundantly clear that Hammers stalwart Mikey Antonio wants out of the club for several reasons, a lucrative deal to join the 'big money, small on civil rights league' failed to materialise and the players general demeanour is one of someone who wants to try pastures new for what WILL be his last fully professional contract as a player.

    No one can begrudge Mikey a move if he so wishes, he has been an incredibly loyal servant to the club where he has played virtually EVERY position except goal keeper since his move from forest nine years ago. He is the club's top Premier League goal scorer and has 'bullied' defenders AND attackers all over the park during his tenure.

    Having 'seen off' Sebastien Haller AND apparently Gianluca Scamacca, Mikey could possibly have retained his 'top dog' striker status at the club, but he is no fool and can see the writing onthe wall with regards to future appearances. Well it seems there might be a solution to Mikey's dilemma in the form of Sean Dyche and Everton's desire to move Demarai Gray on from their club.

    The Toffees are looking to get up to £10 Million for Gray who they signed form Bayer Leverkusen for a fee believed to be as little as £1.5 Million, so they are chancing it a bit. Forest and Fulham are sniffing around and 'cash strapped' Everton will be hoping for a mini bidding war for the winger, however a straight swap deal with Antonio might see a deal done.

    Most fans will think the club should get Gray AND a cash settlement in return for Antonio's signature, but Big Mikey is 33 years old, whereas Gray is 27 years old so in many ways a straight swap is a no brainer. It would be a pity to see such a great servant leave the club, especially to one of the club's 'relegation rivals' but time waits for no man and one gets the feeling that 'Tim Ze German' has one or two names in his little black book just champing at the bit for an opportunity to don the claret and blue.

    This one has legs on it! - Ed

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  • Time For Plan S-At Last

    Submitted by Louis Nixon on Tue, 01/08/2023 - 07:08

    Whether it is fate, ultimately good timing or just skin of the teeth good luck, Hammers transfer plans can finally get going as David Moyes and Rob Newman's 'last throw of the dice' transfers have finally gone aground! Casting wider and more desperate pitches for ageing or soon to be ageing overpriced UK based players was never going to work, in fact the naivety of trying to do business with clubs who are only too keenly aware that you are cash flush beggars belief!

    West Ham fought off a host of top clubs from around the world to 'net' Tim Steidten, known as the 'pearl diver'. His data driven no nonsense unemotional approach to signing players has reaped dividends where ever he as been. Unfortunately his arrival put a certain Dinosaur's nose out of joint,(do dinosaurs have noses?) and his arrival was met with a greeting akin to that received by Sebastien Haller and Gianlica Scamacca, Dino's way or the highway!

    Having watched some of his prime targets join other clubs for relative peanuts or for no fee at, all it would be unsurprising to see Tim 'Ze Germa' want to walk, but we believe he is made of sterner stuff and was willing to let 'Moysie' and Rob 'Webb' cock things up so royally that his time would come and now it has!

    Being turned down not once, but twice by Harry Maguire is living testimony as to how askew the present manager's thinking is. Maguire doesn't even have the ability to walk straight into the team, he may have had a few years ago but NOT now! The same applies to Ward-Prowse, good player on his day but yet another Moyes potential sycophant, exactly the sort of player the club DOES NOT need.

    The fact is despite being 61 next year and having managed well over 1,000 top flight games, David Moyes is afraid, most of his top coaches have fled the sinking ship...there is a reason why, David Moyes REFUSES to change his ways. The club won its first major trophy in over 50 years IN SPITE of Moyes NOT because of him! What is more Moyes knows it!

    The club should have pulled the trigger earlier this summer and appointed any one of a bunch of 'progressive' managers who were and probably still are available, instead the club WILL freefall towards the bottom of the table, yet again only this time it may not be so lucky, especially with Moyes at the helm.

    Tim Steidten may not be a knight in shining armour, but he is not a Dinosaur in a cave! - LN

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  • R.I.P Sinead 'o' Connor

    Submitted by Hammers65 on Mon, 31/07/2023 - 01:53

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    Not sure its appropriate but heard the news recently & what with the usual gossip & boredom of pre season thought I'd pay tribute to a wonderfull singer ( who could forget that video) she wasn't afraid to speak up for what she believed in & I thought it was a bit sad how all these so called 'celebrity's' have come out of the woodwork now but stayed quiet for a long time when she clearly had issues...Anyway again i hope its not inappropriate R.I.p Sinead

  • Long Wait For Little!

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    Submitted by nevillenixon on Sun, 30/07/2023 - 08:19

    Well having set our sights on an enjoyable and informative friendly in France yesterday, what we saw was the complete opposite, a nightmare inducing Deja Vu of Hammers at their worst last season! Slow, ponderous and predictable are words that spring to mind.

    Rennes were really up for it and it showed, Hammers on the other hand looked as if they had just turned up expecting a 'goose green' training session! It may seem politically incorrect to mention it, but the only transfer activity on show was Danny Ings 'hair transfer'.

    'Ingy' looked as if he could be everyone's favourite Uncle who was tossed a shirt and told he was playing up front because the main striker had got caught in the Channel Tunnel traffic jam of the day! It may seem ageist, but his appearance is hardly inspiring to others and some of his team mates must be thinking that they are about to start playing 'walking' football.

    The friendly against what is one of France's brighter sides exposed the frailty of the Hammers squad to the core, a most unedifying sight considering how soon the season starts. Potential targets looking to join West Ham would most definitely NOT have been impressed with what they saw!

    David Moyes can talk until the Pterodactyls come home about quality as opposed to quantity, but the 'quality' on show proved there is a distinct need for more 'quantity'! The powers that be at the Irons HAVE to take control and tell 'Moysie' that he HAS to accept Tim Ze German's player recommendations!

    Moyes will be gone by this time next year and it is absolutely imperative that the board do NOT allow the 'mature' Scot to ruin the club before he goes for good! Because that is exactly what the Dinosaurus is doing....destroying the club's future.

    Moyes might not even last until past the new year if he continues his stubborn and recalcitrant attitude, Dino's way or the highway? Surely Sully, The Wicked Witch and the Cretin in the Sky MUST see what is going on, are they oblivious to reality?

    Moyes has huffed and bluffed his way through his current contract and achievements that have been made are mostly despite him, not because of him! Moyes IS making progress though, he has gone from being a Dinosaur, to a 'Dog in a manger'. -Ed

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