leer34 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:54 pm Fornals for paquetta,
He will look to get forward far more and will be able to pick a pass, paq is just so ponderous.

Paquetas the only one capable of cutting the defence open with a pass. Fornals doesn't do anything well

Ings looked abysmal that half. Another panic buy that doesn't seem to have much thought behind it

Remember when we great at corners?

Still on a transfer topic..when was the last few transfers that we bought and made a big profit on when we sold them. For a mid table club, we're rarely going to make a profit on anyone we actually want to sell. The difference is that we got in situations where a 34M player in Anderson couldnt even...

Pretty concerning that we're looking at another season with pretty much zero depth. So its 5 players in (not counting Areola as he was here last year): Aguerd, Downes, Cornet, Scamaccia, Coventry And 7 players out (all who were first team squad members and made 10+ appearances): Yarmo, Fredericks, M...

The Striker Situation, already a laughing stock they really need to get this sorted. Identify the striker you want find out how much pay them give him his wages done Its so needed, if they really want the Broja or whatever from Chelsea then pay the extra 10mill if they aren't prepped to pay that li...

West Ham haven't signed a player for what, 5 day's? And all of social media goes crazy because some other players have been linked, but nothing at all concrete ie medicals etc, and all of a sudden our manager is useless again, our owners are forcing player's on him he doesn't want etc, and also tho...

One more thought on Danjuma. We should be WAY more suspicious at why Villarreal are so desperate to sell. They'd apparently already lined up the replacement in Umar Sadiq. It's a guy that had ONE good season at the top level who they're extremely happy to turn a profit on. Anyway, I'm delighted if L...

paulhs1 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:12 pm Is anyone surprised with Danjumas wage demands?

I mean he could rock up at Arsenal, Spurs or Chelsea and get £100k +

No but I'm glad we're sticking to our guns on what we think is appropriate - not letting ourselves be played by an agent looking to use us to get an offer from a bigger club

The hayfield wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:49 am I'm pretty sure the same was said about Salah and de bryune after their Chelsea stints . They turned out ok

Those clubs have money to burn though and both did it at note sustained periods than just one season in La Liga.

35M for us is a huge part of our transfer budget

Absolutely concerned by Danjuma. Why are we buying another player who couldn't cut it previously in the Prem for a massive inflated fee after a single good season? This just sounds like Vlasic 2.0. or even Benrahma 2.0 When we desperately need depth, I don't understand why we're taking huge swings o...

Talking about "the clubs money" is all well and good, except Gold and Sullivan haven't just been investing **** all — they've been handing out "loans" to the club and pocketing millions in interest. Anyway, I don't understand this clubs obsession with exorbitant transfer fees. We...

The performance has a lot to do with him being in the side though, we’re **** whenever he plays. I do think Noble could actually be useful if played as a number 10 pushed up the pitch. He's not quick but at least there he's not slowing down counter attacks and getting in the way of Rice/Soucek. Cer...

Macca1973 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:32 pm What a sh*tty goal to concede To be fair Moyes has done wonders with the squad he has but we’re short of challenging the top teams.

It's just disappointing we don't give it a proper go - this has been exactly the same as the FA cup

Even sheff United managed to win here

wolf359 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:31 pm Waiting to be told the goal was Noble’s fault.

The overall performance certainly has a lot to do with it. He clogs our midfield and pushes Soucek out of his best position

Are we allowed to complain about the line up and tactics yet? This approach didn't work for us in the cup and we've been feckless here. I don't understand why Moyes is so scared of Old Trafford? This United team is beatable, yet he wants 9 defensive players on the pitch. Once again, Nobles inclusio...

Spurs should have scored — and of course, it all comes from Fornals absolutely ****ing up a chance in the box in the most unfathomable way. I don't get how a supposedly attacking midfielder can be so ****ing abysmal in the penalty area. He had two options, shoot or cross, and he somehow sets up a Sp...

Yellow cards galore... Hopefully they continue to lose their cool and get frustrated

Deserved yellow there - a Noble-esque challenge

This 20 minute spell from Spurs hasn't given me a ton of confidence we'll be able to hold onto this lead.

Ozza wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:24 pm yeah, stupid, no idea why they didn't adopt the Rugby model

Cos the FA & UEFA are stubborn as all hell when it comes to making changes to the game