Steinberg is not a Sullivan puppet. He has been criticial of the owners in the past He is a very good journalist who, like most journalists, has many sources, including the owners. the job of any journalist is to develop relationships with people who can give them information just because he has an ...

Leverkusen's last 5 seasons. 6th, 3rd, 6th, 5th, 4th. Let's not pretend Alonso took over a club who were in relegation fights every other year... It was Moyes who did that. They had one bad start to a season and were near the relegation zone, but the club itself, squad, infrastructure, facilities w...

It is an interesting discussion as, on the surface, the lower league clubs (and I am a life long supporter of one) do want to keep them. However, that is because of the low likelihood of getting drawn one of the big clubs and then managing to get a replay. They certainly don't want replays for the l...

I took Pinky's point to be that the manager is the ultimate decision maker, which is how it should be with a good manager. As for the system, there are plenty of awful teams with DoFs, analysts, scouts etc that usually get side-stepped when extolling the virtues of this set up, so the mere existenc...

Bowen by a long way
Emerson probably next in line

It’s not just about results is it, over the last 3 years the camaraderie and togerthness of the travelling fans has been so enjoyable,so very old school West Ham. You don’t need to know everyone’s name or life story, but the nods and smiles of recognition across the trips, the helping hands, the lo...

The players are not going to take their foot off deliberately but mentally this is going to be tough. Thursday was huge and I fear, sub consciously, some will be affected. A few have been carried through by adrenaline and if that drops so will performances. I think we would be better served by playe...

With respect Crouchie, isn't any European journey worth it? We are West Ham after all and not one of the top 6/7 or mega rich, fashionable clubs. Any European journey is welcome (IMO). Where did we become that entitled? I never said I didn't enjoy it, or wouldn't want us to be I it next season. My ...

Unfortunately, even if we get back into the Conference League it just isn't the same as Europa League in my view
we won it last year, of course, but i never got into it the way i have for Europa League two years ago and this year

i can image being in Champions League knockout phases would top the lot

Europa knockout games have been my favourite
I just don't have the same fervour for the FA Cup any more

Personally, i can imagine being in knockout stages of Champions League would be absolutely brilliant

Still gutted today I loved winning the Conference League, but the Europa League just has a different aura with its history and glamour Losing in the semi-final remains one of the biggest disappointments in 35+ years supporting. Last night was not quite as bad as that, but with no English clubs left ...

No doubt: a magnificent first half, and I felt cheated not to beat them. Serious question: what would have happened if Antonio used his obvious physical strength to stand up, keep upright whenever he could, and avoided going to ground whenever possible? Would we benefit from keeping the ball alive?...

First half qe were superb and Lverkusen were all over th3 shop. Some ofbtheir defending was pure kamikaze. Unfortunately they changed things around sefond half and improved significantly. They stopped giving the ball away and showed why they are a very effective side as we didn't create much despite...

The atmosphere over here tonight is superb.
Leverkusen are defending like a Sunday League team abd we shoukd be 2 or 3 up

Anyone else watch For All Mankind on Apple TV? It is an alternative reality drama based on the premise that Soviets got to the moon first and space exploration continued at a hectic pace from that point on.For exqample, in series 3 it is 1995 and people have been to Mars. Very good IMHO. great if yo...

I guess if they went down it could be different. But if they go down and MGW is available for a 'cut-price' deal, he will have all the 'top 6' clubs after him They may not be prepared to pay £70m, but i expect they would all have no issues stumping up £40m and high wages to get a young, English pla...

This week Rice is overrated, Saka's not nailed on to start on the right for England, Cole Palmer is the future of the English game and Haaland is a flat track bully. Give it a couple of weeks and it'll be someone else under the spotlight for better or worse. I think it's fair to say that Arsenal ha...

Personally I don't think whether we are in Europe or not (unless Champions League) will have much impact on our ability to attract players Conference League and Europa League is unlikely ti be a sway for the best players we can aim for, and then for the players in the level below that playing in Pre...

Whilst I think it is unlikely we really need to approach this with some hope At the end of the day we only have to win by two goals in 90 minutes to be in it. Leverkusen are good but they are not sone kind of mystic behemoth. We have beat3n better teams than them by two clear goals We don't even nee...

mushy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:27 am A lot of the core players for the England national team seemed to go missing last night.

Bring back Eric Dierr