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by Belgian Iron
Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Carabao Cup quarter final draw (live)
Replies: 207
Views: 12863

Re: Carabao Cup quarter final draw (live)

Did some research. We got 15 draws against 'big 6' sides in the past 8 years. So 15 in 15 domestic cup participations. We played 30 games in those 15 cup 'runs', so that's 1 in 2. (9 away from home too)
by Belgian Iron
Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

Nice! Shame you didn’t mention Boniface or Orban back in June. You could’ve memed it into reality. Instead you mentioned Orban yesterday for the first time as far as I can see from a quick browse. Who cares what I mention where and when? It's not like anyone from the club will put in a bid because ...
by Belgian Iron
Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

Sounds like you’re in the wrong job. You’re posting on a forum at midnight when clearly you should be employed by Tim as our head scout. Maybe you could share your crystal ball sounds very useful. Well to be honest I work as a data scout in the Belgian league since 2008 and watch 4 to 5 games a wee...
by Belgian Iron
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

He would have been perfect in our system as well. That's exactly my point. You won't get a better like for like replacement for Antonio. He would be able to come into the side as back up for Mickey in the beginning of the seadon and I'm pretty confident he would've been first choice by the end of i...
by Belgian Iron
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

Orban and Boniface are better than David and Osimhen? Ok bro 😂😂😂 Orban so good that not a single club took him. We really must be muppets. 🙄 NOT YET. They will be in 2 years time. Have you seen both of them play? Or just Or an in those 2 games against us? Did you see David and Osimhen play in the B...
by Belgian Iron
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

Orban is 5ft tall and built like a matchstick. Boniface scored 9 league goals in Belgium last season - not exactly prolific. Yes good start, but pretty risky for 20m euros and would never have started here ahead of Antonio so it’s not worth entertaining it as a missed option. Well..... Orban is 2 i...
by Belgian Iron
Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

LongShot wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:41 pmWho?
Orban from Gent to name one. Boniface from Union another, but he's already sold to Leverkusen.

And there will be others, but it's not my job to search for players in all European competitions.
by Belgian Iron
Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

We should go in for Gift Orban from Gent. We would be able to get him for £25M. Some sort of a 'gamble' but it's the exact type of players we should be aiming for. Not a bigger gamble than Scamacca as the PL will suit Orban more than it will Scamacca. He would be perfect to be back up to Antonio wit...
by Belgian Iron
Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

bubbles1966 wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:15 am I didn't think he lived up to the hype at all when he played against us.
He gave us a pretty hard time up there.....Mind he's only 21 years old.

It's exactly the kind of player we should be looking at instead of paying over the odds for PL players who are mostly past it. (Ings for example)
by Belgian Iron
Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: The Sports Bar
Topic: Tennis 2023
Replies: 84
Views: 2078

Re: Tennis 2023

That lot dominated Wimbledon for 20 years to be fair. Nobody else has won it other than those four since 2002. But yeah, Murray was an incredible player but just not quite at the other three's level. He must be well happy with his four (I think?) majors. Hardest era to get them in. If you include M...
by Belgian Iron
Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread
Replies: 56476
Views: 3541717

Re: Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

Puff Daddy wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:10 pm We should step in then, cos he is a terrific keeper
If we should go for a goalkeeper, we should get Verbruggen from Anderlecht. He's a great talent, only 20 years old and proving world class potential. Brighton are believed to sign him for something like 15 million.
by Belgian Iron
Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favourite West Ham match ever you were at - But that we didn't win
Replies: 112
Views: 4463

Re: Favourite West Ham match ever you were at - But that we didn't win

May 2004 Last game of the season before the play offs. Wigan away, 1-1. Think Wigan need to win to make the playoffs Not so much the game but the West Ham crowd was huge, remember a 'convoy' of stretch limos and a party bus turning up in the car park. Was there too, great away day. We had 9000 hamm...
by Belgian Iron
Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favourite West Ham match ever you were at - But that we didn't win
Replies: 112
Views: 4463

Re: Favourite West Ham match ever you were at - But that we didn't win

The Palermo away game. It was a pretty dull game and never really got in it because we lost the first game. But just proud to be there and had a lunatic day/5 days over there. Getting attacked the night before on the square, getting on those police busses with 300 other Hammers, not knowing if we wo...
by Belgian Iron
Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ✍ Manuel Lanzini
Replies: 4278
Views: 595287

Re: ✍ Manuel Lanzini

WCpete wrote: Fri Jun 16, 2023 6:54 pm
How did we find Lanzini? Iirc, he came from out of the blue. Did we scout him or was he an agent recommendation?
As far as I can remember, it was Bilic who was asking for Lanzini as he was tracking him before he was appointed at West Ham.
by Belgian Iron
Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moyes to stay. confirmed via BBC Sport
Replies: 100
Views: 7081

Re: Moyes to stay. confirmed via BBC Sport

Abridged your comment fro brevity. Why does it have to end in failure? He stayed the course at Everton, whose owners stuck by him when things took a downturn, much like the West Ham board did. He left for the 'big job' but sadly that didn't work out for him. It could go either way, but he may build...
by Belgian Iron
Mon Jun 12, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moyes to stay. confirmed via BBC Sport
Replies: 100
Views: 7081

Re: Moyes to stay. confirmed via BBC Sport

Sloop John B wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 2:58 pm What a joyless view to hold...Good grief :crylol:
:crossed:
Well it doesn't get any better for Moyes than this, does it?

I bet the 'Moyes out' shouts come out again if we're not in or around top 6.
by Belgian Iron
Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Declan Rice
Replies: 24792
Views: 1747244

Re: Declan Rice

These days Lukaku looks about as mobile as Kurt Zouma in a straitjacket. I mean, he'd still score four goals a season against us, obviously, but not sure where his Premier League goals would come from if he wasn't playing us. I'm absolutely no Lukaku fan. I don't like his personality. But Lukaku is...
by Belgian Iron
Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moyes to stay. confirmed via BBC Sport
Replies: 100
Views: 7081

Re: Moyes to stay. confirmed via BBC Sport

It's an odd one isn't it. I have the feeling the spark has gone out of this team the last 14 months. Maybe our win last week and some new incomings can flare up affairs, but I honestly doubt it. It will be hard for Moyes to reproduce the same kind of season ending as well, unless we win the Europa L...
by Belgian Iron
Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Europa Conference League 22-23
Replies: 2582
Views: 251757

Re: Europa Conference League 22-23

I can see Juventus winning this next year and the competition continuing to gain status and acclaim. It would then be Tottenham, Leicester and Villa who would have failed to win it from our country. I would usually not mind seeing another traditional English club win it but after looking through th...
by Belgian Iron
Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: last minute goals
Replies: 42
Views: 1918

Re: last minute goals

For drama, we really should be talking about stoppage time goals. I had to look it up but the Vaz Te goal actually came three mins from the end but that was then followed by 4 mins of stoppage time. And of course 8 mins stoppage time followed Bowens goal last week. In that case: I think there were ...