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by antonyirons
Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mark Noble - West Ham Legend 500 up
Replies: 12305
Views: 1058018

Re: Mark Noble - West Ham Legend

It’s interesring that this thread is primarily negative. No mentions of the times when Noble has spun from a tackle and pinged a forty yarder with the outside of his foot, or when he was credited with firing up the dressing room to give us an improbable win, or indeed when he’s looked like the only...
by antonyirons
Tue Dec 31, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]
Replies: 139
Views: 5789

Re: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]

Or they misunderstood the poll like a fair few posters on here. Lets be honest, if you think Noble has been the best player to play for us this decade you need your eyes examining :thdn: Yup, just the sort of reasoned response that seems to feature all too frequently on these forums. 'Best' can mea...
by antonyirons
Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]
Replies: 139
Views: 5789

Re: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]

Interesting that only on the KUMB forum was support for Noble outvoted by that for Payet; seems to bear out my feeling there's long been an undercurrent of anti-Noble sentiment amongst a lot of posters to the forum. His clear wins on the other two suggests the wider fanbase takes a different view.
by antonyirons
Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2963900

Re: David Moyes: should he stay or should he go? [POLL]

That is absolutely right mate. It is not easy to write this as we think we are better than we are and we think we are still a catch for players, but the reality is we are not and that is not as other see us. We are no more than a bottom half team and we are not improving on that any time soon and n...
by antonyirons
Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Manager 18 - David Moyes: yes or no? [POLL]
Replies: 284
Views: 16637

Re: Manager 18 - David Moyes: yes or no? [POLL]

At about this time in Uncle Avram's reign when the relegation writing was on the wall in neon letters ten feet high I wrote a piece for OLAS advocating the immediate appointment of Sam Allardyce, a cri de coeur that even I regarded as heretical in terms of everything I believed about The West Ham Wa...
by antonyirons
Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:18 am
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: West Ham Utd 1-2 Leicester City (28/12/19)
Replies: 574
Views: 26725

Re: ⚽ West Ham United v Leicester City: Match thread (28/12)

Billydinho wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:24 pm When did Snodgrass last put a good ball in?
Er, as recently as the Southampton game when his right-footed chip to the far post gave Fornals an easy cushioning header to tee up Haller's goal.
by antonyirons
Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]
Replies: 139
Views: 5789

Re: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]

As it stands, a player who effectively went on strike and refused to play for West Ham during the decade is winning a vote for player of that decade. Not for me. Spot-on. For all of his brilliance, skill, magic etc etc, Payet was all about himself not the team. Ditto, to a lesser extent, Di Canio w...
by antonyirons
Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]
Replies: 139
Views: 5789

Re: KUMB Player of the Decade [POLL]

Mark Noble, who else?
by antonyirons
Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:36 pm
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: Crystal Palace 2-1 West Ham Utd (26/12/19)
Replies: 657
Views: 38907

Re: ⚽ Crystal Palace v West Ham United: Match thread (26/12)

ornchurch ammer wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:16 pm Works well with Zaha (dive).
To the tune of the most penalties for any PL team over the past five years, an average of at least ten per season; given that we seem to get an average of about three or four, tops, we start the game at a disadvantage.
by antonyirons
Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:11 pm
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: Southampton 0-1 West Ham Utd (14/12/19)
Replies: 783
Views: 34852

Re: ⚽ Southampton v West Ham United: Match thread (14/12)

Good spot by Eni Aluko yesterday pointing out how the four teams with the lowest possession stats - Newcastle, Burnley, Sheff Utd and Palace - are all punching above their weight. Proof in the pudding for us today,two up front, going more direct, getting crosses in.
by antonyirons
Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Board vs Pellegrini [POLL]
Replies: 217
Views: 15214

Re: Board vs Pellegrini [POLL]

I’d say upwards of 90% of the fan base are anti board, so don’t come on here giving it that old crap Yup, and it's that kind of Momentum-style intolerance of even the most mildly expressed of questioning views that's helped Johnson get a further five years. For a 'moderator' your replies to me fall...
by antonyirons
Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Board vs Pellegrini [POLL]
Replies: 217
Views: 15214

Re: Board vs Pellegrini [POLL]

To describe the result as 'predictable' isn't necessarily to deride it; each to their own, after all, but given KUMB's openly anti-Board stance any other outcome would have better merited the description 'astonishing'.
by antonyirons
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:27 am
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: West Ham Utd 1-3 Arsenal (9/12/19)
Replies: 672
Views: 32484

Re: ⚽ West Ham United v Arsenal :Match thread (9/12)

Mike Dean is the ref. I Know you lot don't, but I like him You've obviously forgotten one of his many howlers, the ludicrous sending-off of Feghouli early on against Man United a couple of years back. Overturned on appeal. Ruined the game. One thing's for certain with him being the ref and that's h...
by antonyirons
Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:37 pm
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: West Ham Utd 1-3 Arsenal (9/12/19)
Replies: 672
Views: 32484

Re: ⚽ West Ham United v Arsenal :Match thread (9/12)

The west ham charity bus is getting ready, if ever a team need a result or a striker needs a goal we always step up to lend a helping hand Nail on the head. Never has there been a better time to play Arsenal in the Premier League era than now. With our historical record of never kicking another tea...
by antonyirons
Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:25 pm
Forum: KUMB Hall of Fame
Topic: Who Next? The odds
Replies: 1343
Views: 99763

Re: Who Next? The odds

I’d take Dyche in. Heartbeat, he has more character, fight and minerals than everyone in our organization combined. As others have said he’s a bit more progressive Allardyce, but his teams are absolutely absolutely no less entertaining than Rafa’s or Moyes or even Danny Cowley’s. The players wouldn...
by antonyirons
Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:48 am
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: Burnley 3-0 West Ham Utd (09/11/19)
Replies: 723
Views: 40131

Re: ⚽ Burnley FC v West Ham United: Match thread (09/11)

I think we will fine. We just need three things: 1. New owners 2. New manager 3. Half a new first team. Easy. I've said it so many times I'm getting sick of hearing it; NOTHING ever changes at this club regardless of who the owners are, who the manager is or who steps on to the field in claret and ...
by antonyirons
Sun Oct 06, 2019 8:59 pm
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: West Ham Utd 1-2 Crystal Palace (05/10/19)
Replies: 781
Views: 44806

Re: ⚽ West Ham United v Crystal Palace: Match Thread

47 penalties since the start of the 2013/14 season? That's just ridiculous. We've probably had 12/15 over the same period. I'm not saying it wasn't a genuine penalty but if we'd had that kind of good fortune over the past five and a bit seasons (where so many penalty awards depend on the referee's j...