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by Ethanadict
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Summer Transfer Thread 2024
Replies: 1530
Views: 83674

Re: The Summer Transfer Thread 2024

I know I’m in the minority but I’m ok with our right backs of Coufal and Johnson. If we as a crowd get behind Johnson instead of getting on his back I think he’ll grow into a decent player. It’s not as if Moyes is overly sympathetic to kids. He’s pretty unemotional when he thinks kids aren’t good en...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nottingham Forest Deducted 4 points
Replies: 127
Views: 7914

Re: Nottingham Forest Deducted 4 points

It's ridiculous how the likes of Everton and Forest are getting these point reductions, while Citeh sit there wrapping up trebles and quadruples of trophies. Meanwhile the old Chelski regime did what they did and get away free. I hope Citeh eventually get clobbered like Rangers did in Scotland, and ...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: VAR 2023/24
Replies: 97
Views: 6376

Re: VAR 2023/24

Can anyone name one positive that VAR has brought to the game? Not individual decisions but how the introduction of VAR has made the game better? No, keep goal line technology, bin VAR. Seriously, is there a petition somewhere? I'm sure on polls I've seen the vast majority of fans would like to see...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: VAR 2023/24
Replies: 97
Views: 6376

Re: VAR 2023/24

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1769648074568110531?t=jpSr2bCCa97T2LMArU1wXQ&s=19 I totally agree with this. "Clear and obvious" by definition shouldn't take as long as two minutes really, let alone four or five minutes. It should be "crikey, that's a clanger, let's interv...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2964301

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

Yes, he took over in December and managed to improve our finishing position by 1. We are 10th in the all time Premier League table. It's not unreasonable to suggest that a 10th placed finish should be an expectation for any West Ham manager. Survival is a bad season, relegation a disaster, 8th to 1...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2964301

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

Our avg league position over the last 11 years (since we got promoted) is 10.9. If you take out the past 4 years with Moyes at the helm our avg league position is........10.9. Given that some of those earlier years were just after promotion has Moyes really overachieved in the league? A bit selecti...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2964301

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

I agree Wilko,because we are a Top 10 Club,but I do think Moyes,Sullivan and some of our fans don't think that.We should be between 7th to 10th every year.Moyes does deserve credit for when we have finished higher ,but it's just nonsense that some fans don't see us in that bracket,when it's about p...
by Ethanadict
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham United -v- SC Freiburg - 2nd leg match thread - 14.03.24
Replies: 1268
Views: 44066

Re: West Ham United -v- SC Freiburg - 2nd leg match thread - 14.03.24

Areola
Coufal Zouma Aguerd Johnson
Soucek, Alvarez
Bowen Paqueta Kudus
Antontio

3-0 the hammers, COYI!
by Ethanadict
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1041229

Re: January transfer window

We really need a natural LW with pace. It’s strange to me that Bowen rarely starts there though as he’s naturally left footed. I get the cutting in onto his left foot to shoot, but surely these guys can adapt and his right foot is actually pretty useful too. Thats my beef with Benrahma, a right foot...
by Ethanadict
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2964301

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

Watched a 40 min video with Alan Devonshire recently. Well, not with him..but about him.. :starst: He said the best teams he played in were direct...John Lyall played direct football. Every thought was to get the ball forward and never go backwards. He actually despaired of the style nowadays...esp...
by Ethanadict
Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham Utd v Bournemouth - Match Thread
Replies: 1413
Views: 44787

Re: West Ham Utd v Bournemouth - Match Thread

I wouldn’t be surprised if Kudus was on the bench following his return from Afcon. Maybe start Ings after his last good game, and have Kudus ready to come on to make an impact. If reports are to be believed Philips has kept himself match fit and may well start. Match fitness takes a while to get bac...
by Ethanadict
Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1041229

Re: January transfer window

We’ve sold Rice for pure profit. We are fine regarding FFP. And that’s why we’ll have one good financial year but as I said, when we are on a watch list, we desperately need one. We bought several players already in the Summer using a chunk of the Rice money and Rice was on a lot lower wages than t...
by Ethanadict
Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1041229

Re: January transfer window

We haven’t got an FFP problem. But we will have in the summer if we put off all our permanent work until then. What do you mean we don’t have a FFP problem? We were publicly put on the watch list in September 2022 and they look at expenditure v income over several seasons (we’d be in trouble if the...
by Ethanadict
Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1041229

Re: January transfer window

I know the January window is always quieter than the Summer but this has to be the quietest January since the window was introduced for actual transfers. Almost everything has been loans so far, with Spuds getting Dragusin as probably the only exception as a £20m+ transfer. Still a few days to go, b...
by Ethanadict
Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2964301

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

I don't get the conspiracy theories on Cornet. Moyes was missing Kudus and Antonio. If Cornet was fit enough, do people really think he wouldn't play him? He was probably borderline fit enough to be on the bench but Moyes would rather trust Fornals to the defensive job properly in the last 10 minute...
by Ethanadict
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread
Replies: 1405
Views: 64931

Re: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread

Re Benrahma : for obvious reasons, I watched him carefully last night, and I really don't get the pelters he is getting. He was poor during the first 20 minutes, that's for sure. But from what he showed after, I concluded that it was more related to a lack of game time. He really did good defensive...
by Ethanadict
Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread
Replies: 1405
Views: 64931

Re: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread

It wasn’t a classic by any stretch, and we weren’t playing th most attractive football at times, but I am a little perplexed at the reaction to that performance. We were missing 3 of our starting back 4, and with all due respect to Bowen, our 2 best players, and our only out and out striker. It is ...
by Ethanadict
Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread
Replies: 1405
Views: 64931

Re: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread

Just got in from the game. Funny old game really, Brighton did their poncey passing around the back that everyone adores and swoons over with zero impact in the the first half, as opposed to us put a bit of hustle on them and nearly getting something from it. Second half was different though, it wa...
by Ethanadict
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread
Replies: 1405
Views: 64931

Re: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread

I said before the game if any two of Benrahma, Fornals and Ings start in our front three we won’t win, as you can’t counter effectively with such a lack of pace and this proved to be the case. After the line ups were announced I’d have taken a point. It was a slow boring game with little atmosphere...
by Ethanadict
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread
Replies: 1405
Views: 64931

Re: West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: match thread

Haven’t read through the whole thread so not sure if anyone else thought the same but I thought Johnson had a decent game tonight. I thought he played very well tonight. A makeshift back four getting a clean sheet, they all deserve credit. I don’t get the negativity to Johnson. He’s one of our kids...