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Thread | Right now we are weaker than last season
at 15:17 25 Jul 2024
I know there's a long way to go & a lot more wheeling & dealing to be done before transfer window closes but as it stands at the moment we are weaker than we were last season.
Yes we've brought a lot of players in but none of them are upgrades on what we had last season.
Yes we've signed Downes but we had him last season so no upgrade.
We've lost Che Adams & have not replaced him yet so no upgrade.
We going to lose KWP & replaced him with Sugawara he might be OK but probably not an upgrade on KWP.
We've lost Stuey Armstrong & replaced him with Lallana that might have been an upgrade 10years ago but is not now with Lallana being 36 years old.
We're likely to lose Bednarek & brought in two ctr backs from lower leagues, Bedders is a proven Polish International & Premier player lge player so no upgrade there.
No sign of Fraser signing so no upgrade there.
We've got the same Coach / Manager so no upgrade there.
We've lost Jason Wilcox (Director of Football) & not replaced him so no upgrade there.
I live in hope that we bring in some quality (upgrades) as soon as possible, we are going to need them.
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Thread | Hojbjerg leaving Spurs for 17M.
at 10:00 22 Jul 2024
I'd have taken Hojbjerg back here.
I think he's a top player with his passion & work rate.
He was a stand out player for Denmark in the Euro's.
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Thread | Oh No, not Broja
at 12:04 18 Jul 2024
We are being linked with Broja again.
I do wish we'd move on & forget about this guy.
He lacks the commitment that we need & has massively underachieved since he left us.
He would be a downgrade on Che Adams & we need an upgrade. |
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Thread | Ingsy wants to stay at West Ham, that's good.
at 20:40 7 Jul 2024
Apparently Danny Ings has said that he wants to stay at West Ham & fight for his place.
It's because he knows if he comes back to us he'd have to take a massive pay cut.
He couldn't wait to leave us, he'd even lost interest in playing for us before he left, his head had been turned by approaches from so called bigger clubs paying a lot more money.
Why would we want him back, he's definitely not what we need, we need players that want to be here.
Ingsy is a con man & only concerned about how much he can earn. |
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Thread | Lots of transfer activity but no sign of a Goalkeeper
at 21:14 3 Jul 2024
There's a lot of activity / speculation at St Mary's regarding players in & out.
As yet I've not seen or heard about a new goalkeeper.
It's a critical position & a must have in Premier Lge to have an experienced quality stopper.
I know there's still plenty of time & it's good to see us taking some action very early after the transfer window opened, at least RM will have time to work with the new players & hopefully get off to a good start to the 2024/2025 season. |
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Thread | Southgate got lucky (very lucky)
at 10:59 1 Jul 2024
Despite his poor team selections & so many players underperfoming he got us into the qtr finals.
I still don't how we've got this far by playing so badly in every game.
We've had the easiest draw against lower rated Nations but have made very hard work of it.
It's not even been fun to watch but unless there's a dramatic improvement before Saturday we won't be so lucky against the Swiss.
We've got quality but they just haven't gelled as a team & I'm just waiting for our defence to get ripped apart by a half decent team.
Southgate has worn the same casual shirt for every game (or has he got more than one of them). Its obviously a lucky Omen so he'd better keep wearing it. |
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Thread | At least we won't have to tolerate Shearer tonight.
at 13:17 25 Jun 2024
I'm looking forward to watching our boys tonight & the bonus is that it's on ITV so we won't have to tolerate Shearer talking incessantly over the match.
He is so annoying, I actually muted the sound when watching the Denmark match.
He thinks he's the only person that ever played football, I personally am not interested in his opinion.
That's why I never watch or listen to pre- match & post match panel opinions.
Just think how much BBC could save if they did away with the panel & their very biased opinions.
Perhaps save enough to reduce the cost of the TV Licence. |
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Thread | Stuart Armstrong denied stone wall penalty.
at 10:23 24 Jun 2024
Chris Sutton is adamant that It was not a penalty when Stuart Armstrong went down in the box.
As usual Sutton is wrong, that was a stone wall definite penalty, the defender caught Stuey's back leg & anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a free kick.
The ref bottled it because it was so late in the game.
Shame he couldn't have disallowed Hungarys late winner.
Felt for the Scottish team, they gave it a good go but not quite good enough.
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Thread | Average age of squad
at 21:14 15 Jun 2024
It would appear that the owners have changed their policy of signing young players with potential.
Apart from Harwood Bellis all the players we've signed or are looking to sign are over 30 years old.
Are we starting a walking football team.
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Thread | Transfer window opens tomorrow 14th June
at 11:44 13 Jun 2024
With the transfer window opening on Friday 14th June I just hope we make some quick decisions & make positive moves for the players that we want or can afford.
Give RM a squad to work with when training starts, don't leave it until the season starts.
Dropped points at start of season could prove critical come May 2025. |
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Thread | Is there another reason we didn't see much of Ross Stewart.
at 09:52 28 May 2024
I understand that there were clauses in the Ross Stewart contract suggesting that additional payments over & above the 8M transfer fee that would have to be paid based on appearances / performances of RS.
That may be why he was an unused sub.
But we'll never know ???.
Be interesting to see how he performs in Premier Lge having only played a handful of Championship games at the age of 26. |
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Thread | Secret to our success today.
at 22:31 26 May 2024
We completely nullified the threat of both Summerville & Gnonto.
To the the extent that both players were substituted.
Brilliant plan & executed perfectly.
Also Alex McCarthy being a calming influence in goal.
We'd have lost that final if Baz had been playing.
Not forgetting Will Smallbones pass to AA for the goal, if that had been Bruno Fernández playing that pass the pundits would have called it a worldy.
Well done RM & all concerned. |
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Thread | Same line up for today
at 14:24 26 May 2024
Same team again.
Probably right decision.
Just give it a go Lads & make us proud. |
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Thread | Michael Antonio admits that he hoped to get injured.
at 12:39 20 May 2024
Michael Antonio recently admitted that he had been suffering mental issues which is very unfortunate & we don't wish that on anyone.
He admitted that he had fallen out of love with football & there were times he was hoping to get injured so he could get out of playing. He never looked like a player that didn't want to play, he disguised it very well.
I just wonder how many players "fein " an injury because they prefer not play.
I would guess that plenty do.
Or am I just being cynical.
[Post edited 20 May 12:41]
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Thread | David Brookes showed just how good he can be.
at 12:46 18 May 2024
I always liked David Brookes ever since his time at Sheffield.
He's been so unlucky with his health issues but he's battled back & showed last night just how good he can be.
Alright not the most physical & doesn't offer a lot defensively but he is very creative going forward.
He gives us something different, a player that is always looking to create something.
I just love the way he caresses the ball with the outside of his foot, I would love us to keep him promoted or not.
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Thread | Prowsy on the Bench again today for Hammers.
at 14:17 5 May 2024
Prowsy has been left on the bench again today as he was in previous match.
With the quality that the Hammers have he's now finding it difficult to get a start.
But at least he's had the opportunity to experience some European football, he wouldn't have got that with us. |
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Thread | Che Adams v Adam Armstrong stats
at 10:06 2 May 2024
We all give Che Adams a lot of stick but his goalscoring record this season is much better than Adam Armstrongs.
If you judge by number of goals per number of minutes played then Che's record is much better than AA's.
And that's not taking into consideration that AA has penalties included in his total.
But, they've both missed too many to count.
It doesn't matter how many they score between them if we keep conceding more than we score.
Our goals conceded is shocking & if it hadn't been for AA & CA contribution we wouldn't have made the play offs.
Well never know how many Ross Stewart would have scored. |
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