West Ham Banter Archive July 18 2014
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18 Jul 2014 19:33:12
according to sly newswe have had 9.5 mill bid turned down by dnipro for konoplyanka so we look far from finished in the market
I,m still curious where the money came from although certainly not complaining. We must have 3 or 4 players we re close to offloading.
South Africa Hammer
Extra sponsorship money bigger payouts from bpl or the daves simply swapped some of our debt for equity
maybe a combo the daves demanded changes and that cost if you looked at one of our team sheats from last seasons average cost of our squad was between 30/40 mill large no of free transfers/loans some home growns and some buys
18 Jul 2014 14:21:56
I like most am quite happy with the business done to date and although I know there is an emphasis on competition for places I cannot fathom who will be dropped and why.
We all know that Matt Jarvis tries but hasn't cut the cheese as yet like he did the previous season with Wolves but would it be fair to say ( similarly with Downing) that they only had one man to aim for in Big Andy at that this would have proven difficult? I think to much focus was put on getting the balls played in from the wings last season and sometimes we need to take a different option or teams can read us like a book. Even now we are looking for attacking full backs and wingers. let's consider our buys this season. Zarate who will not be the best option for balls played in from the wings apart from picking up Big Andy's knock-downs. let's then look at Kouyate a holding midfielder / defensive player. Who will he replace in midfield? Noble? I think not and hope not! Will he play them together? Again, I hope not or it limits us to the wings. Where will Ravel play? If he plays in midfield what formation will we play? If we play like last year which was a 4 - 5 - 1 in effect. this is the only formation we can play to incorporate Ravel and if we do this - where does Nolan and Diame play? I think the ideal attacking formation ( if we need to adopt a more attcaking style of play would be 4-4-2 right? I'm just spit balling here. So the ideal formation as it stands right now will be the following - Demel or replacement at RB, Reid, Tomkins or Collins a CB, Creswell at LB, Noble ( DMC) Kouyate (DMC), Morrison (MC), Diame ( RM) Valencia (F) Carrol (F) - where does Nolan, Poyet, Jarvis and Downing slot in and what happens with Zarate?
Gd post s/a /hammer been thinking about some of our buys;
has you pointed out we was very predictable last season until the transfer window closes it a guessing game.
really need to see who leaves first and whom comes in.
there is a lot I would like to go into but I ain't going to.
think we are going to get our rb /lb getting forward more this season and our wingers need to be aware that a/c needs not always be playing with his back to goal looking for freekicks n knock downs.
when the wingers break get in a good cross he will win that ball with morrison/nolan following up even noble playing as a/m very simlar to nolan but more legs morrison can open teams up but not defensive enough for some sides nolan doesn't in my opinion always have 90 min in him. plus take noble of freekicks/corners.
we have brought in t/s to sort out the goal problem need more goals from strikers/midfield/defenders
18 Jul 2014 10:11:09
Morning all. Can anyone shed any light on the growing concerns fans have with the absence of Andy Carroll. Apparently he arrived back and was said to be "UNFIT"!
There are more than a few questions to be asked here.
Is it because he is so injury prone and they are trying to protect him wrapping him in cotton wool (Maybe this is because he is so out of condition that he gets injured so easily)?
Did he get that drunk and eat that many kebabs that he has piled on the weight (still of course earning thousands of punds a week).
Is he going to be released after we spent all that money on Valencia and patience has run out.
At the end of the day, Something is not right here and with only a month to go at least Zarate had 30mins. Good money is being poured into AC and I hope him and Nolan can deliver this season
Was defo sent from home france due to the condition of his fitness.
maybe the fitness team need to draw up a fitness program for the off season.
18 Jul 2014 08:39:48
AC has picked up another injury according to rumours, can anyone put this to bed with info?
18 Jul 2014 12:41:02
if this rumour is true then I heard newcastle were thinking of putting in an offer then just take the cash and spend it on someone who can possibly last the whole season
Was sent home from france due to his poor fitness condition